Caption Contest - Mixed messages for Live In Canberra

p1 said :

Canberra. Soon with legal euthanasia.

+1 or Doh! Someone beat me to it.

In small print:

“No pensioner’s kneecaps were stabbed with poles during the erection of this banner”

Why not live here… and die of boredom

Thermyan said :

Hey guys,

I’m doing a doco on housing affordability and standards in Canberra and was wondering if anyone might have a contact for someone who has been the victim of a dodgy landlord?

Caption:

“Hayfever deaths hit Floriade.”

unfortunatly Canberra is cheap compared to Sydney
(and minimal traffic problems)

Hey guys,

I’m doing a doco on housing affordability and standards in Canberra and was wondering if anyone might have a contact for someone who has been the victim of a dodgy landlord?

Caption:

“Hayfever deaths hit Floriade.”

Winner of the Floriade Limbo competition fails at his last attempt.

Come to Canberra and Pay off your debt(death). Since House prices are so cheap.

Come to Canberra, where you can sleep in peace.

…and you thought Adelaide was the murder capital.

You’ll love it to death.

If you enjoy passing out at Floriade, these aren’t the apartments for you.

Canberra: Where the flowers aren’t the only things that wilt and die.

Canberra. Soon with legal euthanasia.

Floriade security lady to man “Excuse me sir, you’ll have to move”

Man (waking in a daze)- “eh?”

Security – “Sir, you’ll have to move – this is a thoroughfare”

Man – “But what about this sign!?”

Security – “What about it?”

Man – “It says ‘Why not lie here?’ Why put a sign like that if you can’t lie here – I’ve been walking around for hours y’know?

Security – “It says “LIVE” here sir, as in “move to Canberra and live.”

Man – “Oh…” (getting up somewhat and examining the sign…) “So it does…I could have sworn it said ‘Lie’…must have been that last chardonay.

Man – (getting to his feet) “Why on earth would anyone want to live in Canberra!??”

Security – “Sir, you’ll have to move along please…”

“Pretend pastor Danny Nailliah find a willing member for the role of christ at Floriade, unfortunately it’s not easy keeping him on the cross.”

😉

rawhide’s is good, too…

because someone already is…

I’m amazed no-one has trotted out the “Canberra, Why Wait for Death” line yet.

My Contribution:

Bill, the official Live In Canberra Ambassador, expresses life in modern Canberra through the medium of interpretative dance.

Background music playing Sleepy little death toll town.

“Why not live here? Actually, why live at all?”

Where you can still see the sky……

Canberra, where people come to die.

troll-sniffer said :

I find it rather strange that the guvmnt is still pushing the “Live Here” barrow despite the severe lack of affordable accommodation in this town. Seems akin to a movie theatre employing a footpath salesman to spruik the last remaining seats in the very front row of a popular film, it might fill the last seats but once inside the patrons would be rather pissed off.

True, except that there are still lots of jobs needing to be filled.

“Free dead tramp with every new apartment sold.”

“George never quite got the hang of limbo dancing.”

“Leading the charge through the banner, George had tried to burst through in the one place they had used a metal stake.”

“His glory days in “Father Ted” now long behind him, Frank Kelly tries to revive his role as “Father Jack””

“Pretend pastor Danny Nailliah find a willing member for the role of christ at Floriade, unfortunately it’s not easy keeping him on the cross.”

If you lived here, you could be having this much fun too.

Aww, poor little petal.

It’s either a public servant doing some groundwork or a lying politician.

I guess he found a reason.

Get out while the getting is still good!!

“an act government-funded performance artist delicately counterpoints the banner’s optimistic message in homage to the chief minister’s stance on homelessness…”

“Canberra: Living here sure beats dying here”…

The obvious genius behind the marketing slogan just blew him away.

Caption: “Here? Right here? You mean ‘here’ don’t you?”

On a more serious note…

I find it rather strange that the guvmnt is still pushing the “Live Here” barrow despite the severe lack of affordable accommodation in this town. Seems akin to a movie theatre employing a footpath salesman to spruik the last remaining seats in the very front row of a popular film, it might fill the last seats but once inside the patrons would be rather pissed off.

Its better than dying at Floriade

“Why not live here? Why not die here? Canberra: for every part of your life cycle.”

“Flat out in Canberra”

He’s just staking out his turf for when the crowds are gone.

We saw him yesterday as well… I kind of wanted to check for a pulse…