Apology banner



Passed by this on the way to work - someone had gone to the trouble of making an elaborate banner to apologise to his girlfriend for an unnamed transgression. Man, and I'd just read in the papers about some guy who was standing around Scotts Road crying and holding a sign of apology. What's with the public wailing and gnashing of teeth and wearing of sackcloth?

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Anonymous said…
OMG I gotta show my hubby this. ;p Darling ... you know what to do next time ...
8 August 2006 at 03:11
Anonymous said…
(Coughs) BTW I'm still waiting to see the tiny frogs ... methinks they are no longer tiny by now, though.
8 August 2006 at 03:21
tscd said…
Needy, needy, needy.
8 August 2006 at 12:52
Daryl said…
anon 1: !! poor husband

anon 2: sorry - since I made that post I haven't seen the frogs :( I think I jinxed it.

tscd: you said it!
12 August 2006 at 00:16
Anonymous said…
Hello ... we are the same person. :) Hubby says he will not forgive you for posting that photo. ;-)

(*weeps in disappointment over the frogs*)
12 August 2006 at 03:25
Anonymous said…
"Everybody needs a little time away ..."
14 August 2006 at 08:47
Anonymous said…
This maybe a marketing tactic too...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/24/business/media/24billboard.html?ex=1311393600&en=57604bfc2c8bb89d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
21 August 2006 at 02:57
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