Hmm. I was reading the SMH this morning at home over breakfast, and I came upon this article about two people who drowned in a storm drain yesterday. I remember being a little surprised that the title on the SMH home page was “Artists drown in drain,” especially as the “artists” in question were spray painting graffiti in a drain. I half-expected the paper to call them vandals. Anyway, it’s two hours later now and it looks like they’ve changed it to “Graffitists drown in drain.” (Archived here for posterity.) I wonder if they had some complaints or something.
M-H
January 21, 2008 — 10:51 am
We both noticed this in the paper edition and nearly spat our breakfasts. The question was asked “If artists draw in a drain and no-one notices, is the art really there?”
Kris
January 21, 2008 — 3:49 pm
Now they’re saying they were urban cavers. I like how the SMH’s source makes it sound like such serious business and then also mentions that they’ve named one portion of the drain “The Bong Room.”
M-H
January 22, 2008 — 10:16 am
Then there’s this other thing they’re talking about… ‘sewer-sliders’. Am I a boring old lady, or are these people mad?
Kris
January 22, 2008 — 10:37 am
They’re mad. I’ve read about real urban spelunkers before, and they don’t get shit-faced drunk and carry cans of spray paint. I think it’s horrible that they died, but man, they were idiots.