"State officials Thursday pointed to the failure of the quality assurance office within the Vermont Correctional Industries Print Shop in St. Albans to detect a prisoner-artist’s addition made four years ago to the traditional state police logo. A spot on the shoulder of the cow in the state emblem was modified into a pig. An investigation has begun into how the computer program was improperly modified to insert the image, Vermont Corrections Commissioner Andy Pallito said."
—Some thirty Vermont State police cars have been displaying the subtle joke of a clever prison inmate for the past four years. New decals are being produced (at a cost of 780 tax-payer dollars!) The pigs will be removed. What the fuzz have failed to notice, though, is how much the "O" in "Police" looks like a donut. [Via]
Friday, February 3, 2012
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I love this story. I thought they weren't going to remove the decals:(
Meow?
@My Number Is My Address At least these shenanigans are cheeky and fun
I love this practical joke. Just subversive enough. However, what offends me most about the logo is that yellowish blob to the left of the pig-spotted cow. What is that supposed to be?
That is a very good question. I don't know. There are three of them, on the full seal:
http://media.komonews.com/images/120202_police_pig_prank.jpg
Cheese?
@whizz_dumb They're bundles of grain. Though they look like little forest spirits in the closeups.
@whizz_dumb Looks like one of the forest spirits from Princess Mononoke. THAT would be some subtle subversion, right there.
@Dave Bry Bundles of grain, come on, we all know it's naturally occurring field cheese. I thought it was a poorly drawn puppy-dog at first but the cow is so much more lifelike I reconsidered.
What you forget is that $780 is like 10% of Vermont's budget.