Its origin is debated, but the phrase and the distinctive accompanying doodle became associated with GIs in the 1940s: a bald-headed man (sometimes depicted as having a few hairs) with a …

2018年4月9日 · The graffito of a bald man looking over a wall—his long nose falling over its surface and fingers curled around its edge—is commonly called a Kilroy and usually …

2022年7月17日 · He’s a bald (or balding) gentleman with a big nose, drawn peeking over a wall. Next to him is usually the phrase “Kilroy was here.” He can be found all over the world, and …

2000年8月4日 · The little cartoon bald head, peering over a fence that hid everything except his eyes and his long U-shaped nose … and sometimes his fingers, gripping the top of the fence. …

2008年2月18日 · The little drawing of a man peeking over a wall, with just his eyes and nose (and sometimes his fingers) showing, began not as Kilroy but as Mr. Chad, a British bit of …

2019年3月11日 · For a few years during and after World War II, he was ubiquitous: a doodle of a big-nosed man, peering over a wall, accompanied by the inscription "Kilroy was here."

2008年9月15日 · The Kilroy character — just eyes and fingers visible from behind a wall or fence — was attached to the saying sometime early in the war. Kilroy on the Moon?

2023年10月9日 · Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, it would become a legendary, almost mythical part of American military culture and the history of the war. The basic doodle featured …

2024年7月8日 · But when you look at this circuit diagram, it totally looks like a dude peeking over a wall with his hands and nose hanging over. The accompanying lore with this theory is that it …