New Paris subway etiquette posters are wonderfully goofy.
(click ads, via) A turnstile jumping frog? HA! Anyway, RATP, Paris's public transport operator, wants the Frenchies to stop acting like animals on the Metro—specifically frogs, sloths, bulls, and, llamas. Do llamas spit a lot? And hey, they rhyme! Note: posters have been translated to English for publicity purposes. I'm assuming the copy rhymes in French, too? Ad agency: Publicis Conseil, France.
update: here's the French versions.
Previous subway etiquette posters:
• Tokyo, modern day.
• Tokyo, vintage posters.
posted by copyranter @ 12:10 PM
19 Comments:
It's a llama, not a donkey. Come on!!!
I believe that is llama (which are notorious for spitting), not a donkey. Perhaps?
:) that's a llama, and yes, they spit like crazy.
I thought so. Updating. The ad was titled "donkey" on AdsOfTheWorld.
CR, here are all the French ads: http://osocio.org/message/dont_behave_like_an_animal_on_public_transit/
tom - the french language ads are atrociously translated!
I-)
Thanks Tom.
The (rhyming) french versions allude to a very familiar literary style (fables - like nursery rhymes but less cheesy/cutesy). Pretty cool.
@CR I highly doubt you thoughts so. It's too late to save face. You already embarrassed yourself. In the future, don't blindly copy what's on adsoftheworld. Use your brain or what's left of it.
You are welcome! And we are all happy your crankcase has been leaking lately. It must be the marriage thing.
No, it's age.
Paris's public transport operator.
The second "s" is redundant. Paris' public transport operator.
Why not one with a strutting peacock, directed at style conscious fashionistas.
"Strutting like a peacock in the train doesn't exhibit elegance and manners*."
*savoir-faire in the french version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4fZ7SiJVlI&NR=1
Could you possibly be...wrong GC?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_possessive_form_of_Paris
Compare the English and French posters. The Bull changes from having the hands of a black man in the English version, to having the hands of a white man in the French. What's with that?
Ain't that some shit. The French versions are the ones the client bought, of course.
Check the thighs on that amphibian. That's no frog; it's a frogette. Ribbit, baby...
Perths take on Transport:
http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/UsingTransperth/NurseryRhymes/tabid/463/Default.aspx
Read the "First Edition Book"
2nd edition is shocking.
> 2nd edition is shocking.
wee willie winkie... and his magic wiggly tongue - whoo-wee! :-)
I-)
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