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April 06, 2009 |
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Killjoy
FOUND by John
in Near Flatbush and Atlantic Aves, Brooklyn, NY
I promise that I did not take this off a wall or telephone pole; I actually found it lying on the ground and there were no others to be found anywhere.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
If she was such a killjoy, why would you want her back?
Doesn't everybody answer to killjoy?
maybe they are hoping to lose the dog.
I was in the supermarket, whistled "here killjoy," and three females came up to me. Do I get $1500?
My husband brought home a lost dog that was wandering the streets on Friday. We haven't found the owners yet, but hopefully there is a reward.
The description is a lie! Who would name a gentle dog "Killjoy"? There has to be a back story to that.
Seriously.
I just hope those folks got their doggie back.
What a bitch!
She probably ran off with some nutthugger.
@Con Brio in New Mexico, my cat was almost named "BuzzKiller" because she ruin a perfectly good drunk when we had to rescue her 2-week old self from the the air conditioner duct work.
Killjoy is obviously a BOY'S name. How dumb.
Killjoy doesn't want to come back until they start to call him something else.
He hates his name.
I think the dog was tied to the bumper of that truck and was tragically dragged down the road. "Tough little mutt. Probably kept up for a mile or so."
I'm glad John The Finder clarified he didn't take the sign from a post. That always bothers me when it looks like someone takes a sign down so they can submit it.
What a stupid name for a dog. I'd leave too if I were a dog and my owners named me that.
Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer, says that dogs tend to reflect the qualities of the name their owners give them. So there you go. It only makes sense this dog would disappear.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sugarfreak/1715199256/
The person who named the dog Killjoy was probably trying to be sort of nouveau-ironic, or didn't quite know what the word means. They heard "kill" and stopped there. Of course, thinking your Rottwieler is going to be super-tuff and scary, and ending up with a sweet gentle dog, might kill your ideas of "joy" if what you were hoping for was a dog to compensate for your own percieved inadequacies.
Give a dog a name you wouldn't be embarassed to shout out in public, in case you ever have to. And never give a name longer than 2 syllables, because if you do you'll end up shortening it anyway.
The Johnsons really wanted a guard dog. They wanted to scare the neighbors—and maybe get rid of them. At the dog pound, they saw a tough-looking Rottweiler and bought it. They named their new guard dog Killjoy. What they didn't know was that the dog was female and actually very gentle. They tried to make her fiercer by mistreating her, so she ran away the first chance she got. They offered a reward, because they really didn't want anyone to steal pot from their garden.
Still, if this dog was the kind that stood there and stared (and maybe even whimpered a little) while her owner was getting it on with a Nutthugger in New Orleans, yeah, I could see how it deserved the name "Killjoy."
Also, since the phone numbers have Westchester County (917) and Manhattan (212) area codes, that dog could be seriously lost if it's way the heck over in Brooklyn (718).
@ Insane -
Thank you for that link. Awesome.
Haha, what a name.. but, I think some on here are right. If I heard someone yelling killjoy around my neighborhood almost everyone would respond. Most with a look of "wtf?" though...
Speaking of being a Killjoy...
.... Why isn't the black font/print wrinkled?
Hiplainsdrifter, you have a good point. It's as if the poster was printed to look weathered, but the black print was somehow not included in the effect. Why print out a poster that looks weathered? It will naturally become weathered anyway.
such a gentle killjoy...
Too true, Hiplainsdrifter. Between the black ink and the claims the image was not from a pole or anything of the sort, I have my doubts. Methinks this might be a fake.
"Killjoy" is still a cutie, though.
Hiplainsdrifter and Geek, I agree that the flyer looks tampered with. Looks like Photoshop is afoot... Even where the big brown stain is, the black letters have no water damage.
Still an interesting thing though.
Bitty beat me to the button! Her comment looks nearly identical to mine. What a hopeless case this be.
the printer is running low on red ink. seriously, has no one here used a printer or photocopier? when you photocopy a crumpled paper with black letters on it the paper will look wrinkled but the letters will be clear. photocopiers pick up black the best so if there is a spill over black ink you will not see it, only the black. try it!
oh, and this flyer was made on a home PC. i would say that the chances are near 100% that photoshop was used. it works GREAT to MAKE FLYERS! why would anyone go through all of the trouble to fake such an uninteresting find just to send it in on the off chance that it could be posted. really, enjoy the site. there is no point in calling "fake". you just sound like a whiner.
If your name is Joy, approach with caution.
@ HPD, Geek, Bitty, Shoe and others:
I concur. I especially wondered why the red ink was smeared, but not the black. hmmmm...
Ironically enough, they also had a pitt bull named "Killroy."
JustJoan: You beat me to it.
Actually, it's barely noticable, but the S in LOST *is* slightly affected by the diagonal crease going through it (top left to bottom right).
http://foundmagazine.com/comments/2374
Wherein Dr. Fucking Wizard in the Scanning Laboratory answers all your questions about scanning crumpled, then uncrumpled notes, flyers, signs, etc.