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Now I Know the Truth
FOUND by Julian Zanetti
in Ottawa, Canada
Found on the floor in a department store, in the snack section. I guess she found some pretty solid evidence. Pretty passive-aggressive to do this through a note though.
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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...
Yeah! I've never, ever been first! What an honor. I like this find. I feel it shows strength and assertiveness. Being lied to and deceived in a relationship is horrible, so I am impressed with this one.
The most ironic touch was using a piece of a scratch-pad for this "goodbye good luck get out" note. Not even a "real" piece of paper, because whoever isn't worth sacrificing a whole sheet.
Did the writer actually give this note, or lose it before they could? I'm guessing the issue was drugs or drinking, so maybe the recipient got it, drank/used and then got the munchies like you do...and dropped the note ni the snack section in their turbulent search for sweet and salty sustenance.
At least the writer is honest about their own "dishonesty" of searching thru this person's stuff. That way it can't be used against them on the grounds of "you invaded my privacy."
And actually, when dealing with a difficult person, writing things down can be more effective than trying (yet again) to talk. In other contexts, I've found a registered letter tends to stop the hostility escalating, as well as giving you a chance to say your whole say without being interrupted or talked down.
12.06.07/2122
yeah! What She said!
I *thought* this note looked familiar. What's going on around here! Surely the previous "finder" didn't drop it in another store for someone to find?
Finder's keepers, after all. Or at least finders send it in to Found.
Are the Found guys on vacation and the intern is just making up new captions to post with old finds?
Odd, this is a note my brother could have written to his wife, AND he lives in Ottawa. AND they have a one year old whom they could bring to those Ontario Government sponsored Early Years Centers....But, alas, it's not his handwriting. We're glad that he has lost her for good, though.
Wouldnt the note be more pleasant if it said "Thanks for the pies and hiding [them. That's] what I hate most. I hope you enjoyed [them] enough to lose [all those gains on your diet] for good."
P.S. I looked through your [fridge] because I knew the past few nights have seemed odd about you. Now I know the truth [of you sneaking all those pies].
The found photoshop team are obviously getting better, first time round the blanked out name was really obvious, this time I didn't even realise there was anything there to be blanked out. MAybe that's why they've posted it again, to show us how clever they are now.
that's weird, when i signed in, it took me to the earlier identical find. I refreshed the browser, and it took me here. odd.
WTF, Jason?
@ Orinoco, Effie, etc. ... maybe the Found founders wanted a job in a field where they don't have to remember things.
Well, well, well...DEJA'VU!
This author is speaking of the unspeakable..."CHEATERS"!
Maybe the author should call the show.
I think his porn collection was discovered.
Well I am glad they repeated this find, being semi-new to found.
And @baby basil... I like your guess of him/her losing the note in the snack isle after finding her ex-loves stash... ha
thanks for making me smile :)
Can we just c&p our comment from Dec. 6 today? If so, I call dibs on Turbo's comment. It was the funniest one that day.
Happy Birthday, Ancient Vivi!
Love, Nightingale
Ditto.
One more thing...at least the author found all this out whilst in his/her "Early Years" in Ontario....
BAHAHA!
well, where are all the cool things i've found in ontario? no need to repeat, i think.
Happy Ancient VIVI Day!!
Woot Woot!
I'm *repeating* it, too, MONA!!!
"HEY-HEY! Jason...are you there??? MONA has FOUND some cool and neat things from in and around the Ontario area, as well!!"
"PLEASE...post a few up...it'll be worth ALL of ours' while, dude!"
"Common' JASON???
Won't you do some thing different other than repeating & posting *older* send ins? And naming them something else?"
"I'm not blaming anyone and I understand this could be a computer *glitch*, but at least try a *wee* harder for the 1st and true FOUNDIANS!!!
We love you, JASON and we all appreciate what you do, as well."
"One more thing, (before it sounds as though I'm *begging* (ahem!) )
"MONA LISA is an integral part of FOUND, one of the 1st, true-blue, honest, speaks her mind, remarkable sense of humour, and,(PROUD to say!) one of my very, best friends, and we've never met!!"
FOUND needs MONA, and MONA wants FOUND!! TEE-HEE!!
"Again, to ALL of our FOUNDIANS' out there....SPEAK UP for MONA'S FINDS to be POSTED!!!!!
