I drive through Finksburg and Westminster, MD, on Rt 140, several times a
week, and lately I have seen several billboards with three stylized
caricatures of a dog's head, with rays projecting out of the head, and the
single word "Heel" also repeated three times. There does not seem to be any
other information. Has anyone else seen anything like this, or have any
idea what it means? I'll try to get a picture of one of the signs to see if
anyone recognizes it.

I seem to remember something like this once before, where a single word was
posted, and then later more was added. This might have been at the
beginning of Baltimore's "Believe" campaign, which is still (sort of)
active. But, given the violence and dangerous conditions that persist in
much of the city, I think it is more appropriate to remove the "Be" part,
and just "lieve". I sure wouldn't want to live (or die) there.

Unlike the "heel" signs, I found a number of references to "Baltimore
Believe":

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4698434
http://baltimorechronicle.com/believe_jul02.shtml
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/loc...3892036.column
http://www.rebuildingmadison.info/BelieveReport.pdf

Maybe it's part of some new campaign...

Paul and Muttley

Hi Paul,
While I don't have dogs of my own, I am, however interested in Street Art (Wooster Collective if you want to see some!).

This could be such a case, though it is hard to be certain since it could be viral marketing indeed.

The only thing I've been able to find out about these billboards is that there are other people curious about them, too. Heres a link to a persons blog who actually has a picture of the billboard, and he is in California..which really leads me to suspect that its just an ad. (Which dissapoints me, I don't exactly like it when advertisements seem to mimic street art..bah!)

Pictures I’ve taken lately… (my life) | My Weekly Disneyland Resort Photo Blog

after a little more searching I found the following:

HEEL HEEL HEEL on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Dog Art Today: HEEL: Disney Gets All Dog Art-y
HEEL

Mystery solved.

"Grimnir" wrote in message
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Paul E. Schoen;348166 Wrote:
I drive through Finksburg and Westminster, MD, on Rt 140, several times
a
week, and lately I have seen several billboards with three stylized
caricatures of a dog's head, with rays projecting out of the head, and
the
single word "Heel" also repeated three times. There does not seem to be
any
other information. Has anyone else seen anything like this, or have any

idea what it means? I'll try to get a picture of one of the signs to
see if
anyone recognizes it.

I seem to remember something like this once before, where a single word
was
posted, and then later more was added. This might have been at the
beginning of Baltimore's "Believe" campaign, which is still (sort of)
active. But, given the violence and dangerous conditions that persist
in
much of the city, I think it is more appropriate to remove the "Be"
part,
and just "lieve". I sure wouldn't want to live (or die) there.

Unlike the "heel" signs, I found a number of references to "Baltimore
Believe":

'"Baltimo BELIEVE and ...: Photo by Photographer Bill Angel -
photo.net' (http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4698434)
'Why 'Baltimore Believe' Cannot Work--and the Real Work We Must Do
Instead' (http://baltimorechronicle.com/believe_jul02.shtml)
'Baltimore, BELIEVE, or not -- -- baltimoresun.com'
(http://tinyurl.com/4xwmr3)
http://www.rebuildingmadison.info/BelieveReport.pdf

Maybe it's part of some new campaign...

Paul and Muttley

Hi Paul,
While I don't have dogs of my own, I am, however interested in Street
Art ('Wooster Collective' (http://www.woostercollective.com) if you
want to see some!).

This could be such a case, though it is hard to be certain since it
could be viral marketing indeed.

The only thing I've been able to find out about these billboards is
that there are other people curious about them, too. Heres a link to a
persons blog who actually has a picture of the billboard, and he is in
California..which really leads me to suspect that its just an ad.
(Which dissapoints me, I don't exactly like it when advertisements seem
to mimic street art..bah!)

'Pictures I’ve taken lately… (my life) | My Weekly
Disneyland Resort Photo Blog' (http://cinemazement.com/blog/?p=7311)

Grimnir

Thanks for finding that. It's exactly the same as what I have seen, so it
must be some sort of commercial advertising. The picture by itself is:
http://cinemazement.com/blog/?attachment_id=7361

I expect it's a teaser of some sort, and will soon be replaced with
whatever it is they're promoting. It may not even be dog-related.

Paul and Muttley

I expect it's a teaser of some sort, and will soon be replaced with
whatever it is they're promoting. It may not even be dog-related.

Disney. "Beverly Hills Chihuaua." http://www.heel.la/main.html
http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/art/...hua_poster.jpg
http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/art/...isney-get.html

wrote in message
...
I expect it's a teaser of some sort, and will soon be replaced with
whatever it is they're promoting. It may not even be dog-related.

Disney. "Beverly Hills Chihuaua." http://www.heel.la/main.html
http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/art/...hua_poster.jpg
http://dreamdogsart.typepad.com/art/...isney-get.html

Fascinating stuff. Subliminal viral advertising. And now we're helping them
by giving exposure in usenet.

Obey the Chihuahua and Hillary Heel, eh?

Paul and Muttley

On May 24, 1:12*am, "Paul E. Schoen" wrote:
I drive through Finksburg and Westminster, MD, on Rt 140, several times a
week, and lately I have seen several billboards with three stylized
caricatures of a dog's head, with rays projecting out of the head, and the
single word "Heel" also repeated three times. There does not seem to be any
other information. Has anyone else seen anything like this, or have any
idea what it means? I'll try to get a picture of one of the signs to see if
anyone recognizes it.

I seem to remember something like this once before, where a single word was
posted, and then later more was added. This might have been at the
beginning of Baltimore's "Believe" campaign, which is still (sort of)
active. But, given the violence and dangerous conditions that persist in
much of the city, I think it is more appropriate to remove the "Be" part,
and just "lieve". I sure wouldn't want to live (or die) there.

Unlike the "heel" signs, I found a number of references to "Baltimore
Believe":

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo...ieveReport.pdf

Maybe it's part of some new campaign...

Paul and Muttley

it has to do with some new movie Disney is releasing about chihuahua's
rebelling against being fashion items,

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On May 24, 1:12 am, "Paul E. Schoen" wrote:
I drive through Finksburg and Westminster, MD, on Rt 140, several times a
week, and lately I have seen several billboards with three stylized
caricatures of a dog's head, with rays projecting out of the head, and
the
single word "Heel" also repeated three times. There does not seem to be
any
other information. Has anyone else seen anything like this, or have any
idea what it means? I'll try to get a picture of one of the signs to see
if
anyone recognizes it.

I seem to remember something like this once before, where a single word
was
posted, and then later more was added. This might have been at the
beginning of Baltimore's "Believe" campaign, which is still (sort of)
active. But, given the violence and dangerous conditions that persist in
much of the city, I think it is more appropriate to remove the "Be" part,
and just "lieve". I sure wouldn't want to live (or die) there.

Unlike the "heel" signs, I found a number of references to "Baltimore
Believe":

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo...ieveReport.pdf

Maybe it's part of some new campaign...

Paul and Muttley

it has to do with some new movie Disney is releasing about chihuahua's
rebelling against being fashion items,

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And the billboards recently have been modified with spray-painted "REBEL!"
and "OBEY".

Paul and Muttley