For example, it was just pointed out to me that the KFC guy Colonel Sanders' bowtie looks like a mini stick body. Now I'll never be able to look at him again without thinking of that.
I know everybody has some of these of their own. Hopefully we can have a little (appropriate) fun sharing them! :)
I've seen way too many people doing weird things in offices via covert camera installs than I'd like to.
The 11 in the old Big Ten logo
Baskin 31 Robbins.
Roadwise, there's the general Snoopiness of the Cincinnati beltway:
(https://i.imgur.com/TDMYHcq.png)
Then, there's also this in Dallas-Fort Worth, perhaps most apparent when viewed upside down:
(https://i.imgur.com/D6ICBAq.png)
I-270 around Columbus is shaped like Porky Pig's head.
This interchange in Savannah, Georgia...
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.0733507,-81.0751239,1564m/data=!3m1!1e3
There is a right arrow in FedEx's logo.
The Delta Air Lines* widget (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delta_logo.svg/) includes 6 triangles (5 if you don't count the negative space between the two sections as part of the main triangle).
*Only US airline still spelled "air line"
Quote from: STLmapboy on December 16, 2020, 09:49:47 PM
The Delta Air Lines* widget (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delta_logo.svg/) includes 6 triangles (5 if you don't count the negative space between the two sections as part of the main triangle).
*Only US airline still spelled "air line"
Their 1930 logo should return, used by their crop-dusting division:
(https://www.deltamuseum.org/images/site/history-logo/1930_delta_logo_2.png?sfvrsn=64daaa21_0)
Quote from: STLmapboy on December 16, 2020, 09:49:47 PM
The Delta Air Lines* widget (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delta_logo.svg/) includes 6 triangles (5 if you don't count the negative space between the two sections as part of the main triangle).
*Only US airline still spelled "air line"
This?:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Delta_logo.svg/512px-Delta_logo.svg.png)
Quote from: formulanone on December 16, 2020, 10:43:34 PM
Quote from: STLmapboy on December 16, 2020, 09:49:47 PM
The Delta Air Lines* widget (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Delta_logo.svg/) includes 6 triangles (5 if you don't count the negative space between the two sections as part of the main triangle).
*Only US airline still spelled "air line"
Their 1930 logo should return, used by their crop-dusting division:
(https://www.deltamuseum.org/images/site/history-logo/1930_delta_logo_2.png?sfvrsn=64daaa21_0)
Odd that looks like Helvetica font which was released in 1957
Back before a local Taco Bell was remodeled, it used to have some old, faded, cheap Mexican art on the walls. The art was full of metaphor and meaning, and it fascinated me. Then, one day, I realized one of the landscapes was depicting a crotch shot of a woman giving birth. The mountains were her knees, for example. Knowing something about the culture, it totally made sense–it was a painting of the motherland, if you will. It's the kind of thing that thousands of people could look at and never realize–indeed, I'm sure they had already and never did–but, once you realized it, the imagery was obvious. I pointed it out to my wife, and she was dumbfounded. I'm quite sure manager after manager never even had a clue. Every time we went to that Taco Bell, my wife and I had our own little secret. Sometimes we'd tell our friend riding in the car with us, "That's the Taco Bell with soft porn hanging on the wall", and they'd ask us what the heck we were talking about. After that first realization, though, it was impossible to look at the picture and NOT see the intention of the artist.
Sadly, that restaurant was updated a couple of years ago, and the old tacky pictures on the walls are long gone.
I was shopping at a Wegmans earlier this year, and couldn't figure out why anyone would want this presumably unlucky cat food...
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201217/d15cb332bfeb7a234d5cdb9bf21bb8ac.jpg)
I call the area enclosed by I-5, I-82, I-84 and I-90 in the Pacific Northwest the "Nordschleife", due to the striking resemblance it has to Nürburgring in Germany.
The Amazon arrow pointing from A to Z.
Quote from: formulanone on December 16, 2020, 11:16:33 PM
I was shopping at a Wegmans earlier this year, and couldn't figure out why anyone would want this presumably unlucky cat food...
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201217/d15cb332bfeb7a234d5cdb9bf21bb8ac.jpg)
Am I the only one who doesn't get it?
Quote from: kphoger on December 17, 2020, 02:54:19 PM
Am I the only one who doesn't get it?
