July 22, 2008

Ken
FOUND by Ken in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Found this while walking to the store. It was lying by the sidewalk, across the street from a well-known (and LOUD) party house, at the intersection of Fuller & Fulton. Having just discovered your website a few days ago, I was pleased with this find. I'm scanning the ground like a dork every time I leave the house now.
The Captain in Tenille
Why yes, yes, they are.. but .. the kids are all riiiight!
+ July 22, 2008 12:04 AM +
baby basil in the herb garden
"Fuller and Fulton"--what a tongue-twister! Not to mention confusing if you don't know the area. Imagine some fucked-up kids appearing on the wrong street looking for that loud party!

BTW, "dorks" don't scan the ground for finds. Only the cool kids do that.
+ July 22, 2008 01:47 AM +
Farmer in In The Dell
This seems redundant to me.
Those fucked up kids are crazy.
Those crazy kids aer fucked up.

Yep. Redundant.
+ July 22, 2008 03:13 AM +
Aaron in D-Town
They're nice kids if you ask me
+ July 22, 2008 03:14 AM +
Lawndude in the weeds
SWEET! 'nuff said......

+ July 22, 2008 04:22 AM +
Feeling in coherent
Perhaps this is a temporary "Fucked up".. your Honor, I plead "not guilty by reason of being temporarily fucked up". Somehow, I don't think that would fly.
+ July 22, 2008 05:09 AM +
Aaron in D-Town
But boy it would be great if it did....
+ July 22, 2008 05:14 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
Maybe they were crazy first.
+ July 22, 2008 05:22 AM +
Feeling in coherent
Of course they were crazy first! That's no excuse. Have you ever met someone who wasn't crazy?
+ July 22, 2008 05:49 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
@Feeling ... Well, I know I'M normal. It's all the rest of you I've been concerned about. (isn't that how most of us feel at some level?)
+ July 22, 2008 06:14 AM +
mona lisa in normality
Librarian, i feel like the entire world is normal, and i'm crazy, but crazy is the only way to be.
+ July 22, 2008 06:45 AM +
Feeling in coherent
@Librarian... Define "normal"

And if we weren't all crazy, life would be boring.
+ July 22, 2008 06:56 AM +
Carla Sue, watching where she walks in Indiana
A little crazy isn't a bad thing. It makes life more interesting. Now.. being fucked up, wellll.
And I don't feel like a dork when I scan the ground every time I leave the house. I still haven't located a "found-worthy" item just yet, but I know I will.

Damn. I had to get the calculator out for the spam question.
Now, THAT's fucked up!
+ July 22, 2008 07:01 AM +
mona lisa in the found welcome wagon
Oh, By the way, Welcome, Ken from Grand Rapids Michigan. I hope you're still coming to this website.
+ July 22, 2008 07:08 AM +
The call is coming from in side your pants!
Non-dorks tred on landmines.
+ July 22, 2008 07:36 AM +
Flargy in New Haven, CT
Kids who are fucked up and crazy often turn out to be more level-headed, stable adults than their "normal" peers end up being.
+ July 22, 2008 07:51 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
@ Feeling ... well, "normal" would be like me, I guess. (That would include any voices in my head, occasionally blurred vision and slurred speech, mental aptitude scores in the stratosphere, delusions of grandeur, feelings of inferiority, and so on.)
+ July 22, 2008 08:19 AM +
Feeling in coherent
Oh... Well then I'm normal too.
+ July 22, 2008 08:25 AM +
Feeling in coherent
@ Flargy... That has not been my observation.
+ July 22, 2008 08:26 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
@ Feeling ... that doesn't mean I'm not going to be suspicious and concerned about you
+ July 22, 2008 08:31 AM +
Monkey in denial
of course those kids are crazy, everyone's crazy in one way or another(especially the people who think they are sane...those are the ones you have to look out for)

it's being fucked up part we should strive to avoid.

...or did the writer mean it in a slang "fucked up" meaning drunk/high?.... of course drunk/high kids would act crazy!
+ July 22, 2008 08:34 AM +
Clover in the weeds
I like being dorky. Dorky is cool. Therefore people who scan the ground looking for finds are cool. Welcome to Ken, another foundfanatique! (Are you one of the commenters too?)
+ July 22, 2008 08:35 AM +
Noddy Holder in some '70's metal band. I don't remember.
Ma-Mama, we're all crayzee now..!

I like how the finder, Ken, called his Find simlply KEN. for some reason that actually makes me chuckle. Okay, I'll be honest. It makes me laugh maniacally.

+ July 22, 2008 08:41 AM +
fooch in a tizzy
OMG! Is this find an omen?? I am just about to leave to work at a camp with LOTS of kids.

(I knew I shouldn't have turned on my computer this morning...)
+ July 22, 2008 09:09 AM +
Turbo in the Thunderdome
Those celibate down adults are sane!
+ July 22, 2008 09:28 AM +
Sammy Davis Junior Jr in a very sunny place, rubbing on my SPF 50
Hahaaha! So sorry for you, Fooch.

