Painting a Bridge

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:21 am

one of my favorite overpasses on I-40 had this to say:

I LOVE YOU SWEATHEART!!!!!!!!

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:18 am

Why paint it if it's just going to get painted over again?

Paint it some colour that is not harsh to look at but pleasing to the eye for a bridge - like cobalt blue or dark olive green -- and paint on red and black warning signs at each end that say:

Unauthorized painters will be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law.
By order of the Lord Mayor.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:05 am

"Have you seen the bridge? Where's the confounded bridge?"

Painting a bridge smacks of effort... I don't get it.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:16 am

Hob Nobs suck

No graffitti please!

This is a bridge too far

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:34 am

Random ideas........

1. Look - It's the getaway car!

2. You only think I have suspension cables.

3. http://www.beingtheremag.com

4. Joe Gould slept here.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:52 am

Hey, nobody burn this bridge down, ok?

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:35 pm

I vote for the Being There plug. Or perhaps ELVIS IS KING, with a little picture so people know which one you mean.....

Or perhaps a tribute to TMBG:

"When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge:
I don’t want the world, I just want your half"

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:58 pm

What you need is a stencil. If you're handy with photoshop (I'm not very) you could convert a simple image like the Trust cover or the MAIT stance and convert it to half-tone, and then trace it onto cradboard, et voila, nice Elvis stencil.

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:36 pm

Cover it with "Sigh"'s

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:42 pm

my all-time favorite underpass graffiti -

Bill Is Gay

I don't know whether someone was trying to insult Bill - or if Bill was making a declaration. It struck me as funny.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:44 pm

I have forgiven Jesus

(Please tell us more about the 'destroying metal' part of your interests!)

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:02 pm

Jesus Saves - Moses Invests

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 7:46 pm

y'all made me remember this year's best bumper sticker:

Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole.

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:09 pm

"God is dead" - Nietzsche
"Nietzsche is dead" - God

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 9:48 pm

"Jesus Saves...he shoots, he scores!"

Here's an oldie but a goodie for those with long memories and from cities with good size Jewish populations....

"Save Soviet Jewry...win valuable prizes!"

From the first issue of "Howard the Duck": "Free the New York 8 Million!"

And, for West Los Angeles people only "Free Bob Avakian!" (an utterly, I'm sure justly, obscure Maoist who was a graffitti star in L.A. back in the day....I heard name-checked for the first time in years on my local Pacifica station recently, reminding me of the reason I rarely listen to Pacifica....)

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 10:30 pm

bobster wrote:And, for West Los Angeles people only "Free Bob Avakian!" (an utterly, I'm sure justly, obscure Maoist who was a graffitti star in L.A. back in the day....I heard name-checked for the first time in years on my local Pacifica station recently, reminding me of the reason I rarely listen to Pacifica....)

Or it could be Free George Davis for the Brits who might remember that campaign?

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:53 am

bobster wrote:And, for West Los Angeles people only "Free Bob Avakian!" (an utterly, I'm sure justly, obscure Maoist who was a graffitti star in L.A. back in the day....I heard name-checked for the first time in years on my local Pacifica station recently, reminding me of the reason I rarely listen to Pacifica....)

I'm not sure how obscure he is...somebody is advertising a DVD of his speeches all over the place (okay, The Nation) lately. Why someone would pay good money to buy speeches, and then spend good time watching them on DVD, is beyond me, but apparently they are. Anyway, that might be why he was name-checked on Pacifica, bobster.

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:13 am

Seen somewhere out in the middle of nowhere:

"Donna is a hore"

(Thanks for the heads-up, dude!)

Written on the back of a filthy 18-wheeler:

"Jesus died for you, asshole!"

(I know, man, and I try to put in a good word for him when I can...)

Seen in toilet stall in distant interstate highway rest area:

"Wed, Thur night, 10 pm meet here. Bring penis"

(I never leave home without it!)

http://www.freewayblogger.com

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:31 pm

What fresh new hell is this?--Dorothy Parker

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:29 pm

How about....

THIS ROAD HAS BEEN ABRIDGED

PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE TROLL

CAUTION: TROUBLED WATER BELOW!

THIS IS A BRIDGE

The only graffiti on bridges near me are about the IRA or the UDA...lol...and I don't even live in Northern Ireland!

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:41 pm

Poor Andre the Giant.... I woulda been in his posse, if he'd let me.

'Round these parts you might see "Free Leonard Peltier!!"

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 4:46 pm

selfmademug wrote: 'Round these parts you might see "Free Leonard Peltier!!"

Ever hear Robbie Robertson's song about Peltier off his Contact From The Underworld of Redboy album? It's pretty chilling as it features Peltier describing over the phone what happened to him and talking about his life in prison.

firebetty · Post by **firebetty** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 11:09 pm

JUMP
was the first thing that came to mind.
Shake Your Booty for Jesus
was the second

Tim(e) · Post by **Tim(e)** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 3:21 pm

Romanes eunt domus

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 5:25 pm

selfmademug wrote:Poor Andre the Giant.... I woulda been in his posse, if he'd let me.

'Round these parts you might see "Free Leonard Peltier!!"

We had that too...but that's a bit of a horse of a different color. "Free Mumia" on the other hand...well, I might start a five way shootin' war with that name check...(Personally, I more of a "retry Mumia, then probably find him guilty again, or not, but can't we all find someone's who's not a big ol' psychotic idiot to free?")

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