Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 21 Dec 1994.
ASCII Kilroy
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· 6 messages · 21 Dec 1994 - 29 Dec 1994
I've crossposted this to alt.ascii-art, they might be able to help. Jamie Andrews (jam...@cs.sfu.ca) wrote: >All right, where did this guy come from?!? > \\|// > (O O) >------------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo----- >I've seen him (her?) on at least 10 .sigs in the last WEEK. >Don't remember seeing him before. >--J. -- "Ogre is such a strong word" - Lisa Simpson
In article <ogr...@netcom.com>, ogr...@netcom.com (Joe Rumsey) writes:
|> I've crossposted this to alt.ascii-art, they might be able to help.
|>
|> Jamie Andrews (jam...@cs.sfu.ca) wrote:
|> >All right, where did this guy come from?!?
|>
|> > \\|//
|> > (O O)
|> >------------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-----
|>
|> >I've seen him (her?) on at least 10 .sigs in the last WEEK.
|> >Don't remember seeing him before.
Your little guy is called Clem, not Kilroy. Clem is a popular grafetti
that goes all the way back to the 1890's, and would often be seen in
the margins of edited copy. I've been seeing Clem in email and news sigs
for years. The words "Kilroy was Here" are another popular piece of
grafetti, believed to have been spread by a newspaper correspondant in
World War I. Like many popular pieces of grafetti, they often appear
near eachother, and have come to be associated with eachother.
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In article <3d9tuh$hl...@eccdb1.pms.ford.com>, wi...@rcsg30.eld.ford.com (Joseph Stanley (Joe) Wisniewski) writes: > In article <ogr...@netcom.com>, ogr...@netcom.com (Joe Rumsey) writes: > |> I've crossposted this to alt.ascii-art, they might be able to help. > |> > |> Jamie Andrews (jam...@cs.sfu.ca) wrote: > |> >All right, where did this guy come from?!? > |> > |> > \\|// > |> > (O O) > |> >------------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo----- > |> > |> >I've seen him (her?) on at least 10 .sigs in the last WEEK. > |> >Don't remember seeing him before. > > Your little guy is called Clem, not Kilroy. Clem is a popular grafetti > that goes all the way back to the 1890's, and would often be seen in > the margins of edited copy. I've been seeing Clem in email and news sigs Over here, he's called Chad. -- Scott Telford, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, <s.t...@ed.ac.uk> University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK.(+44 131 650 5978) -- "We do want to tour again, we will tour again" - Kate Bush, Munich, 1980. --
In article <D17...@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, s.t...@ed.ac.uk (Scott Telford) writes:
|> In article <3d9tuh$hl...@eccdb1.pms.ford.com>, wi...@rcsg30.eld.ford.com
|> (Joseph Stanley (Joe) Wisniewski) writes:
|> > In article <ogr...@netcom.com>, ogr...@netcom.com (Joe Rumsey) writes:
|> > |> I've crossposted this to alt.ascii-art, they might be able to help.
|> > |>
|> > |> Jamie Andrews (jam...@cs.sfu.ca) wrote:
|> > |> >All right, where did this guy come from?!?
|> > |>
|> > |> > \\|//
|> > |> > (O O)
|> > |> >------------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-----
|> > |>
|> > |> >I've seen him (her?) on at least 10 .sigs in the last WEEK.
|> > |> >Don't remember seeing him before.
|> >
|> > Your little guy is called Clem, not Kilroy. Clem is a popular grafetti
|> > that goes all the way back to the 1890's, and would often be seen in
|> > the margins of edited copy. I've been seeing Clem in email and news sigs
|>
|> Over here, he's called Chad.
|> --
|> Scott Telford, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre, <s.t...@ed.ac.uk>
At least it's still four letters, with a 'c' and a vowel in the right
places. Anyway, he's not Kilroy.
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Joseph S. Wisniewski | The views expressed are purely my own, and do not
Ford Motor Company | reflect those of the Ford Motor Company, or any of
Project Sapphire | its affiliates.
wi...@rcsg30.eld.ford.com | "any color you want -- as long as it's black"
Sorry to disappoint all you Kilroy fans - but in the genuine "Kilroy was here" there were no pictures, only the words "Kilroy was here" and in the authentic writings by Kilroy himself - he also added the date. nig...@pentagon.io.com (Niccolo Machiavelli) wrote: > During WWII, (James?) Kilroy was an inspector witht he Navy. He > had to perform maintenance and quality control checks and such on > ships before they set to sea. Inspectors had to initial bulkheads > to show that they had been through the area. Kilroy wrote "Kilroy > was here (date) ". Deploying GIs saw this and disseminated it as > they travelled the world. When the Kilroy craze caught on there were all sorts of variants. Pictures of Kilroy appeared but they were actually derivatives of "Mr. Chad" who also seemed to appear during World War 2 usually showing this line drawing of a nosey character peeping over a brick wall with the word " WOTCHIT " written on the wall. Here is a simplified ascii version of Mr. Chad: . : : : : : : . : : : : : . . . . . . : : : x : : x : : -------UUUU---------------- : : --------------UUUU--------- | : : | | `--' | | | | Mr. CHAD says | | | | WOTCH IT !!! | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------ -cfbd- Here's a Spurious Kilroy version of Mr.Chad: .................................................. : ...... : : .:||||||||:. : : / \ : : ( o o ) : :-------@@@@----------: :----------@@@@---------: : `--' : : : : : : K I L R O Y S A Y S H I ! : :................................................: The following are "Luke the Spook" (often referred to incorrectly as Kilroy): ,,, (o o) -------------------------------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------- ,,, (. .) -------------------------------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------- . |___ (}o o{) -------------------------------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------- ,,, (o-o) -------------------------------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------- ,,, ($ $) ------------------------------------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------- ,,, ------------------------------------------------------ooO(o o)Ooo------- (_) ,,, -------------------------------------------------------ooO(o o)Ooo------- v As for the name "Clem" - well why not ? It seems that any name you fancy is OK for these characters. Most recently the "Spying at the Wall" collection has been created which are yet again derivatives of Chad and Luke the Spook. Perhaps all this should be in one of the folklore newsgroups but the history goes back much further than Cyberspace. Bye,
Colin Douthwaite (Col...@equinox.gen.nz) wrote: : When the Kilroy craze caught on there were all sorts of variants. : Pictures of Kilroy appeared but they were actually derivatives of : "Mr. Chad" who also seemed to appear during World War 2 usually : showing this line drawing of a nosey character peeping over a brick : wall with the word " WOTCHIT " written on the wall. Not always. Often the message was a "Wot no...?" question (Wot no tea? Wot no second front), and above him rather than on the wall. Tim ___________________________________________________________________ Tim Poston Institute of Systems Science, Nat. Univ. of Singapore Religious reasons do not excuse violence: they accuse religion. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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