I haven’t seen that sort of open advertisement of adult services outside of Amsterdam. Oh Canada!
Constance Bay, it turns out, has not designated its downtown a red-light district, despite what its signs may have indicated.
The City of Ottawa sign, which was erected about a month ago, directed travellers to Constance Bay’s “business district” with symbols indicating various amenities.
One square was left blank. Bad move.
Sometime last weekend, a vandal filled the blank spot in with a pair of stick figures who appear to be particularly engaged.
“Don’t let the saucy pair fool you, though,” West-Carleton March Councillor Eli El-Chantiry said. “It’s business as usual in Constance Bay.”
From chuckling photographers snapping pictures to e-mails inquiring about Constance Bay’s new swingers’ club, El-Chantiry seemed on Thursday to be tiring of all the attention the sign was getting.
“There was one spot missing; it was perfect,” said Ian Glen, president of the Constance and Buckham’s Bay Community Association, adding he may consider a picture of the sign for the 2010 Best of the Bays calendar.
“Everybody just thinks it’s pretty funny. I don’t think anybody’s going to take terrible offence to it.”
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