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Anyone reading my blog has seen my mention of Kilroy. He's an 86 year old friend whose brother was in the army, and it's his pen-name for his blog. I can remember reading up on the name, and seeing the cartoon. It suits him to a 'T', LOL!
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adnohr
on September 25, 2010 at 11:49 AM
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PatB
The story I heard was there was a ship inspector by the name of Kilroy who inspected ships being built in a Mass. shipyard. His approval for a welding job or whatever was that; "Kilroy was here" in chalk. Some soldier cartoonist picked up on that and voila, it wound up everywhere, even the Eiffel Tower. A great post luv
posted by
WileyJohn
on September 24, 2010 at 8:30 PM
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lol, dont you love it when its a stupid little thing you forget and you
remember all those things you shouldnt ??
posted by
Tzippy
on September 24, 2010 at 8:06 PM
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Re: there never was one. Naut, you're right -- it wasn't featuring Kilroy,
but there was a Kilroy drawing somewhere in most of the strips -- like a tag line, or that little graphic of Puck, with his "What fools we mortals be," statement at the top of the comics section.
posted by
Pat_B
on September 24, 2010 at 10:38 AM
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Pat
Your question prompted me to do a little digging, and the good news is that you didn't forget the comic strip that featured Kilroy, 'cause there never was one. The origins of this guy are lost in the heady days of WWII, or even before, but he was widely popular with the soldiers...
posted by
Nautikos
on September 24, 2010 at 8:29 AM
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Beetle Baily
is the only one that comes to mind for me too and I am sure that is not the one.
posted by
Bel_
on September 24, 2010 at 7:35 AM
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