Yukon Chatter Bug

We went down to Vancouver a few years ago to meet up with Dave’s brother who was visiting from South Korea. We decided to take a little side trip to Victoria to visit this fine city and meet up with some of my old work colleagues at the Canoe Brewpub. This place has their own idea of blending quirkiness, artsiness, practicality, and innovativeness…in the washroom. The handwashing facilities consist of a long trough that is shared by both the men’s and ladies’ washroom. A mirrored wall extends down far enough into the trough that you can’t see the other side, except perhaps soap-lathered hands from the other side (though in truth, I don’t remember if you could actually see hands on the other side). It was kind of weird and fun at the same time.

On our most recent trip to Ontario, I found other examples of things that are uncommon:

I had a bite in well-known pub called D’Arcy McGee’s. In the ladies’ washroom was a commercial flat iron, and I couldn’t resist taking a picture despite the embarassment of knowing that people might see the flash going off. The washroom door had an opaque window pane.

In another public washroom was a hand-dryer from the future. The air coming out of this thing was so powerful that your hands literally dried in seconds.

Okay, maybe by now you’re thinking that I’m the quirky one for taking these photos. Well, it runs in the family. Here’s a picture of my sister’s idea of tools for removing the cover on a computer’s power supply.

And if you’re trying to find parking in St. John’s, NFLD and don’t speak English Newfounese, no worries. A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say.

Of course with different climate come different warnings. This one’s for Baino. These signs were on the doors of most businesses.

From a courthouse in Ottawa (Ontario Court House). Who woulda thunk putting rocks in the side of a building? I wonder if this was a statement linked with the intended use of the building.

Ever get those e-mails where there’s a joke and then you have to scroll down…scroll down…keep scrolling? This last picture is boingboing worthy. We got off the highway to make a phone call and came across the following. I’ll leave it up to you to come up with a title for the billboard.