No. I didn't get it either, and I'm from Wegmans' hometown. They don't have any locations west of Erie, PA, so it must've been on a trip of some sort, which makes me all the more curious.
To get the joke, you need to know this is also a product that exists:
(https://www.riteaid.com/shop/media/catalog/product/0/7/079100003204.jpg?quality=80&bg-color=255,255,255&fit=bounds&height=406&width=406&canvas=406:406)
(https://i.dlpng.com/static/png/5276603-collection-of-free-facepalm-transparent-picard-download-on-ui-ex-facepalm-png-240_144_preview.png)
So you're Meow Mix people, fine!...we can still be friends.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on December 17, 2020, 01:40:46 PM
I call the area enclosed by I-5, I-82, I-84 and I-90 in the Pacific Northwest the "Nordschleife", due to the striking resemblance it has to Nürburgring in Germany.
Yeah, kind of...now that you mention it.
The Interstate systems of Georgia and Alabama are having a fight, Georgia landed a punch and Alabama is kicking back.
Nashville - Joker grin (840)
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 17, 2020, 04:37:04 PM
To get the joke, you need to know this is also a product that exists:
[img of 9Lives cat food snipped]
Ah. Well, now that I know that... I think it
is going to be stuck in my head whenever I see Wegmans 0Lives!
Quote from: bandit957 on December 16, 2020, 07:47:07 PM
I-270 around Columbus is shaped like Porky Pig's head.
I always thought Richie Rich.
Quote from: formulanone on December 17, 2020, 06:57:55 PM
So you're Meow Mix people, fine!...we can still be friends.
We're Purina folks here, I just know of 9Lives because it was frequently used as a grocery item on
The Price Is Right in the 90s. So thank Rod Roddy for that one.
American cats surely have 2 more lives than Spanish ones, which only have 7.
In addition to I-275 mentioned above, another dog head can be seen on the Berlin Ringbahn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Ringbahn). It is even often called as such, Hundekopf.
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on December 16, 2020, 07:21:27 PM
Roadwise, there's the general Snoopiness of the Cincinnati beltway:
(https://i.imgur.com/TDMYHcq.png)
Then, there's also this in Dallas-Fort Worth, perhaps most apparent when viewed upside down:
(https://i.imgur.com/D6ICBAq.png)
I always wondered how long it would take to do one full loop around the Cincinnati Beltway. I have always thought that I-275 goes too far west to be a legit bypass of Cincinnati. It should turn to go south again where it intersects I-74 and come across the river to near the airport to connect to the rest of the loop.
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 18, 2020, 09:16:54 AM
I always wondered how long it would take to do one full loop around the Cincinnati Beltway. I have always thought that I-275 goes too far west to be a legit bypass of Cincinnati. It should turn to go south again where it intersects I-74 and come across the river to near the airport to connect to the rest of the loop.
Bluffs are pretty tall above the river and rich people live on the Ohio side, so they went around 'em.
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 18, 2020, 09:16:54 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on December 16, 2020, 07:21:27 PM
Roadwise, there's the general Snoopiness of the Cincinnati beltway:
(https://i.imgur.com/TDMYHcq.png)
Then, there's also this in Dallas-Fort Worth, perhaps most apparent when viewed upside down:
(https://i.imgur.com/D6ICBAq.png)
I always wondered how long it would take to do one full loop around the Cincinnati Beltway. I have always thought that I-275 goes too far west to be a legit bypass of Cincinnati. It should turn to go south again where it intersects I-74 and come across the river to near the airport to connect to the rest of the loop.
Probably about an hour and a half, since it's 84 miles long. I've never driven all of it in one sitting, although I do have it clinched.
I drove one full loop around the Washington beltway, but I don't remember how long it took.
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 17, 2020, 04:37:04 PM
To get the joke, you need to know this is also a product that exists:
(https://www.riteaid.com/shop/media/catalog/product/0/7/079100003204.jpg?quality=80&bg-color=255,255,255&fit=bounds&height=406&width=406&canvas=406:406)
I don't get the joke. And we've fed our cats plenty of 9 Lives over the years.
Zero lives vs 9 lives
The arrow in the FedEx logo.
The word "Mom" in the neck ruffle of Wendy's dress. Subliminal advertising to make you think of "Mom's home cooking".
