April 9, 2008
Citizen Clean
Alert the Commissioner—the Good Night Bandit has struck again! Some downtown residents awoke to a less unsightly landscape this morning, thanks to this anonymous do-gooder, who collected much of the detritus left behind after the disappearance of the trash-ridden snowbanks.
As if to underscore the benevolent message left by this stealthy stranger, a used condom lay on the sidewalk directly below this sign. Litterbugs: sleep with one eye open, for the Good Night Bandit lurks under the cover of darkness in the dusty crannies of our fair city.
Photo by Marc Lostracco.
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Hey, this post is just in time for The Twenty Minute Toronto Makeover!
Eep. Methinks Sir Gawain the Good Grammar Knight may need to ride out one last time. Together the Good Night Bandit and the Good Grammar Knight will surely be a powerful force for a greater good.
I agree with #2, the Good Night Bandit should learn a bit about punctuation and capitalization.
The uncertain grammer and sentence structure makes the sign somehow more arresting than if it was written correctly. It has a sincerity and urgency this way.
@2 & 3: It takes an ass of enormous proportion to highlight a volunteer's grammatical errors. You don't need an English degree to make a neighbourhood more livable.
You need an English degree to understand grammar?
Yes, boo to the nice friendly gentleman cleaning up a neighbourhood's streets for free and kindly asking the rest of the residents to follow his lead! How dare he do so without first brushing up on proper semi-colon and em dash usage?
Indeed. Only well-educated people with a good grasp of grammar and punctuation should be allowed to clean up a neighbourhood in the dead of night.
Bet he dresses funny too.
I wonder if this is the same guy I talked on the patio of the Drake last fall. He regularly cleans up neighbourhoods, carrying a garbage bag and one of those garbage grabber tools (sorry, my ignorance is showing.) I think he also wears a sign on his back to help explain what he's doing.
He'll take donations from anyone who appreciates his work. I was glad to give him some change to show support.
Is that the same guy who dresses like a hotel porter?
Pretentious and pedantic.
Penultimate and persnickety.
wonder if this is rob ford in disguise...or maybe mayor miller feeling guilty that he raised taxes without giving anything in return...for the high amount of taxes that we pay i think the city should hire 5000 good night bandits to spring clean the streets....no grammar test to qualify, either
That's just inspiring. I love clean neighbourhoods, but it's the altruism here that's beautiful.