40 Conversations About Billboards
Billboards, Los Angeles, 2019. From Blade Runner.
Rush hour traffic northbound on Edsa Guadalupe, 1 July 2011
1. “ . . .”
“OMG.”
“WTF!”
2. “They’re so. . .they’re so. . .naked. I mean technically they’re not naked because they’re wearing little briefs but the tiny scraps actually call attention to what’s under them so they couldn’t be more naked.”
3. “It’s a sign. I’m breaking off my engagement to Ursula, whom I only proposed to at the insistence of my parents, to be with the one I truly love: Facundo.”
4. “You can get those pecs and abs by sniffing glue??”
5. “Stop this train! Stop it! Where is the emergency cord? Mama, para!”
“I’ve. . .seen things. . .you people wouldn’t. . .believe. Attack ships. . .on fire. . .off the shoulder of Orion.”
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July 18th, 2011 at 22:38
I bet ALL of the conversations mentioned really happened,haha.
July 18th, 2011 at 22:43
Uh-huh, but I edited out the lewd stuff lest I be barred from Mandaluyong haha.
July 18th, 2011 at 23:26
May isang convo na hindi napasama diyan:
– ” Teh, marunong ka ba nung mala-Catherine Zeta-Jones na da-moves sa Entrapment?”
– “Hindi! Bakit ba?”
– “Sayang. Papatumba ko sana sa’yo yung billboard sa EDSA eh.”
July 19th, 2011 at 08:48
My friend’s Facebook status: “Sorry sa mga nalungkot sa pagtanggal ng Volcanoes billboards sa EDSA. Kinuha ko na and ginawa ko nang bedsheets.”
July 22nd, 2011 at 17:30
With all these furor over these “vulgar” models in briefs,why not use Spongebob and Patrick for their ads instead?These guys wear briefs all the time. Or maybe some generic stick figure in undies. Someone philosophized that models must be shown holding the offending underwear,not wearing it. Does that mean they can be shown fully naked holding the dang brief?