Yellowstone bison gores Helvetica Man

[HuckleB]

Last edited Mon Jun 20, 2016, 05:38 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.wyofile.com/blog/yellowstone-bison-gores-helvetica-man/


"It’s happened again in Yellowstone National Park. This time the victim tossed into the air by a bison is Helvetica Man.

Helvetica Man, the international graphic representation of a human that marks almost every public men’s restroom, now is on the horns of a Yellowstone buffalo. You’ve seen Helvetica Man before — slipping on wet floors and falling over crumbling cliffs. His latest misadventure appears on thousands of flyers being distributed at entrance stations to the world’s first national park.

The faceless, emotionless Helvetica Man — who’s not only slipped and fallen but also competed every Olympic event from archery to swimming to discus — put a more soulful figure out of work. Millions of Yellowstone visitors will no longer be warned by the ubiquitous yellow flyer with an illustration depicting the bison-launched, Anguished Airborne Illustrated Tourist.

Gone is the Anguished Airborne Illustrated Tourist’s tousled hair, his flying ball cap, his doomed single-lens-reflex camera and his punctured hiking shorts. Gone is the Anguished Airborne Illustrated Tourist’s grimace.

...

Will Yellowstone’s Helvetica Man work as a messenger? “I think we should have more blood and guts,” Benefiel said.

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No Helvetica Cell Phone in the air? Hmm.

[Warpy]

1. That poor bastard has the worst luck

but I might still take his job over Buster's.

[HuckleB]

5. +1

[Aerows]

2. No good without pics :)

[HuckleB]

6. Oh, crap! I forgot the link! Thanks!

http://www.wyofile.com/blog/yellowstone-bison-gores-helvetica-man/

[Aerows]

10. I just thought they were funny

and added something to the whole story

[HuckleB]

17. Oh, they are awesomely funny!!

Thanks!

[Aerows]

19. I have to wonder in that first pic

if it's a rip in his hiking shorts or if it's a representation of crapping himself.

[dlwickham]

3. I was wondering what state Helvetica was in

do'h

[PAMod]

9. Or if it was a man made of Swiss cheese... n/t

[Solly Mack]

4. Helvetica Man doesn't give a shit.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. Isn't he the guy who sings, "I shot the serif"?

[Solly Mack]

16. Ha! Your comic sans is strong.

[Ex Lurker]

7. Florida Man is not impressed NT

[uppityperson]

8. I wonder if they have a bear one

[Nuclear Unicorn]

11. He doesn't look to be wearing clothes as it is.

[Aerows]

14. That was barely funny. n/t

[Aerows]

13. It's part of the big flyer

[HuckleB]

20. +1

[ManiacJoe]

15. They should have stayed with the old picture.

[HuckleB]

18. The old picture does bring up memories of past holidays, indeed.