it's the claw

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A guy says he did the first one. Could be. Is that image of the first one you remember seeing?

Comments

[hattifattener]

I think the first one I saw had more zigzaggy lobsterishness to the claw. But there's no reason to think the first one I saw was the first one ever.

[marzipan-pig.livejournal.com]

The true claw wouldn't need recognition, just our ongoing admiration/support/copycatting.

[beaq.livejournal.com]

I saw this one early on, if not the very first time. I can't imagine that it was parallel evolution in graffiti (the way some word coinages might happen near in time, plausibly multi-sourced), and most normalish people wouldn't try to claim credit for something so silly. So, sure, I'll buy it.

[jcreed.livejournal.com]

There was this one time wjl and I and some other people were at Primanti's back in pittsburgh and we were discussing their default insertion of coleslaw into the sandwiches. I came out very strongly against coleslaw; I always ask for them to leave it off. William, however, quipped: it's not just a good idea. It's the slaw.

[rehana.livejournal.com]

I think I've only seen the one on Mercer along the 15/18 bus route. It's shaped like that.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

That's the first one I saw, yes. Someone had to be first, so why not him?

[via-lens.livejournal.com]

If only the original CLAW had been misspelled and featured almost-right-but-twitch-inducingly-wrong grammar. Then we'd have no problem matching this guy's blog post to the start of the movement.

(I can't like people who whine, "I WANT THE CREDIT!")

[sisterfish.livejournal.com]

The first one I saw was over on the road that winds behind the deli/gas station over by the Montlake entrance to 520...Interlaken, maybe?

John says he's seen about 5 of them in Seattle.