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Tow Me
FOUND by Donna
in San Francisco, California
I found this on my car.
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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...
Ha haha!
hahah, what a kidder... he/she wouldn't really tow the car would he/she?
at least he/she says hi at the beginning...thats always good, but the note sounds a liiiiiitle sarcastic and the person who wrote it just could be a little bit of a jerk
If said person's car alarm was going off constantly, I'd say this is a pretty nice way to address the fact. Schoolgoer, I can definitely see someone being anal about it and trying to get it towed. Especially if it's an old person with a low tolerance for these sort of things.
Schoolgoer, I've heard of some older folks in the campground at the park complaining that the music was too loud during a concert at the Sunflower Festival, and making a big fuss about it and trying to get them to turn it down so they wouldn't be bothered. I can see someone like that getting the car towed instead of being nice and leaving a note first.
I had a neighbors car towed because their car alarm kept going off.
Get it fixed or removed.
It's annoying and doesn't do shit.
I'm going to do this next time someone's car alarm annoys me. :)
HB in That Other State, i like the way you think. Straight to the point, no dipsy-doodling around anything.
So, Donna, did you get it fixed?
@someone else: is dipsy-doodling anything like pussy-footing? Sounds kinky.
I hate to belabour an old point, but a note LEFT FOR YOU doesn't seem much like a find to me.
so is everyone here from Altona?? Wow. I feel so outclassed.
I like this note. It's to the point, and slightly amusing. It's got a good beat, and you can dance to it. Whether it's recieved or Found, I give it an 8.5.
Growing up, my older brother's alarm would always wake me up. He would sleep through it and I would start imagining that each beep was a syllable of a word. Like this.
>WAKE<
>UP<
>WHY<
>ARE<
>YOU<
>IG<
>NOR<
>ING<
>ME<
... and so on.
It's a found if you didn't expect it to be there and it just showed up. Chill.
The note is a bit passive agressive, but then so is a car alarm. It just sits there and complains, it doesn't actually apprehend the theif.
I have watched from my 3rd floor window how theives break into cars and calmly remove whatever while the annoying "alarm" made noise which everyone ignores...just another car alarm...they have cried Wolf so often no one even looks up.
Like I can do 28 x 15 in my head!
UGH! I HATE car alarms that keep going off too! Tow it, Tow it, Tow it, Tow it....
I sat, one summer night, out on the wooden fire escape some tenants whimsically referred to as "the porch" of my 3rd floodr apartment, and watched as three obviously intoxicated young men, presumably making their way home from a party, traversed our parking lot, stopping to lean on and rock nearly every car until they had set off at least a half-dozen alarms. Brilliant.
Cool note. Sarcastic but justified.
Baby basil in the herb garden, I find it really funny that you talk about alarms getting ignored because they're so often going off for no reason, and yet you've sat and watched thieves ransacking a car knowing the alarm was going off for real... Heckling thieves from the 3rd floor, that could be interesting.
Truly car alarms are completely pointless.
hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! That was great!
This is pretty funny. I think the leaver of the note was probably pretty annoyed, but then figured that it would be nicer to make a sort of joke about it. I like the hasty addition of 'Please fix it'. This is good.
Although I sort of have a similar view to Hunter about this find. I hate to be one of those people who always debate about what defines a Find, but I would feel better about this if it was just found in the street, blowing along or something.
45 / 3? Oh, yeah, sure, cos I can do that... Luckily, my Mac has a helpful calculator-for-crazy-hard-spam-questions-on-Found.c I'll use that.
Love this find. I used to live in Brooklyn, Ny where there was a constant seranade of obnoxious car alarms blaring.
I am glad that someone left this note on the finders' car. It's pretty light-hearted, too, but gets the point across.
28 x 15 is just too deep for me guys !
My next door neighbours went away for the weekend leaving a faulty fire alarm that was going off about 6 times a day, Friday to Monday. To me that sounded a lot like it was saying
BURN ME
BURN ME
BURN ME
BURN ME
BURN ME
BURN ME
BURN ME
"So maybe if you'd stop leaning on the car and grabbing the windshield wiper to stick your stupid notes there, the alarm would quit sounding...."
