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Kilroy was here

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    #2
    hondasam
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    OldGoat is the oldest person on the internet, he will remember.

    OG I will take you out tomorrow for the day:p
    same as last time.


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    #3
    0lddog
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    Kilroy did insist on popping up in the most difficult of locations

    In the late '80s he had a very close shave in the Ardoyne

    AFAIK he was last reported as being on the wrong end of a very nasty waterboarding in 2006.

    Olddog


    What next ? ( Peanuts? )

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pikw6b3WNec


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    #4
    looksee
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    Shouldn't it be Kilroy woz 'ere (apostrophe optional)


    Boo! I did one of those pictures using the keyboard of a Kilroy woz ere, but when I hit submit it went all peculiar. How do people do those really complicated ones?


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    Jellybaby1
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    Kilroy was Irish as far as I know, and went global many years ago. I saw a documentary on archaeology once, the presenter was in a cave in France and guess what, Kilroy had been there before them! It was in that documentary they explained that the original Kilroy had been Irish. I know no more than that except I always thought it was 'Kilroy wuz 'ere' in the UK and 'Kilroy was here' everywhere else. :D


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    Spread
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    Hark hark
    Hear hear
    I jump for joy -
    'Cause I was here
    Before Kilroy.



    This and likeminded verse I've seen written in various construction site loos across Europe ....... usually accompanied by a pencilled drawing of Chad with nose hanging over a block wall.

    The words "KILROY WAS HERE" and a simple drawing of a face peeking over a fence were written on any surface US servicemen came near during World War II, usually meant to be the mark of the first American GI to arrive at that place. Kilroy's face was so ubiquitous wherever American servicemen went, especially in Europe, that rumors popped up saying Hitler himself issued orders to find Kilroy and that Stalin came face-to-face with Kilroy inside a Potsdam outhouse.

    In this context, the text and the drawing were inseparable; but they actually have separate origins. Alternate accounts exist, but the most widely accepted origin of "KILROY WAS HERE" trace to James J. Kilroy of Halifax, Massachusetts, USA. On 24 December 1946, the New York Times wrote:

    During the war [Kilroy] was employed at the Bethlehem Steel Company's Quincy shipyard, inspecting tanks, double bottoms and other parts of warships under construction. To satisfy superiors that he was performing his duties, Mr. Kilroy scribbled in yellow crayon "Kilroy was here" on inspected work. Soon the phrase began to appear in various unrelated places, and Mr. Kilroy believes the 14,000 shipyard workers who entered the armed services were responsible for its subsequent world-wide use.

    So I guess, in a sense, Kilroy was Irish ;)

    For further reading :D:http://www.lizardworks.com/kilroy.html


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    looksee
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    I read this, replied, tried to draw one of those over the fence things, then went to bed. Just as I fell asleep I thought - that wasn't Kilroy, that was - somebody with a short name. Now I can't think what it was and its annoying me.

    So, the little guy looking over the wall with his fingers on either side, who was he?

    Edit: Got it! Chad - he of 'wot no coal' or other goods. Probably an entirely English phenomenon.


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    OldGoat
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    hondasam wrote: »
    OldGoat is the oldest person on the internet
    :eek:
    hondasam wrote: »
    OG I will take you out tomorrow.
    Durt! :cool:

    Kilroy just got covered up by the new graffiti, horrible blight on society that it is.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    hondasam
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    OldGoat wrote: »

    Durt! :cool:

    get your coat, you've pulled:p

    Morning:)


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    Spread
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    hondasam wrote: »
    get your coat, you've pulled:p

    Morning:)

    Surely a misprint? Should read get a room, you've pulled:p or am I getting feeble minded?:confused:

    Hopefully I've broken the ice and FYP :D


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    Cicero
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    Spread wrote: »
    Surely a misprint? Should read get a room, you've pulled:p or am I getting feeble minded?:confused:

    Hopefully I've broken the ice and FYP :D

    Given the time of night should read moaning

    *gets coat*


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    hondasam
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    Spread wrote: »
    Surely a misprint? Should read get a room, you've pulled:p or am I getting feeble minded?:confused:

    Hopefully I've broken the ice and FYP :D

    OG has the room booked. I have his pills. The magic ones:p


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    Cicero
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    Kilroy_was_here_%28re-drawn%29.gif

    Bit early for my time....I did learn from one Mr. Bob Geldof though that phone wreckers were idiots...Funny how that doesn't seem to matter much these days...not high on the agenda or nuttin...away from the front pages and the like...


