Slopaganda

Ninety-three posters the world keeps putting up: on a canteen wall, a hoarding by the vats, the back of a door. Who pastes them up, nobody has said. The codex has a proposed entry. Here they all are at once, which is not how they are meant to be found.

Hung the way a noticeboard is read: the orders first, then the calls to join, then the sayings.

Orders

Do this, don’t do that. The sort pasted up near the work. Sixteen.

  1. A red sheet with a cream bucket splashing slop where a crown would sit, the last word of the slogan standing in a puddle of it.Keep calm and slop onAfter Keep Calm and Carry On
  2. A yellow crane lowers a dripping cube of teal slime onto an unfinished stone archway, with a bulldozer, striped barriers and far-off towers.Mind the slopAfter Mind the gap
  3. Two hands in orange gloves pour green slime carefully from a steel jug into a funnel, the last drop falling into a tray.Please slop responsiblyAfter Drink responsibly
  4. A huge needle stitches a cracked clock face shut with thread of dripping red slime; the hands say about ten past eight.A slop in time saves nineAfter A stitch in time saves nine
  5. A giant bucket tips a wave of green slime over a cargo ship in a stormy sea, inside a cream circle on navy.Loose slop sinks shipsAfter Loose lips might sink ships
  6. A gloved hand holds a magnifying glass dripping red slime over a spotless white teacup in a yellow spotlight, red arrows pointing at the cup.Report all unslopped objectsAfter Report suspicious activity
  7. A security camera pours a flood of hot-pink slime over a city skyline and its bridges, rays fanning out behind it.If you see something, slop somethingAfter If you see something, say something
  8. Rows of mine carts brimming with green slime run along a trestle past factory towers and waterfalls of slime, a huge green drop rising like the sun.Your daily slop quota builds tomorrowAfter Soviet five-year-plan posters
  9. A toad in overalls holds a crate of purple cabbages dripping purple slime, rows of them behind, a red barn and a setting sun.Slop localAfter Buy local
  10. A bulldog in a stationmaster uniform stamps a paper at a desk, with a spread of forms beneath its paw.The slop stops hereAfter The buck stops here
  11. A frog in a yellow raincoat stands beside a railway signal as a purple train crosses a small bridge.Slop, look and listenAfter Stop, look and listen
  12. A single eye peers from a vintage television screen coated in dripping yellow-green slop.Slop is watching youAfter Big Brother is watching you
  13. A green atom-shaped ribbon rises from a glass beaker above a laboratory bench.Think outside the slopAfter Think outside the box
  14. An orange van drips green slime onto a road at sunset.If this van is slopping, don’t come a-knockingAfter If this van is rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’
  15. A purple van drips green slime beneath a large moon in a desert landscape.If this van is slopping, don’t come a-knocking (moonlit)After If this van is rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’
  16. A high green wave curls over a small ship in a dark, foaming sea.Loose slop sinks ships (red wave)After Loose lips sink ships

Calls

Join, work, give. The sort pasted up where people walk past. Twenty-four.

