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July 20, 2008 |
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United States of METAL
FOUND by Carter
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Found this killer kustom greenback on the ground in McCarren Park Pool last year. This hesher was crumpled into a little wad of glory.
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Zero Dollars. I guess the dollar is going the way of the penny lately. Pretty soon the ground will be littered with them.
But look at all those 6's. That's scary. Actually the missing face is scary too. It reminds me of Waldorf School puppets.
And, for the second time today...
I only wish they'd stuck with the same serial number and had pasted Count Grishnackh's picture where G.W. would normally be. That'd be really metal.
Awww... clover beat me.
haha
like it - there sould be more money that's obviously worthless.
'ere you go lad, here's no dollar :)
pro more metal in the system, lemmy for president
Well at least he/she changed the note in the top left to say "this note is not legal tender..." You know, just in case anybody had questions.
Apparently the guy on the bridge from yesterday's find was the first president of the United States of Metal.
Yeah, I wonder why they didn't put ALL sixes? Why that random pattern? Maybe they ran out of sixes. @reading, that's funny! And @Puckhog, I didn't recognize him at first. But then it's kind of hard to recognize people who don't have faces. They kinda all look alike if you know what i mean. I got him mixed up with those Waldorf puppets. Are you sure it's not a Waldorf puppet?
@Carter, the finder, what's a hesher?
At first I thought it was a dollar that someone photoshopped and then printed out, but when you look at the enlargement (woo HOO! Magnify works today!), it looks like a clip and tape job. (how many dollars must have been sacrificed to make this ONE US of METAL dollar?)
I wish that, instead of leaving the portrait blank, they'd pasted someone else in. I wouldn't cast my vote for Lemmy, necessarily, but... Hmm.. maybe Axl or Lars...
I know what a Waldorf salad is but what are Waldorf puppets?
Did they also originate at the Waldorf Astoria?
At the Waldorf School they don't allow faces on their puppets or dolls. They prefer that children use their imaginations. However, some children actually find faceless toys to be frightening, or at the very least shocking. When my daughter was three we took her to a Waldorf School puppet show. Everyone was really quiet and they started playing the flutes and when the faceless marionettes danced out on the stage, my daughter called out, "Where are their faces?" At that point we were asked to leave and we didn't get a refund.
Waldorf is an educational movement that started in Germany, I believe. When I come back, maybe I'll Wikipedia it.
What a cool idea! Any picture can be inserted. I would insert a picture of a bare ass.
For those Waldorf school children, a b.a. has no face, but at least they would recognize what it is.
woah- those waldorf puppets would scare me.. I'm all for kids using imagination and all, but when there's no FACE? there are too many possibilites. Too wide a field for the imagination to run wild in. I'd be kidnapping puppets, taking them home, and painting faces on them.
Actually, I've never researched it in detail, but everything I've heard about the waldorf school is kind of creepy to me.
A relative of ours went to a Waldorf school.
She is brilliant.
Flargy, who's face would you suggest go on a zero dollar bill of the United States of Metal?
It should be... Flargy!
So Clover, your daughter basically said "The emperor has no clothes." and you got booted... THAT is terrible!
It wouldn't surprise me if the Waldorf representatives that gave you the boot are currently die-hard W supporters.
Oh, I guess I forgot to say that some of my best friends are Waldorfians. (I made up that word.) That's why we went to the puppet show. I haven't refreshed my memory on Wikipedia yet, but some things I know about Waldorf are:
1. Toys must be made of natural materials. No plastic. Most are hand made.
2. They don't teach kids to read. They believe that kids will learn to read when they are ready.
3. Instead of teaching reading, in school they teach things like knitting and handicrafts to young children.
4. They have a May Pole dance at their Spring Carnival.
There is more than one way to do things right. This is important to remember.
I have a theory that I'm going to test about social movements that begin in Germany. I'll get back to you with the results.
They are big on music, I think
@Puckhog.. hey, you are right! The name IS related to the Waldorf-Astoria. Which I think is also where the Waldorf Salad comes from. Read further to find some other VERY INTERESTING IRONIES!
It is interesting to Wiki "Waldorf Education" and follow the links. Here is a bit of what it says about the history:
Rudolf Steiner [whose philosophy Waldorf Education is based on] wrote his first book on education, The Education of the Child, in 1907. The first school based upon these principles was opened in 1919 in response to a request by Emil Molt, the owner and managing director of the Waldorf-Astoria Cigarette Company in Stuttgart, Germany. This is the source of the name Waldorf, which is now trademarked for use in association with the educational method. The Stuttgart school grew rapidly, opening parallel classes, and by 1938 schools inspired by the original school or its pedagogical principles had been founded in the USA, UK, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Hungary, and in other towns in Germany. Political interference from the Nazi regime limited and ultimately closed most Waldorf schools in Europe; the affected schools, including the original school, were reopened after the Second World War. As of May 2008, there are 965 independent Waldorf Schools worldwide.
I believe that I am remembering this correctly -- the first Waldorf school was opened for the workers in the cigarette company! Now, I JUST FIND THAT TO BE TERRIBLY IRONIC!!
(Back later with my theory.)
Okay.. here's part of my theory. But it has a few flaws. I was thinking about Waldorf theories originating in Germany. And I was thinking that metal is big in Germany, or originated there. But I may be wrong about that. I was trying to draw some kind of connection. Metal is outside my realm, but I do have a daughter (yes, the same one who was kicked out of the puppet show) who was into Metal as a teenager. There are several genres, but I couldn't keep them all sorted out. Black metal, death metal, heavy metal. I bet there's someone out there who knows a lot about this. Are there any connections? Gotta go, back later!
"Celery! Apples! Walnuts! Grapes! In a mayonnaise sauce!"
@ DeLonghi: why, thanks! (fine. i know you don't mean me.)
Do you think this counts as 51% of a bill? Or is it no longer tender because it's been, ahem, de-faced?
Could you send it back to the Mint?
This note is noe legal tender for all legal legal and legal.
Noe legal tender?
for all public public and public. (if public is repeated is it a re-public?)
WHY do I always have to spell scissors?!
It's dark here in the dead of night. That's why I can't see.
legal legal and legal
public public and public
Either way it's wacko.
It's dark here in the dead of night. That's why I can't see.
legal legal and legal
public public and public
Either way it's wacko.
post post and post
I didn't do that.
My vote would be for Lars, too. But not in all his forms...
I meant to put a smiley at the end :) Just a joke Lars. I, personally, love all your forms!
Dudley pays for everything with $2 bills. And everyone knows about "wheresgeorge.com" right?
I think the author of this FIND just doesn't want *coins* to replace the $1 bills...
Where did that 'L' in metal come from?!
Heather elaine... From the LOUDNESS!!! Baby! From the LOUDNESS!!!
(Actually it's a partial "E")