<Li> In a Peanuts comic, Lucy claims her grandmother was one of the first to scrawl the doodle in a lady's room . In another comic, Snoopy scrawls the doodle on a sheet of paper left on a desk . This is one of many World War II references made in the strip . </Li> <Li> Isaac Asimov's short story "The Message" (1955) depicts a time - travelling George Kilroy from the 30th Century as the writer of the graffiti . </Li> <Li> Kilroy is mentioned in the following rhyme, published in A Diller, a Dollar: Rhymes and Sayings For the Ten O'clock Scholar (1955), compiled by Lillian Morrison: </Li> <P> Clap my hands and jump for joy; I was here before Kilroy . Sorry to spoil your little joke; I was here, but my pencil broke .--Kilroy </P>

Where did the phrase kilroy was here originate