This is actually pretty nifty.

People and their art,
most of it I just dont get,
Give me a good fart,
and it'll make my eyes wet

I know I'm not the rhyming guy, it just worked out so well.

How avant garde! And by avant garde I mean moronically turdish.

I wonder if this is publicly funded art?

Subby seeks satisfaction with stupid sentences

Did they all reply: "How about them Stillers?"

A pittsburger does not sound tasty.

Pissoff, punk

JC

bumbling babushkas babble brainlessly about buffoonery

FTFA
"Ms. Clayton said she moved from England to Pittsburgh with her husband, Seth, "due to a mysterious vision. I saw the word 'Pittsburgh' written in block fancy letters in my mind and we decided on that basis to move here."

The authors of these letters are clearly motivated by logical premises and go about their business in a rational and effective manner.

Meh. It's kinda stupid.

Deb Jozwiak, a resident of Melwood Avenue, said a neighbor came by with several letters and said, "What is this? We all got these up on Bethoven.' He's a SWAT guy trained in threats and he said he was afraid to open them up, worrying about white powder.

"Some neighbors were kind of spooked by it. One woman who lives by herself got a letter that said something about coming to dinner."

Leslie Clague, a staff member at the Polish Hill Civic Association, said the office has fielded numerous calls and e-mails, some from people scared or made anxious by what the messages might mean.



Ahh, America. Land of the free, home of the brave people scared by a simple letter.

There's an old Polish proverb that says, "No matter how warm the smile on the face of the sun, the cat still has her kittens under the porch."

Debug or close......what to do ?

I too am "trained in threats".

Panel ponders possibility: put pierogis in potholes, perhaps prolong pavement?

"one elderly woman who recently buried her husband received a letter in which he is mentioned, she said."

Was it the Fingerhut catalog, saying it was his last issue if he didn't place an order?

Holy crap, that's where my grandparents lived, and where my brother is maintaining the apartment building now. I gotta ask if he got this.

EMCGuy: Deb Jozwiak, a resident of Melwood Avenue, said a neighbor came by with several letters and said, "What is this? We all got these up on Bethoven.' He's a SWAT guy trained in threats and he said he was afraid to open them up, worrying about white powder.

"Some neighbors were kind of spooked by it. One woman who lives by herself got a letter that said something about coming to dinner."

Leslie Clague, a staff member at the Polish Hill Civic Association, said the office has fielded numerous calls and e-mails, some from people scared or made anxious by what the messages might mean.



Ahh, America. Land of the free, home of the brave people scared by a simple letter.

Sadly This.

Art is hard to define, but it seems obvious that art is not something that bored teenagers would do because it's "lol so random".

I bet Jack Buck left the puzzle for them to solve.

Them British are so nebby. Bunch a jag offs.

On Usenet circa 1990 it was still not uncommon for people's .signatures to have their actual postal addresses. I recall that in 1990 or 1991 a bunch of frequent contributors to one newsgroup got postcards with a single letter (and a number indicating its position in the sentence) -- I think I still have the one I received. Sadly, not enough people participated in the collaborative decoding effort, and we never found out what the secret message was... do you think it still might be a bomb threat?

FTA "The address is written in rounded, no-frills British handwriting"

Oh yes, typically British. Clearly you're some farking expert. I'm sure the Royal Mail postmark had nowt to do with it.

I probably would have thought it was a puzzle that would eventually reveal "Be sure to drink your ovaltine".

It's a cool idea, but most people get too much junk mail to give it enough attention.

What rounded, no-frills British handwriting may look like



\Apologies for the picture size. Not for the hot-linking tho.

Interest is piqued.

It's so poorly written, it's hurts my eyes to read it.

FTFA: Ms. Clayton said she moved from England to Pittsburgh with her husband, Seth, "due to a mysterious vision. I saw the word 'Pittsburgh' written in block fancy letters in my mind and we decided on that basis to move here."

mkultra4013: There's a big sign on Mt. Washington in block letters that says "Pittsburgh."

I think Ms. Clayton has some blocks in her head.

brap: I actually have a couple of theories as to who is behind this.

You could go ahead and prove your theories by actually reading the article, where it gives their full names and regions of residence. And a URL to their blog. But maybe the mystery is better when it's just a theory, what do I know?

Pittsburgh SWAT were the only team to hit targets from a moving helicopter in a televised sniper competition. They beat all American branches of the military*, and international forces in that portion of the contest.

*except for the Coast Guard. I don't recall them being there.

The more you know... ?