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This is the fastest way to get your Council to fix a pothole.

What’s the best way to get the council to fix your potholes?

Sure, you could write them a letter.

You could ring the council pothole hotline.

You could wait patiently for months while nothing is done about it.

Or, you could draw a thumping huge penis around them and watch the council scramble.

His signature work (image via facebook: Wanksy- Road Artist)

A mystery artist in the UK has taken matters into their own hands, etching big chalk dicks around road damage in Bury, resulting in the potholes being fixed VERY quickly.

“Wanksy” as he/she or they are known, has been hailed a hero by both social media and this entire office, who stand for both the juvenile hilarity of crude drawings and the safety advantages of pothole repair.

The asphalt artwork meant that some potholes that had been lying wan in the council district for over eight months were suddenly filled within 48 hours.

Success (via facebook: Wanksy – Road Artist)

The council aren’t seeing the funny side, describing the artwork as  “obscene” and urging Wanksy to do his penis handiwork in private.

“The actions of this individual are not only stupid but incredibly insulting to local residents,” the Bury Council spokesman told the BBC.

It’s grating on the council. (image via facebook: Wanksy – Road Artist)

“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?”

MORE DICKS IN REAL LIFE: The penis jacket that melted the internet 

The comments elicited a response from Wanksy fans on social media, with some calling on the artist to extend his works into council chambers:

 

 

The drawings are not permanent with the artist telling the BBC he only wished to draw attention to the dangers of potholes to cars and cyclists. He says he has considered the legal implications of the drawings and so uses a temporary paint used by road marking professionals.

 

Click through for a gallery of Wanksy’s finest work:

 

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