"I've walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth & poverty
In the diamond market
The scarlet welcome carpet
That they just rolled out for me.
I've walked these streets
In the mad house asylum
They can be
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me
Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen? "
In the mad house asylum
They can be
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
On a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me
Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen? "
Carnival - Natalie Merchant (1995)
Furniture store, Three of a Kind did just that this week. If it’s too difficult to make out the slogan on the above pics of their shop front signage, allow me:
BUTT
UGLY
BLOKES
BUILDING
HANDSOME
FURNITURE
FOR
BEAUTIFUL
PEOPLE
Ha! Sense of humour. Likeable. Proud of their product. Mindful of their customers. Brilliant! The only thing that would have reeled me in even further would be if they added, “Alexander Skarsgard greets all customers on arrival” but hey, they may have been limited by signage space.
Shame they don’t have a website.
Still, because they made an afternoon journey along Parramatta car park less stabby, I did a bit of research and for those interested, there are some images that feature the flavour of their talent here.
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| Image by purpletwinkie |
Blah blah blah SLEEKEN .....
I tried to convince a client to use the word ‘sleeken’ in her corporate brochure this week. I love using and reading words that are slightly out of place in Corporateville, usually a place drowning in boring business word diarrhea.
I imagine a potential customer of my client to be wading their way through the sewers of boring business guff (mmmmm hope you’re not eating!). I see them gingerly surveying the landscape hoping to find something that will get them to safety soon. The trouble is, it’s almost impossible to find a rescue pack because everything in front of them looks the same and a truly befitting solution is hard to make out.
All of a sudden, something different catches their eye and draws them in. It’s easy to make out and interesting to peruse and yes, it is exactly what they needed to get them out of the shit. (And by god, you better believe it was a sleekened rescue operation).
Postscript: Although my client was tempted, she didn’t go with sleeken in the end. She is clever and insightful, so she mulled it over before going with another of my suggestions: invigorate. ( I like that one too .... but not as much as sleeken).
