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“Clap my hands and jump for joy;
I was here before Kilroy.”
“Sorry to spoil your little joke;
I was here, but my pencil broke.”
— Kilroy
In September 1946, Enterprise Records released a song by NBC singer Paul Page titled "Kilroy Was Here."
Peter Viereck wrote a poem, published in 1948, about the ubiquitous Kilroy, writing that "God is like Kilroy. He, too, Sees it all."
Isaac Asimov's 1955 short story The Message depicts a time-travelling George Kilroy from the thirtieth century as the writer of the graffiti.
Thomas Pynchon's 1963 novel V. includes the proposal that the Kilroy doodle originated from a band-pass filter diagram.
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Kilroy at the MCV Tunnel System in Richmond.
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A blue drawing of Kilroy.
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Kilroy at the Foxx Equipment Mural.
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A chalk drawing of Kilroy.
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A drawing of Kilroy.
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A drawing of Kilroy. Note that he is thinking, "Kirby".
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