I disabled my own alarm 5 years ago when I moved out of New York to farm country and the thing still went off randomly. Bothered the neighbor's cows. Also, we leave the car unlocked now.
to Effie in Reading, England: here in the States (well, back in New York anyway) we call the police to come check out the house fire/burglar alarm and when the folks get back from their holiday they receive a whopping bill from the police for sending in false alarms and wasting police resources.
I must say I am an avid note leaver. I HATE how people drive and park in Mississippi I have learned that if I don't find a way to funnel my road rage (like with a note) I am liable to do something stupid like key thier cars.
Just the other day I left a note for a person. I was waiting for someone to backout of a parking spot. I was right next to it, I had my blinker on and everything. This woman pulls up next to me as the car is pulling out and gunned it around me into the spot nearly hitting me in the process. Then when I honked and yelled out the window, she flipped me the bird and said, "How am I supposed to know you wanted to park here I can't read minds." So,
I left a nice note along the lines of, "Instructions on parking lot etiquette: 1) Don't drive around other people. 2) Don't steal parking spots. 3) A blinker indicates intent to park, watch for them. 4) Don't key cars. (Although, this one can be dismissed in the event that someone violates 1-3)"
I LOVE this find! What a clever way to tell someone off!
@Yankee
Oh my gawd! I don't know if I could surpress my road rage in an instance such as that. What a horrible woman! I'd want to go Fried Green Tomatoes on her! TOWANDA!
Donna I'm surprised you noticed the note. If you hadn't noticed your aggravating defective car alarm why would you bother to notice a note. Hmph!
Anyone ever watch or listen to Dane Cook?
I'm a caaar
I'm a caaar
Stupid car alarms
Easy spam today 1+1+1 equals?
I'm a note leaver. A recent one said "learn how to park @SSHOLE". I'm pretty sure they haven't learned to park, but it made me feel better. I'd love to see it one here one day.
Brilliant note. Shows great sense of humor, diplomacy, and poise. It is a true find. She FOUND it on her car...what did you FIND on your car? I FOUND this note......
PS Everyone please....nix your car alarms. They really are pointless and extremely annoying.
i tried not to laugh too loud, 'cause people are sleeping. this is probably the funniest thing i've seen all day. and Marv, that totally sounds like something i would do.
@ Yankee- When people piss me off like this, and I am pissed off at the parking space stealer you've described, I like to call the cops (or 911). 911 didn't ask me my name. This guy passed me on a 2 lane when I was already driving 5 mph over, he was doing about 20+ over. I had my son in the car. He flew around me like I was sitting still and passed in a double yellow line area when there were cars in the oncoming lane! I called 911 and told them I was scared to death and he ran me off the road and described the vehicle and gave them the plate. That was probably legit but I wouldve told a similar story about your little parking lot bitch. Tell them you think you saw her turning into Wal-mart or whatever. Do it. you'll feel better.
I like how "please fix it" is written very small, using a different pen, almost like it was a.) An afterthought or b.) Added by someone else. Perhaps if Donna had gone out a bit later she would have found the note covered with little extra comments from all the neighbors.
I used to live in an apartment building which backed onto a hotel parking deck. I was on the 14th floor and overlooked the top deck, but for the people in 1st – 6th floors there was maybe a three-four foot gap between their windows and the garage. Sometimes I would see people climbing over to smoke weed or just hang out at night… Anyway, one night someone’s alarm went off for three straight hours. It was driving me nuts and I was about to make a complaint when suddenly there was a loud crash and then silence. I looked out my window and saw someone scuttling away from the car and climbing into one of the windows below me. Don’t know what they did, but it was much appreciated by all if the applause and cheering which followed meant anything.
Lance Pants in a trance: dipsy-doodling is just like pussy footing around a subject, yes.
@Wondergirl--hilarious! I am always tempted to call 1-800-GRABDUI and tell them I just saw some drunk throwing beer cans out the window after he ran me off the road when stuff like that happens.
45/3 = 15 (think of a clock)
28x15 = 420
I don't bother with the notes....I call the police and they write a ticket.
Yankee:
I had something similar happen to me. The guy pulled around me and took my spot at a K-Mart. Looking back I wish I would have double parked him.
