I initially thought this was a random video from youtube and was struck by how similar it seemed to a meh video, then I realized there was a reason for that. Either way, I am happy woot is gone if only for this. It was beautiful. Thank you person who made it.
A local vape shop has one of these. It spun the sign for about two weeks before it broke. Then it stopped standing on its own, so they used a car to prop it up. But they were obviously going to need the car back eventually. So then they decided to stabilize her by burying her legs in a bucket of cement and having a board run up her back. So now she stands there tied to a board and legs in cement, leaning with a sign she can’t spin. Basically they replaced a human sign post with a mannequin sign post, then converted the mannequin sign post into a regular sign post.
What sort of intrigues me, is that in my neck of the USA, the illegality of “Cash for gold lady” is in part what brought arise to the whole “sign spinner” phenomenon in the first place.
Back in the early 90’s, businesses discovered a loophole that while local ordinances dictated that a “non-permanent” sign that close to the street was illegal, the law allowed a sign being held by a human (provided the person doesn’t sit down). Most just stood there motionless holding their sign until one teenage kid who was holding his sign for a pizza chain (I think Little Ceaser’s) began enthusiastically playing his sign like an air guitar while listening to music on his headphones. He became sort of a local phenomenon and a rival pizza joint hired the kid away and got him a sign in the shape of a guitar. Flash-forward a few years later and sign-spinners were everywhere (as were air-guitar signs) and in the early 2000’s there was even a “sign-spinner world championship” A “cash for gold lady” type sign is still illegal here and would get shut down in pretty short order.
I kinda wanna steal it, just so the owner doesn’t have it anymore.
Who is dreadlocks guy? is that… @matthew?
also…
Really like this new direction :
Also, are those spiked-heel bowling shoes?
Whatever is up with those shoes, we may never know
This must be a Texas thing…
These things have been around for a few years now …
http://www.npr.org/2013/10/16/232105767/there-s-a-new-kind-of-sign-spinner-in-town
@narfcake No illustrative t-shirt?
@therealjrn Only if I have access to the shirt.woot reject bin … which I don’t, so no.
I initially thought this was a random video from youtube and was struck by how similar it seemed to a meh video, then I realized there was a reason for that. Either way, I am happy woot is gone if only for this. It was beautiful. Thank you person who made it.
@Pantheist Woot! Is gone? When? Like in closed for business forever?
@Lurker I don’t think so- I just mean gone to me. I haven’t even visited the site since deals.woot went away
There was one of these on my way home from work years ago. After 4 days the sign stopped waving. After a week, she was gone.
A local vape shop has one of these. It spun the sign for about two weeks before it broke. Then it stopped standing on its own, so they used a car to prop it up. But they were obviously going to need the car back eventually. So then they decided to stabilize her by burying her legs in a bucket of cement and having a board run up her back. So now she stands there tied to a board and legs in cement, leaning with a sign she can’t spin. Basically they replaced a human sign post with a mannequin sign post, then converted the mannequin sign post into a regular sign post.
@melancholysp I don’t know why, but I found this hilarious. Hilarious to the point I started coughing from laughing.
I thought the entire point of sign waver people was to make you feel mildly guilty for ignoring them.
Holy shit, I live a block away from this and see it everyday. WHY ARE YOU STALKING ME MEH!?
@DrunkCat We live only a few blocks away too… I’m pretty sure they’re stalking us… coffee?
Long after the robots win the war, some alien species will find this video. It’ll be proof that humans caused their own demise.
I longingly look at her every day from the E, hoping to catch her gaze but am spurned daily…
What sort of intrigues me, is that in my neck of the USA, the illegality of “Cash for gold lady” is in part what brought arise to the whole “sign spinner” phenomenon in the first place.
Back in the early 90’s, businesses discovered a loophole that while local ordinances dictated that a “non-permanent” sign that close to the street was illegal, the law allowed a sign being held by a human (provided the person doesn’t sit down). Most just stood there motionless holding their sign until one teenage kid who was holding his sign for a pizza chain (I think Little Ceaser’s) began enthusiastically playing his sign like an air guitar while listening to music on his headphones. He became sort of a local phenomenon and a rival pizza joint hired the kid away and got him a sign in the shape of a guitar. Flash-forward a few years later and sign-spinners were everywhere (as were air-guitar signs) and in the early 2000’s there was even a “sign-spinner world championship” A “cash for gold lady” type sign is still illegal here and would get shut down in pretty short order.
Due to reasons, I was finally able to watch this tonight. The TMBG-like vibe of the song made me very happy.
Mattress store had a going out of business sale. They used a mix of people and mannequins. Looked like a happening bunch from 3 blocks away.