# Any entertaining political pranks in your district? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-entertaining-political-pranks-in-your-district/639155 "2012-10-28T21:13:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-entertaining-political-pranks-in-your-district/639155/1 "2012-10-28T21:13:50Z")
Here in Las Cruces, somebody put up a fake campaign sign for a nonexistent candidate, “Richard Cox”. [http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci\_21838987/fake-candidate-sign-las-cruces-lot-sparks-laughs?IADID=Search-www.lcsun-news.com-www.lcsun-news.com](http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_21838987/fake-candidate-sign-las-cruces-lot-sparks-laughs?IADID=Search-www.lcsun-news.com-www.lcsun-news.com) > [@](#): > > A red-white-and-blue, political-type sign seen in recent days by drivers on Missouri Avenue encouraged voters to elect “Richard Cox” to an unspecified state representative seat. > > The banner then declared the purported candidate’s slogan: “Let The Dick Represent.” > > There is no such candidate on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-entertaining-political-pranks-in-your-district/639155/2 "2012-10-28T23:25:17Z")
Just out of curiosity, where on Missouri? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-entertaining-political-pranks-in-your-district/639155/3 "2012-10-29T03:50:48Z")
I don’t know how entertaining this really is, but if your name is “Ocksrider” and you’ve got some big, fancy campaign signs, why on earth would you put them up near middle schools? (I don’t have any pictures, but I’ll see if they’ve replaced the sign near my school again. If they haven’t yet, I can get one.) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-entertaining-political-pranks-in-your-district/639155/4 "2012-10-29T13:28:15Z")
“Socksrider”? 😕 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-entertaining-political-pranks-in-your-district/639155/5 "2012-10-29T16:59:37Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Just out of curiosity, where on Missouri? It says “the corner of Missouri Avenue and Don Roser Drive”. That would be that big vacant lot just east of where it crosses under Interstate 25. Unfortunately, they already took down the sign. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-entertaining-political-pranks-in-your-district/639155/6 "2012-10-31T11:46:25Z")
My daughter flew to Atlanta to visit a friend and saw several billboards that said if you vote you would get a gun, either a rifle or handgun. It was more scary than entertaining but this is the US so I suppose it is perfectly legal. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-entertaining-political-pranks-in-your-district/639155/7 "2012-10-31T12:06:35Z")
There’s a sign near us that says, > [@](#): > > Vote for the **Americans** , Romney and Ryan. I keep alternating between seeing this as ironic humor, or just daft craziness.