Someone originally wrote ‘black power’ but the word ‘black’ was crossed out and the word ‘white’ above it, which in turn was crossed out and the word ‘gay’ above it, which in turn, etc etc.
This wasn’t on a bathroom, it was written in marker on a barrier over a “scenic overlook” on this mountain we visited in PA when I was a kid. It read,
“I killed my boyfriend here
He’s dead
Down there
Somewhere”
The book is a collection of graffitti found on the bathroom walls at several bars within State College, PA.
“Imagine a world without hypothetical situations.” Zeno’s
“I need something regular in my life other than my period.” Darkhorse
“Why does this gum taste funny?” Den
“Whiskey, whiskey, you’re a pest. You have often kept me from my rest. Often turned my friends to foes. But here you are beneath my nose. So cherrio and down she goes.” Zeno’s
Someone wrote in my high school bathroom, “Damn, my shit stinks.” I must have laughed like a loon in that bathroom stall for five minutes. It was particularly funny or clever, it’s just that someone went to the trouble to find a pen and scratch those words into the wall just to share that tidbit with us.
Two from personal experience although not on the wall.
There were normally three sinks in the Men’s room at work. I went in one morning and one of the sinks was removed from its place on the wall and sitting in the middle of the floor. I took out my pen and a paper towel and wrote “Out Of Order” on the towel and put it in the sink on the floor.
Somebody (maintenance I imagine) had put a sign on one of the mirrors in the head to the effect:
Please do not throw paper towels in toilets
And in the proper spirit of displaying the obvious, I put another pen-on-towel notice up beside the one on the mirror which stated:
I first read this and had no coffe, soda, milk, water, or any other substance in my mouth with which to spit all over my keyboard or monitor. While I found it to be extremely funny, I was unable to gain the same reaction when I read it again, mouth burning from holding soda. You are, therefore, off the hook with regards to owing me a monitor or keyboard.
When I was attending a local college in 1968, I wrote on the grouting in a restroom:
“People who write between the tiles have narrow minds”
The next time I used that stall, I found written below my graffito:
“People who write between the tiles have no minds at all”
Another time I wrote:
“Communismus delendus est”
(“Communism must be destroyed”)
Somebody wrote below that:
“Sic transit gloria feces”
In the restroom of the public library in Hermosa Beach, I once carried some printed stickers.
On the paper-towel dispenser I stuck the one reading “40% water”
On the pipe for the spigot on the urinal I stuck the stiker reading “Hold tight”
Just last weekend I saw “Jesus est la reponse”. Cracked me up because it was in French. Not sure why that’s so funny. Those French people sure like to get their Jesus on.
Not on a bathroom wall, but on an escarpment along the 401 there is “vote NDP” spray painted in red. It kills me every time I drive by it. Who knew there were politically conscious graffiti artists?