Actually, if there was one incident where I should have left a note it would have been that time in college when I was walking across an entrance to a parking lot to get to my dorm. This blond girl in a red sports car was driving up the hill doing atleast 55 in the 15 mile zone on campus and I had to dodge her and push my friend out of the way so that she didn't hit us (as she was driving into the parking lot entrance. The sad fact is that 1.) she saw us crossing and didn't slow down and 2.) she has the gall to yell out "hey, it's not my fault you walk in my way".
I could have let her hit me but I don't think I would have survived. So a note would have been more appropriate. Something along the lines of "I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, pedrestrians still have the right of way". Course, I probably would have keyed her car as well considering she put my life at stake.
This note made my day. Until recently I lived next to a rehab clinic where the 'patients' car alarms went off constantly. I very much wanted to leave a note, but was a little worried about what could happen depending on what addiction the car owner was recovering from!
@Baby Basil - I like the way you think! Car alarms ARE awfully passive aggressive...
On a side note, I DID call the cops on a driver who was in front of me once. Her brake lights were both out and she slammed on her brakes to make a turn into a strip mall entrance nearly causing a 4 car pileup. I went back around, found which store she had parked in front of (where she had managed to take up THREE spaces!) and anonymously called the cops about the brake lights.
Awesome.
@ELEE in Chuck Town:
"Gasoline makes me run!" haha
I was in a parking lot outside a bar the other night talking to friends, and we watched this guy walk back to his car three times because his alarm kept going off and he kept going back to reset it. Problem was, his dog was inside the car and (surprise) kept moving around. Moron.
A few weeks ago my neighbor’s car alarm kept going off. We weren’t going to do anything about it (ignore it and hope it would go away,) but my little niece and nephew were over and the noise was making it impossible to get them to go down for their naps. Finally we called the police, and when they turned up they discovered that it was not in fact a car alarm: The neighbor’s daughter’s boyfriend had been harassing her after a bad breakup, and was parked in front of the house beeping his horn. (The house was empty because the parents were at work and the girl was at school… My guess is that this boy was not the sharpest crayon in the box. He wanted to menace his ex, and only managed to annoy the neighbors.)
Christy, I always hope people like that find some creative newsworth way to fatally injure themselves.
After looking at the note, all I can think of (and I don't know why)is the movie "Back to School". There is a scene where Jason Melon was depressed at his party and Derek Lutz (Robert Downey, Jr.) cheers him up by lying on his back in a compromising position. I have never scene the uncut version, always seeing it on TV. Although I know what he is suppose to be saying, all I can think of is what I see on TV, which is him holding his legs up yelling, "Shoe Me! Shoe Me!"
I'd tow your car in a heartbeat. I drive a tow truck.
I carry a ball ping hammer and when someone parks to close to me, when I get out of the car I just quitely go around front and knock their headlights out.
Butch... please say you're kidding..eek. Talk about anger issues...
I don't think I want to park beside Butch...ever
I've called the cops on nuisance car alarms before, and I'd do it again. Isn't that the point, after all? An alarm is going off--perhaps the car is being violated?
Most recently, a neighbor's car alarm went off for hours during the middle of a workday. As I work from home (and have to conduct meetings from time to time besides the usual brain work), the non-stop alarm made it nearly impossible for me to do anything but clutch my ears and grind my teeth. After the first hour, I reluctantly called the cops. It took another several hours for them to show up and tow the offender. I can hardly describe the flood of relief as the noise slowly faded away. It turns out the alarm was a chronic problem for the owner, who left it on the street during the workday nonetheless.
@Waiting- That's even better. I'll have to remember that one. Sometimes people need their attitudes checked... by me.
Spam Q: Rock, paper, _______. This reminds me, Budweiser went around to local bars here about a yr ago and did a rock, paper, scissors contest. Except apparently it's called Ro Sham Bo. I lost, but I got some cool Bud gear for participating. My friend Jessie advanced to the finals and got to go to Vegas. Unfortunately they sent her a W2 Form a few weeks ago. Nothing's free.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38889
re: my experience with leaving notes on parked cars. One time, at a mall, someone parked closerthanthis to my car, which necessitated me getting in via the passenger's side. Getting a pen and a piece of paper out of my purse, i wrote a semi nasty note, and my daughter placed it under the windshield wiper.... and the freaking alarm goes off.... we drove like hell outta that parking lot. too funny.