May the force be with you
+ July 22, 2008 09:43 AM +
christiatric in tromaville
Whew! Glad to see that the fucked-up kids are having a go at being the crazy ones for once. And here I thought the normal kids would carry that stigma with them to their graves.
+ July 22, 2008 09:44 AM +
Alias Smith and Jones
I used to get fucked up all the time. Kinda miss those days....
+ July 22, 2008 10:35 AM +
Lady Guinevere in someone else's chamber
Those fucked up kids are really nice and are having a good time.
+ July 22, 2008 10:42 AM +
mona lisa in beside the party house
he kid (well, he's almost 30, but i call him a kid cuz he's not grown up. Well, neither am i, but at least i'm considerate of my neighbours) next door to me has been playing loud music all day every day, and into the night, ever since his mom went on holidays. I think she went on holidays. I hope he didn't kill her.
+ July 22, 2008 11:32 AM +
Clover, giggling at the fishies nibbling on her toes in fish tank
OMG!! Hahahahaha! I am going to repeat Noddy and Turbo's comments, cuz I am laughing hysterically! I want more! More!

"Those celibate down adults are sane!"

"I like how the finder, Ken, called his Find simlply KEN. for some reason that actually makes me chuckle. Okay, I'll be honest. It makes me laugh maniacally."

@fooch, you might want to print up this page of comments to take with you to camp. Just in case you start feeling a little too sane.
+ July 22, 2008 12:47 PM +
Librarian in the woodwork
While it's still today's find: what in the world would be the reason for someone having carefully printed this little note in ALL CAPS on what looks like a sticky name-tag, and then adhering it to a rough piece of corrugated cardboard?

Was the music THAT LOUD that two passersby couldn't talk to each other and had to write snide comments back and forth?
+ July 22, 2008 12:57 PM +
Beldar, consum in g mass quantities
No idea why someone would write this on a sticky label and adhere it to a piece of corrugated cardboard.. but I DO love the handwriting. Mostly the Es and Rs. they're kind of cool, but I'm not sure why.
+ July 22, 2008 02:16 PM +
Tori in G Rap
I'm from GR as well, and I've seen a couple stickers laying around much like this one, and they always make me laugh.
+ July 22, 2008 03:00 PM +
lars in all my forms in the nwc?
@ flargy: i'd like to read your memoir.
+ July 22, 2008 03:01 PM +
Smallbear in the kegger's at bear's house
Isn't being crazy and fucked up the entire point of college?
+ July 22, 2008 04:34 PM +
Holly the Homemaker in Toronto

You've gotta' be wee bit *insane* to be *sane*....
+ July 22, 2008 04:43 PM +
also in G Rap
Haha, I know that party house!

Fun fact: once, I was stopped at that intersection at night and saw something happening in one of the uncurtained upstairs rooms that involved a naked dude and what appeared to be a video camera.
I added to your internet fame just now by sharing that, Party House!
+ July 22, 2008 05:42 PM +
Sean S. in Rockville
But are they crazy when their not fucked up?
+ July 22, 2008 06:34 PM +
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Two people looking over the river in Paris:
A: Look, someone just jumped off the Pont Neuf.
B: He must be in Seine.

I saw that cartoon in the newspaper this week. Bizarro, I think.
+ July 22, 2008 08:07 PM +
Clover in the town where Animal House was filmed
Librarian and Beldar.. that's hilarious! Sticky labels, all-caps, and corrigated cardboard.

Tori, I hope you collected them and submitted them to Found!
+ July 22, 2008 09:19 PM +
Clover in the sea
Hey DeLonghi, I was glancing down and there's a blue whale in the "More Finds" at this very minute. It looks seems strangely familiar.
+ July 22, 2008 09:22 PM +
Clover in the Lawn
*It seems strangely familiar.* Oups.
+ July 22, 2008 09:23 PM +
Coco in Grand Rapids
I'm from Grand Rapids! Unlike these other kids, I've never been to the "Party House". I'm out of the loop. :(

(spam question: 28x15=? ?=420 -you clever kids)
+ July 22, 2008 09:30 PM +
Clover in the Lawn
It seems as if Coco is not out of the loop after all.
+ July 23, 2008 12:13 AM +
Never Mind in Oblivion
So is Hooch. He's seriously crazy.
+ July 23, 2008 04:57 AM +
mlm in texas
@Clover--Is that a hint about DeLonghi's "true" identity?
+ July 23, 2008 09:10 AM +
Jonathan too in my office (sshhh!) but I'm on HOLIDAY!
@Blackbird:

and there was this Egyptian guy who fell in the river but swore he hadn't.

