seen on a public sidewalk at a large mall in little rock, arkansas and i thought to myself, “you can still trip over it. what a way to ‘fix’ a pipe protruding out of the sidewalk.”
i have conversations in my mind with myself when i’m out in public. it was during that conversation i realized the parallel of a ‘cover up’ and this cone on the pipe as a solution. seriously?, but i mean really?
why do some people not grasp the idea of learning from the mistakes of others and insist on learning everything from their own mistakes? as a wise person once told me, “you don’t live long enough to learn everything from your own mistakes.”
— i said that
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
— that Mark Twain guy said that
One of my pet peeves that you’ve captured here! The cone makes it more dangerous by hiding the steel pole that protrudes. Great sepia tones in this shot!
Excellent post, Sherri! I mean really! 🙂
they say we learn from our mistakes, yet who among us has burned the roof of our mouth on hot pizza for the last time?
I don’t know who said that, but I didn’t make it up.
The cone reminds me of a comic wizard’s cap.
not sure which I’m chuckling at more: your words or Mark Twains!
That’s all about re-inventing the wheel, sherri
The things you see…and say! Well done, Sherri.
Quel cône orange il sert à l’avertissement de ce bout de poteau génial
Belle journée
Nicou
i imagine the cone increases the visibility with its bright colour and larger geometry, when compared to a nondescript piece of pipe, Sherri.
Hahaha Here the water company will come round to inspect a leak in the road and paint a yellow box around it. Later someone will come and repair the leak. I guess they wouldn’t he able to find it without the yellow paint
once when my bangs were too long, i walked into a pole at a shopping mall… yes, i said that lol
what an image the Mark Twain quote conjures up 🙂
That old pipe with hat has now become a piece of art
Just done in a hurry because there are only a few people who do things right to the end…I have also conversations with myself …that’s fun and interesting …!
Your processing is great !
My first thought on seeing this was a witch hat! It may not be a perfect solution, but to my thinking, at least someone was trying. I suppose someone will hav to fall before anyone “gets” it.
Looks like a witch’s hat, left behind.
A silly, wonky problem fixing fail )
The right words with this photo, well seen and documented.
As a species, we seem not to learn from our biggest mistakes. We blundered into Vietnam and then into Iraq having learned nothing. Now, we have a moron in charge who asks repeatedly why don’t we use nuclear weapons.
A sloppy fix to a potentially serious problem. Someone is going to trip over it and get hurt. Probably after that it will get fixed. Wonderful processing. I like the details.
I also thought witch’s hat because it’s almost black, but I think it is probably really bright orange. In that case, not so much like a witch’s hat.