Hollywood's vandal with a smile signs off

Sydney Morning Herald ^ | January 29 2007 | na

[fishhound]

I always thought that was a group of people, and differnet ones at different times.

Maybe someone will make the sign say R.I.P. or GOODBYE.

[headstamp]

"Daniel Finegood was born in 1954, in Los Angeles to David Finegood, who owned a furniture-making company, and his wife, Rachel."


Ah, 1954. When men owned their women.

[fishhound]

Good Catch!!! LOL

[July 4th]

Heh heh heh...

[perfect stranger]

[BunnySlippers]

Deborah Orin also dies at 59 of stomach cancer.

Angelina Jolie's mom dies at 56 of ovarian cancer

Same day.

[sig226]

To change the sign, he used stones and rope and erected the fabric as though he was hoisting sails. "His parents were up early that morning to catch it," said his wife, Bonnie Finegood, who met her future husband in high school and married him in 1979. "They were very proud that Danny had thought up this."

I think my mother and father would have been waiting outside the police station so they could kick my ass if I tried something like that when I was a kid.

Of course, it is different if you are a liberal. Then you can vandalize landmarks and it's all good becuase you are not acting out the stupidity of a dunce, you are making a
Social Protest.

[amchugh]

Hey, the first sign mocks stoners so its okay in my book. He used fabric panels rather than painting or permanently marring the sign.

[CheyennePress]

Exactly my thoughts. I don't exactly think "pride" would be the sentiment my parents would emote if I pulled that stunt.

[fishhound]

I would have been emoting a boot out of my.........

[Victoria_R]

I always thought that was a group of people, and differnet ones at different times.

I'm pretty sure Cal Tech students have "hacked" the sign, and I remember Fox got permission to change it to say "FOX" for a day when they started up a fourth network.

[MrJapan]

Whatever happened to the, "All your base are belong to us"?

[Bon mots]

As a teenager, Finegood began collecting STEALING neon signs, including one depicting the Indian chieftain Pontiac whose name was borrowed by a vehicle manufacturer, and a dragon from a Chinese restaurant.

[tdscpa]

I think it is fine and good that he is dead. I have been in favor of the death penalty for vandals for a long time. (Mindless destruction of personal or government property.)

It has probably been as long since his crime as the average murderer spends on death row.

[ActionNewsBill]

I think it is fine and good that he is dead. I have been in favor of the death penalty for vandals for a long time. (Mindless destruction of personal or government property.)

He didn't destroy anything, he simply changed the sign in a non-destructive way.

To change the sign, he used stones and rope and erected the fabric as though he was hoisting sails.

Anyways, to most sane people, using the death penalty against "vandals" is an overreaction.

[tdscpa]

Have you ever suffered any vandalism? I have been subjected to three major incidents, with monetary damages approximating $10,000. Most was covered by insurance, but the cost to me was real (deductibles plus increased insurance cost).

My (and others') damages have cost insureds a lot of money. If someone tried to steal $10,000 from you, would you feel justified in defending your property, perhaps killing the thief?

Is there a difference to you between someone stealing and destroying your property? If so, why?

[DainBramage]

If your child toilet papered a house you would change your mind.

[tdscpa]

That is not vandalism. That is a prank. I used to do stuff like that.

Soap my windows, tp my trees, even burn a sack of dog crap on my porch, OK. I will clean it up, cuss a little, and remember back to when I was a kid.

Steal my golf cart from a shed and leave it upside-down in a pond, spray my white stucco office building with obscenities in black paint, or use your car to spin "donuts" on my newly planted front lawn if you have the balls. I have the guns and will use them if I catch you in the act.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[DainBramage]

You would take a life for some kid doing donuts in your yard?

Wouldnt you call 911 first?