What first caught my eye was the name -- San Figaro, meaning "holy fig-tree" -- and the fact that some of the cookies look like golden leaves. Then I noticed that it really looks as if it said "Delicious Cookies & Lies."
I know it's supposed to be a P, but that font really makes it look like an L. Cookies and lies? I associate lying with a different snack food:
 |
| Yes, this is a real WikiHow. |
"Chip" is an old sync theme. As is "pie," of course.
At the same place, I saw this magazine cover:
The cover story is "The largest wealth-transfer wave in Taiwan's history: A massive wave of inheritance is coming!" The relevance of the illustration is rather obscure. It's an hourglass, the upper chamber of which is shaped like Taiwan, and the golden sand in the lower chamber is either falling on or coalescing into a small golden key. The imagery really doesn't make sense -- wealth isn't "running out" of Taiwan but is being inherited by the next generation -- but it does hit on several sync themes.
Finally, there was this sign, advising that starting on August 19, deliveries must be picked up within 7 days instead of within 22 days, which is the current rule. The juxtaposition of 7 and 22 is a bit of a sync. (And why was the limit ever 22 days? It's a strange number to choose.)
No comments:
Post a Comment