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Brighton couple's 'slightly weird' dirty sign cleaning hobby

Paul and Ruth, from Brighton, say they get two to three requests a day to scrub signs in East Sussex; the council has a website.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA couple in Brighton clean dirty road signs, film it with a tripod, and put a microphone on the brush.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe account is called Filthy Signs ASMR. Thirty-eight thousand views on Facebook in two weeks.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWith us, anonymously, from a parking garage, is a source familiar with the matter. Where are you exactly?

  4. Ottoline MarchettiI can't say. Level three. Near the pillar with the three on it. I'd rather not be recorded, but here we are.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo, do you know the couple?

  6. Ottoline MarchettiNo. I mean, I can't say how I know them. I saw the page on Facebook, and that's the only thing I'll say about my sources.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe page is public. So your source is the page.

  8. Ottoline MarchettiI can't say how I know it's public. They get two to three requests a day. That number came to me. In an article.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEast Sussex County Council says you report a dirty sign on its Highways website. Why are people messaging a married couple instead?

  10. Ottoline MarchettiI can't say. But the council has a form. The couple has a tripod. People trust a tripod.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd why are you in a garage?

  12. Ottoline MarchettiI can't say how I know. I have a bag of cloths here. Microfiber. I'm told they're evidence. Nobody has told me of what.

  13. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThen the verdict: a source who knows nothing, in a garage, with cloths. One out of five.

  14. Ottoline MarchettiI can't say if that's fair. But the cloths are very clean, Hank.

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