Whether we like it or not, vandalism is all around us. It’s on everything from buildings to street signs to billboards and everything in between. In major cities, it appears like you can’t turn a single corner without encountering graffiti. Instead of viewing it as a nuisance, consider it as a manifestation of art – in this case, amusing art created by amateur comedians. We cannot condone vandalism for legal reasons, but you must give credit when credit is due. Now, let’s look at some of our favorite examples of amusing vandalism!
25+ Artistic Vandalism That Should Be Recognized
At the very least, he has a sense of humour!
We’re going to go out on a limb and suggest that most real estate brokers would be furious if their sign was destroyed like this, but not Alan Stilwell, who has a great sense of humor. Instead of running to remove the placard, he made light of the situation and gave himself a new IRL appearance! In fact, this is proving to be a brilliant marketing strategy because we would absolutely buy a property from him.
At the very least, he has a sense of humour!
Boo Hoo
This rebel intended to insult a wealthy community by vandalizing this thing in the least unpleasant way possible. Seriously, he could’ve written anything far more profane than that, so he’s saved them. It may reduce the house value by a small bit, but it also adds character to this upper-class area that could use a little more sass. This is a joke for legal reasons.
Boo Hoo
Everyone Was Fighting Kung Fu
We’re sorry if this music has become stuck in your mind. You know you enjoy it. Whoever came up with Bruce Lee’s random performance deserves a lot of credit for creativity. They took a damaged old advertisement board and turned it into something very cool that appears to be handcrafted. Hopefully, no one ever comes to take it down. Excellent work! Mr. Lee would be quite proud of himself.
Everyone Was Fighting Kung Fu
Pac-Man Crosswalk Art
Pac-Man art is surely one way to tell your city council that you’re tired of them not cleaning up the peeling paint in the crosswalk! Even if the city council finds it annoying, they must realize that it is quite creative and deserves to be recognized. Now, maybe, they’ll do something about it instead of spending taxpayer money on whatever strange and worthless things they usually spend it on.
Pac Man Crosswalk Art
Polite Graffiti
Take a wild guess as to which country this graffiti is located in. We don’t know for certain, but we’re ready to stake a lot of money that it’s in Canada. It simply makes sense. Oh, Canada, where even vandals are polite and avoid using profanity against police personnel. In fact, they most likely returned the next day to cover it up with something prettier. Maybe a “Your mom is a nice lady.”
Polite Graffiti
Purell, the Paper Cut-Finder
Hand sanitizer, the ideal technique to discover if you have a microscopic paper cut on your finger that you were previously unaware of! Lemons, limes, and any other citrus fruits will also suffice. Your paper cut may burn and sting for a few minutes, but at least you’ll be aware of it. Because that is unquestionably significant and useful knowledge, right? Purell’s marketing strategy is ideal.
Purell, The Paper Cut Finder
Don’t Do it
As the teeny small sign suggests, this is a rare dandelion that should not be interfered with under any circumstances. So, what happens if someone accidentally touches it? We’re not sure, but a group of ravenous feral dogs might appear and chase you down the street. Or perhaps the Men in Black will arrive and whisk you away, never to be seen again by your loved ones. We can’t prove that none of this will happen, so why take the chance?
Don’t Do It
UFO Crossing
This notice is designed to warn you that crossing the street may result in your abduction by an unidentified flying object. And who knows what will happen to you after you board the spaceship? You could not see your friends or relatives again. If we were you, we would not chance crossing the street. Simply staying on that side of the street will keep you safe. Maybe.
UFO Crossing
Fire Safety
If a fire breaks out in your apartment complex, do the following: Instead of yanking the elevator out of the elevator shaft, grab a bucket of water to put it out. You’ll just look ridiculous. (But, in all seriousness, don’t do either of these things. Just contact the fire department and get out of the building like a regular person. Try not to be a hero.)
Fire Safety
Eat a Friend
Okay, McDonald’s, that’s strange advise, but whatever! If you’re hungry and in need of something nutritious, simply invite one of your buddies around for dinner. According to reports, the popular fast food company has gone from offering regular ol’ beef burgers to openly endorsing cannibalism. Perhaps the price of beef has simply risen recently. Do we really want to know what they’re putting in their burgers now? We don’t, that’s the answer.
