Comments on: The Mysterious Toynbee Tiles

By: Limemil

Limemil — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:44:12 +0000

[quote]mystupidmouth626 said: “Zoroaster was a proponent of monotheism? That’s just interesting because Zoroastrianism is the ONLY recognized dualist (dual-theistic?) religion ever believed in. That’s an odd connection then. Anyone know about that at all?[/quote]

It was the first religion to basically state that there is only one God, thus being monotheistic. Another important concept in it is Good vs. Evil, it sort of introduced that.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:36:03 +0000

Four tiles have been found in St. Louis (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 07.04.09), two recently covered with asphalt for street improvements in preparation for the 2009 All-Star game. Lost forever. Finders of tiles: please document well before they’re gone forever. The referenced article supposes that the tiles are “a mix of asphalt crack filler, glue, and linoleum that are placed on the street and then covered with tar paper. Heat and pressure from vehicle tires meld the tile into the asphalt. As the paper wears away, the message is revealed.”

By: growaliens

growaliens — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:29:37 +0000

The lettering is made of Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) and the background is linoleum, the backing is asphalt crack filler (tar) and tar paper. Enjoy.

By: sulkykid

sulkykid — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:07:46 +0000

the toynbee.com site is dead and the toynbee.org site looks to be devoid of content. Look to that touchstone of everything worth knowing, wikipedia, for reasonable info and live links.

By: TaylorRoxs3

TaylorRoxs3 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:03:36 +0000

Lol There is 1 in my small town in NC
Idk who did it but they did it with Spray paint
Prolly cut a box out or something lol.

By: dodothedreamer

dodothedreamer — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:45:28 +0000

The web site link is now changed to: http://www.toynbee.org/

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:08:13 +0000

I live in Chicago and have been periodically walking over these tiles for years — I had always wondered what they were! I’m amazed that I found this article and to discover that there are so many more of these tiles around the country (and the world!). Bizarre!

By: mystupidmouth626

mystupidmouth626 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:10:25 +0000

Zoroaster was a proponent of monotheism? That’s just interesting because Zoroastrianism is the ONLY recognized dualist (dual-theistic?) religion ever believed in. That’s an odd connection then. Anyone know about that at all?

On a random quirky sidenote, I just finished the article referencing the singular gender-neutral pronoun (Whne They Became Him) so it made me laugh to read “(in the interest of conserving slashes and pronouns, we’ll assume this individual is a male.”