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August 27, 2008 |
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Gimmee That!
FOUND by James
in Pennsylvania
I teach fifth grade, and while cleaning my classroom at the end of the day, I found this within a pile of trashed artwork. You guys are awesome! Keep up the great work!
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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...
"Rob the jewelry store and tell them to make me a grill!" I now know what a "grill" is in modern parlance, but I still got the giggles, imagining the jeweler forced to cook up some burgers and ribs at gunpoint.
Peter Elbow once said of writing as therapy that poison in your mind makes you sick--poison written out on paper can be safely thrown in the wastebasket.
I hope the artist saved himself from acting on his criminal impulses by drawing it all out.
I like the spelling of "mutha fucha". Kind of takes the edge off it, you know?
"I hope the artist saved himself from acting on his criminal impulses by drawing it all out"
either that, or this is just part of their planning process, detailed sketches of how it's SURE to go down.
It cracks me up how the six-pack drawn on the robber looks like a big grinning face. Or maybe it's me and the fact insomnia has hit once again and I'm delusional from lack of sleep.
Also amuses me that a grill is the only thing this kid wants.
I'm not smarter than a fifth grader. "Make me a grill"?
"Rob that jewellery store!"
"Tell them to make me a *Grill*!"
That's so hilarious! Tell them to make me a Grill????
What about "Gimme ALL your money and Jewellery!!"
To be in 5th Grade again...mind you we weren't thinking about robbing stores...
*grill* is that god awful gold rim people put on their teeth to be bad in a good way.
This looks like a pretty poignant social commentary.
Gold teef for errbody.
I sort of like the face that's floating in the middle of the picture, partially obscured by the speech balloon.
And I'm not sure I'd trust the guy on the left to make me much of anything, what with his two left hands (look at the thumbs). But then the guy on the right doesn't seem to have a left hand at all, does he?
I'd like my steak medium-rare, please!
What's up with those abs?
If I were going to rob a jewelry store, I would not let such a distinguishing feature hang out for all the world to see.
Dang.
Aaw Yeeah! The mutha fuchin innocence of fith grade. Sheeit.
Is the guy on the left doing some kind of crazy dance move?
I think my favorite is the teacher's comment: You guys are awesome! Keep up the great work! Somehow acknowledging and mocking the fact that a fifth grader a. uses the phrase mutha fucha b. is thinking of robbing a jewelry store and c. is only hoping for a grill from the said robbery.
You guys are awesome! Keep up the great work!
Love those wings on the gunmen. Helpful for a quick get-away AND if he forgets his lines.
Wow what abs! I could hardly tear my eyes away from that bare chest and abs.
Who is awesome: the folks on Found, or those crazy fifth-graders?
I thought she meant we were awesome.
I guess it got to be too late to finish drawing the accomplice who was going to demand a turkey fryer.
We are awesome. I think that is what she meant, too.
It's gonna take more than a grill to help that mutha fucha's face! He needs to spend more time at the plastic surgeon and less at the gym.
I like how the stick-up man's pants have been partially erased. Like the artist had decided his subject would look better in a kilt or MC Hammer pants, but never got a chance to finish them.
Dear FOUND Gods,
I'm sorry! I'm sorry for whatever I did to offend you. I take it back. I take it ALL back. I'll order more magazines. Just make these God-forsaken SPAM questions stop! I hate even having to read the word 'SPAM'. May I please be red again? PLEASE?
Take heart, Jodababes. I have never been able to sign in.
Ah ha! Take that SPAM!
Are you smarter than a mutha fuchin 5th grader? Not quite sure why the teacher is proud of this...?!
I have to agree with Holly. I guess kids must grow up a LOT faster now, because I know we weren't dreaming of robbing anything in 5th grade, much less getting voluntary dental work.
its a nelly song..."
Rob the jewelry store and tell 'em make me a grill.
Dirrty, R&B.
Add da whole top diamond and the bottom Row's gold."
first time I have EVER laughed out loud from a find.....
I know it's a song and all, but..well, I can't help but think this kid has some really ugly teeth. He works his abs to deflect some of the attention away from his yuck mouth. It's why he's robbing the store shirtless, I tell you. Yep, I need more sleep.
At first I thought the words were written in cartoon speech bubbles, but after further examination I realized they're tatoos on his giant, basset hound-like ears.
