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February 4, 2005
Bottom of the Bear-ral
I'm glad these posters come out on a monthly basis, because I need time to think of new puns for my blog posts. With this month's offering, it seems that the advertising team also needs some time to come up with new crimes to lambast. I can't help but think that leaving your luggage on the yellow line is towards the bottom of subway-related no-nos. First of all, most Japanese use the takkyuubin to transport their bags to the airport. I am the only person who is broke/dumb enough to try hauling a huge suitcase from my house to the station to the next train line to Nippori to Narita. Second, there may not be a trainman available in the actual subway car to say, "Hey stop eating that sandwich!" but certainly there's a guy on the platform to keep luggage off the yellow line - if that's really something they are worried about.
The bears in this ad are looking at the camera as if to say, what's wrong with what we're doing? Yeah, I hear you.
(By the way, they are on their way to Alaska. Cute. But why not Hokkaido?)
Posted by marxy at February 4, 2005 8:19 PM
Comments
Hokkaido is a big destination for owls right now. But bears who come here tend to get stuffed.
Posted by: Momus at February 4, 2005 10:07 PM
Since you are "the only person broke/dumb enough" etc., maybe this poster's for you, big guy.
Posted by: Laura at February 5, 2005 12:26 AM
Since you are "the only person broke/dumb enough" etc., maybe this poster's for you, big guy.
Hey, I keep my baggage off the yellow line, thank you.
Posted by: marxy at February 5, 2005 12:37 AM
The end result of this campaign may be to equate teddy bears with lawbreaking. When will someone stand up for the teddy bear's rights?
Posted by: Ted at February 5, 2005 2:58 AM
I thought it would have been quite clear that those transgressing foreigner bears were going home to Alaska (where they belong, not upsetting the tranquility of ordered Japanese lives, standing on the wrong side of the escalator.) Which may be the subject of the next poster.
Posted by: Dave at February 5, 2005 6:59 AM
You beat me to it. I posted about this on the 4th: http://adfny.metalgear.org/blog/main/2005/02/04#behavior_bears_go_to_alaska
BTW my wife and I take our own bags to Narita, but would never think of putting them on the yellow line.
Posted by: Chris_B at February 7, 2005 3:08 PM
You beat me to it.
Bear poster critique is kind of "my thing."
Posted by: marxy at February 7, 2005 4:14 PM
I thought jpop was your thing...
damn. now I'm gonnna have to find another thing if this thing is already claimed.
Posted by: Chris_B at February 8, 2005 12:07 PM