Sunday, September 30, 2007

Morning coffee

As inhabitants of The Small Glass Planet will know, I usually meet Dive on a Saturday morning for a fix of coffee, a "grump" about the previous week and a wander around the book shops and back streets of Norwich looking for anything interesting.

Several signs have been seen recently which, as we are in Norfolk, could cause some confusion with certain members of the shopping public.

I don't agree with this one. The Norfolk landscape is superb any time of the year. Huge skies of bright blue dotted with cotton wool clouds in the summer, menacing storm clouds in the autumn and winter and an ever changing carpet of fresh worked fields, ranging from rich dark brown through green, purple, brilliant yellow and warm gold as the year passes.

Another misleading offer found in an office supply store which boasts a limb replacement service if you buy a chair!

We spotted a number of other rather amusing advertising faux pas and as the festive season is now arriving in our shops, I'm sure this could develop into a hobby.
Dive, don't forget your camera next week.

5 comments:

dive said...

Hee hee hee.
I'll bring the camera. I've GOT to get that thing we saw in Boots!

Sassy Sundry said...

Can I get a new seat (does that translate from American to British?)?

dive said...

Hee hee. Sadly not, Sassy, but we get your gist.

Anonymous said...

After reading this I started to actually look at and read the signs around me and thanks to you I actually saw some pretty funny stuff.
I'm curious now as to what it was Dive saw in boots and even more curious about what sort of butcher you go to exactly? (Zebra Meat) Did he used to be a zookeeper?

Full said...

Kate, if it's still there, I'm sure Dive will post the thing we saw in Boots. (the store, not the footwear)
The butcher is great. Certified organic with most of the meat sourced from within 20 miles of the shop.
I got some ostrich burgers for tonight, and it's one of the few places where you can get fresh rabbit, hare, pidgeon, venison etc and the best Tolouse sausages ever. Mmmmmmmmm garlic.