Comments on: Billboard alterations by "The Decapitator" http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 11:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: clifford http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102914 clifford Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102914 @Warren Camishen, you're silly. @Warren Camishen, you’re silly.

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-103185 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-103185 For me, the original version of the Pimm's Winter poster is even funnier than any of the modified ads. The creators must have been aware of the reference to the Scott expedition (actually the final words of Lawrence Oates: "I am just going outside and may be some time"), but what a bizarre association to create for a hot beverage. Oh, it appears the ad was posted in England. Never mind. For me, the original version of the Pimm’s Winter poster is even funnier than any of the modified ads. The creators must have been aware of the reference to the Scott expedition (actually the final words of Lawrence Oates: “I am just going outside and may be some time”), but what a bizarre association to create for a hot beverage.

Oh, it appears the ad was posted in England. Never mind.

]]> By: WhiterWitch http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102931 WhiterWitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102931 hv t sy 'm nt n fvr f ll f ths "vndlz fr rt!" cncpts, spclly whn yr rt thrvs nly by vndlzng smn ls's rt. n prsn dng t s vgly msng. Tn thsnd ppl dng t s mss, whch s why w shldn't kp ncrgng t. n dy sm rtst s gng t cm p whs rt s t g rnd tkng pctrs f thngs s tht h cn cm bck nd rstr thm t thr rgnl stt ftr ll f th thr rtsts hv bn rnd nd hckd thm p n vrs wys. hv t sy ‘m nt n fvr f ll f ths “vndlz fr rt!” cncpts, spclly whn yr rt thrvs nly by vndlzng smn ls’s rt.

n prsn dng t s vgly msng. Tn thsnd ppl dng t s mss, whch s why w shldn’t kp ncrgng t.

n dy sm rtst s gng t cm p whs rt s t g rnd tkng pctrs f thngs s tht h cn cm bck nd rstr thm t thr rgnl stt ftr ll f th thr rtsts hv bn rnd nd hckd thm p n vrs wys.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102944 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102944 Vandalism? Ya got it backwards buddy The corporate mofos vandalize public space with their greedy, in your face attempts to make us buy their crap so they can get rich. The Decapitator is just restoring natural justice. Vandalism?

Ya got it backwards buddy The corporate mofos vandalize public space with their greedy, in your face attempts to make us buy their crap so they can get rich. The Decapitator is just restoring natural justice.

]]> By: Landowner http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102968 Landowner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102968 "Art" is such a bad word to describe most things. As someone that has gone to "art" school I have found it to cause more confusion than not. This is what it is. Just because it's visual don't burden it with meaningless words. “Art” is such a bad word to describe most things. As someone that has gone to “art” school I have found it to cause more confusion than not.
This is what it is. Just because it’s visual don’t burden it with meaningless words.

]]> By: Registrado http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102728 Registrado Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102728 Will there be a decapitated unicorn chaser for this? Will there be a decapitated unicorn chaser for this?

]]> By: EricT http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102732 EricT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102732 Wasn't this posted last week? No never mind that was Wired Wasn’t this posted last week?
No never mind that was Wired

]]> By: sonny p fontaine http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-103001 sonny p fontaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-103001 Landowner is not a DADA Landowner is not a DADA

]]> By: glace neuf http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102746 glace neuf Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102746 i wish there was a way to determine how long the decapitations remained before they were removed... i wish there was a way to determine how long the decapitations remained before they were removed…

]]> By: Warren Camishen http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102753 Warren Camishen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102753 Vry dprssng rtwrk, spclly n ths dys f nn-stp vlnc nd wr. Lks lk th rtst s tryng t b rnc r smthng...r myb Th Dcpttr s cmmntng (rtstclly) n th crlty f mdrn mn dcpttd crtn b sn't xctly GRNC gv th gly dcpttd pstrs THR STRS fr ffrt *** Bttr lck nxt tm, Dcpttr! Vry dprssng rtwrk, spclly n ths dys f nn-stp vlnc nd wr.

