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Photos in the genre of Grant Hutchinson’s Splorp.com

   (2004.10.26)

Have nothing, nothing at all, in the fridge save for a case o’ Edensoy and two kinds of ethnic dips.

Top shelf of refrigerator holds case of Edensoy, baba gannouj, hummus
   (2004.10.25)

Maple trees in Toronto are enduring a fungal outbreak (PDF) that stains their leaves black, irrespective of original colour.

Green-, yellow-, and burgundy-coloured fallen leaves on grass show large black spots
   (2004.10.23)

“When riding the escalator, please wear a skirt, carry your stuffed bust of boar in the crook of one arm, and ensure that your mirror-image clone holds his prosthesis well away from the edge.”

Three warning images at base of escalator treads: Female figure holding hand of child; male figure holding front half of some animal; and identical male figures, one of whose extended legs is overwritten with a red X
   (2004.10.20)
Concrete wall on brick building features large round glass porthole, stainless-steel barre, and inscriptions in the concrete in letterspaced lower-case Times

Pity about the letterspaced Times. Ours doesn’t have that problem.

Concrete wall behind grey wheelchair ramp shows three porthole windows
   (2004.10.14)

I see the vans with the old racist name paddy wagon have finally come… to this.

Smart Fourtwo in full blue-and-silver-checked police livery
   (2004.10.14)

Sydney has a toy monorail (still surely a Shelbyville kind of idea) and a toy tram line.

On a sunny day, a monorail train curves overhead as green streetcar approaches at ground level
   (2004.10.13)

All right, one Oz photo to start with. Behold an actual Nissan S-Cargo!

Tiny white delivery van with rounded tall body, tiny wheels, and low-slung, short nose
   (2004.09.21)

Anomalous, unnoticed, post-industrial, lonely, and beautiful curved stairway connecting Gerrard Square (“Gerrard Scare”; “Jurassic Square”) to the foot of Pape Ave.

Woman walks along concrete walkway that curves up two levels to a covered bridge
   (2004.09.21)

Cash your paycheque with the loansharks so you can pay tuition?

Subway advertisements side by side: ‘CashMoney: 50% Payday Advance!’ and ‘Give Yourself Some Credit: Ryerson University’

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