HOW DO YOU FIX THE POTHOLE PROBLEM? THIS ARTIST HAS A SOLUTION.....

     Am I the only one in America who could care less about the riots in Baltimore? If those animals in Baltimore want to burn down their city and act like assholes let them! It's so stupid! It's sad too because I thought Baltimore was a beautiful city with a great baseball stadium. Besides, we have a bigger problem up here in the north. With all of the snow we had this winter, there were salt trucks. Those salt trucks led to salt eating our roadways, which led to potholes. Potholes lead to damaged tires, rims and car alignment. Our tax dollars are supposed to go to fixing those potholes, yet it seems we have more potholes than ever. I drove up north this past weekend and the highways are so bad and filled with potholes. How can we get rid of these annoying potholes? Well, there's an artist from Manchester, England, who has an idea and I think it's brilliant!

     Armed with a can of washable spray paint, this artist has embarked on a worthy crusade to rid his region of potholes by drawing penises or women with their legs spread on them. That...Is...Awesome! The anonymous artist, who goes by the name "Wansky," said he decided to draw attention to the "appalling" pothole-ridden streets after some of his cyclist friends were badly injured on the roads. Oh, I didn't think of that one. You can add that to the list of reasons why potholes are bad. Wansky told the Manchester Evening News, "I wanted to attract attention to the pothole and make it memorable. Nothing seemed to do this better than a giant comedy phallus. It's also speedy, I don't want it to be in the road for a long time. It seems to have become my signature. I just want to make people smile and draw attention to the problem."

      The artist, who uses non-permanent paint that he says washes out within a week or two, says that his scheme has proven successful thus far, with the potholes apparently getting fixed much quicker. He said, "People will drive over the same pothole and forget about it. Suddenly, you draw something amusing around it, everyone sees it and either gets reported or fixed."

     Wanksy, whose pseudonym was inspired by street artist Banksy, has apparently won himself many fans for his antics. However, the local government is not as amused. A council spokesman in Bury, a town in Greater Manchester told the Evening News that the artist's actions "are not only stupid but incredibly insulting to local residents. 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? Not only is this vandalism, but it's also counter-productive. Every penny that we have to spend cleaning off this graffiti is a penny less that we have to spend on actually repairing the potholes."

     Who are they kidding? The artist is using washable paint that allegedly washes off with water. Was the artist's tactic effective? I'd say it was because those potholes were filled. Who cares if families with children saw these x-rated drawings? These dangerous potholes should have been fixed. What were they waiting for? For it to stop snowing? Well, it stopped snowing! I think we should start drawing these x-rated pictures on our potholes, as well. Something needs to light a fire under our local government's asses.