Let’s not burning down the house!
I love how pretty much everything in Japan comes with helpful illustrations. Everywhere you go, there are pictures of cutesy characters warning you about various dangers in your midst, everything from closing elevator doors to molesters on the prowl.
Recently, I came across this fire prevention billboard for the Takanawa Fire Station:
I have no idea who the orange alien fella on the right is, but the message is clear:
Battered shrimp + Flame = Fried Shrimp or OMG the house done caught fire!! ?
Cigarette + Flame = Smoking or OMG the house done caught fire!! ?
Great stuff.
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House done caught fire? Real shit that be!
Comment by Lelia Katherine Thomas — 4/18/2006 @ 1:33 pm
I would have never gotten the first example haha. I guess Americans just don’t fry shrimp at home anymore.
Comment by Ashley — 4/18/2006 @ 9:15 pm
So… at first glance, I thought the fried shrimp was a dude laying face up with his arms, bent at the elbows, extending upward (the lower half of his body is off the image). And the wavy lines would indicate that he smells or feels sick or something.
Does that make sense?
Shrimp + fire = sick, sick dude?
Comment by Patrick — 4/19/2006 @ 2:29 pm