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Anyone recognise this strange symbol?
Posted: June 5, 2003, 3:50 pm
by Adex_Xeda
Ok I'm went to Taco Bell today and was sitting in the drive-through lane.
The building was recently refurbished and I noticed that on one of the tiles near the drive-through window, burned into the tile was an odd looking symbol.
It wasn't a sticker or anything and it wasn't near anything like a grease pipe.
It was part of the tile.
Has anyone seen a symbol like this before? Perhaps it's the company logo of the brick company?
I kinda reminds me of those nuclear fallout shelter tags they used to have.
Any ideas?

Posted: June 5, 2003, 3:53 pm
by Adex_Xeda
The illuminati have taken over the Taco Bells! /smirk
Posted: June 5, 2003, 3:53 pm
by Adelrune Argenti
It means the Illuminati owns Taco Bell, or specifically Pepsi Co. They are in a war with the Trilateral commision and the Bildebergers currently for control of the fast food market. They believe he who controls the stomache, controls the mind.
Damn you. simultaneous Illuminati musings cockblock.
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:02 pm
by Midnyte_Ragebringer
I was going to say it's a peace clock. Some liberal invention, meant to symbolize their deluted idea that their is a time when there will be world peace.
But, why does the name "illuminati" mean somethign to me? Is that from a movie or a game?
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:10 pm
by Adelrune Argenti
The illuminati are descended from the Bavarian Illuminati and are a secret society. They have strong ties and recruit from other secret societies such as the Masons. Many US Presidents were Masons. But you didnt hear that from me.
Do a google search on them. There is some interesting reading for all you conspiracy nuts.
Behind the United States and its Constitution is a small group of men whose sole objective is to enslave the whole world and humanity in their satanic plot for a one world govenment. Now to give you a very clear picture of this satanic plot, I will go back to its beginning, back to the middle of the 18th Century, and name the men who put that plot into action.
This satanic plot was launched back in the 1760's when it first came into existence under the name of the Illuminati. This Illuminati was organized by one Adam Weishaupt who became a convert to Catholicism and later a Catholic priest. Then, at the request of the Financiers, he defected from the Catholic Church, and organized the Illuminati which was financed by the International Bankers.
Every war since then, beginning with the French Revolution, has been promoted by the Illuminati operating under various names and guises. I say under various names and guises because, after the Illuminati was exposed and became too notorious, Weishaupt and his co-conspirators began to operate under various other names.
But why did the world conspirators chose the word "Illuminati" for their satanic organization? Weishaupt himself said that the word is derived from Lucifer and means «holders of the light».
(And no, I don'r really believe all this but I do find it interesting.)
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:11 pm
by Ajran
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:18 pm
by Vaemas
I love the fact that they place the AOL symbol in the Illuminati Pics & Symbols image archive. AOL, out for world domination! Then there's the George Bush/Osama bad Photoshop job. Wacko conspiracy theorists crack me up.
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:22 pm
by kyoukan
Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote:I was going to say it's a peace clock. Some liberal invention, meant to symbolize their deluted idea that their is a time when there will be world peace.
it doesnt look anything like a fucking peace clock you doddering shithead. you just wanted to say that in order to enforce your small dick unintellectual conservatism.
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:24 pm
by Fredonia Coldheart
If I remember right, it was the Illuminati that were the bad guys in the movie Tomb Raider ...
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:24 pm
by Adex_Xeda
Seriously though, Is that symbol some kind of indicator of food service, similar to biohazard symbols you see posted around hospitals?
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:25 pm
by Acies
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:28 pm
by kyoukan
shrug it looks like a symbol denoting an exhaust fan for the kitchen nearby.
where did you get that picture? draw it yourself?
Posted: June 5, 2003, 4:32 pm
by Acies
Symbol for peace and war being one, maybe?
Posted: June 5, 2003, 5:05 pm
by rhyae
stamped into the brick, or glazed into the tile?
just one of the symbols or mulitple?
Posted: June 5, 2003, 5:07 pm
by Chidoro
W/out seeing one in years, kinda looks like the tv screen shown at the end of the broadcast day.
I say just lay off the pipe for a few days
Posted: June 5, 2003, 5:43 pm
by Adex_Xeda
It was glazed onto one brick about 3 feet behind the drive-through window. It was on a brick high enough to be level with my pickup.
It was only in one place, I didn't see it anywhere else.
I drew the picture from memory with photoshop.
Posted: June 5, 2003, 6:01 pm
by rhyae
possibly indicates exhuast fan duct work behind the wall?
Posted: June 5, 2003, 6:05 pm
by kyoukan
well I know oftentimes builders use engraved bricks to denote what is behind the wall in case some enterprising soul decides he wants ot expand hte building and hires someone to sledgehammer the wall down.
Usually for gas or electrical lines, though I am not familiar with what the symbols are.
however I highly doubt it is a joint illuminati/taco bell conspiracy to control government.
Posted: June 5, 2003, 6:07 pm
by Lalanae
It could be some type of Masonic symbol, maybe a mark of the builder? I've done some searches but haven't located anything that looks like it yet.
Posted: June 5, 2003, 6:12 pm
by Adelrune Argenti
kyoukan wrote:
however I highly doubt it is a joint illuminati/taco bell conspiracy to control government.
Obviously you aren't too familiar with the extent and reach of the Illuminati.
Posted: June 5, 2003, 6:13 pm
by Lalanae
Adelrune Argenti wrote:kyoukan wrote:
however I highly doubt it is a joint illuminati/taco bell conspiracy to control government.
Obviously you aren't too familiar with the extent and reach of the Illuminati.
or the power of a bean burrito
Posted: June 5, 2003, 6:16 pm
by Voronwë
probably a biohazard symbol.
you said taco bell right?
Posted: June 5, 2003, 6:19 pm
by Lalanae
A coworker's boyfriend is an architect so I'll have her check with him. Won't be till tomorrow though
Posted: June 5, 2003, 6:56 pm
by Adex_Xeda
I was joking about the illuminati stuff.
Yes I saw it on the side of a a newly refurbished Taco Bell.
It was the same diameter as a brick is thick.
Posted: June 5, 2003, 8:42 pm
by Winnow
Adex throwing down gang signs!
Posted: June 6, 2003, 6:01 am
by vn_Tanc
"Illuminatus!" is a great game

