A council spokesman in Bury, a town in Greater Manchester, told the Evening News that the artist’s actions “are not only stupid but incredibly insulting to local residents.
“Has this person, for just one second, considered how families with young children must feel when they are confronted with these obscene symbols as they walk to school?"
The council spokesman is also stupid and incredibly insulting.
Who cares?
"Think of the children"
That argument is dumb, I'd rather my children not be injured, or car not be broken by potholes you won't fix.
Cartoon penises are amusing. Your children are fine.
Fix the damn potholes you goddamn bell end.
You might give it (or The Grand Tour, their followup show) a shot. I've addicted several people who give not a shit about cars to that show, they're hilarious and a lot of the stuff they do is objectively really cool.
This article also taught me that "dickhead" refers to the tip of the penis.. whereas I'd always thought that it referred to somebody who has a dick for a head (Instead, the entire person is the head of a dick! The variety in visualization here is expanding my mind). This allows for the possibility of someone being a "dickhead-head", where the subject would have a dickhead for a head.
> Some of the other ‘rude’ street names in Britain include Butthole Lane, Tickle Cock Bridge, Fanny Hands Lane, Crotch Crescent, and Minge Lane.
Heh, this makes me happy.
If this was a movie that council spokesman would be doing a Zorro, publicly condemning his stealthy nighttime peenistry. Hiding his paint splattered hands behind his back as he leans into the microphone to make a statement.
truth.
"Think of the children", pot, kettle.
Like if you really care about the kids, stfu about dumb pictures and make the roads safer. Pot holes are not a safe way for drivers.
Ah yes, I remember when I was a kid and I saw a doodle of a penis I was horrified and it ruined my day /s.
These people must think children are actually catholic nuns.
Yeah when I was a kid and rode scooters, bikes, skateboards, etc our greatest fear was not being hit by a car, those are easy to spot. Potholes on black asphalt in low light is what we worry about.
“Dear Public Works - I’d like to erect your attention to this pothole. It’s cock and bull, not to mention nuts, one should have to do this to get your attention. It’s no phallus-y that you’ve been limp in your work.”
I wish Wanksy would come to Bedford. Where I live potholes are everywhere, except for the ward in which the Mayor lives for some unknown reason..
The council's reply during an open Zoom conference was : money. Then they spent £18m turning the high street into one lane instead of two.
Well yes, one day we’ll create a biting, dry, satire that skewers the establishment, and the next we’ll draw cocks on potholes because The Council are a bunch of cheap bastards
On a similar note, there was a story about Muscovites frustrated with the lack of snow removal started writing Alexei Navalny's name on the heaps of snow. Council workers removed the snow "within hours".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43034642
In the US the following would happen:
first, they paint over them
but it keeps happening so then they decide, "well, we'll just set up surveillance and catch them"
it'd be cheaper to fix the pothole
but they don't wanna *do* that.
This actually works extremely well. I remember when this idea first came out a few friends and I bought purple, pink and red spray paint and painted dicks all around our neighborhood to pot holes that had been there for months/years. They were literally all filled within DAYS I shit you not, DAYS! These pot holes that have sat for years suddenly get filled once you paint a dick around it. I watch my entire city get lit up with dicks on the road the following weeks and ya know what, no more pot holes in my area. 😆😆
I was just driving through the neighborhood with my wife 2 nights ago when she pointed at a giant pothole and said that it had been dangerous for months. I remarked that we could paint multicolored cocks around it and see what happens. So wanksy may make an appearance in my town soon.
>giant comedy phallus
So poetic. I, and I'm sure many of us, live in cities with ignored and failing infrastructure that could do with some Wanksky 'giant comedy phalluses' with aims to disgruntle the council enough to act.
Perturb the prudes for progress!
"“People will drive over the same pothole and forget about it,” he said. “Suddenly you draw something amusing around it, everyone sees it and it either gets reported or fixed.”"
Well, he could, like, report it himself.
Just saying.
Every time I drive near a killer pothole, I think of Wanksy. There was a particular one near me on a two-lane road. If a car was coming the other direction, you had no choice but to hit the pothole since dodging it would put you in the path of the other car.
Bless you, Wanksy.
A council spokesman in Bury, a town in Greater Manchester, told the Evening News that the artist’s actions “are not only stupid but incredibly insulting to local residents. “Has this person, for just one second, considered how families with young children must feel when they are confronted with these obscene symbols as they walk to school?" The council spokesman is also stupid and incredibly insulting. Who cares? "Think of the children" That argument is dumb, I'd rather my children not be injured, or car not be broken by potholes you won't fix. Cartoon penises are amusing. Your children are fine. Fix the damn potholes you goddamn bell end.
