444 Comments Posted by Puddleboy

That looks too nice to burn anything in it.

I do see the resemblence to a bank. The wide entrence in the middle leads to the vault.

I ~want~ one!!! It would look gooood on top of my monitor

Looks like a couple people we know (who shall remain nameless) haven't been here yet. Those windows would all be busted in a matter of minutes.

They are supposed to destroy all records, including those left behind by patients a/k/a Kim Carnes albums.

At least we all agree that it ~is~ a toaster, and not some kind of light fixture or soap dispencer.

It could also be they used toasters before paper shredders were invented. Instead of shredding the evidence, they burned it. (LOL)

You're right about the Kim Carnes record. They tryed playing "Bette Davis Eyes" backwards to see if it has any secret messages in it.

Thanks Lynne!!!! That was just as interesting as the site I posted. I'm learning a lot about the history and origin of graffiti, but not finding the word I was looking for. I'ld swear people referred to it as 'something else' when I was little. Back in them bade olde dayes, when people drew hungrey rabbits in pencil or carved 'Karen loves Billy' on a tree. Was it just the writting on the wall?

Does anybody know (or remember) what this stuff was called before the word 'graffiti' was coined? All I could come up with is 'the writting on the wall'. I was just into Google trying to find the answer, but came up with this interesting site...
http://www.ccd.rpi.edu...t/grafitti/index.htm

Kellogg's? Battle Creek? Who are the doctors there? Snap, Crackle & Pop?

I don't think the tunnels had water in them then. Over the course of time, they have begun to leak. As for the purpose of the tunnels, I believe it was a way to transport the patients from building to building without exposing them to the outside elements.

The contrast of the written word between the new and old is quite dramatic. Older written books (on any subject) are much more text heavy than the modern ones that rely mostly on pictures to get their point across. Where is the happy medium? Volumes written in the 50's and 60's seems to be the best cross-section of text and photos.

Generic Chucks? I remember Sears, Grants, Woolworths and JC Penney all sold imitation Chucks. Other brands from my youth are U. S. Keds and Bata Bullets. All were styled about the same.

I know of a certain rabbit that'll look real nice in there.