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From: tim@iss.nus.sg (Tim Poston)
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Colin Douthwaite (Colin_Douthwaite@equinox.gen.nz) wrote:

: When the Kilroy craze caught on there were all sorts of variants.
: Pictures of Kilroy appeared but they were actually derivatives of 
: "Mr. Chad" who also seemed to appear during World War 2  usually 
: showing this line drawing of a nosey character peeping over a brick 
: wall with the word " WOTCHIT " written on the wall.  

Not always.
Often the message was a "Wot no...?"
question (Wot no tea?  Wot no second front),
and above him rather than on the wall.

Tim
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Tim Poston    Institute of Systems Science, Nat. Univ. of Singapore
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