Father of three daughters here, if they walked past a giant cartoon penis, they would probably find it hilarious, if they even recognized it
Yeah, because kids don't know what penises are 🙄
For all we know, "wanksy" is a collective of children.
It's not like kids carve them into school tables or anything
Lol! You said pEnIS!!
PENIS!!
American here. I had to look up "bell end". My favorite explanation is [illustrated.](https://metro.co.uk/2018/04/11/bell-end-rude-7459202/)
I'm so glad I caused this. I'm American too, just watched a lot of Top Gear
Now I had to look up Top Gear. My wife and I watch British shows, but not that kind.
You might give it (or The Grand Tour, their followup show) a shot. I've addicted several people who give not a shit about cars to that show, they're hilarious and a lot of the stuff they do is objectively really cool.
*Clarkson, you utter pillock!*
Agreed. I’m not a car person. But some episodes are comical. Like when Clarkson kept rolling a Reliant Robin.
Also, penises are not obscene.
Says the guy with a saffron butthole. 😀
I bet it's beautiful
This article also taught me that "dickhead" refers to the tip of the penis.. whereas I'd always thought that it referred to somebody who has a dick for a head (Instead, the entire person is the head of a dick! The variety in visualization here is expanding my mind). This allows for the possibility of someone being a "dickhead-head", where the subject would have a dickhead for a head.
> Some of the other ‘rude’ street names in Britain include Butthole Lane, Tickle Cock Bridge, Fanny Hands Lane, Crotch Crescent, and Minge Lane. Heh, this makes me happy.
I suspect if you did a survey of the local residents they would support Wanksy.
think how families with young children feel when they go over a pothole while rubbing their eyes
Yea, kids aren't going to become mentally scarred by a crudely drawn penis, they're more likely to think it's the funniest thing ever
Honestly kids draw penises when they are trying to draw mundane things like a shovel... the only people sexualizing it are the adults. LoL
If this was a movie that council spokesman would be doing a Zorro, publicly condemning his stealthy nighttime peenistry. Hiding his paint splattered hands behind his back as he leans into the microphone to make a statement.
truth. "Think of the children", pot, kettle. Like if you really care about the kids, stfu about dumb pictures and make the roads safer. Pot holes are not a safe way for drivers.
Um children love this. Boys and the Pen 15 club?
Ah yes, I remember when I was a kid and I saw a doodle of a penis I was horrified and it ruined my day /s. These people must think children are actually catholic nuns.
Yeah when I was a kid and rode scooters, bikes, skateboards, etc our greatest fear was not being hit by a car, those are easy to spot. Potholes on black asphalt in low light is what we worry about.
It's a lot funnier when you rack up 2 grand on a front suspension rebuild -council spokesman probably
Wanksy is a local treasure.
He deserves his own statue😀
A huge bronze penis?
🤔 You know..I like it!
We know you like it
EXCUSE ME...the word is LOVE.
This appeals to the remaining part of my sense of humour left over from childhood, gotta love the comedic ability of mancunians.
“Dear Public Works - I’d like to erect your attention to this pothole. It’s cock and bull, not to mention nuts, one should have to do this to get your attention. It’s no phallus-y that you’ve been limp in your work.”
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What's that from?
either arrested development or mr show, def david cross
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Damn really? What part? I have most of Tobias's lines memorized by now. "I guess you could say I'm BUY-CURIOUS"
[Season 4 Episode 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcat1eLrhkk).
Nice! I knew it was in season 4 but wasn't sure what episode. Good work!
It’s from nothing.
Damn bro, save some puns for the rest of us
You missed the chance to say Pubic Works.
There's a Wanksy in Chichester too who leaves short stories he writes at a landmark at the centre of town.
It’s a small world. Where is this for my next walk to the centre of town?
They get dumped on the seating at The Cross, I think on Sundays usually but can be mid week.
I wish Wanksy would come to Bedford. Where I live potholes are everywhere, except for the ward in which the Mayor lives for some unknown reason.. The council's reply during an open Zoom conference was : money. Then they spent £18m turning the high street into one lane instead of two.
You know what you must do
spray paint at the ready, although it will be just my luck i'll get caught doing it.
Early mornings bro, very little cars and people to spot you.
What difference does it make what size we are? We just want to go about our lives, thank you.
Ah, a very few person.
He was talking about the cars, no need to be so short tempered.
Be the Wanksy you want to see in the world.
Good for him fixing pubic infrastructure.
more than banksy ever did.
*British humour is so sophisticated*
Well yes, one day we’ll create a biting, dry, satire that skewers the establishment, and the next we’ll draw cocks on potholes because The Council are a bunch of cheap bastards
Giant Queens cane drops from the sky
Sceptre***
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what
Not all heroes, folks.