Love you, Mona!!!
http://www.foundmagazine.com/comments/2122
december 06, 2007
I recognized the wording but had forgotten the handwriting, so at first I thought someone had re-copied the same text... odd.
At least we don't have to post the same comments all over again.*
Happy birthday, Ancient Vivi!
(Speak to us!)
*(note for grammar nazis: 'all over again' is a legitmate UK English idiom, so please don't start THAT one, er... all over again -- thanks.
Who said it was a girl that wrote the note.
"First and true Foundians"?
Elitist much?
lol @ Holly. Thanks for the support. I keep thinking that maybe my scans aren't good, and i should just mail the items in. But i can't let go of them.
WTF, we're not elitist. I don't think there even is a 'we'. Anyone and everyone who posts here is a true foundite, whether they've been here from long ago, or just visited today for the first time. Anyone who's ever picked something up off the ground, and said 'hey, this is cool', without worrying about the germy germs. They're foundites. Foundians. Foundish. Foundlings?? lol.
I feel sorry for the Foundless.
Oh, Ancient ViVi. I hope you come out of your spaceship, and descend upon us to give us some words of wisdom.
(hey, jonathan, when is Bunnee's bday?)
(I just puked in my mouth a little.)
Oh Holly. Jason is anything but common. Jason Rocks!
Wow...I hope the author of this letter stuck to his/her word. Consequences are an important part of the learning process.
Oopsy. Here ya go, Holly. You dropped one of your pom poms.
Uh-oh. Looks like there's been some nuttiness in our database, eh? Sorry for the duplicates, good people. Makes us look silly, doesn't it? Where is James? I thought he was my QA guy!!! Many apologies!
After going back and reading all of the comments for the duplicate find, there are some really interesting stories on there! Drug use, masturbation, Barry Manilow, harems, blow-up dolls, Listerine, etc.
And, I submitted a GREAT find about 2 months ago, but I had to send it in picture form (Jpeg), so maybe that's why it's not getting posted? I know, I didn't follow the rules, but it was too good not to send.*wink, wink Jason*
Happy Birthday Ancient Vivi!
Here's the scenario: Julian Found the Find. He had it kicking around the house for a week or two.. says, "oh yeah- I gotta submit that to Foundmagazine.com!"
Scans it, along with the rest of the pile that's been stacking up in the To Be Scanned pile, and submits it to Found.
Weeks pass. He checks Found every day. Nothing. Meanwhile, the Find has disappeared: Lost in the shuffle. He forgets all about the Find, and having submitted it to Found.
One fateful day, eight months later, (November 29, to be precise) the Find resurfaces. "Wow," he says, "haven't seen this in a LONG time. Thought I lost it. I should really scan this and send it in to Foundmagazine.com!"
So he does.
One week later, his Find appears as Find of the day. "Woo Hoo!" He shouts, to no on in particular. It only took ONE WEEK for my Find to get posted! I so totally ROCK!"
I'm pretty sure (although I'm just making blind assumptions) that Found does NOT have one solitary person, chained to the radiator in the basement, looking at and committing to memory each and every Find submitted via USPS, Email, Fax, and telepathy.
Deal with the world as it's presented to you. Move along. If you want to FIGHT FOR CHANGE why not start with Habitat For Humanity or UNICEF or something?
Truth be told, he is a Werewolf. That's not really his fault. Deal with it.
He was hiding cauliflower. Doesn't everyone hate that shit the most? And he certainly seemed odd those few days. She used to think he was a real man. What first raised a red flag was when he walked through the door one night whistling a Phish tune. Then she saw him the next day on the corner, leaning up against a post. She didn't believe he was trying to find no job.
And now, on to the looking through his things part. Motivated by her suspicions, she felt she just had to take a look behind the scenes. Right away, she found the smoking gun. There in the top drawer, nestled among his manly socks and boxers, was the vegetable - organic, no less - which proved to her beyond a shadow of a doubt that the man she thought she knew was, in reality, nothing more than a crunchy, earthy, vegetarian, hair-wrapping, hackey-sacking wuss who had managed to pull the wool over her eyes for the entire three weeks she had known him.
B in there, you beat me to it. Thanks though, because you put it much more diplomatically than I would have. My tirade probably would have been chock full of profanity and references to panties being in a bunch and/or knickers being in a twist.
I actually like when things I hate are hidden. I'd rather not look at them.
What earlier identical find? I don't think I've seen this one before, myself.
U-N-I-C-E-F!! UNICEF! UNICEF! It's the best!
