Banter
So, at one of the properties I’m working on, some miscreant came up to an exposed manhole and spray-painted a naked girl on the side of it. Of course, since the property is looking to be sold, that’s an eyesore that I’ll have to take care of. I’m leaving myself a reminder in my phone when the following conversation happens:
Me: Hmm, I wonder how bad it would be if my wife saw “take care of naked girl” on my calendar?
Other guy: Well, you could put “take care of manhole”.
Me: Manhole? Really, that’s better?
July 19th, 2012 at 9:14 am
Homophobe!
July 19th, 2012 at 9:15 am
Sorry…I am constantly trying to put myself in the mindset of a liberal so as to better understand them.
July 19th, 2012 at 9:24 am
HL, you can try all you want, but you will NEVER get your head THAT far up your ass!
July 19th, 2012 at 9:52 am
The artistry of graffiti is readily removed from sight by use of a small collection of spray paints in colors matching the exterior walls, and maybe cement gray.
Learned that watching an old made for TV movie about the Mayflower Madame IIRC.
July 19th, 2012 at 10:06 am
If it’s a halfway decent drawing, why not just pretty it up a little bit more with maybe a background of flowers and/or rainbows? Seriously, up here a manhole cover is about $40.00. See what the yard will give you in trade for the painted one. Might save time and money.
July 19th, 2012 at 11:46 am
“If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Follow the advice of your president, and just take somebody else’s cover to replace yours. You’ll be stimulating the economy at the same time.
July 19th, 2012 at 11:50 am
You ARE going to take photos for posterity and the art critics among your faithful readers, right?
July 19th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Probably shouldn’t have to be said, but:
Pictures or it didn’t happen.
July 19th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Sounds like a BIG manhole, or has spray-painting become more refined? I used brake-cleaner to remove graffiti from our garage once when some idiot on the way to Shoreline decided to tag it.
July 19th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
I used a 12-gauge to remove graffiti from our fence, the one time it got tagged.
It took the bastard all day, but Mr Mossberg said that the artist wasn’t leaving until he had painted the WHOLE thing.