For example, here is the pleasingly chunky-thighed little man who tells you that it is OK to cross the road in certain parts of Montreal:
I really like him. He looks like he might actually be real; he is sort of meaty. And he is very different to my memory of the traffic light men in (for e.g.) London or Amsterdam.
But more to the point, he has set me to thinking: what would happen if I built a bank of photographs of little traffic light men from all around the world? I tell you would happen: people would be really interested and it would be brilliant, possibly starting an "international craze" (a bit like for e.g. Facebook or celebrating birthdays).
And here's the good news, readers! So convinced am I that this idea is the beginning of something huge that I have taken the liberty of setting up a web-blog.
It is called Traffic Light People Of The World. If you would like to contribute to it please let me know; otherwise, I urge you to run into the street (looking out for oncoming traffic!) at your earliest convenience, photograph your (local) little traffic light man (or lady!), and send him to me forthwith.
Come on everyone! Let's get busy one time! (With our digital photographs of little traffic light people.)
* He looks like this elsewhere in Montreal, except in focus:
12 comments:
Bit confused though - is your pleasingly (and sort of 50's retro-y) chunky-thighed little man red? Because that sends the conflicted message of: Stroll! Walk with confidence! Come on, fling one leg out in front of the other just like me an - DIE AT THE BUMPER OF THE ON-COMING SUV!!
Bad pic. Hold on I will replace it. In fact he is white, glowing with positive encouragement to cross the road.
Hello hello - better?
My, my, what manly thighs!
And that's not just the traffic light man!!!!!!
Come on Julia. Come on Megan. Send me your local traffic light man.
Oh, but now he's all small!
He does look good. Montreal loves pictographs because we're useless with signage-- No Parking instructions are the perfect example of this.
Clare - you're never happy, are you?
Asta - it's OK, I thought Frigo Maytag was a person
Phew - better. I was all conflicted and angsty what with wanting to follow the manly-thighed walky man and yet being culturally brainwashed to know that RED means NO!
I will investigate my local traffic light man at once and see if he's worth photographing. Then I'll see if I can figure out my cell phone camera which I have never once bothered to use. Except when I took a nice picture of my dainty fingertip accidentally.
Here you will find a traffic light man with no arms, but with a hat and an enormous cock:
http://www.theberlinpaper.com/etc/home/43381.html
Just you wait and see what I've just been sent by Emma in Australia. I shall be publishing it later.
It is not dissimilar to your own picture, dear Johnnyboy, except for the enormous cock and the dress.
I will happily send a Scottish one but do not expect a kilt wearing one. Sadly.
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