Jack from Laxey Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 One of the beauties still left of this Island is the lack of graffitti. Just go anywhere across especially the Cities and you'll know. I walked through Douglas the other night and was shocked to see our little urchins had picked up the habit. It can only get worse, this is the start of the ratchet. This needs severley nipping in the bud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortal Wombat Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 i love that graffiti that's written in the back lane by index. it reads "Andy Coonyisagrass" now, if my name was Andy Coonyisagrass i certainly wouldn't be writing it on walls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilDDog Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 ROFLMAO Me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I hate graffiti but that is not to say that there is not some brilliant humour from time to time, My all time favourite and writ on the inside of the door of a public lavatory --- “Don’t beam me up yet Scotty, I’m having a shi “ With the ‘i’ extended vertically to the top of the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 There was a time when the toilets in the Grosvenor Hotel in Athol Street were famous for the graffiti. People actually used to start their night out by having a couple of pints in there just so that they could read it. As for defacing the outside of buildings, however - if the little b*****s who do it are ever caught, give them a toothbrush and some cleaning fluid and make them waste a load of time cleaning it off. At least it'll give them something to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTool Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 and dress them in orange overalls. Opps sorry we have enough dead heads in orange patching our roads lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I love graffiti & its harmless enough. They could do with somewhere to practice though, are they allowed to 'spray' at the skate park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I was walking along the prom tonight and saw the chalk pictures on the pavement by the war memorial, which I guess was part of the celebrations for the Norwegians. They were lovely little pictures sketched by children... Is this graffiti or art?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-rhymes Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Graffiti links: http://www.urbandamage.com/ http://www.vandalsquad.com/ http://www.duncancumming.co.uk/ http://www.graphotism.com I hate scrawls but I like real graffiti in the right palce... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Laxey Posted May 24, 2005 Author Share Posted May 24, 2005 I was walking along the prom tonight and saw the chalk pictures on the pavement by the war memorial, which I guess was part of the celebrations for the Norwegians. They were lovely little pictures sketched by children... Is this graffiti or art?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Art most definitely. But the scrawl across the Manx Legion (one of many examples now appearing) is the work of the result of wayward sperm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortal Wombat Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 most 'graffiti' isn't art. most of it is just mindless scrawls - peoples names etc. scribbled by the kind of people who are 16 and have only just managed to write their own names. It amazes me when i'm on the mainland the amount of effort these idiots go to make these graphical representations of pissing in the corner to mark their territory. Some of them etch their names etc into train and bus windows and just scratch all over them making it hard even to see out beyound the key valleys dug into the glass. they will even daub pointless scribbles over graffiti that actually IS art - jealousy i suppose.. tiny tiny jealous minds scared and inward looking, they want to turn everything outside into something they can identify with on the inside - yes, they want to turn it all to sh*t. Most graffiti is mindless vandalism by mindless oiks that would do better sitting at home and sniffing glue until they die. 0.1% of graffiti is art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 It amazes me when i'm on the mainland the amount of effort these idiots go to make these graphical representations of pissing in the corner to mark their territory. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And you were doing so well. Stav. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Laxey Posted May 25, 2005 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 Going a bit off-thread here, but I always refer to 'the mainland'. To do otherwise is to take a step nearer to those people who insist on saying 'the adjacent isle'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripsaw Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 /from memory... Isle of Man as the mainland is historically correct. It stems from the Viking age when the Island was the Mainland of the Western Isles (the ones above us just off Scotland). All the chiefs from those Islands came here to Sodor (Southern Isle) as it was the base for the big meetings and therefore the relevence to the title is to us Islands, NOT to the larger adjacent Isle. Edited to add: History: Scandinavian presence in the Isle of Man began about AD 800 and soon the island became the centre of a Viking kingdom that included the western isles of Scotland at its height. The Isle of Man was a Norwegian dependency right until the King of Norway sold his suzerainty over Man to the Scottish crown in 1266. Link: Scandinavica.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddy Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 "The Adjacent Isle" sounds gay and far too purposefully thought out for my liking. The correct way to refer to it is "Across". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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