I'm screwed up -- I don't think the marathon bomber should be killed but I wouldn't mind if they severed the hands of people who deface public property.

We'll remember that

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:01am.

The next time we see you chucking litter from your car or person.

Slippery slope and all of that ...

Some people don't litter.

By anon on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 12:47pm.

Some people don't litter. BostonDog very well could be one of those people.

I once tossed an empty coffee

By bannedinboston on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 8:06pm.

I once tossed an empty coffee cup back into a girl's car window about two seconds after she chucked it out (skank was stopped at a light) and shouted: "Hey! You dropped something!" I got the response I was asking for.

Not too long ago, I really wanted to do the same when some d-bag tossed out a lit cigarette butt; however, something told me that could be one of those morally right/legally wrong/really bad judgement scenarios.

Easy

By Kaz on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 9:13pm.

Put it out on their hood first.

For people serious about

By Refugee on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:54am.

For people serious about pranks, hacks, and guerrilla art, the key criteria to a prank is "is it reversible". Mounting things with clips, 3M Command strips, or hooks is good. Drilling holes, permanent glue is bad. The Mooninites were mounted with magnets, which was good. Many street artists use non-water soluble paint, which is bad.

How are these objects attached to the bridge?

Never Forget!

By I remember on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 8:16am.

Never forget the last time someone put up outsider art on a bridge!

I remember the Mooninite scare!

Looks Like Chinese Character

By Suldog on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 8:35am.

As for what it means, no idea.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

Nope

By Stevil on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 9:40am.

Unless this is some odd script and I'm not recognizing it, does not appear to be a Chinese character either (I had the same thought and was spinning my laptop around to see if I could change the perspective - to no avail - looks like nonsense - but probably means something to somebody, but that somebody is not Chinese (or Japanese) people.)

You are correct

By perruptor on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:23am.

My resident Chinese person says "no, it's not a word."

Kanji Script for "power"

By anon on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 9:54am.

Japanese.

http://www.tiptopsigns.com/images/D/kanji_power.jpg

Interesting idea

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:03am.

How about we point that out to all the pan-Asian protesters a short hop from the bridge? Maybe they will quickly descend and remove it as "orientalism" and save the DCR some money.

I wondered if it was some sort of strange thing that happened to discarded bubble gum as the result of the snowpocalypse.

$$$

By Lecil on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 8:55am.

More to the point, who do we extort a couple of million from just because it's there?

Careful, it's pink

By peter on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 9:54am.

The Komen foundation will sue you before they let you make any money off it.

I saw some of these on the Mass Ave Bridge

By Covertequation on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 10:06am.

Opposite some of the "smoot" measurements I saw a few ones in red and green. Different characters/symbols/designs but obviously same material

Wannabe Banksy?

By Stevil on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 10:14am.

Street Art that's not art?

Brookline Ave at Yawkey Way

By Allstonian on Sun, 07/12/2015 - 7:27pm.

I saw a couple on a building at the corner of Brookline Ave and Yawkey Way yesterday.

I think ...

By kernelPanic on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 10:46am.

some summer student or intern just got access to a 3D printer

I Think It's Ancient Bajoran

By Elmer on Fri, 04/13/2018 - 5:12pm.

haircuts in the 70s

By Tom FSF on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 11:45am.

shouldn't we really be talking about haircuts in the 70s?

It's too late

By perruptor on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 7:12am.

They're all bald now.

Newsteadian petroglyphs

By Ron on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 12:04pm.

That's a petroglyph dating back to the original peoples of Newstead Montegrade. Finding one of their symbols all the way by the Charles River may completely change our understanding of their culture.

You win all the UHub points

By Kaz on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 2:17pm.

Everyone else go home today. There will be more UHub points to earn tomorrow.

I'm humbled

By rblum on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 6:39pm.

Art offends me. I'm going to

By anon on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 1:20pm.

Art offends me. I'm going to protest. This is bridge appropriation. I speak for all bridges even though I'm not a bridge.

Given that

By anon on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 2:50pm.

the BU bridge is a 3 minute walk to BU's College of Fine Arts, I would guess it's somehow related to that.

Students there do have to do a class project on public art installations (http://www.bu.edu/today/2009/facing-warren-towers/), but I really doubt that BU would approve a thesis that involved defacing public property without getting proper permission.

Highly Unlikely

By BostonDog on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 5:41pm.

Students enrolled at art conservatories with good reputations (BU's is supposedly pretty good) are not included to deface property like this. They have plenty of approved ways of showing their work-as is. It also is pretty cheesy for someone who is talented enough to get into a real art school.

It's possible it's a BU student in another program or more likely some kid who thinks he's being edgy and cool by gluing his logo around Boston. Maybe the "Not Art" guy's even less creative brother.

The deal with this pink thing on the BU Bridge

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