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[\\| Fun with Billboards! |//]
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[\\| Typed By _/uan \/aldez |//]
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[\\| Taken From : |//]
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[//| A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching |\\]
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[\\| By David Foreman |//]
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[\\| *- An [NFC] Release -* |//]
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[//\\://\\://\\://\\://\\://\\://\\://\\://\\]
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This is the Part I from a series of 'Fun with...' files. This one
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concerns billboards. The billboard is a way for businesses to advertise
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cheaply. Well you can make it a little more expensive for them.
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Disclaimer : The writer of this file is not responsible for the actions
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---------- of the people who use this file.
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BILLBOARD BURNING
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It is important to remove billboards. It is also important not to get
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caught (so we can remove more billboards). I have always felt that burning
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billboards (particularly in desert situations) is most effective. But it is
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somewhat "revealing" when a 50 foot high sign explodes in front of your very
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eyes, and those of who-knows who else, lighting up everything around for half
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a mile. But there's a solution.
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SCORE hair cream and swimming pool cleaner. I'm completely serious. My
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friend Oscar explained it to me. Now I will tell you. Here are the
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ingredients you will need:
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1 envelope
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1 tube SCORE hairdressing
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1 canister HTH swimming pool cleaner (accept no substitutes).
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Squirt about 1 and 1/2 inches of SCORE gel in one end of the envelope.
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In
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the other end, sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of HTH (it's granulated chlorine
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and
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will also clear your sinuses if you get too close) in the other end. Now, fold
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the envelope in the middle so the contents can't mix...yet.
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Go forth into the night and find a billboard that particularly deserves
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cremation. Liberally douse the posts with gasoline. Now, it is time for the
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envelope. Unfold it and let the HTH mix with the SCORE. In fact, mush it up
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real good with your fingers (on the OUTSIDE of the envelope, you idiot).
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Place
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the potent package at the base of the soaked post, get in your truck and drive
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away.
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Four to five minutes later, about the time you're saying, "Yes, a pitcher
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of Bud, please," the envelope will start to smoke and hiss and produce a
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horrid,
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acrid aroma (air pollution) followed by intense heat
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and...Eureka!...spontaneous
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combustion. The flames race up the post spreading rapidly in the dry desert
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heat.
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The next day you drive by and chuckle. But a word of warning: practice
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with this stuff first. It takes a while to get the right mixture. If it's
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not
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just right, it may simply smoke alot. Remember, practice makes perfect.
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BILLBOARD REVISION
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Even more effective than felling, burning or spattering billboards is
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revising them. A group in Sydney, Australia, BUGA UP (Billboard Utilizing
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Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions) has turned the revision of
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billboards
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into a major campaign. The following material is taken (slightly revised)
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from
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their 1981 Spring Catalogue (you can write them at BUGA UP, Box 78, Wentworth
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Bldg, University of Sydney Union, 2006, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA).
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Billboard graffiti is so simple you can organize it around just about
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anything. Even if you only paint one billboard a week, you'll be costing the
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corporate pushers between $500 and $5000 per year, depending on your
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thoroughness. It's a sad fact, but we've learned through long experience that
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money is the only language billboard advertising companies understand.
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Nothing
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will get those ads down faster than if their profits are reduced by escalating
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maintenance costs.
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But even more important than this financial factor is the effect that the
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revised ad will have on those who read it. First, select a billboard that you
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find offensive, stupid, or just convienent. It has to be easily accessable
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(ie:
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not on top of a building) and should make sense to change.
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Purchase a common brand of spray paint that can be purchased through any
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number of retail stores or large discount houses. Shop at different places --
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spread your business around! For billboards, black and chrome are the most
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versatile colors, but red, blue, purple, and white are also effective on
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particular billboards.
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Try to break down the power of the billboard ad by answering it, looking
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at
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the space available and the way in which the words and images lend themselves
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to
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addition, alteration or comment. Humor is extremely effective in exposing the
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advertiser's real intentions -- turning the ad's message back on itself. (Be
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sure to avoid spelling mistakes!)
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If the offending billboard proves too high to reach, you can either get a
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ladder (which isn't particularly convenient) or build a spray can extension
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rod:
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Obtain a broom handle or another solid strong but lightweight wooden
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pole.
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At one end, cut out a wedge, half the width of the pole. Fit a flat metal bar
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to the remaining wood. About one foot from this bar (or the height of your
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spray can), attach a support clamp on which the can will rest. Fit an angle
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bracket on each side of the pole, about 8 inches from the end. The spray can
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should fit between these brackets. Tie a length of plastic coated wire to the
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flat metal bar and feed it through a hole in the support clamp and screw eyes
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attached the length of the pole. This wire, when pulled, will press down the
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nozzle of the spray can and paint will spray out. An optional extra is the
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roll-top of a deodorant bottle, fitted to the support clamp. This will help
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maintain an even distance between the spray can and billboard. You may have
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to
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experiment a bit to get the right measurements to fit a can of spray paint.
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Although these spray paint can extension rods are clumsy to use at first, with
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practice they become very effective.
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Adios,
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_/uan \/aldez
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Thanks to : The Killer (For editing this thing)
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Electro Fuzz
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Siva Chandra
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Call these boards :
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Look for Part II : Fun with Motor Vehicles!
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