I’m going to drift in a different direction this week. As I was looking through my photos trying to chose some doors, I discovered that I had a few that could only fit into the category of *odd*.
I found this short Hobbit-sized door on a windmill on Öland across from Kalmar, Sweden. I stand somewhat less than 5’4″ / 162cm and I needed to duck my head entering the windmill.
What really caught my eye though was the arched doorway, but with a rectangular door … until I noticed the *cutout* made in the door to fit into the archway.
…. then there is the angled door handle. Is it just me or does that make more sense ergonomically?
I found this door in a seafood restaurant in Toronto. I really liked the unusual door handle … but then I noticed the sign.
Puzzled, I opened and closed the door a number of times trying to figure out why it needed to be handled gently, especially since the men’s room did not have a similar sign.
I left with the mystery unsolved.
Speaking of signs, this one was found on an otherwise ordinary apartment door while I was visiting a friend. It appealed to my inner-adolescent.
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Found this in ‘my quest’ to find more windmills to admire (unlike Don Quixote, I don’t think I could take this bad boy on in a sword fight 😉
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Thank you! I have forgotten about this beauty in Sweden 🙂
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That bottom one is just too funny.
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The signs that some people put up are hilarious. This is one of my favourites!
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I wonder if the people were shorter in the days of that windmill, or they just liked stooping to enter? And it’s only courteous not to put your junk where people don’t want it in their slots…everyone knows that.
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hahaha … yes,but sometimes it seems that courtesy is in short supply these days 🙂
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but you know, there is another way to read that sign???
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I love the door photos as well as the way you made me belly laugh. You’re awesome!
I just found you on Instagram!! Any chance you’ve seen the #rsa_doorsandwindows or #jj_doorsandwindows feeds? Magic!
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I don’t know either of those hashtags. Thanks for the tip, I will have to check them out!!
… and now I’ll have to find you on Instagram too 🙂
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Ha ha ha!! I loved this post – like your sense of humor!
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Funny stuff. I’m glad I stumbled upon your post. 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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What a fun post. Love the windmill door. And the junk sign made me chuckle 🙂
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It’s silly humour, but sometimes we all need a chuckle 🙂
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Hmm, thought I commented, but I don’t see anything from me. Not much to add to all these comments except that I enjoyed them all. 🙂 Hope you’re having a fabulous Friday.
janet
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Thanks Janet – and happy Friday to you too 🙂
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I love the short little door in the windmill. I can’t imagine why it would be so short, but I suppose there was a reason long ago. My mind went right to the “slot” too. Ha ha. Oh dear. A fun post, Joanne. 🙂
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I just love windmills. I think they look like gentle giants.
Glad to have made you smile. Happy Friday 🙂
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I liked all the oddballs but may have insulted the poor doors by calling them, The Outcasts! 😀
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Well … you must admit, they are odd 😉
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Definitely different and lovely in their own ways!
I have always been most happy to be a little weird, Tonya. But I have heard from your posts that is only
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I lost my train of thought. See you tomorrow, Joanne!
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I’m not going to make a 12-year old boy comment on the “junk” and move on to the sign on the ladies’ door. Here’s my take on it:
The restaurant is busy, the women have been drinking heartily and all of a sudden, there is a rush to the bathroom that creates a line on the inside all the way back to the door. Then, Joanne, without reading the sign because she has to really pee, pushes hard on the door to get in and hits two women waiting in line, sending them to the floor. They both break a hip and an ambulance is called. Two days later, the restaurant is served with a lawsuit and the sign is fixed to the door.
And now that I’ve written that clever theory, I suppose the door opens outward…right?
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Nope – you had it right. I do like your scenario though. Completely plausible 🙂
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I love the Windmill! Maybe the bathroom door would come unhinged? 🙂 I love the sign above the mail slot. I thought of all sorts of icky things that a prankster might push through besides junk mail.
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oooo – that’s a good one about the bathroom door. Very plausible.
It’s funny, but my thoughts also drifted to all the *stuff* that could be pushed into a mailslot. Not cute.
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Well, I have brothers. so my mind went there.
One is passed away now, but they’re know for their pranks… and they were often gross especially if they thought it was funny…and would horrify their sisters and make us think they were GROSS! They just laughed all the more! Brothers! Impossible, and yet so damn lovable at the same time! God knew what he was doing! 🙂
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I have 2 older brothers so I know exactly what you’re talking about!! 😀
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Nice doors! Never been to Öland, sadly.
That’s really intriguing … the sign about open/close gently! Love the handle on that one, though 🙂
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I decided I loved Sweden because of Öland. Kalmar and Öland are treasures and if the rest of Sweden is anything like them, I would happily hurry back 🙂
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Great pictures! Especially that first one (angles are perfect.) Love the note not to put junk through the mail slot!
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I’m so glad you like that photo … it was a tough one to take … considering the MANY I took and rejected 🙂
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Too funny! I love how you’ve taken the prompt and made it yours. I noticed how the type layout of the sign on the bathroom door is similar to the Keep Calm and Carry On signs… it even has the crown. Hmmmm….
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OMG – I had to go back and look. You’re right!! How did I miss the crown?!
Crown … throne …. bahahahahaha!
THAT’S funny 😀
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Once again, you’ve successfully played with the concept and made it your own. I’ve never really grown up so I laughed out loud at the last one. And now I really want to know the story behind the restaurant door. Who did what?
