Tag: neon

Neon Sign Fails

oo-yea

If John Mellencamp had his way, all neon & fluorescent signs would look like that one. Here are some other examples of what happens when the gas leaks or the ballast craps out.

[Found in here, and there’s more. I was going to add some to their collection, but the site requires log-ins with passwords and stuff so I passed. Their loss.]

BTW, this is Mellencamp’s best song IMO, and the line is “That’s when a smoke was a smoke.” Not a spoke. Not a sport. Not a spote. Not a spork. A smoke.

The Friday .Gif Post No.268 – Ape Ape, Beauty & Beasts

Ape Ape

neon-beauty

nightmares

[Found here, here and here.]

Chinese Roadhouse – My Way or The Highway

The House in the Middle of the Street: A car stops beside a house in the middle of a newly built road in Wenling, Zhejiang province, November 22, 2012. An elderly couple refused to sign an agreement to allow their house to be demolished. They say that compensation offered is not enough to cover rebuilding costs, according to local media.

That place screams for a safety sign mounted high on both sides of the house:

Beer Wine Velvet Elvis Carry Out

[Found here. Related post here.]

Neon Dental

[via, crossposted here.]

The Toothpaste Bar is located somewhere in the NYC vicinity and I can only assume that the patrons and employees have nice smiles and fresh breath.

It’s located across the street from The Soap Bar, where everyone smells nice but there’s no cussing allowed… hell with that.