Wondergirl in Wonderland - I hope the cops aren't too busy to help you if you're being attacked or raped or something because they were responding to a bogus complaint stemming from someone getting cut off in a parking lot.
Doesn't anyone let anything go anymore? Find another spot, tell your therapist, leave a note to be sent to Found...stuff happens. More people need to put on their big girl panties and get over it!
I thought the note was awesome. I never find anything good.
My car alarm used to randomly go off every couple of days at two or three in the morning. I lived in an apartment, and the parking lot was on the other side of the complex. It still woke me up... I count myself lucky no one keyed my car in the time I took to get it into the dealer. Turns out, when the temperature dipped in the middle of the night, it was causing the plastic casing of my radio to shrink, and the car thought it was being stolen. Now that car is totaled and I'd love to hear its alarm again
This note is great!I am so glad Donna sent it in and did worry herself about whether or not this is a "true" find.
I also love Yankee's note! What a great way to handle an ass without being an ass right back.
First of all, I am a terrible driver. It just isn't my thing. I avoid it as much as possible, but currently must drive to work as there is no mass transportation to its location.
That being said, I believe in the concept of "traffic karma"; i.e., if I cut someone off then someone else will cut me off, or if I forgive those who trepass against me or are driving like an idiot, then I will be forgiven for my trespasses as well.
(I know this sounds crazy, but every little bit helps - I hope.)
So, the last thing I would do is call the cops on the Walmart lady in Yankee's story. But as far as I can tell, there is no bad karma in leaving the note.
i love it! gets the point across beautifully. it pisses me off when people just let it go off until it stops itself. such inconsiderateness. if you're not at home, just lock the car, what good does the alarm do when you're not home to hear it? i wonder what the noise ordinances are for these such things?...
my neighbors house alarm would go off about twice a month, for thirty minutes. since she was a school teacher, she wasn't at home and the police never showed up to check it out either. it got the the point i started calling her at work every time and finally she disabled it.
EEEK! What kind of Karma is that!
I meant "trying NOT to piss anyone off" in the location!
@ Little Fish: *applause* well said! (and big boy pants as the case may be.)
I can totally understand this... my neighbour's car alarm goes off randomly throughout the night and keeps me awake. Only the car doesn't scream "tow me" it screams "Steal me... destroy me..."
Car alarms don't really serve a purpose anymore. They don't deter theft, they promote it.
I have a confession to make - I stuck a wad of bubble gum underneath the door handle of a car that parked too close for me. A big stickey lump of BubbleYum hidden under the entire length of the Cadilac's door handle. I'm not proud, but it made me feel so much better.
Josie,
Sure they do! Do you have a "panic button" on your remote control key chain for your car? Well, if the parking lot is real crowded and I can't remember where I left my car, sometimes I press that so I can find it.
Actually Nadine, I find that annoying. Can't you just hit your lock/unlock button and listen for it to beep instead of having it blare out? I see people do that all the time and I think 'gosh, do you people really need all the bells and whistles to go off in order for them to find their car.' You should invest in one of those memory gadgets that lets you record messages to yourself so you can remember where you parked your car, which to me is hilarious.
<laughs quietly behind cubicle>
My grandmother attached a ribbon to her car antenna so that she could see it over the other cars, just on the off chance that she forgot where she parked. Worked quite well, although in this day and age of SUVs sometimes we couldn't even see that.
I forgot my glasses, and when I first read the note I thought it said "The alarm sounds as if the cat is saying tow me, tow me, tow me."
A car alarm that sounds like a cat: I bet everyone would pay attention to that!
I had an ex with a real anger management problem. His solution to bad drivers and idiot parkers was to keep his cup holder in the console full of gigantic nuts, the metal type, not brazilnuts. He would whip a couple of those at some idiot driving poorly.
>>>More people need to put on their big girl panties and get over it!
Amen!
Is there really such a thing as a ball ping hammer? I'm only familiar with a ball peen hammer. Ball ping is way cooler though. I like to think of the hammer saying "ping" when one drives a nail home (or when one smashes a headlight, as in Butch's case).
