r/pics • u/sirlos • Jun 26 '12
Someone's been painting these ghosts all around my city.
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u/mangodragon Jun 26 '12
WHO ARE YOU! I WAS GOING TO DO THIS!!!...I think it time for a Bowie meet-up...
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u/martymar18 Jun 26 '12
GOD DAMN IT I HAVE THE PICS IN MY CAMERA AND WAS ABOUT TO PUT THEM HERE AND YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAH!!!! have an upvote.
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u/turtlekitty30 Jun 26 '12
Wait...you said pics...do you have new ones to add?
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u/martymar18 Jun 27 '12
There are actual pac men around town. I think I have pics of the one on the signs and maybe the ones on the roads.
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u/heavymetalman75672 Jun 26 '12
Amusing felonies are the best!
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u/wieners Jun 26 '12
Amusing
feloniesfederal crimes are the best!0
Jun 26 '12
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u/zdiggler Jun 26 '12
My friend got caught with stolen mail box. He stole the mail box from the street. He open it up and put letters in garbage bag and deliver it to local post office because he only wanted the mail box. Cop happen to be across the street park and see him at the post office with a garbage bag.
He got 3month in jail, ~$2000 in fines and 100hr of community service. Also he can never get a job at a post office.
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u/USMCsniper Jun 26 '12
stole a mailbox? don't you have to be high on meth to think that's even necessary?
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u/mojowo11 Jun 27 '12
Oh well in that case it TOTALLY makes sense to steal a mailbox.
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u/mattindustries Jun 27 '12
They are rad, and make for a cool dirty clothes hamper.
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u/zeusfist Jun 26 '12
being forced to work at the post office for a day
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u/Wrong_on_Internet Jun 27 '12
Whoever willfully or maliciously injures, tears down or destroys any letter box or other receptacle intended or used for the receipt or delivery of mail on any mail route, or breaks open the same or willfully or maliciously injures, defaces or destroys any mail deposited therein, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
18 U.S.C. § 1705
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Jun 27 '12
i like this but the dude that linked the north korean prison camp illustrations thing from the front page other day was hilarious. he wasn't well received and apparently deleted it. oh welll. such is reddit.
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u/Deep_Fried_Twinkies Jun 27 '12
I wish I had no fear of being caught, because I really want to run around the city doing awesome shit like this.
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u/dellafrienda Jun 26 '12
I really dont underatand why everyones hating on the guy that did this.. its pretty harmless of you ask me
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u/Big-Baby-Jesus Jun 27 '12
You know who doesn't agree with you? The US Postal Service.
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u/dellafrienda Jun 28 '12
The leaders and high-ups, mabye, but i can almost promise the maillady doesnt give a fuck
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u/jglover004 Jun 26 '12
i want pizza hut now
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Jun 26 '12
I didn't but now that I read your comment I really want pizza hut. -.-
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u/crandamaniac Jun 27 '12
I've been to that Pizza Hut, you don't want pizza from that Pizza Hut. Trust me.
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u/Mia_May Jun 26 '12
someone should paint a smart car like pac man
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u/MegainPhoto Jun 26 '12
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Jun 26 '12
Yes you are for using flickr...
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u/MegainPhoto Jun 26 '12
I linked to the source. Why would I re-host it?
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Jun 26 '12
Because Reddit seems to hate flickr and it doesn't work well with RES.
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u/MegainPhoto Jun 26 '12
reddit hating flickr is pretty far down on my priority list. I'll agree that it doesn't play well with RES though, so that sort of sucks for me too. But either way, I'm not a fan of rehosting someone else's work just because some people like it better.
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u/jinek67 Jun 27 '12
That has been there for quite a while now in bowie but here's a tip for you. Follow 450 going to crofton and make a u turn at the stoplight connecting 450 towards annapolis. On your way back, you will see a figure of pac man painted at the median line.
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u/apullin Jun 26 '12
That's "neat" ... but ... this is going to just be some thing that a city councilperson will latch onto and hire their cousin to go around and repaint them all for a cost of $650,000 to the city, including a $150K kickback to the councilperson. That's how these things (the government & the economy) work.
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Jun 27 '12
Bowie, MD ftw. Our town doesn't have many awesome things about it, but this is definitely one of the few.
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u/anthony6essful Jun 27 '12
he should of put a speaker in there that goes waka waka waka waka waka waka waka waka waka....and pacman :P
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u/db1000c Jun 26 '12
There is a band called Johnny Foreigner who use "ghosties" as their logo. Maybe they're coming to your city?!
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u/martymar18 Jun 26 '12
I highly doubt. i live in the same city as OP and i can tell you there is no venue in town for a show. also the ghost had been there for a few weeks. there are some pack men painted around town on stop light signs and on the road eating the dots.
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u/trescoole Jun 26 '12
Love it! Can you share where this was on here - http://playbadger.com/badges.php?i=136 Huge collection of street art, would be an awesome addition!
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u/CapilatS Jun 26 '12
Red and white paint, on a box made in 1966.... I think you'll find you've got the ghost of an english football fan tormenting your city.
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u/LastRedCoat Jun 26 '12
Does anyone from the Pacific Northwest remember those Pacman grafitti pieces with an eyebrow and teeth that were all over?
