Solidarity with Comrade Bill
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Solidarity with Comrade Bill
@pluralistic I haven’t heard this joke for 20 years or more
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Solidarity with Comrade Bill
@pluralistic who is Bill Stickers and of what is he accused?
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Solidarity with Comrade Bill
The Ferguson's Gang was a kind of self-appointed preservation society from the mid 1900's in England. Their leader took the nom de guerre "Bill Stickers."
I had no idea about any of this until few moments ago. History is fun.
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Solidarity with Comrade Bill
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@pluralistic i love how old that gag is, i think “Bill Stickers is innocent” was the first ‘joke’ graffiti i saw. still a gem
@Paperposts I may have found it! (See my response lower in the thread.
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Solidarity with Comrade Bill
@pluralistic Long ago, I read a Bill Stickers poem, probably in some anthology, and could not find any reference to it in a search just now. From memory, the poem went something like this:
"Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted"
The evening papers run
But the thing I want to know
Is what's Bill Stickers done?Anyone recognize this or know the source?
(EDIT: found it; see later post in thread.)
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@pluralistic Long ago, I read a Bill Stickers poem, probably in some anthology, and could not find any reference to it in a search just now. From memory, the poem went something like this:
"Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted"
The evening papers run
But the thing I want to know
Is what's Bill Stickers done?Anyone recognize this or know the source?
(EDIT: found it; see later post in thread.)
@_the_cloud @pluralistic Another street sign I saw (in Melbourne Australia) many years ago:
"Blind Elderly People Crossing"
which seems like a horribly cruel thing to do.
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@MattMerk @pluralistic my hometown of Somerville, MA, is covered in stickers on utility boxes and so forth. my favorite read
ALL STICKERS
EXCEPT STICKERS
ABOUT STICKERS
BEING PROHIBITED
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@pluralistic Long ago, I read a Bill Stickers poem, probably in some anthology, and could not find any reference to it in a search just now. From memory, the poem went something like this:
"Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted"
The evening papers run
But the thing I want to know
Is what's Bill Stickers done?Anyone recognize this or know the source?
(EDIT: found it; see later post in thread.)
@_the_cloud @pluralistic I remember it, or something very similar, but probably from about 40 years ago, so I've no memory of where it's from.
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@MattMerk @pluralistic Bill Gates however...
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@pluralistic Long ago, I read a Bill Stickers poem, probably in some anthology, and could not find any reference to it in a search just now. From memory, the poem went something like this:
"Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted"
The evening papers run
But the thing I want to know
Is what's Bill Stickers done?Anyone recognize this or know the source?
(EDIT: found it; see later post in thread.)
Not searched hard nor found much, but Spike Milligan could have come up with that...
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@pluralistic Long ago, I read a Bill Stickers poem, probably in some anthology, and could not find any reference to it in a search just now. From memory, the poem went something like this:
"Bill Stickers Will Be Prosecuted"
The evening papers run
But the thing I want to know
Is what's Bill Stickers done?Anyone recognize this or know the source?
(EDIT: found it; see later post in thread.)
@_the_cloud @pluralistic Isn't it usually "Bill Posters"? You might have more luck searching with that.
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@_the_cloud @pluralistic Another street sign I saw (in Melbourne Australia) many years ago:
"Blind Elderly People Crossing"
which seems like a horribly cruel thing to do.
@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
God help me, this Don Martin cartoon has been stuck in my brain for 35 years
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@_the_cloud @pluralistic Another street sign I saw (in Melbourne Australia) many years ago:
"Blind Elderly People Crossing"
which seems like a horribly cruel thing to do.
@aebrockwell @pluralistic I took this photo in Scotland. Apparently elderly people had become such a road hazard that the council felt that they needed to put up a sign.
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@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
God help me, this Don Martin cartoon has been stuck in my brain for 35 years
@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic @jaythurbershow I was a Don Martin fan in the seventies and still recognize his style from the first panel
The hinged feet are a bit of a giveaway though
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@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
God help me, this Don Martin cartoon has been stuck in my brain for 35 years
@jaythurbershow @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic Yeah, it's great to poke fun at disabled people.
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@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
God help me, this Don Martin cartoon has been stuck in my brain for 35 years
@jaythurbershow @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic Our "heavy plant crossing" signs never cease to amuse either.,
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@jaythurbershow @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic Our "heavy plant crossing" signs never cease to amuse either.,
@etchedpixels @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
I once waited for three hours in a restaurant bathroom for an employee to come and wash my hands before I could eat. I'm lucky I didn't starve to death
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@aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic
God help me, this Don Martin cartoon has been stuck in my brain for 35 years