Reminds me of Monty Python's machine that goes "bing."
speaking of parking etiquette... some of you were mentioning reasons to key cars
this one guy was sitting by an elevator in his car a few car lengths away. i thought he was sitting waiting for someone to come up (no blinker or anything). so i pulled into a fresh spot when this SUV leaves. no reaction from the sitting guy, but i got a weird feeling.
when i came back my new car was keyed. i filed a police report... they happened to not get caught on camera.
effing passive aggressive people! and learn to use the blinker!
Winston
Only my lights flash with the lock/unlock - but if it's dark, that's all I need. I only turn to the panic button when I have too. But, since I avoid driving anyway, I have only had to do this one or twice.
Sorry for the annoyance!
Your forgiven. Try not to let it happen again.
you know, getting mad at people who piss you off in traffic or in parking lots, only gets your blood pressure up, it doesnt affect the offending person. (as i frequently tell my spouse, you know, that driver can't hear you, but i can)
So, let it go, take the high road (way less traffic up there, too.) Smile and wave. And as far as parking spots go, let them have it. Who cares, really? In the great scheme of things, what does it really matter to you?
as far as car alarms go, they are annoying. i have no high road solutions for them.
I'm sorry but I'm going to play devil's advocate here but didn't you just say that you once put a nasty note on someone else's car onetime because they parked too close to you?
Christy in her office, you should have called the cops, too. I believe there are laws (at least where I live) that say it is an act of animal cruelty to leave a pet in a car unsupervised (even if the windows are rolled down, or not).
Thats just irresponsible and yes, moronish.
Well, Winston, yes i did. it wasnt exactly nasty, but was probably passive aggressive. had the person been there, it would have been a polite but direct pointing out that he/she had left me no room to properly get into my vehicle. If he/she and I had been trying to get into those two (ish) spots at the same time, i would have let him/her have the spots, since clearly they were not big enough for two cars. Which is something i have done before. with a smile and a wave.
Ugh...my typing is not so great today.
Winston, we all know high roads and low roads are different in Canada.
All I am saying is that most people are prone to react when provoked by others. Some reactions are just better thought out than others.
Hi.
I'm the car.
I'm not saying "tow me".
I'm telling you to B**W me.
Spam: Mix yellow and blue paint and get what?
Baby poop green...?
@ Little Fish- You want people to let things go... yet the "note was awesome." That is an example of someone not letting something go (albeit passively). Hmmm... So what are you saying? Also, in case you didn't read correctly, I called the cops because some kids passed me (and my 4 yr old) on a double line (causing oncoming traffic to slam on their breaks) going 20 mph over the limit. I'll try not get my panties in a bunch next time. It's only head on collisions and peoples lives. I should really lighten up, huh?
This would be donna with the note on the car. I got another note about 2 months after this on my door, "Donna, please move your car, it's parked illegally. [signed] SF PD" And I don't know any SF PD personally!
This car has also been immortalized google street view. There is a shot of my friend and I taping up the bumper from a hit. One friend referred to it as a crushed up tin can because of all the dents.
So, about a year ago I sold it and moved to NY. Funny how its memory still haunts me. 3 years after I submitted this note to Found, I am reminded again of her legacy.
sigh. I miss her.
In MD (my state) it's only unlawful to leave an animal in a car if it endangers the animal. That wasn't the case here. It was night and about 55 degrees.
On the other hand, I have called the cops in the past when seeing animals in dangerous situations in cars. This just wasn't one of those situations.
Perhaps Wal-Mart Lady doesn't deserve the cops being called on her, but the cut-offs and other bad driver violations that have nearly caused accidents often DO. Maybe the Wal-Mart Lady deserves a swift kick in the ass or a dirty note, (the factual course of action taken in the story).
Love the note.
Yankee, that is perfect! I am inspired and I will do the same when I am in a similar situation. I will feel so much better! And your tone is perfect. I have written a couple letters to REALLY bitchy people's supervisors, and it made me feel much better.
Once I called someone from the yellow pages to see if they did a particular thing that I needed. He said no, gruffly and I started to ask him something else and found he had just hung up! So I called him back and said that it was not nice to hang up on people. As he began to say "huh... uhhh..." I hung up.
*******
I hope everyone calls 911 if they see a possible drunk driver - you could save a life. I do it every time.