I was always jealous of Jonathan Creek….
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You keep throwing things at me I don’t know anything about. This time I had to go looking for Jonathan Creek!
The fact that he’s working from his home in a converted windmill (what!!!!) makes me want to see this show.
Must get through Doctor Who first. Damn those Daleks. They still creep me out.
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Hey, I’m broadening your horizons and that can only be a good thing, right? 🙂
Feel free to throw things back.
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You’re definitely expanding my horizons! I suspect there isn’t much I could throw at you 😉
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I miss Jonathan Creek! I loved his Windmill house too and his feisty wannabe sidekick. 🙂
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It looks like I’m not going to get a chance to watch it. It’s not on Netflix and I can’t find any episodes online 😦
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😦
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That’s terrible! Not even on YouTube? If you like Detective series this one you don’t want to miss. He’s out of left field and brilliant.
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I’m not going to give up my search … not now that I have my eyes on a new prize 😉
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An eclectic collection🤔…love that windmill by the way and the odd door in it! Aside from the bizarre sign (you must go back and ask!) that is some bathroom door – was it a seafood restaurant?…looks like a ships door.
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Yes, it was a seafood restaurant. It was Diana’s Oyster Bar and Grill … and the oysters were AMAZING!
The restaurant itself didn’t particularly have a nautical theme to it so the bathroom door really caught me off guard.
I’ll definitely be going back for more oysters though 🙂
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The cutout in that first one is unusual but also a great way to create a good seal to keep out cold air. The restaurant door sign is a real head-scratcher, and the last… 😀
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That’s a great point about creating a seal to keep out the cold. Now I’m going to start wondering why that style of door didn’t become a standard.
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Hmmm, in regards to the restaurant sign on the door, perhaps it is a hotspot for women slamming the door. I am surprised you didn’t ask, “what’s with the sign on the door”? I would have!
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Now I feel silly …. it didn’t even occur to me to ask.
I actually tried slamming the door … it’s not that kind of door. It automatically closes itself … gently.
It was very curious. Of course, now I will have to go back 😉
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Joanne, why didn’t it surprise me at all to read this and find that you totally disregarded the sign and slammed the door? Further, we’re told it never once entered your brain to ask the simple question. Your curiosity is insatiable, your self-sufficiency enviable, but you are such a rebel! 🙂
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Yeah – you say that now, but you didn’t see me crying in frustration at my computer earlier today.
It’s such a long sad tale.
If I commit computercide, I want to go on record that it was self-defense
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So noted. Awfully sorry to hear of your computer woes this morning…..some day perhaps the humans will rule the machines rather than the other way ’round?
P.S. Thanks so much for sending your dishy PM down our way this week! Actually finding the news enjoyable for a change!
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Glad you’re enjoying our PM. He’s a little different from your usual fare lately, isn’t he? 😉
Our news is full of this US visit too. I’m actually finding it a bit amusing.
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“Please refrain from sticking your junk in my slot” LOL I need that on my mailbox..Thank you.
Great pictures as always
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I laughed out loud when I saw that sign. Obviously some people take serious offense at junk mail! 🙂
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I had no idea doors are this interesting before I fell into the blogging sphere. So many fantastic captures. Thanks you for sharing, Joanne. I couldn’t have enjoyed these doors more without your post–had I been there myself. 😀 😀
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Thanks Tess – you’re always so kind 🙂
I agree with you about the impact of blogging. I’ve never been so aware of my surroundings and what’s happening around me 🙂
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Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. 😛
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Awesome shots Joanne but to be honest when I saw the title I thought I would find a picture of me :). Speaking of inner adolescence my wife has a tattoo that is the same a that sign 😜
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You brat!! hahahahahaha!!!!
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🙂
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Being a retired mailman, I can’t help but like the sign above the mail slot.
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hahahaha! I’m guessing you’ve seen variations of that sign in your travels!!
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I’ve seen all kinds of things.
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The Toronto restaurant door … it’s left me curious as well!
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The things we tend to notice that strike us as odd 🙂
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Well, I love the Hobbit door and the one in the side of the windmill is pretty cool but the one on the bottom really takes the cake. Too funny!
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The truth is – I just love windmills. The fact that this one had an interesting door was just icing on the cake … and I like icing – and cake.
Now look what you’ve done!! Now I’ve got cake on my mind.
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Mmmm….cake….
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I do so enjoy variances on door posts. These are all good. I have come to prefer the levered door knobs in my house. They make sense for people carrying things, or people, or pets. Nicely done! 🙂
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Exactly!! I love levered handles for the same reason.
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I love the windmill and its door. I think you’re right about the door handle being at an angle. That makes a lot of sense. Great photos!
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I simply love windmills and this one was a beauty! I’m so glad I finally got to feature its door 🙂
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I love Hobbitsies doors – they make me feel as big as I think I am!
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You’re a little package with a big impact 🙂
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Love the old windmill…and it’s hobbit door. I completely agree, slanted handle is much more ergonomic.
I need your junk sign…to put on my mailbox!
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If it wasn’t for junk mail, our mailbox would be empty … although I guess that’s not such a bad thing.
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sometimes getting a piece of junk is better than never getting mail. I would take junk over a bill. ;D
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hahaha – so true. So very, very true!!!
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