Slaves to their wages – Street art Barton style

johnboy 2 February 2011 2 February 2011 4

DoppelFrog spotted this one in Barton off Brisbane Avenue and thought it profound.

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4 Responses to Slaves to their wages – Street art Barton style

Chop71 9:15 am 03 Feb 11

graffiti

nsn 3:35 pm 02 Feb 11

Slave to Banksy.

Erg0 3:24 pm 02 Feb 11

That’s been there for a long time, at least 5 years if memory serves – could be one for the urban relics thread. I notice someone’s pluralised it since I last walked past, though.

georgesgenitals 3:05 pm 02 Feb 11

Perhaps we need an alternative – ‘on the dole by choice’?

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