Solidarity with Comrade Bill
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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
ARE PROHIBITED -
@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
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@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.
@_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic that's nice, in the US if you're old and you live where it's unsafe to walk, you just don't leave your house, unless you're rich, than you can pay to have someone drive you around.
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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
ARE PROHIBITED@drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic
my laptop at the moment...