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    Spread
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    He obviously had some English lessons since he wrote Kilroy woz ere.


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    looksee
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    That's what I was bleating about earlier - that's Chad, not Kilroy!


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    Spread
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    Yes, I flipping knew that but I got confused :o. This is happening with increasing regularity. Incidentally, Chad is one of the few drawings that I can do. I just can't seem to get the measurements right ......... so small dog, big head, tail too long/short, legs that don't look like legs etc. :D


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    #17
    looksee
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    For heavens sake, Spread, if that is the extent of your confusion, you are not in the ha'penny place :D


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    Rubecula
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    Can we have a Rube Woz 'ere?

    Just a big fat backside hanging over a wall will do :D

    An OldGoat Woz 'ere?

    A long beard hanging over a wall?

    A Ramette and Jellybaby Woz 'ere?

    Two biddies gossiping over a wall?

    A BBDBB Woz 'ere?

    A bottle of a substance not to be named sitting on a wall?

    A Spread Woz 'ere?

    No wall just a hole in the ground?

    Cicero Woz 'ere?

    A sign saying the wall has been removed for safety reasons due to falling masonry?


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    #19
    OldGoat
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    An OldGoat Woz 'ere?

    A long beard hanging over a wall?

    3A5BB068884440FEBB8E4F27ABA63E76-0000339441-0002826151-00500L-B0C43B9BF59B45489B1042C14785D30C.jpg
    :D

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #20
    Jellybaby1
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    Hey! Who you callin' a biddy??!! You, me, outside, NOW!


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    #21
    Rubecula
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    Hey guys did you see that, one of our luscious lovlies wants to take me outside :D:D


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    #22
    OldGoat
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    Durt!

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #23
    Rubecula
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    Durt!

    Hey I just showered :D


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    #24
    Alice1
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    Can we have a Rube Woz 'ere?

    Just a big fat backside hanging over a wall will do :D

    An OldGoat Woz 'ere?

    A long beard hanging over a wall?

    A Ramette and Jellybaby Woz 'ere?

    Two biddies gossiping over a wall?

    A BBDBB Woz 'ere?

    A bottle of a substance not to be named sitting on a wall?

    A Spread Woz 'ere?

    No wall just a hole in the ground?

    Cicero Woz 'ere?

    A sign saying the wall has been removed for safety reasons due to falling masonry?

    You left me out - I'm soooo hurt:(


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    #25
    Jellybaby1
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    Rubecula wrote: »
    Hey guys did you see that, one of our luscious lovlies wants to take me outside :D:D

    Go on. Make my day. Punk! :mad: Grrrrr!


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    #26
    hondasam
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    Alice1 wrote: »
    You left me out - I'm soooo hurt:(

    me too:(


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    #27
    Rubecula
    Registered Users Posts: 8,551 ✭✭✭Rubecula


    Alice1 wrote: »
    You left me out - I'm soooo hurt:(

    Alice woz 'ere.

    A big moon shining in the night :)
    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Go on. Make my day. Punk! :mad: Grrrrr!

    *blows a big wet kiss. * Just don't bring your magnum with you. :D
    hondasam wrote: »
    me too:(

    Hondasam woz 'ere.

    A carburettor hanging on a nail on a wall???????


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    #28
    Alice1
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    hondasam wrote: »
    me too:(
    Ah sure, Hondasam, you is only a girl


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    #29
    hondasam
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    Alice1 wrote: »
    Ah sure, Hondasam, you is only a girl

    Hi Alice, I'm a woman not a girl:p


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    #30
    OldGoat
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    Shinnagins. There are no wimminz on the interweb.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #31
    hondasam
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    Shinnagins. There are no wimminz on the interweb.

    wimminz rule the interweb OG.


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