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1000logos.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F08%2FWendys-Logo-768x255.png&hash=a99ed27d7fd7aef24d6e41d794bbb185811ed4d9)
Quote from: hbelkins on December 18, 2020, 05:11:06 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on December 17, 2020, 04:37:04 PM
To get the joke, you need to know this is also a product that exists:
(https://www.riteaid.com/shop/media/catalog/product/0/7/079100003204.jpg?quality=80&bg-color=255,255,255&fit=bounds&height=406&width=406&canvas=406:406)
I don't get the joke. And we've fed our cats plenty of 9 Lives over the years.
"Olives" being mis-read as "Zero lives" (the original image being a can of Wegman's olives)
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on December 16, 2020, 07:21:27 PM
Roadwise, there's the general Snoopiness of the Cincinnati beltway:
(https://i.imgur.com/TDMYHcq.png)
Then, there's also this in Dallas-Fort Worth, perhaps most apparent when viewed upside down:
(https://i.imgur.com/D6ICBAq.png)
Not really seeing it
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on December 18, 2020, 11:52:01 PM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on December 16, 2020, 07:21:27 PM
Not really seeing it
The resemblance isn't perfect, of course, but, to me at least, it is pretty close.
(https://i.imgur.com/x3OsO8V.png)
Quote from: dlsterner on December 18, 2020, 11:22:23 PM
The word "Mom" in the neck ruffle of Wendy's dress. Subliminal advertising to make you think of "Mom's home cooking".
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1000logos.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F08%2FWendys-Logo-768x255.png&hash=a99ed27d7fd7aef24d6e41d794bbb185811ed4d9)
Wendy's officially denied having anything to do with that, not that that means much.
Quote from: 74/171FAN on December 18, 2020, 07:36:13 PM
The arrow in the FedEx logo.
I can't quite make it out... ;)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47985798207_bf99b465c1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g7kL1p)
(Seriously saw it when waiting around for a ride about 22 years ago. It blew my mind.)
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on December 19, 2020, 02:16:46 AM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on December 18, 2020, 11:52:01 PM
Not really seeing it
The resemblance isn't perfect, of course, but, to me at least, it is pretty close.
(https://i.imgur.com/x3OsO8V.png)
Now do the DFW one for us. :bigass:
Try to isolate Sweden and Finland :bigass:.
One that is unknown to the USA as it currently has no presence there, is the C in the French retailer Carrefour's logo:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Carrefour_logo_no_tag.svg/97px-Carrefour_logo_no_tag.svg.png)
The "Ball in Glove" Milwaukee Brewers logo being an actual M and B. When I learned that when I was a kid, I thought it was the most amazing thing ever.
The Montreal Expos logo being not just an M, but an M, E and B.
Originally Homer Simpson had an M with the hair on the side of his head, and a G with his ear in his design for Matt Groening. Changes in Models before the first season eliminated this, but he still draws it that way.
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 04, 2021, 03:04:33 PM
The "Ball in Glove" Milwaukee Brewers logo being an actual M and B. When I learned that when I was a kid, I thought it was the most amazing thing ever.
I had to look it up, and you'd be forgiven for thinking Saul Bass or Paul Rand designed it. (https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.jsonline.com/amp/4202151002) Definitely one of the best sports logos of all time.
Quote from: Flint1979 on December 18, 2020, 09:16:54 AM
Quote from: CtrlAltDel on December 16, 2020, 07:21:27 PM
Roadwise, there's the general Snoopiness of the Cincinnati beltway:
(https://i.imgur.com/TDMYHcq.png)
Then, there's also this in Dallas-Fort Worth, perhaps most apparent when viewed upside down:
(https://i.imgur.com/D6ICBAq.png)
I always wondered how long it would take to do one full loop around the Cincinnati Beltway. I have always thought that I-275 goes too far west to be a legit bypass of Cincinnati. It should turn to go south again where it intersects I-74 and come across the river to near the airport to connect to the rest of the loop.
I-275 works better as a bypass for I-71 than I-75 despite being an x75.
Only 11 miles longer (84-49=35 mi) than using I-71 through downtown (17+(192-185)=24 mi). And yes, this is the best case scenario for our beltway functioning as a bypass.
But at least we took the title of longest interstate beltway from I-435 by like half a mile; that’s the important part :D