Hey guys, thanks for the references to the other find like this. Must have been a busy week for me. I totally missed that one.
If they're going to repeat finds, it would be good to repeat ones like that 70's group from yesterday. One worth revisiting! I just went back and read the comments you guys left after I had to leave. That was such a great find, on so many levels. Every time you look you see something different. For example I had totally missed the POW bracelets.
who was it a while back ago that suggested that friend holly should lay off the methamphetamines? Might actually be a good idea.
i didn't know what to think or say until i read b in there's comment. thanks for putting to words what i knew to be true and right.
You are so busted, Julian Zanetti! Did you find this on the counter at Zellers or on the floor in the snack section? Counter or floor? Hmmmm.
:-)
Two Words : Farm Porn
Dear James,
Where can I send my resume for that job memorizing Finds in a temperature-controlled downstairs office? I am so qualified for that position. And I have good references. Call me.
Mona --
http://www.foundmagazine.com/comments/425
Bunnee = April 16, 2006.
I'm planning to wear the tee-shirt to a party tomorrow!!
I agree with wtf, the comment section IS elitist. Not everybody, but there are some. Especially those who comment all day long. You're ripping your employers off. Get a computer at home. I still come around and comment, but it's true.
Have at it.
And Nightingale isn't looking for a field of study where she doesn't have to remember anything. She is looking for a job where she has to remember everything!
@Observing in the smoking section.. Wha-at?? People are visiting found on work time?? As for me, when I'm working, there's no way I could recreate on the computer, even if I wanted to. I'm too busy. And it's a good thing, because I love my job!
Just cuz the comments are posted during weekdays doesn't mean people are doing it from work. Some people don't work during the day, they work at night. Some don't work on weekdays. Some are students or teachers, and don't work in the summer. Not everyone has a 9-5 weekday job.
Yep, I made a lot of comments yesterday on the 70's group... and it was fun! Love that photo!
Ouch! You caught me being contrary again, Clover. 8-)
I never use a computer at my job, only at home, but I'd LOVE to get paid to read Finds all day. Maybe I'll start my own website and call it "Stolen". Send me all your Steals, all you Steal Wheels, no questions asked!
It's dejafound all over again.
Thanks Clover for defending those of us who post during the daytime on weekdays. I personally fall into on of the categories(won't say which one,that would be giving away personal info and that would eat away at my privacy) which allows me free time when many are at work. Like now for instance. I never comment on Found at work, I couldn't even if I wanted to,but i don't think it's fair to criticize those who do so. Not every one has a job that they enjoy as much as I do mine. So to all those "whiners" and complainers who have been popping up lately and criticizing the way us members behave here I say Back off!!
Join us and have fun or go away!
Yeah, I comment while I'm at work. What about it? I happen to have a very relaxed job and we are very SLOOOOWWW right now (helps when you're in a "support" position with no one to support!). And, I do have a computer at home, but somehow, that's just not as illicit...
I comment from work when it's slow and I've done all the work I can possibly do.. I comment from home.. I comment wirelessly on roadtrips, I comment from my personal cellulary device, I comment in my sleep, I comment in my dreams. I love it here, it is SO much better than real life, this Found Magazine Comment Board.
@I comment throughout the day.. well said! It does tend to be rather heaven-like here. But not elitist. Anyone and all are welcome on the cloud that is foundmagazine!
And, as we all know, if you don't like the comments, you don't have to read them. Don't click on the "comments" link. Just read the Find.
Or better yet, click on a different website.
It's just like the TV, you pick the channel you want to watch. But like TV, many people seem to enjoy complaining about programmes they don'tlike, more than finding something they do.
I'm 38 and retired, so I have the time to post and have fun whilst doing it! Oh, and I also have the time to support my friends, like MONA, on the FOUND-cloud! (Thanks, Clove!)
@ WTF?- Elitist??????????? We're all human beings and equal before we're FOUNDIANS.
@ JASON FAN- I know he is!!!! Jason IS the ROCK!
@ GHOST- Thanks, sweetie! I knew I felt a wee bit lopp-sided!!
This note would be a perfect addition to http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/
@Holly You're 38 and retired? Were you a professional athlete? Seriously, who retires by age 38??
Not all Foundhounds live in the continental US, either, so your "throughout the day" may be our "throughout the night" and vice versa.
The world is a big place. Learn you're not alone in it.