Eat A Friend
Vandalism on a Snow Day
Many times, vandalism is absolutely innocuous and even endearing, like in this case. This act was most likely performed by a group of bored adolescents in a tiny Canadian town on a Friday night because what else is there to do after a heavy snowfall? Perhaps they just wanted to make these car owners happy. It would definitely work on us. But, being Canadians, they undoubtedly felt terrible about it afterwards and wrote apology notes for the drivers.
Vandalism on a Snow Day
Give it a standing ovation
This small picture isn’t urging you to dry your hands with air, as you would in a typical public washroom. No, it’s telling you to clap if you want a bacon snack after you leave. Let us all take a moment to applaud bacon, because everyone and their granny adores it; it’s nature’s candy. That final element is completely false, but we believe it should be called nature’s candy.
Give it a standing ovation.
Found in Japan
And here’s a brilliant Japanese vandal who scrawled “I understand” beneath a vandalism warning notice. It’s a simple approach to express yourself to the authorities. You have to admire first-world anarchists and their determination to defy authority. It’s admirable, and we wish we could think like that. However, for legal reasons, we cannot condone vandalism, and you should not go around doing so. You have been forewarned.
Found In Japan
Who Doesn’t Love a ‘Forrest Gump’ Reference?
Even if you haven’t seen the film Forrest Gump, you’re probably familiar with the line “run, Forrest, run!” Some movie scenes simply have the capacity to bring people together, regardless of their background, and we believe that’s lovely. So when one of the rebels noticed this sign that already said “Forest Run,” they realized they had to finish it by adding another “run” in front of it. Congratulations, good citizen.
Who Doesn’t Love A ‘Forrest Gump’ Reference
Af-FORD-able
This gentleman most likely acquired this run-down truck as a Christmas present from his cheap brother Phil. Phil is renowned for delivering inexpensive gifts to family members with little effort, so it was time to call him out. What better way to achieve it than to write “ugly but affordable” on the back of the vehicle, allowing everyone to see how cheap Phil truly is. That’s most likely what happened, but we don’t know for sure.
Af FORD Able
Just a Bit of Red Paint Does the Trick
Oh, the things you can do and pranks you can perform with just a smidgeon of paint. As a result, by just painting the second L red, someone may easily transform “Allen Laboratory” into “Alien Laboratory.” And, we must agree, an extraterrestrial laboratory sounds far more exciting than a regular Allen laboratory, whatever that is. Who the hell is “Allen,” and why does he require his own laboratory?
Just A Bit Of Red Paint Does The Trick
NO, WE WON’T
This billboard is most likely an advertisement for cancer prevention awareness for men, but one vandal turned it into a humorous reference to the notion that men are stubborn. Is that stereotype accurate? Based on this photo, we’ll let you be the judge. It can sometimes be useful to turn something serious into a lighter chuckle, but we hope no one runs off the road while reading it on the highway!
NO WE WON’T
I Wanna Wish You a Merry Christmas
This act of vandalism is, of course, an amusing play on words inspired by José Feliciano’s popular Christmas single “Feliz Navidad.” Whoever authored this simply wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Unfortunately for whoever is leasing the property, no one can read the phone number to call if anyone wants to query about the lease, but let’s just ignore that and enjoy the Christmas spirit, okay?
I Wanna Wish You A Merry Christmas
Delicious
Johnny Depp seemed perplexed as to why the fragrance he’s posing for is called “sausage.” Don’t worry, Johnny; we’re perplexed by the scenario as well. There’s no reason to feel awful. He also just noticed a sausage dangling just in front of him, and he’s becoming hungry, so he’d appreciate it if you could just hand it to him so he may have a small piece, please and thank you.
Delicious
And She’s Buying the.
There’s a lady who believes that everything that glitters is gold, and she’s planning on purchasing a stairway to paradise. This little vandalism was most likely performed by a college freshman who has recently found Led Zeppelin and wishes to impress everyone in his dorm by writing their lyrics in public locations wherever he can. Is this hypothetical scenario unusually specific? Yes. Is it most likely correct? Yes, also because we all knew him in college.
And She’s Buying The.
