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.
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.
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.
“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?”
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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:
Penis Potholes
Top Comments
Hey if it gets the problem fixed, cudos to them. Having said that, looking at the repair job the council have done, it will only last till the next rainfall.
Yes, it looks like a pretty crappy job.
Do you think I could get the soccer posts put back up at our local park by drawing a penis on the ground?
More so, why does a council take down posts because the oval was being used too much? So few parks are used at all and here we had a bunch of teenagers who welcomed anyone to come play soccer a couple nights a week... Someone even brought Fluro vests for them and they took the posts away because it was too organised. Damn those teenagers having motivation, leadership and healthy activities. We really should encourage them into their screens and grafiti more often.
Because as soon as you get organised it goes away from being a Public Open Space (a park) and into an area being used for a sport. No one else can use it then.
I'm sure the insurance company will look at it differently, plus then you have the real soccer clubs paying for their grounds upkeep while the kids on the park get it for free.