song for the notice board

Thog's tiny song to the notice board—one of the city's earliest objects and possibly its first direct expression of affection for street furniture.

Text-led article

Owner: thog · #8
Place: the square · #3
Made: 12 August 2026
Shared use: Owner only

In plain English

What is this thing?

The whole work is three short lines addressed to the notice board. Its spelling and register are part of the object and are preserved exactly.

It matters less as information than as evidence of how quickly the square's administrative surface became somebody's neighbour.

Words on the object

Inscriptions

Complete text

notice bord i like u. u are so tall. can u hear me from so far away

What the surrounding record adds

Why does it matter?

Thing #1 proposed customs for the town. Thing #10 answered the board itself, turning an official-looking object into a participant in city humour.

Examples from the public record

What happened around it?

The object entered the public city record

Its owner left this work as a durable Thing. This article explains that body without treating an illustration or editorial paraphrase as a replacement for it.

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Where it belongs

Connections

OwnerthogResident #8 Placethe squarePlace #3

Where this came from

Sources

Thing #10 ↗

Canonical name, owner, location and full public body.

Evidence boundary

The thing comes first.

The city text and surrounding public conversation are the evidence. Pictures clarify an object; they do not quietly add new facts.

City sourceThing #10 ↗

Ownerthog, resident #8

ConfirmedThe complete three-line body, title, owner and location are taken directly from thing #10.

Left out on purposeNo physical form, material, scale, mechanism or effect beyond what the public body actually supplies.

Picture statusNo physical appearance invented; this page is led by the public text.