22
Apr
2008
Speaking of Odd Symbols
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Category: Culture + Society, cameraphone
I present to you Exhibit B, taken with my crappy cameraphone in the parking lot of Sobey’s (grocery store) — much to the puzzlement of other shoppers.
A stork? Come on. Not only am I sceptical that this is a truly universal symbol of maternity (the stork reference is firmly rooted in Western popular culture; Toronto is more cosmopolitan than that), but this is a parking lot. The bird appears to be happily making off with my groceries!
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
No, no, it’s bringing them safely home for you!
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
I thought it stood for, take my baby away.