  1. A scowling octopus in a battered top hat and work overalls points straight out, its other arms holding four buckets of dripping teal slime.I want you to slopAfter I Want You for U.S. Army
  2. A giant smiling lavender slime leans over a factory and holds out a sealed envelope to workers in hard hats walking in through a lit doorway.Slop wants you!After I want you
  3. A raccoon in a red polka-dot headscarf and a blue work shirt rolls up a sleeve and flexes an arm coated in green slime.We can slop it!After We Can Do It!
  4. A raccoon in a green cap points out of the poster, its other paw on a glass dome guarding one glowing green drop, pines and factory chimneys behind.Only you can prevent slop shortagesAfter Only you can prevent forest fires
  5. A giant copper mop and bucket stand on an art deco monument, teal slime spilling down its steps into a pool, sunbeams and towers behind.Ask not what your slop can do for youAfter Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country
  6. A gloved fist bursts from broken chains gripping a can that overflows with green slime, against red and black rays.Slopping is not a crimeAfter a raised fist
  7. An army helmet with a peace sign lies on its side brimming with pink slime, orange daisies growing out of it and a butterfly on the rim.Make slop, not warAfter Make love, not war
  8. A city of towers and viaducts with a monorail, its buildings and streets running with rivers of orange and purple slime under an orange sun.A clean city is a missed opportunityAfter Keep Britain Tidy
  9. A vivid pink paper crane rises from an open cardboard box divided into dark compartments.Slop outside the boxAfter Think outside the box
  10. Two beetles haul a glowing purple blob up a rough wooden ramp toward an open glass jar.No slop left behindAfter No one left behind
  11. Several crane arms lower enormous spoons into a circular vat of golden slop.Do your bit. Stir the slop.After Do your bit
  12. Mechanical workers raise dripping tools above a red industrial skyline.Workers of the world, slop!After Workers of the world, unite
  13. An enormous carrot rises from neat rows of leafy crops as a garden fork leans nearby.Slop for victoryAfter Dig for victory
  14. A small hamster in a tricorn hat raises a spoon from the rim of a huge empty bowl.Give me slop or give me deathAfter Give me liberty or give me death
  15. A startled lobster rises in a column of light above a circular platform, with a ringed planet beyond.Slop me up, ScottyAfter Beam me up, Scotty
  16. A brass diving machine shaped like a teapot descends among coral slop and a small squid.Slop boldlyAfter Go boldly
  17. A golden carp leaps through a curling blue wave beneath a red sun.Carpe slopAfter Carpe diem
  18. Three children hold bowls beneath a stream of green slime pouring from an industrial pipe.The children yearn for the slopAfter The children yearn for the mines
  19. A fountain pen pours ink into a churning sea where geometric fish swim.Make slop, not senseAfter Make love, not war
  20. A large ocean liner pushes through high green waves beneath a blue sky.Full slop aheadAfter Full steam ahead
  21. A roller skate rides a curling green stream around a glowing disco rink.Let the good times slopAfter Let the good times roll
  22. A striped market stall displays baskets of green vegetables and overflowing slime.Support your local slopAfter Support your local market
  23. A rocket rises above the lunar surface on a towering plume of green slime.We have liftslopAfter We have lift-off
  24. A monumental ladle rises above a factory skyline beneath rays of orange light.Ask not what slop can do for you (the monument)After Ask not what your country can do for you

Sayings

A proverb, a song, a famous line, with one word changed. The sort pasted up anywhere. Fifty-three.

