Give Peas A Chance

[Poledriver]

Don't know if many of you noticed that for years on a bridgeover the M25 (clockwise) near the M40, some bright spark had painted "PEAS".
I had always meant to poston here to see if anyone knew what it was all about.
Came round there the other day and it now reads "GIVE PEAS A CHANCE".
WTF is that about? Anyone on here responsible?

[shakotan]

I noticed that a couple of weeks back.

Made me laugh, if only for a couple of seconds!

Maybe its a campaign by the UK farmers to encourage folks to eat more greens?

[ALawson]

Have seen a few people wearing T's with the same text on them.

[Poledriver]

I initially thought that Captain Birdseye had found a cheap way to advertise!

[Digga]

No idea about the peas, but I remember as a kid I always laughed at the one on a bridge over the M1 southbound which read "kill the irranians" - someone was obviously so carried away with their rant that they accidentally stuck and extra "r" for good measure!

edited because I wrote "irrranians" Doh!

Edited by Digga on Friday 12th December 13:04

Edited by Digga on Friday 12th December 13:05

[MK4 Slowride]

I remember as a kid this one set of traffic lights someone had taken a black marker to the amber light and drawn a smily face on it.

[GreenV8S]

Poledriver said:

WTF is that about?

It's a play on "give peace a chance", surely? (Or am I missing the point?)

Edited by GreenV8S on Friday 12th December 13:12

[Poledriver]

GreenV8S said:

Poledriver said:

WTF is that about?

It's a play on "give peace a chance", surely? (Or am I missing the point?)

Edited by GreenV8S on Friday 12th December 13:12

That hadn't escaped my notice actually!
But why all the effort, in such a dangerous place?

[Digga]

I have a theory - not based on any practical knowledge - that writing on bridges is a lot tougher than people first assume.

Your primary concerns will be;
1.) not plummeting to your death.
2.) not being caught in the act by the law.

The secondary issues of boldness, clairty and spelling are often, therefore, easily neglected.

We may never know!

[Famous Graham]

M Khan is bent


On another note, it might be a Terry Pratchett fan - he did the same play on the word in Good Omens.

[Poledriver]

Famous Graham said:

M Khan is bent.

Random, but

[Burnham]

Famous Graham said:

M Khan is bent

Ahhh!!! I remember this.

I prefer 'Give War A Chance'.

[Digga]

Poledriver said:

Famous Graham said:

M Khan is bent.

Random, but

For me, they're always the funniest.

At school, one of the few memorable pieces of desk grafiti was "Summers is a dickspring" written in a very comic and slightly unhinged hand.

[Dixie]

Poledriver said:

Famous Graham said:

M Khan is bent.

Random, but

Not quite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mary_Whitehouse_E...

[Poledriver]

I also remeber seeing the infamous "George Davis is innocent" all over the place when I was younger!

[s3fella]

I used to see something like "Guranga" or something like that everywhere, all done in proper stencilled writing? WTF was that all about.

We saw it so often, I convinced the missus it was the bridge manufacturers!

[BigBen]

Lettuce spray for whirld peas

[nick s]

there is anothe M25 bridge not far from that one i think that used to say "hoot for hunting" and someone has doctored it to say "shoot a hunter" always makes me laugh

[Digga]

Found it!

[Poledriver]

Digga said:

Found it!

And the new version.............anyone?