September 13, 2006

Wacky Brazilian Pay Phones Via Core 77
posted by the quidnunc kid 18 years ago
  • Never mind the payphones, check out those tatts! Ok, those phones are pretty grand I must admit. Those wacky industrial/graphic designers gone wild. Thanks for the Core 77 flashback qwiddy11!
  • One of the long running traditions of 2600 magazine is their feature on payphones around the world. It is amazing how different such a seemingly ordinary device can look.
  • One finds it difficult to imagine having a serious conversation with anyone whilst speaking into a parrot's abdomen. Beautiful plumage, the Norwegian Blue.
  • I'm genuinely surprised there's no RingRingRingRingRingRingRing -- Bananaphone! Maybe with good reason.
  • the cupacabra(sp) makes me deeply happy.
  • The colloquial name for a payphone in Brazil, "orelhão," means "big ear." Fitting if you ever see one... Also, chupacabra? Where? You aren't talking about the capybara, are you?
  • of course, the inestimable Fish Tick is employing a bit of merriment as the Norwegian Blue does not actually exist. The featured parrot is the Blue and Gold Macaw, although the beak color is not authentic.
  • "'ello, statue?"
  • I want to squawk on a parrot phone!
  • Those are beautiful. There's no reason public devices can't be beautiful too - it makes the street nice, and looking less cluttered.
  • Hello, darling.... Ye likely won't believe it, but I'm calling from inside a toucan's belly. ... No, I'm perfectly sober ...