Subways signs changed to forbid cast members of Full House

Dan says:

Here is a cool sign swap prank I spotted riding on the L line into Brooklyn. Apparently that train does not allow Danny Tanner, Uncle Joey, or Uncle Jesse.

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Bogartnoir, someone familiar with The Hipster Express and the neighborhood it runs through might be annoyed by an utter overdose of irony, everywhere.

Just remember that it really is good in small/medium amounts. People latched on to it and ran with it. Too far.

But it wasn’t a bad idea to run with it in the first place/
Moniker

It’s fascinating, this creative impulse that runs throughout our modern cityscapes, reinterpreting and everywhere adding personal touches to reclaim the impersonal (graffitti, culture jamming, skateboarding, free running). Sometimes it seem like the city is like a huge blank canvas.

Also, just discovered that there’s a hip hop artist named D.J. Tanner.
Moniker

“Sometimes it seems like the city is a huge blank canvas,” rather.
Trevour

But, Joey wasn’t an uncle!
starred

I always find the best covert art on the L train during my commute.

A few months ago I found this:
http://www.dequeued.cc/putstuff/do_no_fall_in_love/Photo_061807_001.jpg
http://www.dequeued.cc/putstuff/do_no_fall_in_love/Photo_061807_002.jpg

“Do not lean on doors” replaced with “Do not fall in love”.

Cute.
agentO

Good point (#13)…maybe the twins ARE the vandals?!
djyuckfou

i saw this genious peice of art(/vandalism?!?!) in the same vein on the 5th ave stop by central park – not sure if its still up, but it was for the show reaper and had the tag line “meet stanas biggest tools” ,the faces fitted amazingly well…conicidence?

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d76/djyuckfou/reaper.jpg
dculberson

Nonesuch (#9), you missed the part where he said “After scouring the internet I was able to find some source images.” That could just be CYA language, but he still does claim not to have taken those pictures.
schmod

Obligatory Hipster Olympics…

And yeah…. ‘Irony’ got real old real quick (around the time the trust fund babies started pushing the artists out of Williamsburg)
klg19

My favorite subway sign swap was around several years ago. Signs that said “This is an air-conditioned car. Please do not open windows” were mimicked by signs that read “This is a karma-conditioned car. Please watch what you do.”

I’ve always remembered that fondly.
zantony

As a daily subway commuter, I have always felt I had more to fear from Dave Coulier than smoke or litter. Now Bob Saget, on the other hand, is one filthy, funny dude.
Bonnie

Alanis Morissette should be happy to ride public transit now…
Adam Chernow

Awesome!

-A
Halloween Jack

Replacing or covering safety-oriented signs: not cool.

Putting up signs that parody other signs, without affecting the safety of passengers: way cool.
flickersticks

I ride this train back and forth every day and have yet to see this, I can only hope I’ll find it sometime….hilarrrrriousss!
bogartnoir

It’s really cute and clever unless you actually have to deal with Williamsburg, and then you wish you never heard the word “irony” in your life.
blegh.
Tits McGee

This is almost unbearably awesome.
devoinregress

Please pray subway signs on the Q
Lauren O

But Uncle Jesse was so hot!
anthropomorphictoast

*snerk* God I love finding random stuff like this.
KipEsquire

Since when is vandalism cool?
NoneSuch

Luckily he had taken a snapshot of the original sign before “spotting” the new sign, otherwise we wouldn’t have that handy reference.

And I agree with Kipesquire: why is vandalism cool? This ranks right up there with dropping “electronic cricket” litter around the city.
devoinregress

@KIPESQUIRE
Vandalism is cool when it is more clever than it is a nuisance.
wastrel

Nonesuch (#6) your cynicism is laudable, but they’re clearly 2 different signs.
NoneSuch

Yes, but if you click the link, you see that he (er, I mean, someone else!) had a small pile of signs to swap.

Basically it’s “look at this cool thing I did! I mean… found… that someone else who is certainly not me must have done, because I don’t want to take responsibility for vandalism.” :-p

Meh.
anthropomorphictoast

I rather like to think of it as unsolicited art. Art is not just something that hangs on the walls of a gallery collecting dust.
As for it being vandalism, who’s it hurting? People smoke, play music, and dump their trash all over regardless of a little plastic sign. :P
jimh

Whoever did this is should be arrested and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law! And tased! Yeah, TASED!
(Where’s the “no stick up your butt” sign when you need it?)
rollerskater

i need that sign above my television, not a joke.
fuzz

funny, they seem to have left the twins out . . .