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April 09, 2009 |
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I, Realman
FOUND by Kristie
in Des Moines, IA
I live near a middle school and high school, and I'm sort of afraid to think that this note was probably generated by one of the high schoolers. My favorite misspelling? "butfile" for what I presume to be "beautiful." I think this child was left behind.
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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...
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The message is cute though. I don't care how people spell as long as they comfort and support me.
Plus, the idea of the real man being the one who's there when you cry has a kind of unconscious feminist touch I really enjoy!
Sometimes I think messages contain negative meaning, in that in the act of unraveling what they have to say, they can suck IQ points out of your brain, so that you actually end up dumber than you were before you began reading.
Foundies, I just want to say, you are all butfile!
sob sob sob
i'm crying because of the hideous spelling, it almost made my head explode!
also thanks to american apparel for showing guys with chest hair- that's a real man
Real man is very artistic, but also not well educated, has low self esteem, and is mired in the past.
Pretty good find.
At first reading I saw the last line as "No matter what you do they will confront and support you."
Sometimes we do need to be confronted about what we want to do. Even if, after explaining why we want to do it, they offer support.
"I Real Man" would do that.
Obviously the writer considers himself a Real Man since he started with I.
Spam Question, perfect for Easter Weekend: 1+1+1 equals? One, of course.
She be writin' a wish lits
of what a realman wud B like
to hir if they culd find her.
Mebee for speetch class. Or in
makeing cards in art.
She wud b all over that. Like
it wuld wundrfile to hav them
Realman arownd all time.
Christofer I luv U.
I wonder why Life is just to much is crossed out.Worriesome to see such atrocious grammer, spelling and writing in general from that age group.Aye, Realman,nice to relfect on expectations.Cool find. I still can never find anything Found-worthy.
Based on both the handwriting and content, this has to have been written by a teenage girl. Maybe it doesn't say "i real man", but rather "I(Roman numeral 1) real man"... part of a list or something?
Maybe this was supposed to be a poem. It sort of rhymes.
Too bad I Realman can't teach her to spell. That would surely be more productive than telling her she's butfile.
Tell me about the fucking rabbits George....
Every once in a while, a high school girl writes something so beautiful it makes you cry. This is not one of those times. I'm with many of you- I weep for the child left behind. And I need a tylenol.
The message is good, but if I can't tell if you mean beautiful or butfile, comforted or confronted, you lose something in the delivery.
I think this note reflects the way the author speaks. Before you get too critical of the spelling, remember this isn't a book report or history test, it's a tiny piece of self expression.
Did Huck Finn give you a headache?
Try saying the first line the way you would say "A real man"... It sounds like some of the HS students I've had in classes. Unless she doesn't know her letters, she's being intentional about her "misspelling".
No mention of orgasms? heh.
I ain't buyin' it. She is NOT being intentional in her misspellings. *I* am being intentional in mine when I type "wanna." I couldn't butcher a self-expression this much if I tried. (But I do think she meant A Realman in the title.)
Happy Birthday, Brent. You I Real Man.
My head hurt just trying to read that note! It is scary to have proof about the sorry state of education in the US. How did this girl (or guy?) make it into high school?! I am both saddened and disgusted.
HOKAY. This is atrocious!
A hait rell bad miss pelingz.
A aw-so hait it wen peepul youse "b" ensted of "d" end "d" ensted of "b."
it maks i pirsun luk so dum.
PS- Huck Finn DID give me a headache, kthxbye.
hooked on phonics, man
"Cofrunting" someone sounds really dirty.
I'm with Emily... I hate it when they try in books to recreate accents or give characters a folksy feel. I can't understand what they're saying! And yes, Huck Fin DID give me a headache. So did Holden Caulfield.
As badly spelled as this note is, (and the spelling makes me want to cry) I think this girl as a point. A real man is one who helps you through your troubles, who tells you that you're beautiful, who holds you when you cry. There aren't enough of those around.
Kelsey's breakup had been really hard on her. Her boyfriend hadn't been a real man. He never told her she was butfile or cofrunted her when she was upset. He didn't bring her roses on her birthday or even just help her thrue the ups and downs of life.
It was definitely a poem! I editted it. This is how it should be:
A REAL MAN
A real man is there for you,
to hold you when you cry.
he's there for you in trouble,
helping you get by.
He tells you you're beautiful
when you've had a bad day,
brings you roses
when it's your birthday.
He shows you he cares,
no matter what you do.
He’ll be your comfort,
Ready to support you.
At first I thought this was written by a male, and was an attempt at a song or a rhyme."I; REAL MAN" being the refrain that precedes the lines, like my Adidas. In that case the spelling does not matter, it's a draft in a creative process and overall is nice to see a guy self identify with these attributes, misspelled as they may be.
But then halfway through the comments, the foundies started referring to the writer as a she, and I think that makes more sense, especially considering the handwriting. And in that case I cry if people are using the letter "I" in place of "A". That is so basic. And butfile has me convinced that though she is right about what a real man is, she isn't preparing herself to meet one. I realman like literate ladies.
@ Emily ... you don't live in West Des Moines, do you?
My favorite scene from Real Men is, ovcoarse, the .. um.. swordfighting scene with the glow-in-the-dark.. um.. light sabers.
Oh- wait-- It was in Skin Deep- that OTHER late eighties John Ritter movie.
Oh well.
Carry on.
@Reeling: great, now I'll be humming "My Addidas" the rest of the day. I guess it could be worse.
@ Librarian <3
Haha, no.
Ohio. The heartland...
I realized after I re-read my comment aloud to myself all of the accents it had. There's almost a British twang somewhere in the ending!
(Spam protection is rough today: rock, paper, ?)
Why it IS a beautiful poen -- 'Doh!! I mean, a "Buffle Pom". (thanks for the translation Jersey)...
Now, altho' this piece is clearly (out of hand?) (out of line?) (off the charts?) at taking liberal liberties with spelling and grammar, I've noticed that sometimes misspellings & twisted phrases cause *me* to hear a cliche or phrase more clearly.
Ummm... that make sense?
Okay -- last week during Obama's visit to the G20 World Economy conference in Lond, there were some demonstrations (at banks). A CNN voice-over reporter said:
".. the crowd made up of the usual protesters and 'rebel rousers'."
Now that guy might never know that the phrase originally was "rabble rousers", but "rebel rousers" kind of makes sense too. He must have had an education - but maybe books on tape?
And I agree with Kermit -- Foundies are Buffle!
@ Emily ... because I know an Emily now living in Iowa who could have written just that, from the HOKAY right down through the Huck Finn headache.
Cheerio!
(Wow- Hey Camelia= haven't seen you in a while!)
hahaha!!!
I guess I'm not the only one looking for a "realman"...
Someone has been watching too many movies...
@ Chromie - I missed you! I've poked around sometimes, but did have a difficult time signing in for a while....
Ooo... another weirdly twisted phrase...
on TV, a blurb about somebody's 'life story' - she started out as a successful entertainer (entertainment involving a Stripper Pole, etc.) but later she looked -uh- faded? Anyway, HER quote was "Well, you know that Hollywood is a World-Wind!"
One that gets me is when people say "you're taking me for granite" instead of for granted. I guess the end result is sort of the same, though.
Or how about "innocent by-standards"?