Fun-Sized Rulebook

Ten Things Not to Stick to a Lamp Post

2026-07-08 · 3 min

A celebration of leaving public property alone while your own window becomes a tiny democratic opera.

Start with this tiny plan

  1. Pick one surface you control: a window, bin, porch, plant pot, doormat-adjacent sign or garden patch.
  2. Write one large line people can understand in three seconds.
  3. Add one silly official-looking label, then make the unofficial joke obvious.
  4. Use removable materials and photograph it without private details.
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One: a poster. Two: a sticker. Three: a fake official notice. Four: a cardboard helmet. Five: a laminated manifesto. Six: a tiny lectern. Seven: a bin rosette. Eight: bunting. Nine: a suspiciously damp certificate. Ten: anything else your marker pen is trying to justify.

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Lamp posts are not waiting to be Binficated. They are busy holding up lights and maintaining a dignified silence. The same goes for road signs, bus stops, utility boxes and walls belonging to someone else.

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Fortunately, your own spaces have huge comic potential. Windows, bins, doormats, gardens, porches, social profiles and permitted shopfronts can carry the joke without creating cleanup work for other people.

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The most rebellious act may be walking past a perfectly good lamp post, doing absolutely nothing to it, and returning home to draw googly eyes on your own bin.

What this could look like

  • Nervous beginner: one A4 window sign saying “This window has been democratically upgraded.”
  • Bin owner with 20 minutes: one speech bubble and a shoebox lectern for a wheelie-bin briefing.
  • Garden person: one plant pot, one foil moon, one tiny sign marked “Front Garden Lunar Authority.”

Copy-paste phrases

  • “Officially unofficial.”
  • “Temporary Ministry of Bins.”
  • “This window has been democratically upgraded.”
  • “Local area now 14% more constitutional.”
  • “Please form an orderly queue for nonsense.”
  • “A small but important victory for cardboard.”

Do this

  • Start tiny.
  • Use cardboard, paper, foil, string, tape and pens.
  • Keep it obviously unofficial, independent and unaffiliated.
  • Ask permission for shared, rented or business spaces.
  • Remove it before it becomes mess.

Don’t do this

  • Do not stick things to public property.
  • Do not block pavements, roads, doors, safety notices or bin collections.
  • Do not impersonate officials, councils or Count Binface.
  • Do not show private details in photos.
  • Do not buy special kit unless you already wanted to.

Useful next clicks

If you are unsure about boundaries, start with the Tiny Rulebook or read the guide. If you want to make something immediately, try one of the related ideas below.

Related ideas you can actually make

Windows

The Window of Mild Defiance

Make a bold, homemade window display that says your household has chosen cardboard, silliness and intergalactic taste over ordinary beige living.

Difficulty
Easy
Cost
£0
Time
20 minutes

Tiny rule goblin says: Display posters inside your own window or another window where you have clear permission.

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Social Profiles

Social Profile Binfication

For people who cannot display anything physical: turn a timeline into a temporary nonsense moonbase.

Difficulty
Easy
Cost
£0
Time
10 minutes

Tiny rule goblin says: Do not impersonate candidates, councils, election officials or official-looking accounts.

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