Stockholmies

Sign-lations Week 10

This sheep creeps me out.  

Sign-lations Week 8

Is this so bad that it's good?  Thoughts?  Interesting interpretations?

Sign-lations Week 7

OK, so we had a very low turn-out last week with signlations #6, and frankly I was counting on you guys to help me figure out what this frightening traveling sign is.  I continue to see that thing around the neighborhood and don't know what it is.  Oh well, I guess for now I will go with Mark's interpretation...lots of grapes inside!

So this week's sign-lations is an advertisement we've seen all over bus stops.  Your job, for new readers, is to post a comment with your interpretation of the photo.  This one seems pretty obvious, so we're looking for creative, funny, or completely random interpretations.

Sign-lations Week 6

There's a little bit of background necessary here to explain why the photograph below is this week's sign-lations piece.  I noticed this large illustration long ago, in a different part of the neighborhood, leaning against a building's entrance.  When I left the house to take Zeke on his Sunday walk, I found that the sign had been moved across the street from our apartment.  I don't know if this thing travels, whether it's part of a collection, or what.   Thoughts?

Sign-lations Week 5

Sign-lations week 4

Saw this flyer taped at Långholmen this morning as Zeke and I were out walking in the rain.  Thoughts?

Sign-lations Week 3

I was quite impressed with the responses to week 2, so here's a simple one.  This sign seems easy enough to understand, but what we loved about it was that it was on the sidewalk and bordering a street that doesn't allow cars on it. 

Again, for those new to sign-lations here's the basic idea:  I post a photo and you interpret it. Translating (when in Swedish) should be off limits as it certainly makes for more entertaining translations.

Sign-lations Week 2

A quick reminder about how this works. I post a photo and you interpret it. Translating (when in Swedish) should be off limits as it certainly makes for more entertaining translations.

This photo is from our visit to Stockholm last year, but it really stood out to me. As we walk the streets and see amusing signs, street names, and advertisements, I'm frequently amused. Perhaps I'm just easily amused.

Sign-lations Week 1

While I compose a summary of our first few days and potential mishaps here in Sweden, I thought that I would introduce a little game that might go on to become a regular occurrence here.  The idea is similar to that of someone posting a photograph and asking for people to come up with captions.

Here I will post a photograph of a sign that I come across while walking around town.  Sometimes I know exactly what this sign means, and other times I will have no idea.  I invite you to think of what the sign means and encourage that you not try to translate the Swedish but rather make up something completely bizarre.