He was in de Nile.
+ July 23, 2008 09:36 AM +
Al Simon in cognito
it might be, mlm. If you're in the loop. or out of the loop. I can never keep track of whether i'm in or out, or which side is the most fun.
+ July 23, 2008 09:49 AM +
M in at the bitter end...
I used to live across from this house...and one time last year, I got home at like, 4 am, and one of the little cretins was asleep on my porch- woke up, and was like, sorry I got lost, and then ran off screaming like he was on fire...
that is just one of our many treasured stories of these neighbors... I must be honest I think they are fucked up all the time, and therefore the previous question about whether they are crazy all the time or just when they are fucked up is null....
+ July 23, 2008 10:37 AM +
Clover in the Lawn
@M, so Ken must be your former neighbor, right? do you know him?
+ July 23, 2008 11:47 AM +
Caitlin in Grand Rapids
Hey! That's right by where I live! I've never seen a find on the site that was nearby me.
+ July 23, 2008 02:00 PM +
Ken in Wyoming, MI (I've moved)
Holy crap. I never comment here (well, almost never), so I was surprised to see my Find posted so long after I sent it in.

About the cardboard; I found the sticker with the sticky side bare... so I stuck it a bit of cardboard to make scanning easier. And it looks better than if it were stuck to plain white paper...

I was living on Baldwin ST (right around the corner) at the time, but have since moved to the outskirts of town.

@M: The house RIGHT ON THE SW CORNER, right? A band practices there?

Oh and the 'praying lady' who haunts the area now has feathers & horns stuck on her head. Nice enough old broad if ya talk to her ;)
+ July 23, 2008 08:16 PM +
Delonghi Model CT12
Hey, Ken! Thanks for checking in! (and clarifying that the sticker wasn't attached to the cardboard when Found... It looks GOOD on there, though.) How long ago did you send in the Find? (just wondering)

This Find reminds me of another Partyhouse in another time... one of my HS friends' favorite phrase to call a chick was "crazy fucked up mental bitch."

+ July 23, 2008 08:51 PM +
Ken in Wyoming, MI
@Delonghi Model CT12:

At least a year ago. Not too sure :/
+ July 23, 2008 09:02 PM +
baby basil in the herb garden
Not so much in the loop, more in a Moebius strip...
+ July 24, 2008 12:25 AM +
Ken in Wyoming, MI
Moebius? WTF
+ July 24, 2008 01:04 AM +
ashley douglas in grand rapids
ok. here's what.
the 'fucked up kids' have a sort of pussy vandalism thing going around grand rapids [particularly eastown and south division, coffee shops, venues, record store's right].
while i like graffiti for the most part, i think their shit's just tacky and tired. ehh
+ July 24, 2008 02:21 AM +
Jonathan in London, England
Moebius strip:
http://tinyurl.com/8bbgw

A loop with a twist in it so it only has one surface. But if you're in the loop you'll always be on the other side of everyone else!!
+ July 24, 2008 07:48 AM +
kiki in the coffeeshop
What in the world is pussy vandalism?

*anxiously scans around for fucked up kids*
+ July 24, 2008 08:09 PM +
Ken in Wyoming, MI
@kiki in the coffeeshop

Very bad graffiti or very small bricks through the window? I'm guessing.
+ July 24, 2008 09:50 PM +
baby basil in the herb garden
Hickory dickory dip,
The mouse in the Moebius strip.
The strip revolved,
The mouse dissolved
In a multi-dimensional flip!
+ July 25, 2008 01:58 PM +
Rory in Grand Rapids
When I saw this I was like "hey! I've seen that!." And then I realized... I have, since it's from Grand Rapids. There were actually many of these posted, mostly around the Eastown area. They all said something about "The fucked up kids" and many were a bit more creative than this. I'm pretty sure I know the tagger whose doing this was, as well.
+ July 26, 2008 06:50 PM +
HairmanDan in Florida
Hey---
I used to live right there. Just a block away on Lowell. It's not surprising that nothing has changed. It's a college area, so it's always had it's "kids".
Big "Hey" to ya'll in Grand Rapids! I miss the place.
+ July 29, 2008 02:21 PM +
Coco in Grand Rapids
I should be so proud to say that yesterday afternoon I drove by a large green house with music a-bumpin' and I thought, I wonder if this is the house from that Found that I said I had no clue what house it was. And it was. Fuller & Fulton, indeed. Quite the parties apparently. It was like 4:30 in the afternoon.
+ August 17, 2008 04:18 PM +
Amy in Grand Rapids, Mi
Ken- That crazy praying lady once told two of my friends that their wedding was going to be beautiful because the pope was going to be there. (they weren't even dating, just walking to the farmer's market together.) About 6 months later she saw one of them again, and asked her how the wedding was and asked how the pope was doing.
+ December 11, 2008 08:54 PM +
Ken in Wyoming, MI
Coco & Amy:

Yeah I think it was green. N.W. corner, right?

The praying lady gave wedding advice, huh? Wish I had known... I might have hired her 20 years ago
+ April 22, 2009 06:06 PM +

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