Kilroy was stuck here LbNA #61237
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Add Location| Owner: | PK
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| Plant date: | Mar 25, 2012 |
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| City: | ??? |
| County: | Clackamas |
| State: | Oregon |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | ??? |
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| Last found: | Jan 11, 2014 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Mar 25, 2012 |
Kilroy was here is an American popular culture expression, often seen in graffiti. Its origins are debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle—a bald-headed man (possibly with a few hairs) with a prominent nose peeking over a wall with the fingers of each hand clutching the wall—is widely known among U.S. residents who lived during World War II.
The phrase may have originated through United States servicemen, who would draw the doodle and the text "Kilroy was here" on the walls and other places they were stationed, encamped, or visited. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable notes that it was particularly associated with the Air Transport Command, at least when observed in the United Kingdom.
According to one story, it was reported that German intelligence found the phrase on captured American equipment. This began leading Hitler to believe that Kilroy could be the name or codename of a high-level Allied spy. At the time of the Potsdam Conference in 1945, it was rumored that Stalin found "Kilroy was here" written in the VIP's bathroom, prompting him to ask his aides who Kilroy was. War photographer Robert Capa noted a use of the phrase at Bastogne in December 1944: "On the black, charred walls of an abandoned barn, scrawled in white chalk, was the legend of McAuliffe's GIs: KILROY WAS STUCK HERE."
To find Kilroy....
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Kilroy is very hitchiker friendly.
The phrase may have originated through United States servicemen, who would draw the doodle and the text "Kilroy was here" on the walls and other places they were stationed, encamped, or visited. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable notes that it was particularly associated with the Air Transport Command, at least when observed in the United Kingdom.
According to one story, it was reported that German intelligence found the phrase on captured American equipment. This began leading Hitler to believe that Kilroy could be the name or codename of a high-level Allied spy. At the time of the Potsdam Conference in 1945, it was rumored that Stalin found "Kilroy was here" written in the VIP's bathroom, prompting him to ask his aides who Kilroy was. War photographer Robert Capa noted a use of the phrase at Bastogne in December 1944: "On the black, charred walls of an abandoned barn, scrawled in white chalk, was the legend of McAuliffe's GIs: KILROY WAS STUCK HERE."
To find Kilroy....
Svaq gur Cbfg Bssvpr va Pynpxnznf Pbhagl gung pbiref MVC pbqrf 97009 naq 97089. Snpr gur cbfg bssvpr. Ghea evtug. Jnyx nybat gur pbooyrq fvqrjnyx. Pebff gur qevirjnl (gurer jvyy or FGBC yrggref haqre lbhe srrg). Ng 11:00, gurer vf n prqne gerr. Ybbx haqre gur clenzvq funcrq ebpx haqre gur gerr. Cyrnfr or pnershy gb eruvqr guvf pnershyyl fb ab bar pna frr vg.
Kilroy is very hitchiker friendly.