They're butchers ... I think
(Seventh and Dickinson Streets, South Philadelphia)
© Peter Rozovsky 2008
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posted by Peter Rozovsky at 12:17 AM
Thursday, May 29, 2008
© Peter Rozovsky 2008
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8 Comments:
Gotta salt them gentiles away real good or they come back and haunt you, I guess.
Tony and Sam's sign reminds me of some of the fractured English I saw when I lived in Japan. There's even a term for it: Engrish.
Is that in a sub-prime mortgage area?
Good to see that Tony and Sam don't discriminate.
I wonder if the sign dates from a time before the sign's creators would have found a gentler way of advertising that the shop sold both kosher and non-kosher meat. If the location was a slaughterhouse, I'm not even sure if Jewish dietary law would permit slaughter in a "gentile" slaughterhouse. The sign is odd for more than one reason, in other words.
Uriah, I agree that the sign's condition would likely not do much for the area's propery values regardless of what goes on inside.
I don't know if you can see this on your computers, but I have just discovered from a larger version of the photo that the words "Live Poultry" appear in faded red letters under "Tony & Sam's." That takes away some of the fun, doesn't it?
By Jove, Holmes! Could the victims be — chickens?
Love the sign! Keep up the good work.
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Thanks. That was just the first of what I hope will be an occasional series of entertaining local signs.
Lol.
An lol in this context is a rave review. Thanks!
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