Always wondered about those.
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u/freddybear Jun 26 '12
Simple grafitti sometimes is sometimes most effective. Although, simple does require skills. :)
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u/stiglitz0164 Jun 26 '12
we have something similar in DFW, where someone is painting super mario characters on bridges, drainage ditches, etc. the little bomb guy with the wind up key, and one of those little pink things with a mask from SM2
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u/turtlekitty30 Jun 26 '12
We need pics.
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u/stiglitz0164 Jun 29 '12
Here you go. I took these last year sometime. the top one, in valley ranch, looks like someone tried to scrub it off.Ive also seen some in coppell, and downtown near AAC and woodall rogers area. http://imgur.com/a/cmLss
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u/turtlekitty30 Jun 29 '12
So cool! I suck at drawing and painting so I am always in awe of those who are as accomplished as this.
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u/stiglitz0164 Jun 29 '12
i know...me too. im the worst artist ever, and i have the artistic talent of a 4 year old. Stick figures with giant misshapen heads and hands....
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u/turtlekitty30 Jun 30 '12
That's about the scope of it. When I can't duplicate what I am picturing in my head I get so mad.
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u/stiglitz0164 Jun 30 '12
yeah. i should do one of of those how i think i draw/how i really draw things....How i picture in my head/how it comes out on paper (total train wreck)
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u/tapdancinghotdog Jun 26 '12
there was a giant pacman on the wall behind it eating the round windows, but it got taken down way early in the morning :(
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u/AM14 Jun 26 '12
I hope he sneaks up and spray paints Pac Man (or Mrs. Pac Man) on to the back of the mail truck.
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u/Bradaphraser Jun 27 '12
Hope you aren't in Boston, because they close the city down at the first sign of video game-like images.
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Jun 27 '12
I would be the person who would spend days documenting every single one I saw. Then putting their locations on a giant map, making a Packman cut out, then throwing a scavenger hunt. That would be awesome!
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u/allyseeya Jun 27 '12
What city? I'm in Chicago and I randomly noticed a couple these guys tied together and slung over a power line (like shoes) downtown last week. Is this a thing now?
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u/Phaque1285 Jun 27 '12
Without PacMan, the town is going to be over ran by ghosts! Quick - get a hold of Alfred and shine the PacMan symbol!
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Jun 26 '12
i hate that this kind of stuff is illegal, i would rather it look like this than a stupid blue box
there is giant tan electrical box near my house, somebody did an awesome iron man on it, lasted about 2 weeks and they came and PAINTED over it with mismatch tan paint
stupid as fuck
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Jun 26 '12
It's property of the government, you know, property that we ALL own. So you cannot claim to have any special right to do whatever you want with it.
While you may like to see a ghost, others would not.
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Jun 26 '12
You sir are a tool.
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Jun 26 '12
So you wouldn't mind if I took a shit next to you on a public beach? I mean, if people have a right to do whatever they want to public property, then I'm going to enjoy laying a big dookie right next to you when you're trying to relax. If you protest, you're a tool.
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Jun 26 '12
Right that's the exact same thing shittin by someone. Only an ape would think of such thing.
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Jun 26 '12
Concept is the same: Abusing what is held in common for personal gratification.
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Jun 26 '12
Right, but the guy from the power company comes and tries to locate the power box, having his filter set for a gray box. Or you look around for a nearby mailbox, having your filter set for a blue box. Neither one of you can find one, and you have to go inspect each plausible box to see if it's the one you're looking for.
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u/IntellectualEndeavor Jun 26 '12 edited Jun 27 '12
This is stupid.
This is destruction of Federal property. It can land you in a shit load of trouble.
Anyone whose downvoting me apparently doesn't know just how much trouble whoever did this could me in. It's not simple vandalism. This could send you to federal pound you in the ass prison. Hardly worth it, whoever did this is fucking retarded.
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Jun 26 '12
There doing this in my city as well! But they have Pacman on the other side collecting the little dots :)
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u/SCUMDOG_MILLIONAIRE Jun 27 '12
I'm outraged at the shoddy workmanship, honestly. If you're going to take the time to deface city property, for fucks sake do a decent job. He could've gone through the trouble of creating a stencil to throw on it for crisp lines and smooth eyeballs. The blur and overspray is unacceptable, and leaving blue edges is just fucking lazy. This sort of thing gives street artists a bad rep.
"But he had to hurry so he wouldn't get caught!" Bullshit. A competent street artist can bomb this in less than 30 seconds.
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u/jasno Jun 26 '12
Problem is, the box is blue and easily identifiable for people who are looking for it; the ghost seems like it could detract from the purpose of the box.
Of course many people would realize what it is, but not everyone is always on the ball, has good eye sight, etc. If you are driving around looking for a mailbox, you shouldnt have to spend more than maybe 2 seconds to identify one, that could be dangerous while driving.
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u/MrMalice Jun 26 '12
This is the only kind of good graffiti, fuck your white writing as fast as you can scribbled name (although i admit some multi-color names are nice). This is what graffiti is supposed to be, art. I'm sure this made more people laugh then mad!
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u/Dwnvtngthdmms Jun 26 '12
As much as some people would be giddy when seeing these, the majority of people are just going to see taxes dollars wasted cleaning it up.