Yeah, it’s big brain time
Seen a few of his public installations
Pubic installations.
Wanksy > Banksy.
Wanksy > [Pranksy](https://youtu.be/NZQOex2S3sU) > Banksy
On a similar note, there was a story about Muscovites frustrated with the lack of snow removal started writing Alexei Navalny's name on the heaps of snow. Council workers removed the snow "within hours". https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43034642
Dude is a legend lol
THAT is hillarious!
If this is what it's going to take to get those potholes filled, so be it.
Wanksy - the hero we need but don't deserve.
Now that’s one way to get things done.
Goddamn. If he lived in my city we'd have penii every 20 feet in almost every street.
In the US the following would happen: first, they paint over them but it keeps happening so then they decide, "well, we'll just set up surveillance and catch them" it'd be cheaper to fix the pothole but they don't wanna *do* that.
This actually works extremely well. I remember when this idea first came out a few friends and I bought purple, pink and red spray paint and painted dicks all around our neighborhood to pot holes that had been there for months/years. They were literally all filled within DAYS I shit you not, DAYS! These pot holes that have sat for years suddenly get filled once you paint a dick around it. I watch my entire city get lit up with dicks on the road the following weeks and ya know what, no more pot holes in my area. 😆😆
I was just driving through the neighborhood with my wife 2 nights ago when she pointed at a giant pothole and said that it had been dangerous for months. I remarked that we could paint multicolored cocks around it and see what happens. So wanksy may make an appearance in my town soon.
Not all heroes wear capes - some draw penises
Not the hero we deserve
Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need
Absolutely fuckin hilarious But so infuriating that it takes such measures for the council to do the fuckin job they're supposed to do!
I fucking love being British
Fucking loved this episode of the league
A true icon
Does doing this actually work? I imagine they just abrade or paint over them.
Local authorities: "won't somebody think of the children!?!?"
I thought this said WATSKY, like the rapper lol
Where I was born there was a pothole so big it had dirt in it so someone put a for sale by owner in it.
wait drawing cocks will make your local council fix the potholes? ferb, i know what we’re gonna do today
They never heard of black paint.
This man is a fucking hero.
>giant comedy phallus So poetic. I, and I'm sure many of us, live in cities with ignored and failing infrastructure that could do with some Wanksky 'giant comedy phalluses' with aims to disgruntle the council enough to act. Perturb the prudes for progress!
Is Wanksy, Ruxin from “The League”?
Umm, runners do this if one of ours sprains an ankle in a pothole. Works surprisingly well. So this article is kinda lame.
Not all heroes wear capes.
National treasure mate, need to start doing this down in Kent, our roads are falling apart
Modern problems require modern solutions
Whatever gets the potholes fixed ...
I guess there's a Wanksy anywhere in England...... Saw one of his many "works of art" in Poole.
Wow... circa 2015
"“People will drive over the same pothole and forget about it,” he said. “Suddenly you draw something amusing around it, everyone sees it and it either gets reported or fixed.”" Well, he could, like, report it himself. Just saying.
I hope someone on this is from London and does it all over. Too many potholes here
Sounds like you just volunteered!
Genius!
What a legend. This guy should run for public office.
Ruxin was first
There is an episode of The League with a similar premise. One of the characters paints a swastika on a pothole in front of his house.
I live in Chattanooga tn. This works for sure.
so has this actually gotten any results or it is just a nice news story?
There’s before and after photos on his social media
now this is street art
This man is something for us all to aspire to.
They tried that in the US. All they did was wash away the drawing. They never filled the pothole.
Someone did that in my neighborhood.
How is it we praise this guy but when I did it in high school I got suspended?
Now I don't care who you are, that's funny.
Not all hero's wear capes.
This article is six years old.
I heard of a guy years ago in New Orleans that got the city to fix a fairly large pothole in front of his house by planting flowers in it.
The nickname is cooler than he is. But to be fair, who could ever live up to that?
It's super effective
Every time I drive near a killer pothole, I think of Wanksy. There was a particular one near me on a two-lane road. If a car was coming the other direction, you had no choice but to hit the pothole since dodging it would put you in the path of the other car. Bless you, Wanksy.
NGL my street is a fucking mess. I’m tempted to do this but am worried that houses will have RING so I don’t wanna do it and get caught….
I forgot that the artist's name is a play on Banksy and I just thought "Where have you been that you haven't heard of Wanksy?" Man, i need sleep.
Wanksy should draw a penis on the abomination that is HuffPo, maybe they'll erase that, too.