However, I do really enjoy taking photographs of random humorous things. Luckily, Australia is chock full of them! Take, for instance, the snapshots below.
This sign, which I saw while driving through Kiama with my Aussie mum, means Brake for Wombats. 
This sign was spotted in Surry Hills, where I was crashing with BCB. Remember all the ladies of the night I was telling you about? Well, apparently, they've got a union!(What do you think I'd have to do to become part of the $carlet Alliance? Could I transfer credits from my NYC escapades?)
This sign was spotted in the Hunter Valley. I mean, I don't know who this Lindeman character is, but he's a doctor, so I don't doubt him.
"Children Left Unattended Will be Sold as Slaves"This was in the beer garden at a pub in a town called Jamberoo.
Okay y'all, this next one isn't a sign-- it's actually the cover and a single page from a book I found while wandering through the Rozelle Markets this afternoon. Sydney neighborhoods are big on flea markets, where people mostly sell clothing and used books and dvds. I wandered over to one woman's table and lost my mind when I saw this:
I kid you not, gentle readers. This is for real!!! It basically teaches kids to count to 10 and learn the alphabet using the shenanigans of 10 black children. I really wanted to take pictures of each page--hell, I wanted to buy the book!--but the $20 price tag and the woman's growing suspicion of me meant I could only take one more snapshot. After learning to count to 10 ("ONE went to Africa and then there were NONE") it went on to teach the alphabet.
I kid you not, gentle readers. This is for real!!! It basically teaches kids to count to 10 and learn the alphabet using the shenanigans of 10 black children. I really wanted to take pictures of each page--hell, I wanted to buy the book!--but the $20 price tag and the woman's growing suspicion of me meant I could only take one more snapshot. After learning to count to 10 ("ONE went to Africa and then there were NONE") it went on to teach the alphabet.
Does this make your heart hurt a little bit? This book was published in London, by a British company. Who do you think was the target audience?
3 comments:
that book...wow
target audience = 10 little white kids
HOLY CRAP. I would have given you $20 just so we could read that book together.
Also, I hope they're serious about the unattended children at the beer garden. Nothing is worse than parents who don't keep an eye on their annoying ass children.
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