I enjoyed the book too

Posted: June 6, 2003, 9:34 am
by Kluden
I'm in the business of construction...that is no warning symbol or trunk line indicator. I could not find it in one of our "job signs" catalogs...so...I would have to agree with the above post saying it is a trade's symbol.
Union halls have their own little stickers and shit for their local halls, chances are, the masons in that area glaze tiles/bricks with their local trades symbol...which is what you saw.
Lastly, it could simply be the brand name symbol of the tile.
edit: Ok....just came to me that it may also be a symbol for the plum of the wall. It is the stamp of a surveyor measuring corners and wall heights and plumness at certain heights. When it is checked for straightness, he stamps where he checked, to let the bricklayers know they may continue their work, and to come back at a later time to make sure the building is not settleing too much...damn I'm good

Posted: June 6, 2003, 12:09 pm
by Lalanae
My friend's architect boyfriend has no idea what it is. Course now my friend wants to know wtf it is...
Posted: June 6, 2003, 12:30 pm
by Ennia
ask the person in the drive through window, would be interesting to see what they come up with lol
Posted: June 6, 2003, 12:47 pm
by Winnow
It could be directions to their restrooms.

Posted: June 6, 2003, 12:59 pm
by Melrin_Specclaster
I don't know what I do or dont believe anymore, but
a) A few corporations control much of the world publicly, why couldnt a few groups of people control much of the world privately?
b)
http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Denver_Airport.html
It talks about a symbol placed on a tile there that nobody knows about too. And you can say, don't believe in secret society BS, but, lots of Ivy League people and politicians belong to them. To say they don't have a network of influence/power would be a bit naive.
Posted: June 6, 2003, 1:02 pm
by Fairweather Pure
It's the Stone Cutters!
Posted: June 6, 2003, 1:41 pm
by Adelrune Argenti
The Denver Airport is chock full of Illuminati references. Plus what is this New World Airport thing? There are things at work here we are not privy to.
Posted: June 6, 2003, 1:53 pm
by Akaran_D
wierd shit.
Posted: June 6, 2003, 1:54 pm
by Animalor
It's the Mexican Mafia. Taco Bell has been marked for Death
.
Posted: June 6, 2003, 2:07 pm
by Thess
Why not ask someone who works at that Taco bell what it means?
Posted: June 6, 2003, 2:08 pm
by Drolgin Steingrinder
Well, it's a well known fact, Sunny Jim, that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentaveret, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet triannually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.
Posted: June 6, 2003, 2:28 pm
by Arsecn
You know, Scotland has its own martial arts. Yeah, it's called Fukkyew!. It's mostly just head butting and then kicking people when they're on the ground.
Posted: June 6, 2003, 2:37 pm
by Krimson Klaw
Hehe I like that. Kind of like the my nuts to your foot style in that kung fu parody.
Posted: June 6, 2003, 3:45 pm
by Adex_Xeda
Man I need to get a digital camera on that thing.
Posted: June 6, 2003, 3:49 pm
by Pilsburry
Where exactly was the tile located? Was it one of the bottom ones? Near a corner?
And was the arrow straight up like that or slightly to the right side? How long ago was it renovated?
My thoughts are it was either used as a first brick to get them all going stright and the symbol helped them palce it properly......or it's could be some form of date stamp....but not if it was exactly like that...that would be a huge coincidence if everything was perfectly in thirds. I mean the 3 quadrants could be year, month, day with the arrows indicating which....more likely if it had little "tics" like a clock.....you know like cornerstones had the year something was built...
Posted: June 7, 2003, 7:54 am
by Arborealus
Looks a bit like the flywheel on a throwing wheel. Perhaps the mfg adopted this as a their trademark?...this is a good one...

Posted: June 8, 2003, 3:35 pm
by Adex_Xeda
Ok the plot thickens,
I noticed on a baby grand piano by Yamaha that embossed a brass plate just above the piano wires was that symbol again.
Perhaps it is a symbol for an international trademark?
Posted: June 8, 2003, 4:22 pm
by Xouqoa
That? That's just the Yamaha logo there. That was what you saw on the Taco Bell brick?
Posted: June 8, 2003, 5:44 pm
by Drolgin Steingrinder
The Yamaha logo consists of three tuning forks laid over oneanother, there is no weird masonic symbolism in that.
Posted: June 8, 2003, 7:00 pm
by Xouqoa
I agree, but if he saw it on a Yahama piano, I'm wondering why he saw the same thing on a Taco Bell building. Does Yamaha make bricks or building materials now? =o
Posted: June 8, 2003, 7:08 pm
by kyoukan
I'm going to give that pic to my ex boyfriend and ask him to post it in a forum he goes to. Someone there should know what it is.
It would be better if you can get a digital camera and take a picture of it though.
Posted: June 8, 2003, 7:25 pm
by Drolgin Steingrinder
would be better if you stopped hosing your pics at fluffybunnies.org which can't be seen by anyone in Denmark!
Posted: June 8, 2003, 9:09 pm
by adicus
reminds me of a calibration marker used in a printing press. maybe the machines that make the brick have something simmilar?
Posted: June 9, 2003, 12:28 am
by Winnow
double post!