Chad was an ubiquitous piece of popular culture graffiti often seen in the United Kingdom during and shortly after World War II. Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... Graffiti is a type of deliberately inscribed marking made by humans on surfaces, both private and public. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

The graffiti consisted of a cartoon of a small, round head with a long nose poking over the top of a wall, with a complaint about shortages written underneath; the cartoon itself is better known to many as "Kilroy", since it often accompanied the slogan "Kilroy was here". typical KILROY WAS HERE graffiti Kilroy was here is an American popular culture expression, often seen in graffiti. ...

The origins appear to lie with the cartoonist George Edward Chatterton - or "Chat" - in 1938, although it is unclear how it gained widespread popularity, or how it came to be conflated with Kilroy. It was, however, widely in use by the late part of the war and in the immediate post-war years, with slogans ranging from the simple - "What, no bread?" or "Wot, no char?" - to the plaintive; one sighting, on the side of a British 1st Airborne Division glider in Operation Market Garden, had the complaint "Wot, no engines?" The British 1st Airborne Division was a military unit that fought in World War II. It suffered terrible casualties, especially in Operation Market Garden. ... Gliders are un-powered heavier-than-air aircraft. ... Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World War II, which took place in September 1944. ...

As the prevalence of rationing died down, so did the joke; whilst the cartoon is occasionally sighted today as "Kilroy", "Chad" - and his complaints - have long fallen from popular use. Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or services: it restricts how much people are allowed to buy or consume. ...