University of Virginia Library

Second Study

A second graffiti study was
compiled by fourth-year
education student Scott
McIntyre for a paper in his
American folklore class. He
read the carrels in Alderman
Library and grouped the
graffiti according to type.
Below is a sampling of the
sayings he found.

Lists

Unicops: 1) Eat their young...

Philosophical

I'd like to know what this
whole show is about before it's
all out.

Is anybody out there

Do any of you know what it
feels like to be a wall

If a stone falls on an egg, alas
for the egg

If an egg falls on a stone, alas
for the egg

A joint, a rubber and thou
Throughout history Humanity
has been led around by its
gonads

Yea though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death I
shall fear no evil. For I am the
meanest mot ha in the valley

Graffiti

This carrel condemned for the
use and attempted dispersion
of incompetent graffiti
Comments on this wall are
not necessarily the opinions
of this wall but are provided as
a public service

Notice: this wall to be out in
paperback next month
Copyright, Giovanni Graffiti

Religious

Christmas is cancelled! Joseph
confessed!

Contrary to popular belief
God's last name is not damn,
it's Smith
(different handwriting) No, it's
zilla

Group Prejudice

The woman's role in education
is on her back

Riddles, Jokes, Word Play

Why can't Smokey the Bear's
wife have kids? Because every
time she gets hot he beats her
with a shovel.

Why does Helen Keller only
play the piano with one hand?
answer: she sings with the
other one.

Help! The paranoids are after
me!

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I'm lonesome and dying. Help.
McIntyre collects graffiti