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WOW! ODT is educational, again...
I wasn't born until 1958 so still not sure of what movie got me in trouble.
Kilroy was here is an American meme that became popular during World War II; it is typically seen in graffiti. Its origins are debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle – bald-headed man (sometimes depicted as having a few hairs) with a prominent nose peeking over a wall with the fingers of each hand clutching the wall – became associated with GIs in the 1940s.
"Kilroy" was the American equivalent of the Australian Foo was here, which originated during World War I and later became popular amongst schoolchildren.
"Mr Chad" or just "Chad", was the version that became popular in the United Kingdom. The character of Chad may have derived from a British cartoonist in 1938, possibly pre-dating "Kilroy was here".
Etymologist Dave Wilton says, "Some time during the war, Chad and Kilroy met, and in the spirit of Allied unity merged, with the British drawing appearing over the American phrase."[1] Other names for the character include Smoe, Clem, Flywheel, Private Snoops, Overby, The Jeep (as both characters had sizable noses), and Sapo.
Author Charles Panati says that in the United States "the mischievous face and the phrase became a national joke... The outrageousness of the graffiti was not so much what it said, but where it turned up."[2] The major Kilroy graffiti fad ended in the 1950s, but today people all over the world still scribble the character and "Kilroy was here" in schools, trains, and other public areas.
It is believed that James J. Kilroy was the origin of the expression, as he used the phrase when checking ships at the Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts during WWII
Damn, all that ejermerksun is hurting my brain.
There was some Disney movie in 63 called "Kilroy" based on the WWII graffiti
but I don't think it was that movie that started mine & my brothers graffiti "hood" days...
Still on the hunt for that flick...
but I don't think it was that movie that started mine & my brothers graffiti "hood" days...
Still on the hunt for that flick...
My big brother and I (at age 5 & 7) went on a crime spree writing "Kilroy Was Here" with the little man looking over a wall all over EVERYTHING. Walls in the house, fences, etc.
We got WORE out with a belt, we both had dancing lessons WAY before Arthur Murray taught them... we got it from somewhere but I can't remember where.
Haven't written or typed "Kilroy Was Here" for almost 55 years, and looking over my shoulder as I do it now.
My big brother and I (at age 5 & 7) went on a crime spree writing "Kilroy Was Here" with the little man looking over a wall all over EVERYTHING. Walls in the house, fences, etc.
We got WORE out with a belt, we both had dancing lessons WAY before Arthur Murray taught them... we got it from somewhere but I can't remember where.
Haven't written or typed "Kilroy Was Here" for almost 55 years, and looking over my shoulder as I do it now.
The movie doesn't ring a bell with me either.
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Early Hockey Sticks ?
Stone age Hammers ?
Failed Boomerangs ?
First Handgun Design ?
Levers for Guiding Gullible-Ghost-Guessing-Goats ?
Can I buy A Towel ? Er, I mean a Vowel !
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Early Hockey Sticks ?
Stone age Hammers ?
Failed Boomerangs ?
First Handgun Design ?
Levers for Guiding Gullible-Ghost-Guessing-Goats ?
Can I buy A Towel ? Er, I mean a Vowel !
You are sooooooooo close, and right on time.
Scroll back up to post #4 for the answer.
