She even enclosed a sketch. The design, she notes, abruptly stops after half a block. "Was it a mistake, or was it planned, and why didn't they do the design on the whole wall?" she wondered.

The WatDat Rapid Response Team inspected the wall from across the street on a rainy night and didn't see squat. But a daytime visit revealed that citizen Harris wasn't hallucinating. The pattern exists, smooth blocks against rough, and so it is most visible when the angle of the sun highlights the different textures.

According to Ross Smith of the Department of Transportation, the architect of that section of wall designed in the humorous pattern from the get-go. But it wasn't so funny to some Kaneohe residents, who hit the roof when they saw it being built. They drew forth a mighty petition, and squawked loudly, and, verily, even the great and powerful DOT was humbled before their wrath.

The rest of the wall was then completed so that it looked like every other wall. In other words, a blank canvas waiting to be spray-tagged by neighborhood punks.

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