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October 03, 2008 |
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Incrimination
FOUND by Natalie
in Cleveland, Ohio
I found this list at Walmart. Should I have worn gloves when I picked it up, or do I just watch too many crime drama shows?
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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...
Duck tape? Poor ducks, I don't think this bodes well for them.
It does sound a little odd, but isn't it funny that it could be something as innocent as some funky art project or painting thing? It just seems so specific to write 35% hydrogen peroxide- almost like they are reading a suggested list or recipe ingredient.
Sounds like someone's building a bomb.
Or doing a really scary dye job...
can all of these things be acquired from the same place? Maybe I'm just misinformed, but I feel like boric acid might not be sold in your supermarket.
American Psycho anyone?
Cleaning a house before leaving it? I know it is used to kill roaches...Thanks to Wikipedia I just discovered it can used for a variety of thing...As an anti-bacterial compound, boric acid can also be used as an acne treatment. Boric acid can be used to treat yeast and fungal infections such as candidiasis (vaginal yeast infections) by inserting a vaginal suppository containing 600 mg of boric acid daily for 14 days. It is also used as prevention of athlete's foot.
@ taza: thanks for the details, it really made eating my breakfast more enjoyable.
I am a freak about margins. Why would the writer, upon having to scrunch 'peroxide' to fit the paper, NOT immediately realize the drifting left margin?
It appears "Duck tape" (an accepted variant of 'duct tape') was written by a different person, hence the return to the original margin.
Boric acid or "borax" can be used in a home-made anti-fungal spray for grout etc., when combined with the white vinegar. My mother added it when washing her whites when she worked in the hospital, to disinfect them.
Peroxide is used for many purposes if you're into "green cleaning".
It looks like someone is getting ready to do some serious cleaning/disinfecting, given the gloves and mask (for the fumes) and the dropcloth. The duct tape (a cheaper version, not used for wrapping AC ducts, is sold under the brand name Duck Tape)may be needed to cover something with the plastic to protect it.
Rather a more pedestrian explanation, but no need to call CSI just yet.
Boric acid can be bought in the detergent aisle of most large supermarkets. Look for 20 Mule Team Borax. That's it. It's cheap.
The mixture is a good anti-fungal. Probably intended to be 3.5% H2O2-that's standard pharmacy issue-35% is a quite serious oxidizer.
@ L
Actually I thought of Leopold and Loeb, but American Psycho does just as nicely.
Sounds like a sexy night in, if this is your note, don't be shy, gimme an email some time.... ;)
Look out Cleveland! This is a recipe for a Total Makeover Girls' Night Out Sleepover Pajama Party.
And we're all coming out with clean skin and California-blonde hair.
The list probably belonged to an environmentalist flood victim. The chemicals are an earth-friendly recipe for black mold disinfection:
http://www.dfwx.com/mold.htm
(scroll a tiny bit less than halfway down)
Is it Duck season already??? It feels like we just started Wabbit season...
The plastic dropcloth makes me think that the writer is going to set/lay something on top of the cloth and then clean it. You wouldn't need a drop cloth to clean, say, the tub or something.
Sounds like Dexter's shopping list, if you ask me.
HE'S DISINFECTING HIS HOUSE AFTER HAVING KILLED SOMEONE!! AAAHH
RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!
http://foundmagazine.com/comments/2617
sums it up for me.
(actually, boric acid solution used to be employed as an eyewash for newborn infants. not sure if it still is... also, a boric acid/alcohol solution is used by many goldsmiths, as a purifier before fluxing and soldering.)
HAhaha! What a dumb list. Duck tape? Are they going to patch a duck?
Dumb..off to the races!
I don't know about the rest of the list but the third one results in a 15-yard penalty and an automatic first down.
@CLF: My sentiments, too.
They forgot to add quackers to the list.
quite a serious night in there...
6 loves and duck tape...
I wonder what part of the duck you use to make the tape?...
I agree with mick...
and i have a sore tummy from laughing...
CREEPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Turbo--Whether flagrant or incidental, starting this year! *hee*
DOHHH... I forgot the hacksaw and the Clorox!
I knew the list was for cleaning from the gitgo. What cracked me up was how "Duck Tape" had so obviously been added after and larger than the rest of the writing because, well, it's embarrassing to run out of duct tape. If you're running low you want to make damned sure you get some more.
Now that I think about it, I hope they weren't going to use duct tape to put the drop cloth on a floor. They'll be down there for hours trying to get the adhesive up after they're finished.
personally, I think I'd add lysergic acid diethylamide to the list.
A Fall cleaning and or painting of the of the house is probably gonna happen.
Does sound rather CSI'ish, though.
'Duck tape' was around before 'duct tape.' The 'duck' refers to how water rolls off of the backing--just like off of the back of a duck!
check this out.....
