TWR would like to present the first Kafka Award for Accidental Irony to the city of Winnipeg for the sign pictured here, which appears every block or so on Wolseley Avenue, Wellington Crescent, and also St. Boniface.
Brilliantly backwards
As anyone knows who has ever ridden a bicycle in Winnipeg, it is vehicle traffic that should be reminded of the rights of cyclists. In spite of the addition of bike lanes from which you can’t turn left or avoid potholes, Winnipeg is tough on cyclists. It’s a town where motorists routinely give intrepid bicyclers the middle finger salute or curse at them while running them off the road.
This terrible abuse, when added to the rigours of the climate, toughens Winnipeggers up and turns them into artists. They then apply for grants from various levels of government, and stimulate the economy by purchasing new bicycles and using health care services following injury on the road.
Those wishing to apply for future Kafka Awards from TWR should be aware that the award’s slogan is Money not Ideas, that no money will be awarded to recipients, and that Franz Kafka was employed by the world’s first workers’ compensation board in what was then the Austro-Hungarian empire.
The First Kafka Award for Accidental Irony
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TWR would like to present the first Kafka Award for Accidental Irony to the city of Winnipeg for the sign pictured here, which appears every block or so on Wolseley Avenue, Wellington Crescent, and also St. Boniface.
Brilliantly backwards
As anyone knows who has ever ridden a bicycle in Winnipeg, it is vehicle traffic that should be reminded of the rights of cyclists. In spite of the addition of bike lanes from which you can’t turn left or avoid potholes, Winnipeg is tough on cyclists. It’s a town where motorists routinely give intrepid bicyclers the middle finger salute or curse at them while running them off the road.
This terrible abuse, when added to the rigours of the climate, toughens Winnipeggers up and turns them into artists. They then apply for grants from various levels of government, and stimulate the economy by purchasing new bicycles and using health care services following injury on the road.
Those wishing to apply for future Kafka Awards from TWR should be aware that the award’s slogan is Money not Ideas, that no money will be awarded to recipients, and that Franz Kafka was employed by the world’s first workers’ compensation board in what was then the Austro-Hungarian empire.