19 November 2009

Signs around Windhoek

It's a slow week for news from Windhoek, so we're stretching a bit for a new blog posting. Just a couple of signs that we've spotted in town.

It has been interesting to view advertising in Namibia. I wouldn't say that advertising has reached its full potential here, and there are lots of quasi-lousy attempts. Witness, the Namibia Tourism Board's problems with getting their message across (previous blog here): "Tourism unravels you [sic] spiritual wellbeing!"

First, from a church in Eros part of town:


OK, but survival beats mortality as a way of living, right?! Maybe you have to be a wildlife biologist who studies survival to grin at this one...

And, from a business in the Northern Industrial Zone:

Just in case you wondered where the chickens and fish were meeting, er, meating. What does a "meated" chicken look like, anyway? Especially when it's been meated by a fish...?


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