You can tell a lot about a country by the grafiti on its lampposts. Here’s some I saw in Chorlton, Ma”d”chester, England, Her Majesty’s British Empire:

A lamppost in Chorlton, Manchester

It’s cheeky, it’s playful, it’s sort of smutty (isn’t it? Is that just me?).

Here’s one I saw last night in Jing-An, Shang-”Shangers”-Hai, The-Middle-Kingdom-Which-Will-One-Day-Rule-Us-All-With-An-Iron Fist:

No smoking

It’s quirky, it’s situationist, it’s spelt incorrectly.

Bravo to both of them I say.