You know what else is annoying? when someone leaves for the weekend and doesnt turn off their really loud alarm clock...that doesnt shut down by itself. The first time this happened, I wrote a nice polite letter and stuck it to the neighbour's door. The second time, I let my boyfriend have a go at the letter. This time, he wasn't so nice. It didnt happen again.
Marie... this one time, i had a telemarketer call me, and he was selling tickets to a variety show, to benefit the local Salvation's Army shelter, or some such thing. Variety shows are right up my alley, so i asked the gentleman what date it was, and he told me. I looked at my calendar, and it was the same date as a school thing, for my kids, and i said that to the guy. He says "yeah, right" in an enormously sarcastic manner, and hangs up. I called the Salvation Army the next day, and spoke to them about this guy's attitude.
Wow, look at that: 3 years' wait time from submission of Find to much exalted and celebrated Find of the Day! Keep holding out hope, everyone who has submitted Finds!
The only notes I've left on cars are party invites or "damn you're HOT!" type notes.
Don't talk of stars
Burning above;
If you're in love,
Tow me!
Tell me not dreams
Filled with desire.
If you're on fire,
Tow me!
I've left one note in my lifetime on someone else's car and that was to inquire from my then boyfriend if we were still a couple. I know it sounds pretty sad but this was before they came out with books like, "He's not that into you". When I look back I think someone should have just handed me a sign or something but that's teen love for ya.
Most car alarms can be silenced by a quick snip to the wires that run to the horn. Wear ear plugs. For those of you who oppose self-serving vandalism - this snipping is easily repaired with a bit of electrical tape. Sure, the owner of the car would be inconvenienced somewhat, but so were you.
Winston...awwww... hugs.
Thanks Mona...it's not so bad anymore. It was a life lesson well learned.
good to hear winston. Thank god the teenage years end.
it's not quite the same thing, but when i was about 12 we moved into a new house and the neighbors on the left told me that the neighbor's house on the right was abandoned because it was haunted (later found out that the person who lived in the house was just eccentric and never home) and one day, the lights all started going on and off throughout the house. it scared the heck out of me. and it wouldnt stop.
it wasn't noisy but it sure scared me.
spam question is 28 times 15.... wtf?!
haven't your lips
longed for my touch
don't say how much
tow me
don't talk of june
don't talk of fall
don't talk at all
tow me
tow me now!!!
Posting in Stealth Mode: Where do you see the submission time as 3 years ago? I can't find that anywhere! I submitted two things last week - I don't expect to ever see them up here! But we'll see :)
I effing HATE car alarms. This note is a LOT nicer than what I would have left, were I a note leaver.
Yankee- you reminded me of this story- I'll paste only a bit of it here cause it's long,..
"One day I was at the store, getting ready to pull into a parking spot. Some guy in a black BMW cut me off and pulled into the spot I had patiently waited for. I hit the horn and yelled that I'd been waiting for that spot, but the idiot ignored me. I noticed a "For Sale" sign in his back window, so I wrote down his number.
A couple of days later, right after calling the first Tosser (I had his number on speed dial,) I thought that I'd better call the BMW tosser, too.
I said, "Is this the man with the black BMW for sale?"
He said, "Yes, it is."
I asked, "Can you tell me where I can see it?"
He said, "Yes, I live at 34 Oaktree Blvd , in Fairfax . It's a yellow rambler, and the car's parked right out in front."
I asked, "What's your name?"
He said, "My name is Don Hansen,"
I asked, "When's a good time to catch you, Don?"
He said, "I'm home every evening after five."
I said, "Listen, Don, can I tell you something?"
He said, "Yes?"
I said, "Don, you're a TOSSER!" "
haha, woww, I thought this was for me! But then I was like wait, I didn't send anything in..
My car alarm was going off last night for god knows how long, and none of us noticed. It was going off this morning too, and I don't know when it started but I hope it wasn't the whole night.
This reminded me of a note my dad brought home one time (I was just a kid, so I don't remember if he was given it by a friend or if he actually found it on his car. Considering he drives a huge pickup truck, the latter is more likely) It was business-card size, had a drawing of Mickey Mouse giving you the finger, and basically an angry, vulgar typed message about parking so f***ing close they had to use a f***ing can opener to get their f***ing car out.