I’ll Be Taking That, Thanks
This unwitting wire thief recognized an opportunity to steal all of the wires from the busted apparatus and saunter away with them. And how could anyone charge him with a crime? He just seems so happy! But, in all seriousness, this is just another example of really clever graffiti that makes a dilapidated environment look 10 times more appealing than it would have been if it hadn’t been painted! We don’t support vandalism, but you have to admit, it’s cool art!
I’ll Be Taking That, Thanks
Free Promo
Reddit user Henrychibib and a friend made a phony Whataburger advertisement and placed it in the window without anyone noticing. Given that they’re promoting the business, this is some of the most benign vandalism on this list. “We spied on the employees and waited for the perfect time when they were all sort of back in the kitchen, then just acted quickly,” Henrychibib explained. “We put it up about three weeks ago, and as of a couple days ago, it’s still up!”
Free Promo
An Erratic List
Anyone who despises vandalism, lists, irony, list repetition, or inconsistency will dislike this unstable list. Wait a minute, it’s almost as if the person who wrote this is attempting to play mind games with us, and we don’t like it! Kids and their ingenious bathroom graffiti. They believe they can outwit us, but guess what? It’s effective. They’re smarter than us, and that’s fine. We’ll simply have to accept it and move on.
An Erratic List
ET Phone Home
The simple things, like this sticker of ET riding into the moonlight on a bathroom light, may make a big difference. It’s a seemingly insignificant act of vandalism, yet it says a lot. You don’t always have to make a big deal out of vandalism to make a point. Sometimes it’s about gently sticking it to the man by deliberately placing a small sticker. Again, for legal reasons, we do not condone vandalism and do not advocate that you do so.
ET Phone Home
Words to Live by
What do you think? Not everyone was designed to “go big or go home.” For others of us, “living fast” means knitting sweaters and cuddling lovely, fluffy puppies in the comfort of our own homes, and that’s fine. Take your sarcasm about how uncool it is elsewhere since this is a judgement-free zone! We get to pet dogs at the end of the day, while you have to go to the club. Who is the new loser?
Words To Live By
Eyebrows Frame the Face
Anyone who practices makeup knows that brows are a crucial element for framing the face and keeping one from looking completely wild. This minor act of vandalism perfectly expresses that sentiment. On the right is our typical Lucky Charms leprechaun with normal brows (or lack thereof), and on the left is his evil doppelganger with threatening brows who seems like he’s about to throw a handful of little children into his cauldron and turn them into soup.
Eyebrows Frame The Face
No, This is Patrick
If you’re not aware with this reference, it’s a throwback to a Spongebob Squarepants episode in which Patrick starts working at the Krusty Krab and when customers phone asking, “Is this the Krusty Krab?” he says, “No, this is Patrick.” So, what is this “public health” occurrence that the placard is alluding to? We may never know, and the real question here is, why haven’t you seen this amazing, classic Spongebob episode before?
No This Is Patrick
A Critical Diagnosis
This isn’t funny at all. When a child is diagnosed with…a mustache, it’s a pretty severe condition. It could imply that the child is aging at warp speed and will soon feel the need to file taxes (not the worst thing), or that he or she is transforming into a werewolf and will soon be covered in hair and completely unrecognizable (certainly not ideal). So, if your youngster begins to develop a mustache, act quickly before it’s too late.
A Critical Diagnosis
No Pie for You
Unfortunately, as the sign indicates, this is a no-pie zone. Before you enter the premises, you must toss the pie you are holding. Pies can be used as hazardous weapons, causing injury. We don’t care if you prepared that pie for your dear little elderly grandma who lives down the block; the sign clearly states “NO PIE.” There will be no exceptions! Next time, improve your reading skills. You have been forewarned.
No Pie For You
Drive THROUGH
Finally, someone corrected the terrible spelling of “through” that fast food restaurants constantly use for some strange reason. Are they thinking it’s cute and whimsical? Nobody knows. In any case, it’s “through,” not “thru.” Hopefully, the McDonald’s executives will be able to get it THROUGH their thick brains or employ an editor to spell things for them. We know you can afford to pay someone to write it for you, McDonald’s, because you make billions of dollars per year.
Drive THROUGH