Lks lk th rtst s tryng t b rnc r smthng…r myb Th Dcpttr s cmmntng (rtstclly) n th crlty f mdrn mn

dcpttd crtn b sn’t xctly GRNC

gv th gly dcpttd pstrs THR STRS fr ffrt ***

Bttr lck nxt tm, Dcpttr!

]]> By: strider_mt2k http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102762 strider_mt2k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102762 I thought it would be dumb, but I found it rather amusing. I thought it would be dumb, but I found it rather amusing.

]]> By: Dave X http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102769 Dave X Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102769 Now I remember why I let my WIRED subscription run out-- I can always read the whole thing at BoingBoing! Now I remember why I let my WIRED subscription run out– I can always read the whole thing at BoingBoing!

]]> By: Comedian http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102778 Comedian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102778 Following up on having seen this last week. It works, and it is a sticky way to disrupt popular culture. I was walking through my local big box discount mass merchandiser last night and saw a poster of this same basic HSM2 ad. I immediately flashed on the decapitated version, and had a chuckle at how effective a method this was to change the spooks in our heads. Following up on having seen this last week.

It works, and it is a sticky way to disrupt popular culture.

I was walking through my local big box discount mass merchandiser last night and saw a poster of this same basic HSM2 ad.

I immediately flashed on the decapitated version, and had a chuckle at how effective a method this was to change the spooks in our heads.

]]> By: ernie http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102782 ernie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102782 What I like is the Mad Magazine style chopped off neck with the big shoulder/hambone sticking out of the middle (which is funny) instead of realistic arteries and such detail (which is gross). What I like is the Mad Magazine style chopped off neck with the big shoulder/hambone sticking out of the middle (which is funny) instead of realistic arteries and such detail (which is gross).

]]> By: HOTDAMN http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102794 HOTDAMN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102794 Neat stuff. And #4, I think you are going to find a lot of disappointment in your life when using the "is exactly or isn't exactly Guernica" rating scale. Neat stuff.

And #4, I think you are going to find a lot of disappointment in your life when using the “is exactly or isn’t exactly Guernica” rating scale.

]]> By: Landowner http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102795 Landowner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102795 <B>ernie</B> Thats what I came here to say. I like people taking back the walls from the advertisers. ernie

Thats what I came here to say.
I like people taking back the walls from the advertisers.

]]> By: Warren Camishen http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102817 Warren Camishen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102817 ****************************************** HTDMN WRT: thnk y r gng t fnd lt f dsppntmnt n yr lf whn sng th "s xctly r sn't xctly Grnc" rtng scl. ****************************************** t's lgtmt (nd cmmn) prctc t cmpr ny rt t clssc wrks f rt - dn't mst rtsts spr t "th grts"? Ys, f crs thy d... Nw 2008 rck bnds (by dflt) mst b cmprd t Th Btls nd Stns r (gd Lrd) Th Vlvt ndrgrnd Nw 2008 wcky cmdy shws mst b cmprd t rn Kvcs, SNL nd SCTV Nw 2008 scnc fctn thrs mst b cmprd t sc smv nd rthr C. Clrk Cmprng TH DCPTTR'S kky 2008 wrk t Pcss's GRNC s K n my bk...nd drv n dsppntmnt frm tht cmprsn. f crs, GRNC ttlly rls sprm vr TH DCPTTR'S crtn b wth t's hd chppd ff nd s th ltmt vctr! ******************************************
HTDMN WRT:
thnk y r gng t fnd lt f dsppntmnt n yr lf whn sng th “s xctly r sn’t xctly Grnc” rtng scl.
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t’s lgtmt (nd cmmn) prctc t cmpr ny rt t clssc wrks f rt – dn’t mst rtsts spr t “th grts”?

