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June 15, 2008 |
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50 Cents in Boot
FOUND by Brooke Calmes
in Santa Cruz, California
Next to the wall that separates the Budget Rent a Car where I work and the diner next door sat a pair of boots. In one boot was this note, 50 cents and a vial of some unknown liquid. I found the whole situation quite funny.
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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...
Is the 50cents for them to use a payphone to call them about getting their shit back?
hahahhahaa, i thought boot=trunk of car. why would somebody put fifty cents in the trunk of a car ... unless it was actually fifty cent the 'rap artist'
Can't make out this part: 'We wanted 4 ???'
(Thanks for the easy spam question)
Brenda -- 'we waited 45 mins'.
Yup, 50 cents for the phone call I guess.
I thought 'boot of car' too, especially from the rent-a-car location, so the fact of it being an ACTUAL boot makes it even more surreal.
BRD must have been pretty angry, judging by his Random use of CAPiTals. Still, the 50c was a thoughtful gesture -- and the 'unknown liquid' if it was something drinkable (unless it was wee from them being pissed off, ho ho).
But whose boots were they? Had 'Shanon' gone off bootless for 45 mins?
Misterioso.
Pondering how BRD came to be in posession of Shanon's shit: Was said shit left at BRD's place and BRD brought it back to where Shanon's usually found? Was the shit, usually found next to the boots, taken as a sort of hostage than would be returned when Shanon fulfills some task for BRD?
Taking into account that BRD waited 45 minutes for Shanon says that BRD holds Shanon in some degree of esteem - or wants very badly what Shanon has or does.
Time for the Zombie-walk to the kitchen for another cuppa Joe.
I'm with Brenda. I thought it said "wanted". I wonder what kind of boots they were. I'm seeing beat-up cowboy boots. What the heck kind of liquid comes in a vial? Maybe it was liquid nitro. Or Jovan Musk Oil.
Misterioso, totally.
I seriously hope that Brooke Calmes (*what a soothing name, don't you think?*) GLOVED UP before rooting around in a pair of Found boots!! the phrase "vial of some unknown liquid" seriously scares me!!!
at first read I thought it was "we wanted 45 micrograms... (some crazy abbreviation thereof). I'm still thinking that Shanon was the go-between on some shady drug deal.. but Shanon ended up just chillin', forgetting all about the people waiting for their dime bag. (and the stuff s/he left in the back seat of their car.) (oh. And my spam Q is 420.)
I love the o in Shanon's name. It's missing eyes, but it looks like a happy little onion-headed thingie... or like Foofa (http://tinyurl.com/5gl3jk)
from Yo Gabba Gabba.
Why would someone write an O like that?
That IS a strange way to make an O. It caused me to examine the other O's. I can't tell if they are all like that or not. The zero in 50 doesn't seem to be made that way. Strange.
I suspect the onion "O" came about because BRD started to make another "N", changed his/her mind and went with an "O".
Shoulda stuck with the "N".
I just revisited yesterday's Kitty find.. putting it together with this one caused me to think of a girl I once knew named Claudette Shannon.
I first assumed the vial of liquid was PCP, I don't know what that says about me, or yes I do--I've known way to many drug users. But it was probably perfume, because who leaves their PCP behind?
It's not signed "BRD", it's "BRO" as in Shanon's brother.
Jonathan, thanks for the "45 mins". I can see that plainly now.
"We wanted a 4some..."
BRD took Shanon's stuff when she backed out of the 4some. The 50 cents is for the phone call (must be in her own boots, since BRD had all of her stuff).
Smart girl, that Shanon. Stay away from those skanky 4somes!
Those must have been her lucky boots. Or possibly not.
i thought the vial was hash oil, myself.
Agent, good eye! Looking at the other O's, that makes more sense. But if he was her bro, wouldn't he know how to spell her name? Unless that IS how she spells her name...hmm.
What happened to Shannon after the finder of this find took the note? Did finder Brooke also take the 50 cents? Photocopy the note and put the original back in the boot? Leave a copy of the note? Hang around to tell Shannon, 'Your pals asked me to watch the boots, give you this 50 cents and to tell you...'?
And, did Shannon ever get re-connected with the manure (for walking through which she would definitely need boots)?
It is an O in BRO -- compare it to the O in SHANON. I think the person writing the note is referring to Shanon as Bro, as in "here's 50 cents to call me for your stuff, Bro."
Apparently, Shanon missed his appointment to pick his stuff up. And he may never get it back, at least not his boots. Now, I wonder what was in the vial...
am i the only one who would figure out what the vial of liquid was immediately after finding the note?
Prolly acid...
this one time, at band camp... (JK) I was at a concert one time, and there was a guy who had a small vial of liquid lsd. He used it as eyedrops. It really kind of freaked me out. I was a Wharf Rat. Sometimes I wish I hadn't been. But it's probably all for the best.
Also I'm with Librarian on this one. How long did the finder observe these boots in order the declare them "abandoned," and therefore a "Find"? (ohh no, I won't be dragged into that debate. but you KWIM, right?)
Sounds like a roommate situation that ended badly...
I'm thinking the vial of liquid is "K", Ketamine.
It's a cat tranq that all the RAVERS do at Clubs and parties.
I believe the it says, "45mlgs" probably referring to the vial?
Holly, ketamine is for use on horses and other large animals, not cats. I once had occasion to translate the instructions-for-use for my vet and it says in LARGE letters, several times, "NOT FOR USE ON CATS."
If your vet is using ketamine on cats, it's time to find a new vet.
Can't sign in - but at least I know the answer to the spam question!! whooHOO!!)
This is another kinda spooky coin-cidence... Just today (well, 6/15, the day this was posted) I went past that very-location TWICE!
Actually it looked like the Budget Car place was either out of business -- or had rented every one of their cars!!
And, silly me -- I never thought to stop & look on both sides of the small wall that separates the diner & the Budget Rent-a-Car for boots or founds -- OR Vile Vials!!
Oh - about the 'O' -- I think it's either:
Like they said, above, starting to make an 'n' then changing mind & making a mistake -- OR it's because it's a CAPITAL 'O'.. so it's a 2-stroke, sort of.
@ ORINOCO- No, I don't own any cats...just a Rottweiler and my Vet has NEVER prescribed KETAMINE to my animals.
I've only heard of this drug through the grapevine.
Thanks for the lesson on it, now I will know what I'm talking about if the occassion ever arises again!
Indeed.. if it's ketamine... ship it here plzkthx!
Bwahahaha.
Ravers and clubkids love the Special K! >_>
But hey, at least I'm not the only one who was thinking about drugs upon reading the word "vial"... first thing that came to mind for me was definitely ketamine.