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Spotted on Clanbrasil St

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  • 09-07-2009 12:54pm
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    MediaTank
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    There's a whole series of these messages etched into the path, heres the first one. Anyone know what it's about?


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    WindSock
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    It's either 'art' through use of a powerhose & stencil, or advertising through use of a powerhose & stencil. My kitchen however, is in the back my home and life centres itself around the tv room.


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    The Lizard people are coming :eek:

    .


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    mikedragon32
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    Maison Dead Newsboy wrote: »
    The Lizard people are coming :eek:

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    I, for one, welcome our new overlords.


    Nokia did something like this over the winter to pimp their new satnav/mobile phone thingies...


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    Degsy
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    It an ad for persil or somesuch,i saw something similar on the wall at pearse st..although why housewives would be influenced by reverse-graffiti is beyond me.


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    humberklog
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    Degsy wrote: »
    It an ad for persil or somesuch,i saw something similar on the wall at pearse st..although why housewives would be influenced by reverse-graffiti is beyond me.


    !rennid em s'erehW


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    Max Power1
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    MediaTank wrote: »
    There's a whole series of these messages etched into the path, heres the first one. Anyone know what it's about?
    Probably some advertising campaign.. I'm sure we'll know soon enough :rolleyes:


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    PCPhoto
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    humberklog wrote: »
    !rennid em s'erehW

    I had to read that veeeery slowly !!

    but its good


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    Rowley Birkin QC
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    It's extremely clever advertising, the method I mean, not the message itself. No planning permission needed.

    Spotted these a few days ago.


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    Degsy
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    Some bloke touted the idea on the english Dragons' den a while back and he was told to a)sling his hook and b) get himself a suit.


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    gerrybbadd
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    humberklog wrote: »
    !rennid em s'erehW


    Brilliant!!!


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    ironictoaster
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    You definitely need permission to do this. Cadbury's got in trouble for doing the same type of advertisement when they rereleased the wispa this year.


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    Davy
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    creggy wrote: »
    You definitely need permission to do this. Cadbury's got in trouble for doing the same type of advertisement when they rereleased the wispa this year.

    wispaonthestreetlecraic.jpg


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    Wishbone Ash
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    creggy wrote: »
    You definitely need permission to do this
    No planning permission is required - that is why they do it. It's only a power washer on a stencil on a dirty footpath. How on earth would planning permission be required? By that logic, planning permission would be required to deck scrub the footpath outside a house/shop.


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    thusspakeblixa
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    they're ads for the "power of one campaign" I think. My grandparents live around there and were giving out about "that ****e on the path"


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    VelvetKevorkian
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    Maison Dead Newsboy wrote: »
    The Lizard people are coming :eek:

    .


    Could be some concrete crop circle carry on!

    They freaked out the country folk with little field doodling n' now they're tryin to mess with us townies..................oh the possibilities!!


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    gurramok
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    This is better ;):D
    22062009364.jpg


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    Mike 1972
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    Degsy wrote: »
    although why housewives would be influenced by reverse-graffiti is beyond me.

    Whats a "housewife" Grandad ?


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    delta_bravo
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    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    Whats a "housewife" Grandad ?

    A married woman whose work primarly revolves around the management and organistation of a household.


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    Degsy
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    delta_bravo wrote: »
    A married woman whose work primarly revolves around the management and organistation of a household.


    A rare breed since Mary robinson gave them the vote..now they're all out drinking with thier mates.


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    chin_grin
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    gurramok wrote: »
    This is better ;):D
    22062009364.jpg

    *we're. :p


    But I get the Prodigy reference (http://www.nekozine.co.uk/prodigy/info/sources.html)


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    ronano
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    so can anyone do this? i woulda thought it was illegal


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    dubtom
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    Mr Duffy had a program on it a couple of years back,amazing the amount of people who complained that these stencils showed how dirty our streets are and should be removed, I think the council did remove some although can't remember if they were deemed illegal.


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    Mike 1972
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    dubtom wrote: »
    amazing the amount of people who complained that these stencils showed how dirty our streets are and should be removed,
    They were complaining about the stencils rather than the dirtiness of the streets ? :confused:
    dubtom wrote: »
    I think the council did remove some although can't remember if they were deemed illegal.
    Probably not illegal to put them there and not illegal to remove them either.

    Its a bit cheeky but if it prompts the council to do a better job of cleaning the streets It can hardly do much harm.


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    ronano
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    Anyone any idea who i should ask to see if doing it is illegal,


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