# Why am I seeing the word "Como" spraypainted on bridges?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 17, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-seeing-the-word-como-spraypainted-on-bridges/438031 "2008-02-17T23:16:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-seeing-the-word-como-spraypainted-on-bridges/438031/21 "2008-02-18T23:12:43Z")

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It was painted on a railroad bridge on the clockwise direction of the Beltway just after you pass Georgia Avenue. As you go up the hill at Georgia Avenue, the Mormon Temple rises into view, just like in the scene in the movie when they first see the city of Oz. It looks very much like that particular shot in the film.

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**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-seeing-the-word-como-spraypainted-on-bridges/438031/22 "2008-02-18T23:42:02Z")

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Guy just forgot to put in the ‘estas’, that’s all. 😉 Or maybe it’s a really deep question about Bush…how? HOW? HOWHOWHOWHOWHOW…?

(probably just a tagger name…most likely means nothing or sounds cool. I remember the “Surrender Dorothy” thingy as well…always cracked me up)

-XT

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-seeing-the-word-como-spraypainted-on-bridges/438031/23 "2008-02-19T00:13:38Z")

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They got scared away before finishing “_Como esta usted_?”?

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-seeing-the-word-como-spraypainted-on-bridges/438031/24 "2008-02-19T15:03:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Sir Prize]  
Because it looks like the Emerald City.  
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Ahhh … I always thought of it as Cinderella’s Castle. I had forgotten about the Emerald City.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-seeing-the-word-como-spraypainted-on-bridges/438031/25 "2008-02-19T18:22:59Z")

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[QUOTE=acsenray]  
What does “Surrender Dorothy” have to do with the Mormon temple?  
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[Here’s](http://www.lds.org/temples/main/photo/0,11505,2020-1-52-0,00.html) a picture.

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**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-seeing-the-word-como-spraypainted-on-bridges/438031/26 "2008-02-21T03:17:39Z")

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Here’s a picture that shows the temple as it appears from the spot on the Beltway where you could see the graffiti:

[![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DCTemple-c.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DCTemple-c.jpg)

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