Careless Talk Costs Lives These Four WallsOriginal vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator, Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887 1965). This is one of the posters from the popular Careless Talk Costs Lives wartime propaganda series issued by the Ministry of Information " strictly between these four walls!" Image of two men at the gentleman's club sitting in armchairs and holding newspapers with an image of Hitler's face in a portrait hanging behind them.