I You Was

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This is detail from a bumper sticker from the front of a desk that a military-uniformed Paul McCartney is sitting behind in a still photo taken from the Beatles film "Magical Mystery Tour" that appears in the booklet that was glued into the original pressings of the American album of the same name. Whew! I suppose that technically means it's copyrighted, and I could even be hoisting myself on a petard of my own making since this description is about the only way anybody would ever be likely to trace its source in the first place. Actually, perhaps I shouldn't say that; I remember once years ago during an open-mike night at an all-ages coffee house, three pre-teen, fourth-generation Beatles fangirls introduced their group as I You Was and couldn't believe that I knew where it came from. But hey, that's how I roll. Roll up for the mystery tour!