Category: diaries
Newest Muni Ad Spoof: Men’s Whorehouse
Ouch.
Earlier, a MissionMission contributor said he saw two guys putting up these ads on the 49 (“one of them had a pretty sweet mustache”).
So far in the series of Muni adbusters, we’ve got a special variety Tums, the other name for Tartine, and a dig on Du Beers.
I can’t quite tell why Men’s Warehouse was picked as a target for the spoof. Personally I think this spoof of a men’s fragrance is pretty on point.
Witness: I Saw The Muni Adbusters
Photo from @dougrobbin
From MissionMission:
I had the pleasure of watching one of the new fake bus ads go up today. I was on the 49 when two young males boarded. One mentioned concernedly to the other that there was no one driving the bus. I informed them that the driver was behind the bus fixing the wires, which had fallen off the lines as the bus turned off 16th onto Mission.
But alas, no photos of the two guys. Just as well, because that would be like finding out that Santa Claus isn’t real, right? You can read the rest of his account on MissionMission, including a description of the guys.
For review, we have a special variety Tums, the unfortunate nickname for Tartine, and an inexplicable spoof of Du Beers. The dig on Marines is also clever but perhaps not from the same culprit?
What’s next?
Weekend Photos: Neon Is The New Black
Photo by David Lytle
Photo by nikonholicboi89
Photo by j_jam
Photo by homelessedmund
Photo by Sergio Ruiz
Fare Evaders, Beware
This is a different kind of Muni modification than what we’ve been seeing all week. But Paul J. Lucas warns us nonetheless. “We’ve heard that Muni has both hired more fare inspectors and is deploying them on more lines, but the attached photo (taken on board a J-Church vehicle) shows that Muni is really getting tough.”
Riding Muni with Skippy the Iguana
This iguana is the city’s most famous reptilian Muni customer. He’s even made national news! If you’re not acquainted with Skippy the Iguana, you should be. He’s a full-on service animal for Cosmie Silfa, pictured.
From a 2011 Wall Street Journal (for real) report:
“He cradles him like a baby, a big scary baby,” says Roy Mair, who works the front desk of the subsidized housing unit where Mr. Silfa lives. Mr. Silfa says what qualifies Skippy as a service animal is a letter from the psychiatrist who has been treating Mr. Silfa for depression. The letter says Skippy “helps him to maintain a stable mood.”
Rider @faernworks posted this great photo of Skippy and his main dude.
I would love to meet Skippy someday myself, if he’s not too busy being bigtime. He seems like a real gem, and he’s welcome on my Muni any day of the week.