Krampus comes but once a year

Trumped

Before he and his catchphrases are lost and forgotten about forever, I thought I'd take this opportunity to remind ourselves of his visionary campaign slogan.

© Wallingford Sign

Left right in the lurch

To many people 'left is right and right is wrong' is a valid political statement.

Here's a paradigm shift for you, courtesy of Steve R and others.

In this case, left is right and right is right too.

Making the head lines

Nice guy, that Gregg Wallace.

You could never imagine him as a dickhead.

Or could you?

Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs

Spotted at the Wetherby office of its Member of Parliament a couple of Saturdays ago.

On the stairs that lead up to the office. Open to the public.

At a communal address.

And unattended.

So, not quite 'delivered exactly' as quoted in DX's marketing.

Through a glass, darkly

Spotted in Portsmouth by Greg L.

It's not so much that, for some insane reason, the wiper was refitted; even after the glass window had been replaced.

It's the fact that someone's obviously tried to use it.

I wonder if they tried again with a more powerful screen wash.

Born under a bad sign

I'm sure this isn't the window where you're expected to sign in.

No, it's as pointless as those other patronising - and potentially dangerous - 'safety' signs such as Baby On Board to which the only feasible retort is So F-ing What?

You think it'll stop people intentionally ramming your car?

Like obviously they otherwise would?

And, before you argue that the signs help the emergency services in the event of an accident, it's been shown that a) many accidents are caused by the restricted vision the signs offer and that b) the vast majority of drivers who display these signs don't remove them when the child is not on board, thus unnecessarily wasting the time of the emergency responders after an accident and often putting their lives at risk.

Rant over. Have a great day.

When David met Dafydd

Sent in by Greg L whose friend captured this scene in Cardiff after the Wales v Israel international football match a couple of weeks ago.

'Remember, Bubala, what happens in Cardiff, stays in Cardiff.'

Rights issue

To appreciate fully this photo from Dennis A, you need to know that, in the UK, we drive on the left. So, when we were youngsters at school, it was rammed into us daily that we should stop at the kerb of a two-way street and look right to see the oncoming traffic.

It follows therefore, at least in the minds of Gosport council workers apparently, that, on the other side of the same two-way street, you should look left.

When the error was brought to the attention of Gosport council, to compound the felony, the employees deleted both signs when, clearly, the Look Right one was always correct.

A case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing.

Current liability

The 'electrician' had one job: to fit a power outlet in Ellie J's old house. And Tom L was there to capture the moment.

Even the socket itself looks shocked at the topsy-turvy attempt.

Thin end of the wedga

The attempt by Morrisons at distancing itself from Tesco's horse meat scandal falls flat.

Very flat.

Counting the cost

Here in the UK we're in the middle of an election campaign during which no photo opportunities are missed or wasted.

Since, as political commentator Paul Begala once said, 'Politics is show business for ugly people', the results of such opportunities can be pretty horrific.

Few are in Hillary Clinton's league, however, when it comes to photographic gaffes.

No bad feelings

Today's photo of the entrance to the Old Kings Road 'English pub' in Santa Barbara, California by Tony R (that's his reflection in the window) arrives via Jon C.

Although I understand exactly what it means (I'm British), I'm also wondering how effective this sign could be.

I mean, if you, er, truly qualify, you're not going to walk up to the door, read the sign, and steal away, surely? That really would be taking matters into your own hand, as it were.

And the people whom it's really targeting (you know the type) won't recognise themselves as such in a million years.

It's short and to the point though. I'd be tempted to have a drink there.

Even if it was just to hold my own.

To Protect And To Serve With Relish

Dennis A tells me there's a town in Massachusetts called Sandwich.

Naturally, the town's police force is referred to as...

No doubt guarding against atrocious crimes such as this.

British Airheads

How many times do we have to tell those ignorant London-based marketeers and publicists that Leeds, West Yorkshire and Leeds, Kent are not one and the same place?

You'd think that, in order to justify their undoubtedly fat salaries, they'd rely on more than a simple Google image search to furnish their 'research'.

For finding this one, my thanks go to Dennis A, from Leeds.

The city, not the village.

Making it snappy

We have Jon C to accuse thank today for this photo which he took in the loo at Peterborough railway station. It's been quite some time since we visited Peterborough, the typo centre of the UK. I almost miss the place. Almost.

Anyway, I find it amusing that the cleaning staff make their hourly checks (the emphasis must be important) as couples which, with it being Peterborough, I guess must amount to double-Czechs.

But it's not so much the content that makes me laugh.

No. It's more the obvious camera shake.

Reflecting, as it does, the fact that Jon C was in a hurry to take the picture as he was terrified of being caught lurking in a toilet taking photographs. So he snapped it as quickly as he could.

In fact, he tells me his photo session was as quick as a flash.

And I have no reason to doubt his comparison.

Losing count

Not quite what you'd expect to find in Waitrose's window.

What's that you say? A disgruntled photographer taking the picture from that exact position? Or a disaffected employee placing the poster behind the pillar to create maximum negative impact?

Whoever's behind it, there are clearly more with the same idea.

Invisibus

Thanks to Tom L who found this in a Manchester bus station the other day.

What does the notice say?

These doors only open when your bus arrives.

Open door policy

Oh look. Found by Dennis A on Janis Ian's Facebook Page, here's another of those confusing situations that only pushmi-pullyus are able to solve.

It reminds me of the Useless Box.

Cereal entrepreneurs

These guys on Dragons' Den need to either change the name of their high fibre breakfast product from Spoon, sack their photographer, or else keep a very wary eye on the design aspects of their packaging and advertising campaigns.

Or the market may well fall out of their bottoms.