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GRAFFITI
IF GOD IS DEAD THEN HE MUST BE IN HEAVEN.
Where learned: MENS LAVATORY
Keyword(s): RETORT RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
GRAFFITI
GOD ISN'T DEAD, HE IS JUST ON VACATION IN MIAMI BEACH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST
Keyword(s): FLORIDA PARODY RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
GRAFFITI
LSD MELTS IN YOUR MIND, NOT IN YOUR HAND.
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS A PARODY OF THE M&M CANDY COMMERCIAL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST
Keyword(s): DRUGS PARODY OF TV COMMERCIAL ADVICE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
POPE PAUL'S GOT RHYTHM.
Data entry tech comment:
THIS VERSE COULD REFER TO A POPULAR SONG OR IT COULD
DEAL WITH THE METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL UNDER THE LAWS OF THE CHURCH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RELIGION PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): CATHOLICISM ; I'VE GOT RHYTHM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
GRAFFITI
SMILE: YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA
Data entry tech comment: THIS SAYING THRIVES FROM A TV SHOW PRODUCED BY ALAN FUNT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): TELEVISION SHOWS RETORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
GRAFFITI
GOD SEES ALL
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RELIGION NUTSHELL NARRATIVE
James Callow Keyword(s): GOD AS OMNISCENT, ALL-SEEING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
PROVERB
HAVE WIFE, MUST TRAVEL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN THE DUST ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK HEADING
WEST ON INTERSTATE 94 IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. THE TRUCK
BELONGED TO A PLASTICS FIRM BASED IN WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
BATHROOM GRAFFITO
THEY PAINT THESE WALLS TO STOP MY PEN,
BUT, THE BATHROOM POET, HAS STRUCK AGAIN}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
Entry filtered.
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED WAITING IN LINE--LIKE ME.
Submitter comment: FOUND 125 FEET UP IN THIS MONUMENT.
Where learned: CANADA ; NIAGARA FALLS ; QUEENSTON HEIGHTS PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
RHYME
SLO--SCHOOL ZONE
DON'T KILL A CHILD
WAIT FOR A TEACHER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
Graffiti
Do your thing, man!
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Police Commissioner Spreen sleeps with a night-light.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17595 Wildemere
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Entry filtered.
Graffiti
Flush twice--it's a long way to the cafeteria
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Don't read this
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
"(name of boss) slept here"
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Due to a lack of interest, tomorrow has been cancelled.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffito
God does not choose to run for re-election.
James Callow comment:
Referring to Lyndon Johnson's decision not to run for re-election.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Contrary to popular belief, God's last name is NOT damn.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |