October 12, 2008

Never Ending Bender
FOUND by Mamie in Burlington, Vermont
I found this on the street near downtown. I sure hope that the person wrote it got over her bender and started cleaning.
Flargy in New Haven, CT
You said "anywho." You're obviously an ass hole. Happy Halloween to you too, asswhole.
+ October 12, 2008 12:08 AM +
Geek NOT in my mom's basement
1) Brenda (sounds like 'Bender') wrote a note saying she'll clean when she gets home. Where did she leave the note? At home? Why didn't she clean while she was there?
2) If she has a cell phone, why write a note? Why didn't Brenda simply call Vick? I guess she didn't want to talk about her behavior so she left a note. I think she has no plans to clean.
3) I'm imagining this note was written on the back of a liquor store receipt.
4) Happy Halloween
+ October 12, 2008 01:25 AM +
N8tiveMe - Graphologist in California
graphology stuff: this person obviously actually loves Vick but isn't sure about their relationship whether it be friends or something else. Regardless, they feel highly about Vick.

They're honest and open about most things but lie when they feel it's necessary (like most everyone else).

They cling to the past without really planning for the future and feel like stuff just "sneaks up" on them

+ October 12, 2008 01:46 AM +
Night in gale
She'll come home in her slutty French Maid Halloween costume too wasted to clean the place. The next day will be shot nursing a hangover, and sick Vick will be pissed. Room mates...psh.
+ October 12, 2008 02:11 AM +
baby basil in the herb garden
Hey writer, the modern way to bail on responsibility is to send a text message to avoid an uncomfortable phone call. Unless you lost your cell during the neverending bender.

Vick needs to reevaluate her living environment. Not to much positive stuff is going to go on her roommate's filecard, I'm thinking.
+ October 12, 2008 02:31 AM +
the man behind the curtain in oz
call me nerdy, but i imagined the author being on a really long (or tall) cartoon robot.
+ October 12, 2008 03:02 AM +
Geek NOT in my mom's basement
@ man behind the curtain: Another option is the cartoon robot will never expire.

So is the author getting a piggyback ride or is she playing man-to-man defense in a pickup basketball game? ("Who's got Bender?" "I'm on him")
+ October 12, 2008 03:31 AM +
Effie in Oxfordshire
Sometimes it would be very nice to be able to clean yesterday, dust away all the things you didn't do so well.

Saying "I seem to be on a never ending bender" like it's out of her control would make me want to hit this person squarely in the face.

Strange that she capitalises her Rs in otherwise lower case writing.
+ October 12, 2008 04:03 AM +
Jonathan in London, England
Funny the way everyone assumes the writer is female ;-)

@Geek -- good question. I'd guess she stuffed the note through the letterbox then ran away (back to the pub?)
+ October 12, 2008 05:31 AM +
lawndude in nc
Totally one of those "here is the 47th reason I have left our place trashed notes." Soon this relationship will devolve completly into spite and petty retributions until the lease runs out. Another roommate story for both of them.
+ October 12, 2008 07:18 AM +
LASH cleaning up after everyone else...

Dear Vick,

Yea, sorry 'bout not cleaning up the joint, but I seem to be on this rollercoaster ride filled with crack, meth, lines, heroin, valiums, oxy-contins, mary jane and booze.

I just can't stop! It's a blast going UP and DOWN...UP and DOWN...

I left you $4.37 to hire a Maid Service instead. I hope that will cover the cost? Thanks!

I love you!!! Have fun and text me later...k?

HAPPY TRICK or TREAT!

P.S. Oh, and BTW, I don't have an $ left to buy any candy for the goblins...I've spent it all on MY treats!
+ October 12, 2008 08:47 AM +
lars in all my forms in the nwc?
i was on a neverending bender from 80-82.
+ October 12, 2008 09:08 AM +
Melanie in the chair with puppy on lap
Vick...GET A NEW ROOMMATE...asap. Don't be an enabler.
+ October 12, 2008 09:10 AM +
hilary in new haven
flargy stole my initial reaction. =/
+ October 12, 2008 09:18 AM +
CuriousKat in LG WI
Night: thanks for not saying she would be coming home in her slutty Head Nurse costume.

+ October 12, 2008 09:51 AM +
fooch
Why do people use Anywho??

It bugs the shit out of me. When I saw that, I could care less about the bender or that Vick has a messy house.

Anywho is a stupid word.
+ October 12, 2008 10:55 AM +
Lolita
Bender-chick just doesn't want to clean. Any excuse will work. Besides, why can't Vick clean up after himself?
Anywho, that is my take on it. Gotta go, k?
+ October 12, 2008 11:05 AM +
Sammy Davis Junior Jr in the kitchen, waiting for the coffee to brew
Flargy, my sentiments exactly! UGH!

Jonathan: do you know any guys who use that word ANYWHO, or 'k?

