# Bestest graffiti ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040 "2008-07-02T13:48:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/61 "2008-07-03T21:12:42Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] Genesis and Exodus would be cool. 🙂 [/QUOTE] [Bob Marley] 'Exodus! Movement of the people. [/Bob Marley] ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/62 "2008-07-03T21:54:24Z")
In my home town of Buffalo circa late 70s/early 80s, there was a train bridge overpass (long since removed) that had two things scrawled on it: “Elvis Costello is GOD” and “Oh my Elvis Costello!” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/63 "2008-07-03T22:58:09Z")
[QUOTE=OpalCat] Near the University of Arizona in Tucson there is a building that has “HAPPINESS IS SUBMISSION TO GOD” printed on the side in huge letters. Directly following the word “GOD” is a patch of discolored paint, from all of the times they had to paint over people putting “ZILLA” after it. It’s an ongoing battle. [/QUOTE] I know that building! I never knew about the battle, though, despite all the times I passed it. That’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/64 "2008-07-03T23:05:58Z")
[QUOTE=h.sapiens] Hand dryer graffiti: [Press Button. Receive Bacon.](http://daverohrer.com/receive-the-bacon/) [/QUOTE] There’s a slightly longer [copycat](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1058/1370622665_045c4aac4f.jpg?v=0) of that too. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/65 "2008-07-04T07:17:13Z")
Boarding school bathroom stall: Flush hard. It’s a long way to the cafeteria. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/66 "2008-07-04T07:21:00Z")
Romanes eunt domus! ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/67 "2008-07-04T07:40:13Z")
Another oddity in Belfast, when a lot of gable ends are fully of crap like [this](http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=belfast+mural&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title) it’s nice to see something a bit different like [this](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/247789494_7309d859a1.jpg?v=1158703095) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/68 "2008-07-04T14:07:48Z")
[QUOTE=Pushkin] Another oddity in Belfast, when a lot of gable ends are fully of crap like [this](http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=belfast+mural&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title) it’s nice to see something a bit different like [this](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/247789494_7309d859a1.jpg?v=1158703095) 🙂 [/QUOTE] Hee hee hee…[humps for one mile.](http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/03/14/1205506759_6527.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/69 "2008-07-04T15:51:03Z")
On the condom dispenser: “This gum tastes like rubber” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/70 "2008-07-05T11:09:39Z")
Not the bestest but something that has stuck in my mind after all these years though I can only remember the translation now not the original Russian. Seen everywhere in the Soviet Union of communist times Above the Hammer Below the sickle You still get screwed Whichever you choose ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/71 "2008-07-05T11:33:46Z")
There was a famous piece of graffiti on a motorway bridge on the M1, headed northwards. **It’s grim up north** The signs on the M1 quite often do not give directions to a town or location, just a direction. During the depression of the 1980’s, when UK industry all but collapsed - this hit certain regions disporportionately hard, and it seemd that the government of the day didn’t care, and was solely concerned with ensuring the city traders made their money. This was then taken up as the title for a song by the KLF. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/72 "2008-07-05T11:38:52Z")
> [@](#): > > The JAMs: centre of political interest > By - (09 November, 1991, NME) > > "THE JAMS, whose new single “It’s Grim Up North” bolted into the Top 40 on Sunday, are at the centre of unusual political interest. > > Nottinghamshire Labour MP Joe Ashton tabled a motion to the Minister Of Transport in the House Of Commons last week, expressing concern over graffiti on the M1/M25 motorway junction, which reads “It’s Grim Up North”. Ashton requested the minister either ensured the slogan was painted over, or replaced in the interess of ‘restoring regional balance’. Ashton suggested : “It’s Gruesome In The Midlands” or “There’s Nowt But Folk Living In Cardboard Boxes In London” as viable alternatives. > > The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu’s Bill Drummond and Jim Cauty catergorically deny that they are responsible for the graffiti, which was removed late last week. I always thought that this graffiti was around five or so years older than this headline, however when one finds a cite, one has to accept the evidence. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/73 "2008-07-05T11:54:11Z")
[QUOTE=chacoguy420] On the condom dispenser: “This gum tastes like rubber” 😛 [/QUOTE] You forgot the classic rejoinder: “Oh, but what bubbles!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/74 "2008-07-05T13:52:01Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] Hee hee hee…[humps for one mile.](http://graphics.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/03/14/1205506759_6527.jpg) [/QUOTE] We have streets signs here in neighborhoods that proclaim “SPEED HUMP.” To me, that sounds like an Olympic event! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/75 "2008-07-05T14:19:14Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] I’m rather fond of [this one](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/483711989_bc0dcf1838.jpg) [/QUOTE] That’s great. And is that sign in Cincinnati? 700 WLW is based here (but it is broadcast all over the place). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/76 "2008-07-05T15:25:25Z")
Ideally, I think the best graffiti is no graffiti. What do you suppose the ratio is between “good” graffiti to obscenities/gang tagging? That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a humorous non-sequitur, wry observance or witty turn of phrase. This one has been in a campground bathroom in Zion NP for years: _The Blind Owl Sees All !!_ \*\* ^…^ / o,o |) :::: (| = w=w=\*\* [reply] _Who?_ ---
**Author:** ![Timchik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@Timchik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timchik)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/77 "2008-07-05T15:47:28Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life] Not the bestest but something that has stuck in my mind after all these years though I can only remember the translation now not the original Russian. Seen everywhere in the Soviet Union of communist times Above the Hammer Below the sickle You still get screwed Whichever you choose [/QUOTE] Слева молот, справа серп – Это наш советский герб. Хочешь – жни, а хочешь – куй, Все равно получишь хуй Sleva molot, sprava serp - eto nash sovetsky gerb khochesh’ zhni, a khochesh’ kuy Vsyo ravno poluchish’ khuy. To the left the hammer, to the right the sickle - that’s our Soviet emblem [whether you] want to reap [or] want to thresh All the same you’ll get dick. I sometimes saw this last word replaced with khleb - bread, which was even funnier, since given the strict rhyme scheme of the four-line chastushka (Russian limerick), you know what should have been coming. If nothing else, the graffiti was better under the Soviet Union. Now it’s mostly misspelled English (“Fak off” is popular") or lame sports boosterism (Spartak - champions!) ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/78 "2008-07-05T16:35:59Z")
Late one night when I was a law student at UNC-Chapel Hill, my gf-of-the-moment and I snuck into the women’s stalls to see an on-going seriesof graffiti. It started like this: A women needs a man like: and followed through 75-100 answers. I think this was the first time I ever saw the ’ Like a fish needs a bicycle.’ answer. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/79 "2008-07-05T17:59:42Z")
If you give a man a fish, he’ll want a bicycle. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestest-graffiti-ever/455040/80 "2008-07-05T19:21:40Z")
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