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The Phantom Supermarket
Moving house today. Our new neighbourhood seems a bit dodge, but that plush new retail development next door looks alright.
Seriously, I’m practically ordering an Americano before I realise something is amiss.
Over in Byrne Pharmacy, it looks like they’re going for one of those twenty-in-a-phonebox-type world record attempts.
Check out the identical twins in brown pantsuits (L-R panels 3 & 7), arms folded and ignoring each other.
Look out Byrne Pharmacy, this fake town ain’t big enough for two fake pharmacies.
Yeah, you could say we didn’t really do our homework on this latest move. But wait, there’s more…
Toilet that opens out onto living room/kitchen area? CHECK.
Bathroom mirror that only people 6’8″ or taller can use? CHECK.
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September 27th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Central is basically Centra, just for that whole solemn contemplating crowd!
September 27th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
Think I know where this is. Can I call over for a cuppa sometime?
September 28th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Sure, why don’t we meet in Cafe Ole? Oh yeah, that’s right… My place it is then!
September 28th, 2009 at 11:10 am
Wouldn’t it be really weird if you saw yourself in there. Like if you ever bought Windows XP then Microsoft own your likeness.
September 28th, 2009 at 11:56 am
On this topic, I recommend a film called “Cesky Sen” or Czech Dream, a documentary about the opening of a ficticious supermarket in Prague.
September 28th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
@ Peter – well, that chemist is pretty damn crowded, I might just find myself in there if I looked hard enough.
@ Andy – how ya doing man? Had a look at it on YouTube, looks interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKFUuMr63EM
It’s a drama, right? The tracking shots on the chase and fight sequences suggest it was all staged. But the Wikipedia entry suggests that it’s for real…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesky_Sen
September 28th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Thats so friggin funny.. you made my monday…
September 28th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Hey Eoin, not doing too bad, thanks!
Forget that trailer on youtube. The actually movie has none of those fight scenes which are clearly staged, and in general plays it fairly straight as a documentary/social experiment, which in parts is also really funny
September 28th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Don’t go for a coffee in Café Olé it tastes a bit flat…and those sandwiches in central? Well they’re a bit cardboardy to be honest.
OK I’ve got my coat, and I’m leaving.
September 28th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@ Leeona – you can probably guess whose fault this all is!
@ Andy – I’ll have to check it out!
@ Darragh – yeah, I’ve called you a taxi, I think it’s outside… 🙂
September 28th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
What is that strange woman with her hands clasped at the front door of mcconnell’s supposed to be doing? Weirdo…
September 29th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Who’s fault it is? let me guess, you left all organisaion of finding a new place up to someone else, so as to give yourself wiggle room to complain about it later? classic move. 🙂
September 29th, 2009 at 11:41 am
@ Ger – my guess is she’s a greeter who invades your personal space and makes you feel really uncomfortable until you end up having to leave.
@ Conal – nail on the head!
September 30th, 2009 at 12:18 am
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September 30th, 2009 at 2:39 am
What about the other, seemingly mentally deficient, woman who appears to be slumping violently against the glass door in O’Connell’s. Gone crazy after spending weeks trying to escape from her two-dimensional hell?
September 30th, 2009 at 2:41 am
I’ve just noticed the same woman is trying to escape from Byrne’s. Okay I can’t look at these pictures any longer. I genuinely feel like I’m on something funny.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:31 am
@ Darragh – They’re sisters bitterly divided over which is the best fake pharmacy in town. The acrimony is tearing them apart, hence the slumping!
September 30th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Given that those are photographs of real people, doesn’t it make you wonder if they are the rejects from America’s Next Top Model (or our very own The Model Agent) who were promised lucrative careers in catalogue? And I wonder if one gets paid more for, say, being in front of the contraceptives (for shame) than in front of the sambos (nothing to see here).
October 14th, 2009 at 12:20 am
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October 28th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
LOL…………..
December 21st, 2009 at 9:15 am
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