Just wondering...
+ October 12, 2008 11:20 AM +
Schneh
Y'all automatically hate people who use "anywho"? What judgenmental asswholes!
+ October 12, 2008 12:46 PM +
Doctor Jones in di
Hey Vick,

why don't you clean up your pigsty yourself for a change? I'd start by throwing out Bender-Girl.

+ October 12, 2008 01:16 PM +
vive las vegas
I love the "I'll clean later" bit. Reminds me of college roommate days. I had a roommate once who would say stuff like this all of the time. My other roommate would kindly listen. Then when Lazy was out, the Cleanser would take the dishes out of the sink and put them on Lazy's pillow.

I promise. I wasn't Lazy or Cleanser. I just enjoyed the shows that ensued.
+ October 12, 2008 01:26 PM +
Night in gale
(I thought it was "anyhoo".)

@CuriousKat: you're welcome. 8-)
+ October 12, 2008 02:42 PM +
orinoco womble in wimbledon burrow
I too think messy Bender is a girl. I have yet to meet a male who would use such rounded, loopy lettering. Flowing calligraphy, yes, but not this sort.

+ October 12, 2008 03:05 PM +
Smallbear in the Cave
Anywho (or hoo for those who feel like an owl) verbal shortcuts show that the speaker is too lazy to think of the proper word,are annoying. (Ya'all is included in this catagory, Schenh, no offense intended.)Guess this just makes me one of those annoying cultural elites, the red states always love to hate.
+ October 12, 2008 03:34 PM +
Just me in my house
That is some ugly handwriting. "Anywho" annoys me too. And I hate that kind of ampersand - a 3 with a line through it.

It's all just ugly,
+ October 12, 2008 04:28 PM +
Night in gale
Cubby, what in the world is the matter with you?

"Y'all" is a contraction of "you all" and it's a colloquialism, not laziness. You shouldn't get annoyed by a stranger's grammar when yours is not perfect either. Life is too short.
+ October 12, 2008 04:52 PM +
Gloria in excelsis deo
Reminds me of my two housemates Allison and Elly (their real names, no protecting the innocent here).

Allison was incapable of picking up anything, and Elly was equally (and oppositely) incapable of letting anything lie.

We staged Therapy Sessions: Elly would tear up bits of paper and fling them onto the floor (really tough for her), and Allison would have to pick them up.

+ October 12, 2008 06:15 PM +
fooch in the mirror, wondering if I look like an asswhole
Schneh: Yes, I judge people who use the word anywho, double negetives in a sentence, and the word ain't.

I guess I am an asswhole.
+ October 12, 2008 06:29 PM +
F in hula-hooping it up
Ain't this fun? Bender don't got nothing compared to most people.
Anywho, gotta run....it's my turn with the hoop.
+ October 12, 2008 06:37 PM +
cookies baking in my oven
I assumed it was a note from a female roommate to Vicky...and it came across like this:

Hey Vicky,

I'm too lazy to clean up my mess like I said I would.
I'm too self-centered to apologize sincerely, and furthermore, I'm too self-absorbed to actually care that you're unwell and I'm leaving you alone in a pigsty because I want to go out and drink some more.

Oh, and I guess I should say "I love you", so you won't realize I'm a crappy roommate.
+ October 12, 2008 11:28 PM +
it's only Me.. (the Wizard of Magic Land)
I imagine the notewriter is Molly Ringwald, and the Bender she's been on has the first name of John...

But that's just cuz I had a very interesting weekend.
+ October 13, 2008 11:08 AM +
Hiplainsdrifter in South Portland, Maine
This a actually a template note for all apartment dwellers who take in wayward messed up friend for roomies trying to help get their life on track - but don't or aren't and are just taking advantage of the possible free rent, food until their life completly unravels and they "end up living in a van down by the river...."
+ October 13, 2008 12:50 PM +
Hiplainsdrifter in South Portland, Maine
oops "is actually"
+ October 13, 2008 02:46 PM +
Smallbear in the Cave
Sorry Nightingale didn't mean to offend. I had a really long week at work and I guess I just took my crankiness and frustration out on Schenh. I'm really sorry.
+ October 13, 2008 03:21 PM +
Night in gale
I'm sorry too, Cubby. I was in a mood. I shouldn't have said that. Please forgive me.
+ October 13, 2008 04:01 PM +
Smallbear in the Cave
I do forgive you Night in Gale, hope you forgive me too. Sometimes I forget that there are real people on the other side of my computer screen. Friends?
+ October 13, 2008 04:30 PM +
Schneh
To each their own. But Smallbear? There have been many, many excellent writers who fill their works with ain'ts, y'alls, and double negatives. And as creators of culture, they almost certainly count as part of the "cultural elite". Oh no, culture coming from a so-called red state. Everyone run.
+ October 13, 2008 10:48 PM +
Night in gale
Yep, Cub. No problems. 8-)
+ October 13, 2008 11:44 PM +

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