Whoa, someone struck back at Michael Moore!
 

There is a freeway on-ramp very close to my house where Fahrenheit 9/11 signs were plastered all over a plywood construction fence. Here is what it looked like before:

Wider angle view here:

Then, lo and beyond, some wiseguy went and did this:

Closer view:

One more, closer:



:D :lifter :D

Seems like the guy ran out of signs. Too bad, eh? :D

One of those BC stickers on each of those nasty faces would make that a superior billboard.

Maybe the guy needs to get more signs. :D

You put those up with some kind of real strong epoxy or something, right?

Did the signs have vaseline and skunk spray on them?????;)

They were applied over Michael Moore's face, which is very similar (greasy and stinky).

Would you take the B-C signs down and expose his mug again?

TR

What are you guys thinking? RL was just drivin' down the road minding his own business and found someone had put new BC campaign signs up on M&M's posters so he just took a picture!

Exaaaaaaaaactly, Blademaster. I don't appreciate the accusations one bit. ;)

I wouldn't know, but I did examine the signs up close. It appears that whoever put them up initially tried to use a hammer and u-shaped nails, but the plywood had been treated or had metal against it or something so the nails would not penetrate. The culprit then appears to have gone to a back-up plan -- glue. I would speculate that Elmer's may have been used.

RL... based on your professional opinion, what type of adhesive 'might' have been used to put those B/C signs on fatboy's face?

But if you read my post again, I was merely posing a question, there in fact was no accusation. ;)

Personally, I'm a big fan of Gorilla Glue

Answered this as you were asking.

Based on the patterns observable from the face of the signs, it appears that the culprit may have drizzled Elmer's glue in a grid pattern to cover most of the sign, then pressed it against the wall and applied pressure to all parts of the sign until a temporary bond was formed.

The culprit may have gone to the grocery store (or something) afterwards, then returned to make sure the bond was holding. But that's all speculation.

Hmmm, me thinks private investigation should be your new career...;)

Fantastic!

That sounds like the work of more than one person to me, if there is more than one person in Kali not an MM supporter. One gluing, and one sticking, to minimize exposure times.

You could also brush it on, like billboard pasters do, or roll it from a pan, if someone were reading this who was thinking of doing the same.

Good glue, but an epoxy is forever, BTW.

TR

Yes, I was thinking of using a small 4" roller to apply the cement... something along the lines of an outdoor contact cement that can be applied beforehand, then just press signs onto the target for MUCH less exposure time. LOL

RL... looks like an excellent job. I wish I knew who did it to congratulate him or her on it. ;)

How would the culprit carry around 7 plastic signs covered with cement? I think you'd be bending over for Mr. Murphy with that plan. :cool:

Notice the parked cars, which offered concealment for glue application.

Don't you mean "COULD HAVE offered concealment for glue application"?

If we knew who might have done such a thing.

Easier to roll the wall with the glue, then stick the poster on it, if you were interested in speed.

You ever wonder what site the pics of your damaged sign are being posted on for bragging rights?

TR

RL, notice this was still NOT an accusation......;)

The making of an offer does not establish that it was accepted. :D

Counsel:

Do you really want to bandy words over that misstatement?

Your statement implied personal knowledge of the past action.

Will we next discuss the meaning of the word "IS"?

TR

Sorry, I disagree. You can tell from the photo that they offered concealment. "Offered" and "provided" are different things.

Your pal,

Slick Willie

P.S. What exactly do you mean by "is"?

Sir:

So you admit knowing that the cars were there when the glue was applied?

I would resubmit my original statement that a better choice of words would have been "COULD HAVE offered concealment for glue application", unless you have personal knowledge of said application.

IIRC, "IS" is third person, present tense of the English verb, "to be", unless you are a lawyer or a Democrat.

TR

No, I admit nothing and deny everything. You must know who was really involved. I don't appreciate you trying to pin the blame on me. LOL


OK, fine. Want a job?

Saga of the Sign

I believe I do.

TR

RL:

Now how many BC signs was it that you bought before the whole "Skunk Escapade"?;)

And How Many do you have now?

Don't you also need to ask me how many were stolen from my front lawn? Because that number is quite high. :lifter

You're learning.

Admit Nothing, Deny everything, Make counter accusations.

Nice

If that hooligan who did this horrible act of vandalism happens to be reading this thread, then shame, shame.

On a completely differant note, I've found out (the hard way, but that's another story completely) that super 77 spray adhesive works great. and when the victim tries to remove whatever was pasted on, it doesn't come off, very easily. Usually part's of the sign remain.

Good thinking Sir, I decided against saying anything about spray adhesive because I didn't want to see a favorite "someone" get popped for tagging. Ok, it would be really funny and would have launched a half dozen new threads here (__'S Jail Cam!) but for some odd reason, it's never happened before, I let judgement get in the way.

I give the "doer of this deed" two thumbs up!

"Spray adhesive. Strong stuff!!":D

TR

This might have been a good idea, as I just checked and they are ALL gone. :(