I Know You

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FOUND by Merel Barends in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

I found this beer coaster in an Amsterdam night pub. At first I thought it was some sort of weird ad from a beer company, the handwriting being so neat and me being somewhat intoxicated. But, when I checked the bottom of other beer coasters and they turned out to be empty, and after I used my thumb to check the ink (that’s why the smudge is there on the last word), I realized I had made a true (and slightly creepy) find.

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  • Librarian in the Woodwork

    Thinking this isn’t such a good note to have received.  But isn’t it really likely that someone left the note as a joke just to creep out the next drunk that showed up at the bar?  Like the person who writes “Give me all the money” on the back of a bank deposit slip and then leaves it face up in a pile of slips for people to use when they get to the bank (so some unsuspecting person days later will slip the note to a bank teller without realizing it)?

  • Chrome Toaster

    maybe it’s the bartender’s doing. I’d do that if I were a bored bartender, just to watch the recipients’ reactions.

  • Chrome Toaster

    how do you make it allow you to post as Librarian in the Woodwork? it won’t take my posts if I enter Chrome Toaster in the Kitchen (or any variant thereof.) hmmm.

  • Librarian in the Woodwork

    Chromie, I click the “Post as…” button and a window pops up saying something like “before we post this, tell us who you are” My email address goes in one box and “Librarian in the Woodwork” goes in the name box.  In the old days it would have shown up as “Librarian in the Woodwork in __”.  So I’m just subverting the system by putting my  “location” in as part of my name.  Also by NEVER logging in from a social networking site (so “the Man” has fewer breadcrumbs to track me with).

  • Chromey in the Cosmic Kitchen

    I don’t log in with a social networking site, either, but it wouldn’t matter to me if I did- the man can track me all he wants. I’ve tried to post as you described, but when I do, it just does nothing. (doesn’t tell me WHY it’s doing nothing- just waits for me to use a shorter name. I haven’t tried in a while, though, so maybe it was a glitch that they’ve since repaired. here I go.) nope. see? I get a pop up box that says
    ERROR
    There was an error with your submission.
    DISQUS

     

  • chromey in the kitchen

    tried to post as Chrome Toaster in the corner of the KitchenChrome Toaster in the kitchenChromey in the Kitchen
    I guess you’re the only one who gets to BE anywhere, Librarian. so glad you’re still in the Woodwork, though! and it’s very nice to see you again. some of us had banded together in (I guess) a “found withdrawl support group” of sorts on FB, but there are an awful lot of people I miss seeing. while poking around bored and lonely and missing Found, I discovered a hidden door to the Old Found- comments, user profiles and all. (had to pause this comment to go see if it’s still there. it is.)

  • chrome

    (that time I used a different email address. success.)

  • Cheese in a spray can

    Why is the note in English in the Netherlands and not Dutch?  When I was there an astonishing number of locals spoke English but it was clearly a second language. 

  • Merel Barends

    It was a bar in the center, where a lot of tourists / expats come together to have drinks. 

  • Merel Barends

    I think you’re right. I’m still alive, and haven’t found any more notes like these. Although I do sometimes get the feeling I’m being watched…. closely….