Street sign thief!
Thursday, January 12, 2012 Publié par Eric Tenin
Yes it's a one way street sign. Yes it's pretty dirty. But look more closely... Something should put a smile on your face, like it did on mine... Yes, the little guy that looks like he's stealing the white rectangle inside this street sign! I have no idea who did this, but apparently there as several ones in Paris and I find it quite amusing. that's all for today ;-) Update: here is the Facebook page of the artist who makes these little guys.
January 12, 2012 12:18:00 AM GMT+01:00
I saw this rectangle stealing guy last year in Rome. Was he there for a vacation?
January 12, 2012 12:22:00 AM GMT+01:00
I saw these all over Rome and a few in Florence in April. They appeared on a variety of traffic signs. Some are very clever. A one way sign (do not enter) like yours had a decal of a driver, steering wheel, and rear view mirror, as if the white stripe is a windshield of a car coming at you. A dead end sign (looks like a T or a crucifix) had a decal of a pieta at its base. I'll send you a couple. I think they are really fun.
January 12, 2012 12:54:00 AM GMT+01:00
I think it's fantastic. And there's a little Eiffel Tower, too! See it?
January 12, 2012 4:01:00 AM GMT+01:00
Seems there are a number of these very clever thieves ;-)
January 12, 2012 7:04:00 AM GMT+01:00
Yup, it is quite amusing :)
January 12, 2012 7:19:00 AM GMT+01:00
It made me smile!
January 12, 2012 8:09:00 AM GMT+01:00
I saw some of these signs in cities I can't quite remember. They all managed to put a smile on my face. Pure fun!
January 12, 2012 9:44:00 AM GMT+01:00
Adam's Invisible Paris page featured these little men a few weeks ago: http://parisisinvisible.blogspot.com/2011/10/of-sheep-and-men.html and one reader identified the artist as Clet Abraham. See http://www.facebook.com/pages/CLET/108974755823172?sk=wall and http://www.academyfineart.com/clet_abraham.htm.
January 12, 2012 9:55:00 AM GMT+01:00
LOL! is it for real? Creative!
January 12, 2012 11:43:00 AM GMT+01:00
This is great humour ;-D
January 12, 2012 12:18:00 PM GMT+01:00
such a clever capture. happy birthday, eric!
January 12, 2012 2:00:00 PM GMT+01:00
He's all over the place, it seems! Here's a recent one I spotted.
January 12, 2012 5:01:00 PM GMT+01:00
LOL That is funny! I'm so glad to see that a sense of humor, real humor, is alive and well.
January 12, 2012 5:23:00 PM GMT+01:00
Is he stealing it or putting it back?
Perhaps Sab's naughty little man goes round stealing them and Eric's nice little man follows him round putting them back.
I've heard there is a black market for white rectangles, in the grey economy.
January 12, 2012 6:20:00 PM GMT+01:00
This brought a great smile to my face too.
January 12, 2012 6:51:00 PM GMT+01:00
This is awesome!
January 12, 2012 8:39:00 PM GMT+01:00
What Christie said. (And I've had people actually try to tell me that the French have no sense of humor! Can you imagine?)
January 13, 2012 12:14:00 AM GMT+01:00
@Drummond "I've heard there is a black market for white rectangles, in the grey economy." LOOOOOOL! yeah probably sold at Les puces
@Alexa "(And I've had people actually try to tell me that the French have no sense of humor! Can you imagine?)" Yeah, right!
@Jeff. Yeas apparently the guy who does that lives in Italy. I just found his Facebook page thanks to Tim's comment.