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Laval, QC, August 2008
About this photo: We're exploring bright-themed pictures as part of this week's Thematic Photographic. After you've shared a caption for this photo, I hope you'll click here and dive into TP as well.Everyone knows that when you begin to learn a new language, you tend to seek out profane and otherwise edgy words first. Swearing in another language is just so much more fun, isn't it? In many cases, that's all that's retained long after everything else has been forgotten.
This isn't a swear word, of course. But anything related to the bathroom makes the learn-first list as well. My kids, who laughed endlessly when they first saw this sign, would doubtless agree. I guess French-language signs pointing to the loo are more exotic than English ones.
Your turn: I thought we'd start off our second century of Caption This with a bit of word play. Can you come up with a witty caption for this photo? For more background on how Caption This works, please click here. Otherwise, hit the Comment link below and share one - or many - of your best suggestions.
About last week's water fountain photo: This is one of my all-time favorite pictures. Mike had asked if he had seen it before: and, yes, he had. Very, very occasionally, I re-post photos that I've previously shared. Although this is a rare thing for me, I do so when I want newer readers of my blog to see some of my favorite work. Hope that's OK.
This week's honorable menschens are the following great folks:
- Mr. Althouse: "Firewater."
- MW: "Fluid flight."
- Robin: "Splash down."
- Steve: "Streaming media."
- Pagan Sphinx: "Fire and ice."
- Awareness: "Captured glance of the waterdance."
- Barb: "Stream of life."
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23 comments:
"That's 'restroom' for all you aristocrats..."
Got here via NetChick this morning. It's still morning, right?
:::checks clock:::
Just barely...
"Misdirected Cupid"
Here via Tanya this time, but I really don't need her encouragement!
Mike
it is a small toil
Johnny Ondaspot
no caption, but doesn't it look like a toilet seat, partially up, with a little toilet seat lock on the end?
Like an artistic rendition of a toilet seat in neon. Or argon, as the case may be.
I sure love your blog.
Shoot...I was hopin' to win the 100th just for posterity's sake, but if I have to lose? Steve always sets the bar in captioning excellence :)-- congratulations.
For this week's photo? I'll have to think on it a bit...I'll be back!
"The second word to learn"
Just thinking of my process of 'diving' into a new culture and place...
:) Nice photo - thanks!
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now!
Why is the sign in neon? It is one of the MOST important places to go!
Hmmm... they spent the money on the sign I wonder if the toilet paper is rough one-ply or sqeezably two-ply "Charmin soft".
That's where the "plop, plop, fizz, fizz" song originated... don't let Alka Seltzer fool you!
One last thing... courtesy flushes are always appreciated. Be sure to tip your bathroom attendent.
Thanks for such kind words, Carmi. I'll need to think on this new one as well. I'm flush out of great ideas.
(groan)
And thanks to you, too, Robin. It's the threat of losing to you that brings out my captioning best.
"Ou est le crapper?... Hasn't got the same ring to it."
I wouldn't recommend going to the beach in your end of the world Carmi. You'll get hypothermia!
Isn't it snowing there?
Thanks for stopping by.
:o)
I've stopped by too late tonight...I need some sleep to get the grey cells working, but I'll be back! Thanks for chatting just now...I'll definitely try google!
Amazing photographs, by the way!
bella :)
Learn to aim right!
Did you see my TP, Carmi?
gotta go, gotta go, gotta go, right now
the loo light
PEE THIS WAY!
"Sh*t from a bow!" ;D
(and no i did not mean shot and arrow)
or maybe
"Toil-ette happens!"
Carmi -
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your wonderful comments. You have some really terrific images here. No caption ideas for now...I didn't come prepared to think. I'm going to work backwards here and get familiar with your work.
Kat
... no no no ... point it DOWN please.
oh wait ... the sign is red ... make that neon ... not argon.
See how my memory is? I'm away from the photograph for ten seconds and already I forget what color it is.
sigh.
Plop-plop-pizz-pizz oh, what a relief it is.
Where's the sink?
thats a helluva sign!
nPEeon
we aim to please, you aim too please
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