Graffiti was better in my day

[TheEnd]

I have a sneaky suspicion that's going to appear in a pub near me soon.

[Pigeon]

BJG1 said:

My favourite piece of graffiti was some somebody grafftiting graffiti, somebody has written FREE TIBET in big letters on a wall at uni, somebody decided to scribble "with every packet of rice krispies" next to it.

Vyvyan in How To Be A Complete bd said:

HOW TO BE A bd STUDENT

...Join the Free Nelson Mandela society and demand your free Nelson Mandela.

BJG1 said:

That bridge in the background is fun to drive across.

[K50 DEL]

There's a couple of great books of collections of graffiti by a chap called Nigel Rees, published in the 80s they're well worth a read if you can find them.

My favourite has always been the signs put on abandoned buildings saying

"Bill Stickers will be prosecuted"

Quickly modified with

"Bill Stickers is innocent" underneath.

[Skipppy]

Awesome.

[hairykrishna]

BJG1 said:

Ah good, the sea is the first line of Moby Dick, although a wall by York University is a bizzare place for it, given York is miles from the coast. It is next to the retreat, a mental institution, which could explain why somebody chose to do it. For some reason I like it.

Eh? That's not the first line of Moby Dick.

[BJG1]

hairykrishna said:

BJG1 said:

Ah good, the sea is the first line of Moby Dick, although a wall by York University is a bizzare place for it, given York is miles from the coast. It is next to the retreat, a mental institution, which could explain why somebody chose to do it. For some reason I like it.

Eh? That's not the first line of Moby Dick.

That's what I read on a blog written about the graffiti, fair enough if it isn't.

[collateral]

Skipppy said:

Awesome.

From b3ta's 'wrongstructions' challenge:

[Funk]

[OllieWinchester]

I know its pathetic, but when I was younger I was always strangely compelled to adjust the estate agents 'TO LET' signs....

[tribbles]

There's a farm near me called Lex Farm. The 'L' has become a little worn.

Every time my brother comes to visit, he threatens to change it to an "S". Last time, he said he had a vinyl letter cut for it, but I don't believe him. I think he'll just get some paint.

[Graham E]

There's a sanwich shop in Oxford that the owners wish was at least occasionally referred to as "Heroes". Unfortunately, in the 5 years I lived there, even tourists were duped by the extra lines drawn daily on their signage...

[hairykrishna]

BJG1 said:

That's what I read on a blog written about the graffiti, fair enough if it isn't.

Ah, ok. Thought there was a joke I was missing!

[ukwill]

TheEnd said:

I have a sneaky suspicion that's going to appear in a pub near me soon.

Romani ite domum!

Now, write it out a hundred times.... And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off

[Bodo]

[LoveMachine]

Ahhh, the wet and obvious inspiration that Banksy gives....

Political anger for 6th formers

[collateral]

I like that last one

[1JEB]

K50 DEL said:

There's a couple of great books of collections of graffiti by a chap called Nigel Rees, published in the 80s they're well worth a read if you can find them.

My favourite has always been the signs put on abandoned buildings saying

"Bill Stickers will be prosecuted"

Quickly modified with

"Bill Stickers is innocent" underneath.

*nods sagely*

Alan Partridge said:

Nigel Rees' book of Humorous Graffiti. This is the Koran for the after-dinner speaker, it really is. I mean, quick tip for you Sophie, if you're ever doing an after dinner speech, you say, "my Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, sorry I'm late, I just popped to the toilet". [Alan flicks through the book] "And while I was in there, I saw some graffiti and it said I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure!"

Straight away, you've got them by the jaffers. It's witty. It's not like a lot of the graffiti you see these days in toilets. Just crude, like, you know, "touch my this", "suck my such-and-such", "something all over my whatever".

http://www.alan-partridge.co.uk/scripts/imalans01/episode6.htm

[parakitaMol.]

Si mi inna pant an' ting.

Uptown top ran-king....









That's the Surrey Wigga massif then.

[NiceCupOfTea]

BJG1 said:

Ah good, the sea is the first line of Moby Dick, although a wall by York University is a bizzare place for it, given York is miles from the coast. It is next to the retreat, a mental institution, which could explain why somebody chose to do it. For some reason I like it.

Is that still there!? I walked past that twice a day for 3 years in the early 90s!

[The Hypno-Toad]

Bodo said:

Thats actually quite cool.

I saw one a few years ago (which was ripped off Nigel Rees I think) which was;

WATCH THIS SPACE.
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Why? What's it doing?

Always made me chuckle. And then of course there is the immortal;

M KHAN IS BENT.