Now panic

Shortly after the earthquake, someone painted a reassuring message on a fence near where we live:

Keep Calm and Carry On

As Wikipedia explains, this was "a poster produced by the British government in 1939 during the beginning of World War II, intended to raise the morale of the British public under the threat of impending invasion." Evidently, the saying experienced a resurgence in the last decade. There's a store here in Christchurch selling all kinds of things -- mugs, aprons, ashtrays -- with the slogan on it.

So it was nice to see it alongside St Martins Road after the earthquake as a reminder that we should just, well, keep calm. And carry on.

But now someone has vandalised the vandalism.

Not sure if this new slogan will catch on.