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graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

my wife and i get back from vacation. and what do we see, somebody tagged our mailbox with graffiti. there are over 15 mailboxes, and this person picked ours! WTF!

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Old 24.04.2012, 13:00
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

What does it say??
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Old 24.04.2012, 13:01
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

At least they put a little effort in.
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Old 24.04.2012, 13:02
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my wife and i get back from vacation. and what do we see, somebody tagged our mailbox with graffiti. there are over 15 mailboxes, and this person picked ours! WTF!

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That looks pretty cool! I wish they would tag mine as well.
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Old 24.04.2012, 13:07
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

i've looked at it so much and i still can't make out what the 3rd letter is in the 1st word, but it looks like "STIP WAS HERE"

i agree that this person put a lot of effort, but why mine??
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Old 24.04.2012, 13:10
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

Because he's very short, and left-handed.

(..puts his Sherlock Holmes pipe and hat away again)
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

its marker pen so some isopropyl alcohol will have it off in a few seconds... unless its one of those etching grafitti markers - then you you have no chance
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Old 24.04.2012, 13:20
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

does the fist mean anything?
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Old 24.04.2012, 13:29
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my wife and i get back from vacation. and what do we see, somebody tagged our mailbox with graffiti. there are over 15 mailboxes, and this person picked ours! WTF!

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Guess you were the only one who failed to pay the protection money.

As was mentioned you have to give it to a short left handed person
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its marker pen so some isopropyl alcohol will have it off in a few seconds... unless its one of those etching grafitti markers - then you you have no chance
thanks for the advice, but i called the building supervisor and asked if they can take care of it
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Old 24.04.2012, 14:09
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

Take that picture to the cops and let them have a copy, if you can provide details about a possible timeframe when this happened it will make them even happier. They will likely either offer a cleaning service (likely payed even by the state) and/or tell you a trick how to get rid of it. Most likely they might even send by a cop to take official photos.

Now, that does not really help you, but if this person ever gets caught tagging they go down for everything that looks the same..... and that is quite costly. Switzerland has a good success rate with these kind of cases btw
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Old 24.04.2012, 14:09
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i've looked at it so much and i still can't make out what the 3rd letter is in the 1st word, but it looks like "STIP WAS HERE"

i agree that this person put a lot of effort, but why mine??
If you can clean it off, just take off the "WAS HERE" bit and replace it with "IS A DICKHEAD"

That'll learn him.
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Old 24.04.2012, 14:12
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

I'll pay his rail fare if he'd tag the following on my mailbox 'Bitte keine Werbung' as the current sticker from Obi is not clear enough
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Old 24.04.2012, 14:45
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Take that picture to the cops and let them have a copy, if you can provide details about a possible timeframe when this happened it will make them even happier. They will likely either offer a cleaning service (likely payed even by the state) and/or tell you a trick how to get rid of it. Most likely they might even send by a cop to take official photos.

Now, that does not really help you, but if this person ever gets caught tagging they go down for everything that looks the same..... and that is quite costly. Switzerland has a good success rate with these kind of cases btw

KCBR is going to be f***d when the zurich police catch up with him then
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Old 24.04.2012, 15:54
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does the fist mean anything?
was not sure it is was a fist or the picture of a girl's head with hair decorations. The first word might be short name like 'Step'
stephanie, stephen
each of the 3 words can be read so many different ways

fascinating, hope it was easy to clean off
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Old 24.04.2012, 19:56
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

Some say he dresses only in white..... and that he thinks "P" and "G" are interchangable....
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Old 24.04.2012, 20:19
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i agree that this person put a lot of effort, but why mine??
I asked this same question to a cop one time when I was pulled over out of a group of cars speeding. He looked at me and asked "have you ever gone duck hunting?" Had to laugh at that comeback even though I was getting a ticket
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KCBR is going to be f***d when the zurich police catch up with him then
IMHO, KCBR is a freaking awesome graffiti crew and they are making Zürich a better/more beautiful/less sad place
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Could be the new 'Banksy' in which case don't remove it.
It could eventually be worth a fortune.
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Old 25.04.2012, 11:41
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Re: graffiti on the only mailbox.....mine!

Maybe you can find this tag on http://www.zueri-graffiti.ch ?
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