http://www.thebollard.com/bollard/?p=1448
QuoteEric White certainly isn't the most dangerous criminal in Portland, but his crimes are among the most visible blights on this city.
The scraggly 22-year-old from Newport, Maine, started writing the nonsense word "fnord" on buildings, signs and sidewalks around town in early 2003. He estimates there are now upwards of 1,000 such tags spray-painted and written in marker throughout Portland, and countless more in other parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico.
There's a guy dedicated to a pointless cause. :lulz:
I don't know if this guy should be given a medal or a punch in the face...
Both.
And then a second punch.
I think he should get a goddamn haircut.
I love how that article describes the PD as a "cult treatise." Ya hear that PD.com spags? You're in a cult now!
shave your face hippie :argh!:
I blame Iason ECH
But, my other cult said i can't join a second cult.
I'm in trouble now. :tinfoilhat:
thought we were a non prophet organization
Why am I not surprised that this happened in Portland?
His hair is hideous. What he's been doing would be 143% funnier if he was a well-groomed, well-dressed young gentleman.
I have some friends from Toronto who spent some time in Portland. They got arrested for wheat pasting pages out of a biology text book (frankly, one of the coolest ideas I have ever heard of; If I saw a diagram of the citric acid cycle pasted on a telephone pole I would geek out and be happy all day) and spent a night in jail.
Which makes it sound to me like many people in Portland are humourless assholes. So fuck those people, they deserve their fnord tags.
I like him.
QuoteHow do you choose where to write 'fnord'?
It depends on how drunk I am.
QuoteWhat happened the first time?
I faked a seizure and went to the hospital. They treated me for an overdose that I didn't have. I just started pretending to foam at the mouth, shaking all over the back of the cop car. I dropped some vitamins on his floor.
QuoteHave you ever hooked up with those kind of graffiti artists?
Nah, I really don't have much skill. I don't even really call it tagging.
What do you call it?
Mindless vandalism.
QuoteLast year, someone wrote 'fnord' on a stop sign on Lewis Street, right by where I live, so it said 'Stop Fnord.' Do you remember that one?
No, but for a while I was making stickers that said 'stop writing,' in tiny letters, then 'fnord,' in big letters. Occasionally I've written 'ford.' I'm guessing people either get the joke or think I'm an idiot.
I'll admit, these bits of the interview made me chuckle.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
QuoteSo what's your disability?
Ergo phobia, fear of work. A bunch of mental stuff, basically.
Really? Y'don't say...
Quote from: Jason Wabash on February 22, 2010, 06:09:36 AM
Why am I not surprised that this happened in Portland?
other Portland.
Quote from: Kai on February 22, 2010, 12:19:18 PM
I have some friends from Toronto who spent some time in Portland. They got arrested for wheat pasting pages out of a biology text book (frankly, one of the coolest ideas I have ever heard of; If I saw a diagram of the citric acid cycle pasted on a telephone pole I would geek out and be happy all day) and spent a night in jail.
Which makes it sound to me like many people in Portland are humourless assholes. So fuck those people, they deserve their fnord tags.
yeah, because not wanting crap on every lightpole on your city streets makes you a humorless asshole.
:kingmeh:
Public property is public.
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I don't even really call it tagging.
What do you call it?
Mindless vandalism.
Damn, i like this guy.
Quote from: Hoopla on February 22, 2010, 08:23:56 PM
Public property is public.
I AGREE
with you. So far as basic laws of universal sense and responsibility are applied.
HOWEVER,
like everything else in this nutjob city, the gig flyer/ random art on light/ electric poles gets taken to the way beyond asshat extreme. The main streets of P-town look like a sentient office shredder decided to do a year long art performance installation. Also, I want stiff fines and jail time as penalty for every motherfucking asshole who leaves their yard/ garage sale signs to rot on the corners and clog the street gutters. Kleen it up, bitch!
the guy does get bonus points for honesty, in this case. and persistence.
So I go on a mustache-drawing spree at school today, and when I get back to the computer I find this... :lol:
The article is ~4.5 years old.
The dirty hippy may have cleaned up his act and gotten a real job by now.
He appears to have a job now, based on his Myspace profile.
I emailed him, he claims to now own/run a farm and is studying chemistry and psychology.
Good for him.
:lulz:
I should go track this guy down this summer when I get back to Maine and buy him a beer.
Quote from: Horrendous Foreign Liam Stoat on February 23, 2010, 06:12:31 AM
I so want to spray paint FNORD in biiiiiiiig f*ck of neon yellow letters on his cows and outbuildings. wish I was in Portland.
Now that would be awesome. Or draw it in weed killer in his field.