I like this one though =P I get really angry at other drivers sometimes, though what happens more often is them getting mad at me, considering I'm a relatively inexperienced/nervous driver that refuses to go more than 5 mph over the speed limit =(
The post up there from Donna in Brooklyn is from the Finder (so she says, and I have no reason to doubt her.)
She states, ... "So, about a year ago I sold it and moved to NY. Funny how its memory still haunts me. 3 years after I submitted this note to Found, I am reminded again of her legacy."
I have heard of Finds taking (now) up to 3 years to be posted, but I've also heard of people submitting a Find and having it posted within a month or two. I think it really depends on the greatness of the Find. (and the 1 or 2 month one was a GREAT find.)
I think it's been almost a year since I submitted something that I thought was pretty great..but the quality was sub par, so who knows if or when it'll show up. Just as long as the Found Guys keep up the good work, maybe I'll have my 15 seconds of fame yet. (ok, yeah. I'm done.)
I think I would have gotten the gist of this message in only a couple "Tow Me"s...
i found a cool find. I wont say it was great, but it wasnt lame, either. i guess about a year and a half, then?
@ Sara in your imagination - Yay! Someone else has seen one of those! I had one for the longest time and then some jackass wrote their number on the back of it and I decided I would toss that one because SURELY I would find another one. Too bad I never did. =(
I live in the city and don't even pay much attention if an alarm goes off. When was the last time any of you called the police because you heard an alarm going off? And, if it kept going off for long amounts of time that would be a big pain in my as...er..neck. Imagine, one of your neibors car alarm going of at like 3:00am and staying on for like over an hour.
I LOVE this. Too funny.
Sara- my dad has one of those! It's the only one Iv'e ever seen. Glad to know there's more out there.
Spam Q: "Spell the word 'palindrome' backwards." Seriously? That's not even funny, that's mean. Gimme the math! :)
Oh, and I wonder how many cars are stolen due to ignored car alarms... I'd be pissed.
I lived in a co-op. The alarm clock belonging to one of my housemates started going off after he had left for a vacation. Problem was that he had locked the door (which was pretty unusual, by the way) and not left anybody a key! The only sensible thing to do was kill the power to that room. Too bad.
I'd so do that same thing to a car alarm... but how to access the power wires, Annonimoose?
One morning my next door (in a duplex, so we share a wall)neighbor's smoke alarm was going off for hours. My husband finally got fed up with hearing it and went over there, walked straight into the guy's house and took the battery out. When the neighbor came home, my husband told him that the smoke alarm was going off and he went in because he thought the place was on fire and the neighbor needed to be rescued.
I pulled into a walmart parking lot, one time, behind another car, and when they passed an open parking spot I put on my blinker and pulled halfway in, at which point, the jerk started backing into the space! I honked and he kept on backing, until he was in. He barely avoided hitting me, and then cussed me out! It's been like, ten years, and it still makes me mad.
if you live near the UCSF hospital on divisadero, I KNOW YOUR CAR!! seems like there's one of you in every neighborhood though. especially the TL. i dunno what's up with that.
I had a friend whose dad used to call the neighbors when their dogs barked in the middle of the night. He would wait for the neighbor to answer then simply bark loudly into the phone! It worked every time! Two minutes later the dogs would be let inside and silenced. Of course, that was before the days of caller id....
28x15=14x30=420, guh.
Wondergirl -
And I quote: "When people piss me off like this, and I am pissed off at the parking space stealer you've described, I like to call the cops (or 911)."
Remember that statement? We do. I KNEW I wasn't hallucinating.
And PS - The note was awesome because it was witty...not for the message. I stand by my previous statements.
I didn't have time to read all the comments, but I have to address what "someone else" said way up at the top.
Sure, this note is "a pretty nice way to address the fact" that someone's car alarm is going off constantly. However, a much more satisfying way to address it is to gracefully deposit a cinder block onto the driver's seat via the windshield. Not necessarily more effective, but definitely more satisfying.
HAHA! sounds like something I would leave behind...except I use bright yellow window paint when people park like idiots...:c )
THAT IS HILARIOUS! TOW IT TOW IT TOW IT!