# What does this graffitti mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 26, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787 "2002-09-26T23:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/1 "2002-09-26T23:39:29Z")
“Save Russian Jews! Collect valuable prizes!” I read it in a Stephen King novel, but someone here once said they saw it somewhere. What does it mean? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/2 "2002-09-26T23:43:55Z")
Replace “Russian Jews” with “Green Stamps” or “box tops” … it’s a simple set-em-up-knock-'em-down joke along the lines of “Christmas comes but once a year … aren’t you glad you aren’t Christmas?” Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/3 "2002-09-26T23:47:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*“Save Russian Jews! Collect valuable prizes!” > > I read it in a Stephen King novel, but someone here once said they saw it somewhere. What does it mean? \*\* Beats me!!! Unless it means “Save” as in “SAVE GREEN STAMPS” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2002, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/4 "2002-09-26T23:58:40Z")
Thought up by the same wit who suggested that “Jesus saves. Moses _invests_!” And what are the odds of the first two answers to your question both using “green stamps” as an example? Fascinating! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/5 "2002-09-27T00:05:27Z")
The odds are bigger than you think. I almost used the “Jesus saves” example you used, **sam**. ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/6 "2002-09-27T00:05:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samclem \* > \*\*Thought up by the same wit who suggested that “Jesus saves. Moses _invests_!” > > And what are the odds of the first two answers to your question both using “green stamps” as an example? Fascinating! \*\* Maybe we share the same Brain Cell:smack: ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/7 "2002-09-27T02:13:18Z")
Save the Whales! Trade them with your friends! It’s a _joke_. You know, haha? ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/8 "2002-09-27T02:28:47Z")
FREE NELSON MANDELA with every purchase ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/9 "2002-09-27T02:46:24Z")
Save trees! Eat a beaver! ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/10 "2002-09-27T02:50:28Z")
It probably made more sense back in the '70s in the context in which I saw it in way back then: Save SOVIET Jews! Win Valuable Prizes! ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/11 "2002-09-27T12:11:18Z")
Jesus saves - Pele scores on the rebound! (soccer joke - for all you US-types out there!) ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/12 "2002-09-27T12:12:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by samclem \* > \*\*Thought up by the same wit who suggested that “Jesus saves. Moses _invests_!” > > \*\* Jesus saves - Pele scores on the rebound! (soccer joke - for all you US-types out there!) ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/13 "2002-09-27T14:18:17Z")
Naaah, I like: FREE TIBET [sub]With the purchase of a Tibet of equal or greater value[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/14 "2002-09-27T14:25:03Z")
something like: Love the Earth!!! Fuck a tree ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/15 "2002-09-27T14:46:28Z")
Save the Rainforests… Collect the whole set! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/16 "2002-09-27T15:21:53Z")
Free the Indianapolis 500! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-graffitti-mean/129787/17 "2002-09-27T16:36:12Z")
Free Motorola Pager!