Ys, f crs thy d…

Nw 2008 rck bnds (by dflt) mst b cmprd t Th Btls nd Stns r (gd Lrd) Th Vlvt ndrgrnd

Nw 2008 wcky cmdy shws mst b cmprd t rn Kvcs, SNL nd SCTV

Nw 2008 scnc fctn thrs mst b cmprd t sc smv nd rthr C. Clrk

Cmprng TH DCPTTR’S kky 2008 wrk t Pcss’s GRNC s K n my bk…nd drv n dsppntmnt frm tht cmprsn.

f crs, GRNC ttlly rls sprm vr TH DCPTTR’S crtn b wth t’s hd chppd ff nd s th ltmt vctr!

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102824 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102824 When I hear a new, interesting song on the radio, I don't immediately thing "that's not as good as X." As HotDamn wrote, that's a pathway to a sad, disappointing existence. When I hear a new, interesting song on the radio, I don’t immediately thing “that’s not as good as X.”

As HotDamn wrote, that’s a pathway to a sad, disappointing existence.

]]> By: Warren Camishen http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-103089 Warren Camishen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-103089 ******************************************* ******************************************* ******************************************* YRS G, PRMSD MYSLF THT F NYN HR (T BB) VR BGN QTNG **SNFLD**THT WLD MMDTLY CS PSTNG WTHN TH NRRW CNFNS F THS DSTNGSHD MSSG BRD. T LKS S F TM McDNGH (PST #13) HS FFCLLY QTD SMTHNG FRM **SNFLD** S... M T F HR MY YR STMPNK ND DRM B NLY S LNGTHY S TH SLLN MYSTCL CHLC WHR T S HSTTNGLY RSDS WRRN CMSHN DLLS, TX GD BLSS JHNNY GRNT ND THNKS FR GRT TRP, BNG BNG! Y RLLY TK TH PLS F R WRLD ND MSPLC T SMWHR NR BRNSN, M! ******************************************* ******************************************* ******************************************* *******************************************
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YRS G, PRMSD MYSLF THT F NYN HR (T BB) VR BGN QTNG **SNFLD**THT WLD MMDTLY CS PSTNG WTHN TH NRRW
CNFNS F THS DSTNGSHD MSSG BRD.

T LKS S F TM McDNGH (PST #13) HS FFCLLY QTD SMTHNG FRM **SNFLD**

S… M T F HR

MY YR STMPNK ND DRM B NLY S LNGTHY S TH SLLN MYSTCL CHLC WHR T S HSTTNGLY RSDS

WRRN CMSHN
DLLS, TX

GD BLSS JHNNY GRNT
ND THNKS FR GRT TRP, BNG BNG!

Y RLLY TK TH PLS F R WRLD
ND MSPLC T SMWHR NR BRNSN, M!
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]]> By: tim mcdonough http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-102873 tim mcdonough Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-102873 <b>KRAMER:</b> Well, you know, the police, they've been having some internal dissension about the name. <b>ELAINE:</b> Really? What're the other titles? <b>KRAMER:</b> Uh, Headso...uh...The Denogginizer...Son of Dad. <b>JERRY:</b> Son of Dad? <b>KRAMER:</b> Yeah. That was my suggestion. It's sort of a catchall. KRAMER: Well, you know, the police, they’ve been having some internal dissension about the name.

ELAINE: Really? What’re the other titles?

KRAMER: Uh, Headso…uh…The Denogginizer…Son of Dad.

JERRY: Son of Dad?

KRAMER: Yeah. That was my suggestion. It’s sort of a catchall.

]]> By: HOTDAMN http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-103394 HOTDAMN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-103394 Hey just because Seinfeld ain't exactly Guernica doesn't mean you need to get all but hurt about it. Hey just because Seinfeld ain’t exactly Guernica doesn’t mean you need to get all but hurt about it.

]]> By: MarkHeck http://boingboing.net/2008/01/09/billboard-alteration.html#comment-103407 MarkHeck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-103407 #11 - "New 2008 rock bands (by default) must be compared to The Beatles and Stones or (good Lord) The Velvet Underground" No... #11 -
“New 2008 rock bands (by default) must be compared to The Beatles and Stones or (good Lord) The Velvet Underground”

No…

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