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Possible Bank-sy in Union

Are the dodgy red stains on union stairway actually modern art originals?

By Joey Severn

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For the past week there has been a mysterious stain on the floor at the bottom of the stairs in LUU.


    There have been suspicions that it was work of some kind of rubbish Leeds based Banksy wannabe or that some hapless art student had forgotten how to hold a paint pot.
    But in an exclusive investigation by Leeds Student we can reveal the true reason behind The Stain.
    The cash boxes used to carry thpound notes that are put into ATMs are equipped with a special dye that if tampered with explodes and covers who ever is holding said money with a very difficult-to-remove liquid.
    In this case the man carrying the cash box  made a mistake and didn’t manage to de-activate the exploding dye trigger before it was too late.
    Gus Unger-Hamilton, a third year student who works at Essentials said cleaners have found it impossible to remove the stain: “They cordoned the area and spent all day trying to clean it up, and even called in a specialist cleaner, but they could hardly make a difference.”

This article was written by Joey Severn and was uploaded at 5:40am, Friday 12th March 2010.
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