Tuesday, January 29, 2013

And now for something completely different






After returning to Hong Kong from the holidays, life has returned to something of a normal routine, so here are some completely unrelated and mostly trivial items we have found over the last several months.



Apparently, there are so many different types of roads, lanes, intersections, medians, and other traffic obstacles that pre-made construction signs can't be made for all them. We found this construction sign made from electrical tape.














Poor Mack is at the bottom of the stack.

Had to watch this stack of turtles for a while to see if the Dr. Suess' Yertle the Turtle was actually a true story...

Some things should not need a sign...
Moving to any other country from the United States, it's natural to assume unit conversions will be needed. Inches to centimeters, pounds to kilograms, US dollars to HK dollars, and the other normal conversions, but there is one conversion not always talked about. The US person to HK person conversion. This lift says it can carry 7 persons, that is HK persons. That roughly converts to 4.16 US persons. Just enough to fit us.
One Sunday morning we ventured out to breakfast close to our flat. The area we went to has an extremely active night life (the red light district from a previous post). We found a patron who in all likelihood had a very good night, decided to grab a burger before going home, and then passed out before it arrived. While we were eating breakfast, he woke up, put his shirt on (urged to do so by management), ate, paid and then left. Maybe that's the reason behind the comfy couches in the restaurant.

It is true that just about anything you want, you can get here. Even if it's not the best, it can still be so, so.
 

Or, if you love your shoes and have a closet full, why not create a shrine to them in the bathroom. One you can bathe in, too. Shiny!



Quiz time:




 

 

 

 

What was Sandra thinking when she took this picture?



Next is just some pictures from an app I found...









 Thanks for taking the time viewing the random things I found and hopefully you didn't end up like Zora when she read this post.
Until next time, when we have something meaningful to post.

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