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Stop Signs

- CE - Thursday, May 25th, 2006 : goo

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As I was walking to work this morning (I just started a new job at the campus radio station!) I noticed a sticker underneath the word "stop". It simply said "war".
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"Stop war". Seems like a good idea to me. I snapped a picture and went on my way.

On my way back, I was walking down the same street but the other way to get home. I glance behind me and see another stop sign with a sticker beneath it.
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I couldn't be bothered to read it (I'm a busy man!) and assumed it said "war" as well. There was also a "Drunken Penguin" sticker beside it that wasn't there before. Now, Drunken Penguin is something that has been popping up all over the city. I don't know who is responsible for him but I have a feeling he lives on or near my street as they seem to appear in greatest concentration near my house. Drunken Penguin doesn't just pop up in stickers, I have seen the image and signature in a guest book at a cafe and he has even called in to request a song on campus radio shows. Because these both appeared on the same day, I am led to assume that Drunken Penguin is responsible for the other stickers and is therefore against war and eating meat.

This leads us to another question. What does a penguin eat if he doesn't eat meat? There seems to be little vegetation in Antartica so I'm sure a vegetarian's diet would be greatly limited.

I didn't realize that the second sticker said something else until I was resizing the picture to post here. This realization changed the nature of this post dramatically.

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anon (cpe-70-95-142-6.hawaii.res.rr.com): 25th May 2006 - 04:35 GMT

Seems like such an obvious idea--I'm surprised more people haven't taken advantage of the "stop xxx" idea. Or maybe people have, and I just haven't seen it. Here's one more, at least, in downtown Honolulu:

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Peter: 25th May 2006 - 12:50 GMT

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Chris Erb: 1st Jul 2006 - 20:24 GMT

I found another one about 5 blocks from my house. I'm assuming it's by the same person as it's the same design (the lighting makes it look gray).

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Obviously this person is a big movie buff. I can't imagine someone who isn't hate the MPAA so much as to stick their hatred of it on a stop sign.

anon (blk-222-82-58.eastlink.ca): 15th Oct 2006 - 02:59 GMT

Hey that Drunken Penguin is a couple of my friends, and no they are not responsible for the 'eating meat' stickers. They are solely interested in advertising Drunken Penguin Entertainment. See www.drunkduck.com/Evil_Dawn

EvilGentleman: 19th Mar 2007 - 05:01 GMT

What I find remarkable is that the Stop the MPAA sticker is in Canada, where the MPAA has no actual authority.

Konner: 23rd Jun 2007 - 16:04 GMT

It is healthy, I shall come on your site more often, thank.

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