"MOLD KILLING MIXTURE (except DEEPLY ROOTED mold colonies) -
Works on all mold and fungus - this is a very strong mixture ratio
1 quart white vinegar
1/2 quart water
1 cup 35% hydrogen peroxide
1 cup boric acid
If you also wish to use vinegar (any white vinegar will work), add vinegar - but ONLY AFTER you have dilluted the hydrogen peroxide. As the vinegar will cause the mixture to deteriorate within a few hours, only add vinegar to the amount you plan to use promptly.
WEAR RUBBER GLOVES, EYE PROTECTION AND A SIMPLE BREATHING MASK. Spray the mixture (using any ordinary spray bottle) on the mold - or swipe it on with a VERY wet spounge. Avoid getting this mixture into your eyes and if you do, flush your eyes with water.
Paper painter's masks DO NOT WORK. Use at least a HEPA N95 rated filter. If you do not have one, you can buy one below.
If a deeply rooted mold, really get it wet repeatedly as you wipe or gently scrub the mold colony away as the mixture kills the mold itself.
Final comment:
We do not mean to minimize the dangers of toxic mold. But we also do not believe in exaggerating dangers to try to sell extremely overpriced machines and chemicals that either do not work, actually are worse for you than the mold danger - or both. Again, follow the links above for severe mold and toxic black mold problems.
Wishing you the best and good luck!"
Fine! It *may* very well be an innocent list for cleaning up mildew, but uh... it would be the smoking gun if found in a murder suspect's house--FO SHIZZLE!
Perhaps next time they should add:
P.S. This list is *totally* for cleaning up mildew and NOT for cleaning up after that immoral meat-eater I had to murder earlier this week.
P.P.S. I would have liked him better if I didn't have to murder his immoral ass and clean up after it.
@ Amber,
I'm glad for the recipe. If I had been handed this list and sent to the store, I'd probably have come back empty-handed. I can hear me now, "Well, they had plastic sheets in two different sizes, and then other packages marked 'drop cloths' in 5 sizes and I didn't know which one you wanted me to get. And then the vinegar comes in 12 ounces, 24 ounces, up to 5 gallon jugs. The boric acid comes in different sizes AND different concentrations. And don't get me started on 'duck tape' which - it turns out - is a brand name and they didn't have any of that brand, but there are all sorts of colors and amounts of 'duct tape' and I didn't know which one to get."
I know. I'm helpless. But they wouldn't specify how many ounces of this or inches of that is in a package if it didn't make a difference. Would they?
You'd need this stuff to clean up after a pig hunt in Fiji.
Just read the list to my father and he immediately said 'that's to make a bomb'..
Not sure what disturbs me most, that someone out there is half cocking making a bomb without their recipe or that my father knows what you use to make bombs :s
@sleepy rat -- good job, you solved the mystery!
I knew 35% was too specific not to be from a recipe.
@ star in the purple sky ... a hydrogen [peroxide] bomb, I guess.
My brother used to date a girl we called "the peroxide bomb." She was also known as Mohair, given her penchant for sweaters of that ilk. She wore white, knee-length boots...cuz she was a virgin from the knees down. (Her joke, not mine.)
I seriously doubt these substances would combine to make any sort of bomb.
But what do I know? I'm not a rocket surgeon.
@ looking for my lost shaker of salt in Fiji
I totally almost said "it's not brain science" this morning to one of our corportate lawyers. DOH!
Is this a prop list from the movie "murder by numbers?" The one with Sandra Bullock as a detective investigating a series of murders done by two high school kids that hate each other but commit crimes together. I'm sure they used all of these things in the movie.
*banging several times*
"Mmmmmppffff Mleetmeeeeout!!"
You can make a bomb out of non-dairy creamer.
I learn so much from Found. Really, how else would I know how to clean the black gunk from under my toe nails.
I would like to find some other kind of tape like cow tape, or monkey tape (I have bought Gorilla Glue).
I will indeed refer back to this recipe when the mold in my bathroom starts to take over.
the company that makes gorilla glue also makes a duct-tape style tape too.
http://tinyurl.com/gorillatape
I cannot attest to its quality however. Never tried it.
For some reason, you mentioned cow tape, or monkey tape and I thought "tape worm!"
Love that it's Duck Tape!
Call the police!
gorilla tape rocks! Kinda like gaffers tape. It's the best!
I am going to go with the non CSI direction and say it's a science student trying to make an erupting volcano...are these the types of things used for that? I don't know, I never made one in school.
Wait...isn't that vinegar and baking soda?...ok, in that case, CALL THE POLICE, and check the missing person list!!
Halloooowweeeeennnnn
that's kinda scary =\