bollards
bollard hide and seek
bollards have dreadful eyesight which makes playing hide and seek quite tricky.
they have evolved naturally to be bright in colour to overcome their sight problems. a feature we humans exploit by putting them in locations where they can be seen. they are usually so frightened they can’t (and don’t) move.
trapped
a very sinister scene: a man trapped in a phone box by a bollard and a big doc marten boot in the foreground.
the bollard vs cone debate
i call both of the items in this picture ‘bollards’. i know others don’t but that’s the word i use. so that’s what i’ll call them here to. and anyway, it’s a great word.
this plastic bollard seems to be threatening the metal bollard
and has already attacked this chap:
(my recent ‘those are cones, not bollards’ email came pointed me to this which shows painted bollards)