@ Makin tea in her underwear ... doesn't that leave stains on the undies?
I guess it's somewhat of a relief to know this image comes from a song, not a child's imagination.
Mona is awesome.
I am a fourth grade teacher, and if I found this note, I would immediately turn it over to the principal. This is not funny. It promotes violence. Remember Colombine?
Good grief. Have you no shame?
Oh, the places you'll go.
Oh, the finds I could submit if it weren't for the privacy policies in the schools where I've worked.
@Sally Jo: I not only remember Columbine, but how to spell it as well. And, yah, when I have found similar art that actually depicts threats to other students, I have had to act on the threat. That kind of situation is more likely to come up when a student is too illiterate to write a note, the format in which most threats are presented.
@ Makin tea in her underwear: did you get your name from a Shins song?
@ Gorgon, Sally Jo, and anyone else who applies: I'm glad to know that I'm not the only teacher who wastes my planning period day after day here at Found.
I teach 6th grade and have found several treasures that I wanted to submit, but I took them home indstead. Hopefully by the end of my second year my collection will have doubled.
Where did my perfectly innocent response to Clover in the Multipurpose Room (and her MPR comment) go? Why were they deleted? Are there some strange rules of etiquette I don't know about?
Sorry, wrong Find. Clover's and my comments are on the photo find. Confused. Sorry.
"I must pay more attention in class. I must pay more attention in class. I must pay more attention in class. I must..."
I think this is really humorous. I remember when I was in school and I would write the lyrics to songs all the time. I think it is awesome that this kid illustrated it instead of just wrote them.
Yup, I did it too... spent most of my school years writing out songs because I was so bored. Wish I'd had the artistic ability this kid has!
@ MLM- Totally, hun...never did we think of RBBERY in Gr. 5????
I mean, we would be outside playing Hopscotch, skip-rope or double-dutch, hide & seek, niki-niki-nine-doors, (That was hysterical!) but it wasn't too hilarious after getting caught by some! Most neighbours would chase you through the whole neighbourhood...cornfields...backyards...etc...!
Ahhhhhh...the lazy-hazy days of summer, and sometimes, mis-spent youth. (For these pupils, any way)
**Walks away...shaking head**
^^^^^OOPPSS! = *ROBBERY* ^^^^^
"Baby Basil is an excellent student and participates quite frequently in class, providing us with humor and intelligence that brighten our days. However, Baby needs to pay more attention in class, especially to the geography lessons, which will help her locate her comments successfully."
Sincerely,
mlm
:)
God said to Noah "Build me an ark", God said to the jeweler "Make me a grill". It's good to reinterpret the bible, keep it up to date with our modern times.
I must learn to read more carefully. I could have sworn it said "Make me a girl"...
until i magnified it, i also thought it said "make me a girl."
surely, we're not the only ones!
The teacher who submitted this is a he not a she.
I don't draw like that anymore....
I draw people with smiles, dogs running, and rainbows....they don't have meetings about rainbows.
I'm pretty sure that the teacher, James F., is talking about the Foundmagazine guys when he says, "You guys are awesome." He was obviously an exhausted teacher at the end of an exhausting day, when he submitted this find.
These are words to a song??? WTF??
I used to write down lyrics to songs, too...more like "Rocky Mountain High," though.
So, we've gone from getting high in the Rocky Mountains to robbing jewelry stores.
@ironcladhero: Why yes I did! Horray for you!
A Nelly song...huh. I really had no clue.
I think the guy on the right is wearing a Indian turban. See the jeweled brooch holding it together in the middle of his forehead? The pants suggest Indian as Well. I think we may have a hindu hitman on our hands.
Hello? You're a teacher in Killadelphia and you're encouraging your students to draw pictures where they glorify guns and violence. You're an asshole and I hope you get fired.
retailprincess16 you are John McCain and I claim my $5!
Oh!! I just rechecked this picture after reading the comments and the box on the jewelers desk is marked "Grills"! How hysterical, guess I don't go to the right jewelry stores because I've never seen a box of grills before.
I used to write lyrics on my folders, but they were always lines from love songs that I wanted a guy to sing/say to me. (sigh)
This could mean anything... that the kid is angry, or maybe just that he heard a song. 5th grade people... NOT THAT INNOCENT in bigger cities. You hateful people wishing someone would lose their job over their comments here are really REALLY sad.
Thats pure talent