jackskellington101 Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Ok, please be gentle, it's my first time. So, yesterday, when I have no classes and a whole lot of time on my hands, instead of studying or working or anything, I decided to totally become a college student and walk about central London armed with my camera. I took pictures of mainly the things that struck me odd or funny, though I did have some of the standard photographed things too, which I will spare you. Hope you enjoy it! Stuart "I hope I did this right" Newsom And finally, on my way back to my dorm, I noticed this. I walked by it many times and never once paid attention to it till now. Cheers. In London. I'll repeat that. Cheers. In London. Doesn't that seem like a conflict of interest, putting a Boston based t Wow...you have to love totally politically incorrect advertising. It certainly caught my eye. I wish I could see what the reaction would be if this just magically appeared in the states in a major market somewhere. See, they already gave this statue in Trafalgar Square head pigeons! He needs to get to a nurse before it spreads to the rest of the statues. But I did see the pigeons meeting in Trafalgar Square, formulating a plan to take over London, seeing they must out number humans 500 to 1. I swear, if avian flu becomes contracted to pigeons, London is doomed. Now, through the magic of the Internet, I teleport us from Covent Garden all the way to Trafalgar Square! Poof! Well, as you can see, Trafalgar Square is under rehab too. See the lovely sign the put up for us. I think it's cleaning for the fountains and s Wow...I gues they're going to get a different cut than we Americans get. Further past Covent Garden, I came across this ad. Hurray for America, we're shipping the Daily Show over here! The Brits have no idea what's coming. But wait, something doesn't seem right... Now, to Covent Garden, when you can find street performance of all kinds, including a full street opera that was going on at the time, and this very happy cab. It's a very happy cab indeed. It's quite joyful. Now, from Leicester Square to Covent Garden. From there I noticed these in a window of a shop. Now, personally, I don't have any piercings of any kind, but I would think those would weigh you down a little bit. Onward to Leicester Square, which is officially Elissa friendly. Well, onward! Past the London Trocadero, which is an attempt at a central London entertainment and shopping center which seemed to fail miserably. One of the few stores left is this candy store where the air alone is enough to put people in diabetic comas Ahhhh, that explains everything. Look at all the dead pixels on the sign! It looks really out of shape. I wonder who could have made it where the pixels dies in such a way... First stop, Piccadilly Circus! One of the most photographed things in London, besides St. Stephen's Tower (Big Ben), The London Eye, and Jordan. But something is amiss... Here's how I set out. I'm such a stupid American tourist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Great TR! I love London, Cant wait to go back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Great photo TR. That looks all really nice. I remember the last time I visited London it wasn´t so nice, but this make me very happy to go there, again. I think this time it will be much better! --Sören Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Yankee Guy Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Wow, that's the same exact signage used for when they're building something at a Six Flags Park..Well, I've seen it at SFNE before. Other than that, great TR! I really want to visit London again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvcoasterguy Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 I loved London- it was the favorite place that I vistied. I just loved walking around in the city. There are just so many cool things about London. It is quite the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterFanatic Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Please tell me that is a photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Great TR! I laughed a lot! BTW, I think we should submit 'elissa-friendly' to the dictionary people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackskellington101 Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 ^^ I wondered how long until someone picked that up. 8) Yes, it is a photoshop. I used the SFMM construction pictures from this very own site. ^ That sounds like a plan Elissa. Thanks for the complement! Thanks all of you! Stuart "sneaky" Newsom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllisonY2K Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 ....and you have a Strongbad t-shirt! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smells_like_team_disney Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Whoop! Whoop! An American in the streets of London, that's always exciting. Great TR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackskellington101 Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 That I do, and not only that, but I got a lot of complements from the random British people I met because of it. It seems that homestarrunner.com has a sort of cult following over here too. Ah, the Internet... Stuart "Raised by a cup of coffee" Newsom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddymonster Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Not only do you get kudos for your SN and avatar, but for posting the picture of the Last Supper Poker. That was classic! Well done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandaman Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Hooray for irrelevance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturday97 Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 IThanks for the random TR, it was great to see London. Hoping that you'll post more while you're there. Are you there for the whole school year or just a semester? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 I had to double take at the huge billboards for the new "adult entertainment channel", especially when I saw Jon Snow pictured (middle aged news reader), but having now received some information in my newspaper, I find it isn't as exciting as it sounds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterCrazy Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Great TR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackskellington101 Posted October 15, 2005 Author Share Posted October 15, 2005 ^^^ Sadly, Just a semester. I wish I had more time, but I can't seem to fit it in. I do plan to do more, I went to Thorpe Park today, so expect that soon enough. But I think first I'll eat then go to sleep. It's already been a long day. lol. Stuart "dead tired" Newsom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted October 15, 2005 Share Posted October 15, 2005 Where is that Cheers bar??? I gotta visit that when I'm down in London next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackskellington101 Posted October 16, 2005 Author Share Posted October 16, 2005 ^It's on Regent Street, just before the bend, close to Piccadilly Circus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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