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posted by bzero (Tue Jul 14 09, 6:48PM)
hee! I love "in character" ads. Clever.
posted by LaSargenta (Wed Jul 15 09, 9:03AM)
I saw this, too! (Except in my neighborhood. Maybe we live in the same one.)
My (7 y.o.) son asked why "Humans only". I told him I was pretty sure it was an ad for a movie, tv show, or video game; but, then I asked him if we really did have non-humans here trying to take the bus, what would he think should happen. His answer: "Well, as long as they fit on the bus and have metro cards, I think they should get to ride the bus. Maybe they have somewhere to go." :)
posted by LaSargenta (Wed Jul 15 09, 9:07AM)
I just looked closer at your photos. I live on the LES. Definately not the same neighborhood.
posted by Victor Plenty (Wed Jul 15 09, 3:36PM)
LaSargenta for the child-raising win! There may be hope for us humans yet.
posted by MaryAnn (Wed Jul 15 09, 4:13PM)
I've never made any secret of the fact that I live in the Bronx.
That bus shelter was near the end of the No. 4 train in Woodlawn. (The ad is gone now, BTW.)
posted by MaryAnn (Wed Jul 15 09, 4:14PM)
I love that his answer doesn't assume that nonhumans would be human-sized. Smart kid!
posted by JoshB (Wed Jul 15 09, 5:02PM)
Wow, those are loose criteria. I would at least stipulate that they not be allowed to glue us to walls, latch onto our faces and deposit their young in our esophagi.
And if you've ever watched Predator 2 you already know that aliens tend to disregard the metro card requirement.
posted by Victor Plenty (Wed Jul 15 09, 5:16PM)
The ad is gone now? As in replaced with a different ad? Or "gone" as in simply missing, and possibly added to somebody's private collection of illicitly acquired Hollywood memorabilia?
(Not that I'm accusing anybody who frequents this site, in case you were wondering.)
posted by MaryAnn (Wed Jul 15 09, 5:36PM)
No, gone as in replaced by another ad.
But now there are even cooler ones actually on the sides of buses. I'll try to get an image of one of those.
posted by La Sargenta (Thu Jul 16 09, 11:44AM)
You know, I refuse to live in fear, even in movie-land. I'm thinking more Man Who Fell To Earth. Or even Alien Nation or Cocoon.
Besides, we already have beings that do that: They are called Medical Insurance Adjusters. And friends of mine who do animal resuce tell me that dipping kittens in glue is shockingly common. Haven't yet met a kitten who'd do that to me.
Pogo: "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us."
Lady Christina de Souza did, too.
posted by LaSargenta (Thu Jul 16 09, 11:50AM)
I'm quite sure you haven't; but, I have a head like a sieve sometimes and, well, I wrote before thinking.
Apologies. I'll never make that mistake again.
U know, I quite like the Bronx. 3 different geologic "units" (as they're called) come together up there. Did you know the Grand Concourse is a fault line? Not tectonic, just between rock masses. You won't get earthquakes on it, but that's why it is high up.
posted by Shreck (Thu Jul 16 09, 6:03PM)
I saw one of these ads at a bus stop here in LA too, and thought it was very cool. However, last week I saw this:
http://www.getthebigpicture.net/storage/posters/09/d9_h.jpg
on a billboard overlooking the 10 freeway. Best part: the billboard was directly over the Museum of Tolerance.
Kudos, ad guys... kudos.