Newly minted friend of the doggle “Chris” has been putting these funny signs up around town for weeks in a sort of low-fi, Craigslist spoof. Obviously, anything that gets people thinking, wondering, smiling, or even just scratching their brow, is fun. But perhaps the funnest bit of all is that he’s already got imitators from as far off as Australia:
That’s when you know an idea is good. How fun is that?
LINK: Craig bit via Neatorama.
10 words I find fun: kerfuffle, whippersnapper, nipple, discombobulated, grommet, condiments, spork, floozy, boa, and dogapult ... more »
Brandon: did you see the onion ring who beat justin bieber, miley cyrus, and the jonas brothers?
Aaron: I used to have a mug like this years ago. It had a picture of the transporter room from the original Star Trek....
dg: Should this be considered for the bucky stable? Or is it too much work?
Margaret: This is the best game ever!
zak: i got the cat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! p.s. go to my website!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
Ice Cream: Too funny. Thanks for the morning distraction.
cleminem9919: I tried it, and it worked awesome the second time. Try making one with kaleidoscope like pictures, it ends...
Megan: So cute! It made me smile after my surgery. Thanks for posting!
tobi: 416 clicks later…victory!
Tex: those sandwiches look tasty, waterfalls lushes, and selleck drunkish.
March 9th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS STUFF, YOU CAN FIND ME ON IM. I’LL PROBABLY BE ON TONIGHT AROUND 11 OR SO. HEARD SOME FUNNY JOKES TODAY, WHICH I CAN SHARE WITH YOU ON IM.
- CHRIS
March 9th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
[...] else, but not claiming ownership for the notes either. What makes this even stranger still is this article from zoomdoggle.com, which further tilts the scales in favor of “Chris” (Lamb) as the [...]
March 10th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
These are great, specially the last one! (the stuff one
March 12th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Looks like these are the work of NYC writer Todd Lamb
http://www.toddlamb.net
http://web.mac.com/lambtodd/iWeb/todd%20lamb%20/Todd%20Lamb%20Notes%20From%20Chris.html
March 12th, 2009 at 3:12 am
I am guessing either net friends or a backpacker.
March 12th, 2009 at 6:17 am
@sarah, right you are. At the time he sent them to me though, it seemed like we were supposed to keep that a secret. I don’t know how many followers Todd has (real ones, not Twitter), but I’m one for sure!
March 12th, 2009 at 7:32 am
[...] and big shoes” — which he likes to wear while riding trains. He also may or may not be from NYC & may have recently changed his [...]
March 12th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Do we have a timeline of when they both occured? Who copied whom?
March 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
The new york notes were up in 2008 peeople were talking about them for a while. And just read this
http://www.threethousand.com.au/stray/todd-lamb-made-up-the-posters/
March 20th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Todd’s idea was great but I definitely think Craig’s notes are funnier and much more clever.
April 4th, 2009 at 4:14 am
[...] jeg ikke finde dem, og det fik mig til at grave lidt dybere i sagen. Det viser sig at Craig rent faktisk var et plagiat af en New Yorker der hed Chris. Hell hvis i finder et par sedler i KBH der ligner, [...]
August 25th, 2009 at 3:20 am
[...] zoomdoggle (also see Craig’s postings in [...]
September 15th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
[...] zoomdoggle (also see Craig’s postings in [...]