Coating Signs with Crisco

[Geronimo]

I hate to say it, but a lot Ron Paul signs don't last on the NH roadsides for too long. A lot of times they get tossed a few feet into the woods, or high grass. In an effort to keep people from doing this, I thought I'd use 3M spray adhesive on the sign, but the test sign turned kind of brownish, so now I'm using..

http://www.quickie.com/ClientSettings/Images/Products/ProductThumb164.jpg

and

http://image.lotte.com/lotte/images/goods/007007002/7266434.jpg

[ValidusCustodiae]

That will really give them the slip!- yukyuk

[TechnoGuyRob]

Make a trap! Yanking out a sign leads a giant cage to roll out of the trees and over the perpetrator. :D

[DaronWestbrooke]

Barb wire?

[ItsTime]

illegal


Barb wire?

[Bradley in DC]

what about that anti-bank robber blue ink?

[DaronWestbrooke]

OK, rusty barb wire then.

[constituent]

can't beat the price on that crisco though.

[constituent]

OK, rusty barb wire then.

what's barb wire?

[ItsTime]

funny little side note on this subject. My fathers friend had his little yard sign stolen. So what did he do? He got a 4x8 and put it on his garage :)

[DaronWestbrooke]

what's barb wire?

http://www.mysteryartsgroup.com/art/fullsize/92_barb_wire.jpg

[constituent]

oh, you meant *barbed* wire, I see.

[Geronimo]

can't beat the price on that crisco though.

With my luck the signs will attract small vermin and such.

[Alabama Supporter]

I got a car magnet stolen today at Olive Garden. I was pissed.

I don't know if it was a Fred supporter, a thief, or a punk.

[Eric21ND]

two words....

pellet gun

[Geronimo]

Three words..

Too many locations.

Although, it might help Alabama Supporter

[michaelwise]

Return Deposit $1.00 Return to a local Meetup.com Ron Paul Meetup Group. Write this on each sign.

[BrianH]

There was a YouTube with enterprising folks demonstrating the art of nailing a Ron Paul sign 10' high on a telephone pole without a ladder. Under cover of dark they used a 2 wire prong to lift the sign and a hammer on a long pole to bang in nails. Pretty clever - but they were incriminating themselves by posting on YouTube

[voortrekker]

Put RP signs up higher than the average person can steal.

Telephone pole, a tree on aside the highway.

Especially putting one a top one of these prickly cedar trees here in TX, no one but a RP supporter would get into one of these to support his/her candidate.:)

You may need a ladder, but your signs will last longer me thinks.

Crisco, though creative, I honestly don't think will work.

[ItsTime]

respect property rights. in some states telephone polls are a no no


Put RP signs up higher than the average person can steal.

Telephone pole, a tree on aside the highway.

Especially putting one a top one of these prickly cedar trees here in TX, no one but a RP supporter would get into one of these to support his/her candidate.:)

You may need a ladder, but your signs will last longer me thinks.

Crisco, though creative, I honestly don't think will work.

[LibertyOfOne]

With my luck the signs will attract small vermin and such.


Crisco is made of transfats. No known animal other than humans will eat it.

[pcosmar]

Mix this with the crisco.
http://www.amazon.com/Tinks-Stink-Skunk-Scent-17957/dp/B000AU396M

They won't mess with them again.

[LibertyEagle]

Mix this with the crisco.
http://www.amazon.com/Tinks-Stink-Skunk-Scent-17957/dp/B000AU396M

They won't mess with them again.

:D

[LibertyEagle]

Return Deposit $1.00 Return to a local Meetup.com Ron Paul Meetup Group. Write this on each sign.

That's encouraging them to take them down though.

[LibertyEagle]

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[LibertyOfOne]

The melting point of Crisco is around 35–45°C. What you can do is put it in a dispenser bottle and let it set in the sun till it melts. Then add the Skunk sent and mix. After you place the sign squirt it with the mixture.

[Eric21ND]

LOL that's gold!

[Duckman]

RP signs might be declared a biohazard! :D

[pcosmar]

RP signs might be declared a biohazard! :D

Nope it's natural.

[nyrgoal99]

lol

[fj45lvr]

skunk scent is good and would be great to contaminate anyone touching the sign.

Placing them high enough so that they can't reach them works too.

surrounding the sign with dog crap or something similarly noxious may work too as they have to walk through it to get the sign.

[Mr. White]

Uh, I'd be careful with the skunk scent. Great idea but wouldn't be popular.

"God it reaks everytime we go by one of those signs!"

[Primbs]

In California we had signs put up professionally thirty feet up on the poles and people would take them down at three in the morning.

There were also professional sign thieves who drove around all day and took down signs. We figured it out who it was after a while for the yard signs. We never did catch the guys who would take down the signs thirty feet up in the air.

Also they will try to break into the headquarters in the early AM as well.

Once you figure out who it is get a video camera and record and either put on youtube or give the evidence to the police.

Usually they were liberal activists.

[r3volution]

extra large cans of the generic brand of WD40 should work good and be easier to put on ..

[NewEnd]

Mix a small amount of hair dye with crisco in a large batch, then coat the edges

that should keep it hydrated, and dye hands and clothes

also, I read horse makeup will dye your hands.

[McDermit]

horse makeup?

[jjockers]

horse makeup and all natural skunk scent sound like excellent additions to the Ron Paul store. :D:):p :eek:

[vegetarianrpfan]

Wonderful ideas, guys.

I recently had three signs I put up stolen... it was pretty discouraging to me. At least one was up for a month, but the last two were in the most visible part of town and I had waited to put them up so I could make sure to do it right.

I live about a mile from John Edwards, so I'm pretty sure it was an Edwards supporter who is guilty. I had put another one at the entrance to the subdivision that houses Edwards' campaign headquarters, and I haven't checked but it's probably gone as well.

The next signs I put up will definitely have liberal amounts of Crisco added.

Have people noticed any difference between official-looking signs and handmade signs? Are people more or less likely to take handmade signs?

Has anyone thought of making signs with spikes on the side? :)

[Roxi]

Return Deposit $1.00 Return to a local Meetup.com Ron Paul Meetup Group. Write this on each sign.

sure and a giuliani supporter shows up with 200 of your signs and demands his money.... then donates it to THE GHOUL!!!!:p

[American]

Barb wire?

Yeah, I like the idea also...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/jackgreen7/barbwire.jpg

I like this barb wire better though....
http://www.impawards.com/1996/posters/barb_wire_ver1.jpg I'm "into" these kind of things dont ya know.....:D

I wish I had barb wire to put on my signs, I am sure it would be a huge hit. I can "get behind" this idea....:rolleyes:

[michaelwise]

sure and a giuliani supporter shows up with 200 of your signs and demands his money.... then donates it to THE GHOUL!!!!:pI figure they will be down in 2 or three days anyway, why not have someone return them so you can put them back up another time. Cheaper than making or buying new ones.

[speciallyblend]

They wouldnt steal the signs,unless they thought you were a threat,look at it as flattering?:)

[Geronimo]

extra large cans of the generic brand of WD40 should work good and be easier to put on ..

I tried WD-40 on a sample sign and it didn't stay slimy enough.