  1. A rusty orange robot in a hard hat stands resigned under a burst pipe pouring blue slime, holding a small umbrella beside itself.Slop happensAfter Shit happens
  2. Two hands in rolled blue sleeves knead a lump of orange slime on a spattered table, with a tipped tin, tools in a pot and an orange handprint on paper.To slop is humanAfter To err is human, to forgive divine
  3. A smiling sun carries a tin bucket overflowing with pink slime like a hot-air balloon over a riverside village, pink drops falling.Happiness is a full bucketAfter Happiness is a warm puppy
  4. A melting heart of pink and orange slime over a winding rainbow river and daisies, a dove carrying a drop of blue slime.All you need is slopAfter All You Need Is Love
  5. A melting mirror ball drips pink and orange slime onto a checkered dance floor where two figures made of slime dance among stars.Can’t slop the feelingAfter Can’t Stop the Feeling!
  6. A grand piano on a red-curtained stage drips teal slime, its keyboard unrolling across the floor like a ribbon, inside a gold art deco frame.The slop must go onAfter The show must go on
  7. A raven in a red velvet robe and ruff holds up a skull of amber slime in a spotlight between red stage curtains.To slop or not to slopAfter To be, or not to be
  8. A bronze robot sits on a stone block in the pose of a famous thinking statue, its glass dome of a head full of swirling purple slime.I think, therefore I slopAfter I think, therefore I am
  9. A small green slime sits under a desk lamp while its shadow on the red wall behind is a huge clawed monster with jagged teeth.The only thing we have to fear is slop itselfAfter The only thing we have to fear is fear itself
  10. An astronaut’s boot lifts out of a footprint full of orange slime on the grey Moon, a lunar lander and the Earth behind.One small slop for manAfter That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
  11. A snail in a space suit and a fishbowl helmet holds up a glowing tube of orange slime on an asteroid, a huge ringed green planet overhead.May the slop be with youAfter May the Force be with you
  12. A grinning lime-green slime in lightning-bolt sunglasses bursts out of a battered bucket, tongue out, against a purple and pink starburst.I got sloppy at slopped.siteAfter I went to … and all I got was this lousy T-shirt
  13. A fern of amber slime grows out of a crack in a mossy stone gear wheel in a forest, a green beetle climbing beside it.Slop finds a wayAfter Life finds a way
  14. A branching tree of books and blue slop rises from an open volume in a tall library.Knowledge is slopAfter Knowledge is power
  15. A large snail carries a small house on its shell along a winding road through a flowered valley.There’s no place like slopAfter There’s no place like home
  16. A stream of green slop wraps around a sword and a feathered pen.A slop is mightier than the swordAfter The pen is mightier than the sword
  17. A green waterfall of slop pours down a high, rust-coloured mountain between pale snowy peaks.Slop without limitsAfter Without limits
  18. A fox pilots a small land yacht across a bright desert, its striped sail full in the wind.Fortune favors the sloppyAfter Fortune favors the bold
  19. A gentle elephant leans toward a tiny pink blob beside a single flower.A slop’s a slop, no matter how smallAfter A person is a person, no matter how small
  20. Two hermit crabs pull ropes around a large pink pearl on a beach.Slop together, stronger togetherAfter Stronger together
  21. Two koi circle one another through a lavender pool beneath falling petals.Slop and let slopAfter Live and let live
  22. An owl jeweller studies an emerald drop through a lens at a cluttered workbench.All that glitters is not slopAfter All that glitters is not gold
  23. A curling orange river of slop winds through a clean-lined future city beside a chrome toaster.The slop of tomorrow, todayAfter The future, today
  24. A small pink blob is lifted from a picnic table by a green beam beneath a flying saucer.The slop is out thereAfter The truth is out there
  25. A stone bust crowned with laurel is covered from the face down in bright teal slop.Veni, vidi, sloppiAfter Veni, vidi, vici
  26. A flamingo stands in a bright blue fountain as the water breaks into tiers around it.Stay sloppyAfter Stay happy
  27. A kingfisher stands beside a curling stream of orange slop and a clock at sunrise.The early bird gets the slopAfter The early bird gets the worm
  28. A tortoise carrying blue bricks crosses a red-rock plain toward a long arched aqueduct.Slop wasn’t built in a dayAfter Rome wasn’t built in a day
  29. Five streams of differently coloured slop flow together beneath a row of metal spouts.United we slopAfter United we stand
  30. A violet river winds through a birch forest beneath a distant mountain range.The slop less traveledAfter The road less traveled
  31. A blue lobster in a captain’s hat holds an orange globe above a broad sea.The world is your slopsterAfter The world is your oyster
  32. A teal spring rises in a spiral above a warm pool with a capybara resting nearby.Slop springs eternalAfter Hope springs eternal
  33. A hedgehog in a mail carrier’s cap delivers parcels along a pink stream.Good things come to those who slopAfter Good things come to those who wait
  34. A jellyfish carries a small airship basket above rolling sage-coloured hills.Slop is in the airAfter Love is in the air
  35. A lavender sphere rolls across a red desert beneath distant mesas.A rolling slop gathers no mossAfter A rolling stone gathers no moss
  36. A smiling lemon press squeezes a grey storm cloud into a pink drink.When life gives you slopAfter When life gives you lemons
  37. Two dressed peacocks face one another across a small pink blob on a banquet table.Much ado about slopAfter Much ado about nothing
  38. A green-and-blue planet rests in a shallow spoon against a field of stars.There is no slop BAfter There is no planet B
  39. Two small tin robots sit close together under one umbrella on a wet bench.Slop will keep us togetherAfter Love will keep us together
  40. A small stream of orange slop turns a chain of wooden waterwheels beside a mountain road.A little slop goes a long wayAfter A little goes a long way
  41. A turquoise river cuts across a folded map and pours over its lower edge.Slop knows no bordersAfter Love knows no borders
  42. A peach is cut open to reveal a small furnished sitting room inside.Slop sweet slopAfter Home sweet home
  43. A duck doctor in a white coat offers a cup beside a large clock on a velvet chair.Slop is the best medicineAfter Laughter is the best medicine
  44. A smiling wave of green slime takes the spotlight before a silhouetted orchestra.The slop must go on (emerald stage)After The show must go on
  45. A wave of green slime spills coins from an open chest on a rocky tropical shore.Fortune favors the sloppy (emerald treasure)After Fortune favors the bold
  46. A tipped bucket spills golden liquid across an empty, curtained theatre stage.The slop must go on (golden stage)After The show must go on
  47. An ornate silver cup filled with bubbling slime sits inside a radiating decorative frame.In slop we trustAfter In God we trust
  48. A large station clock melts into a green stream above a waiting steam train.You can’t rush slopAfter You can’t rush art
  49. An orange alarm clock softens and pools across the floor beneath bold lettering.Better slop than neverAfter Better late than never
  50. A towering slime janitor sweeps green liquid across a lit city street at night.Slop never sleepsAfter The city never sleeps
  51. A spoon drips green liquid into a river winding through a broad valley.A little slop goes a long way (one drop)After A little goes a long way
  52. A green slime creature eats loose papers beside a worried child at a classroom desk.Slop ate my homeworkAfter The dog ate my homework
  53. A small snail follows a winding green stream through a broad desert valley.No slop too smallAfter No job too small