children at play

Caution sign found on a street in the Höngg neighborhood. I find all the detail that went into this sign pretty amusing: the jump rope, the pigtails, the 'movement lines' and, most of all, the bulge that was added to make room for soccer ball.

presidential lipo?

When I saw this sign from the tram, I was laughing so hard I had to jump off at the next stop and backtrack up the hill just to get a picture. I don't know what possessed these people to name their cosmetic practice after the home of the U.S. president. I know that business owners around the world have always used American symbols and English words to name their businesses and products, thinking that it'll increase their 'coolness' factor or something. (There is even a hotel downtown called 'Hotel California'). But seriously, lipo & White House??? Just the combination of those two words makes me shudder, especially considering the current resident of the real White House back in Washington D.C.

The building itself has been built to look like the real thing, complete with a faux-neoclassical facade.