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A Proper Book
FOUND by Sarah Stella
in St Andrews, Scotland
I feel like this fell out of an Ayn Rand novel or something.
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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...
Oh, so now apparently Ayn Rand doesn't write proper books. Like subscribing (or even looking into) to a philosophy that is not some leftist-socialist tripe makes someone immature. Way to be a judgenmental bitch.
hahaha I think the comment was delightful.
I think that was a joke. Man, you gotta lighten up. You just had to go dropping the "B" bomb on the first comment? Geez. Perhaps she should have made it a James Joyce or Proust novel and *then* it would have been funny...Regardless, it was probably given to some high school senior reading their new "Harry Potter" novel in study hall.
What a grumpy note. Somehow I was reminded of a bored old fart determined to annoy the hell out of everyone, heck, that sounds pretty much like my granma = S
Probably out of a comic book. I personally am capable of reading a book without pictures, but, evidently, millions aren't.
Did you ever think that Sarah might have said this, because Ayn Rand is a controversial person, not because Sarah thinks Ayn Rand's works are immature? Anyway: Nice catch and nice comment, Sarah -- This will be a fun discussion to read. :-)
Maybe it fell out of a copy of Found.
I love how her books never fail to generate strong opinions. She really spits in the face of your upbringing don't she.
People who say such things haven't grown up themselves.
Chris, if you engage in hypocritical diatribes of pseudo-intellectual antagonism, you should at least do so with accurate spelling - this at least would give you the appearance of credibility.
I kind of assumed it had something to do with comic books, not Ayn Rand. What's wrong with Ayn Rand? Way to ruin somebody's love of reading!
Whoa there, Chris, taker easy! Wait a minute... is Ayn Rand your mom or something? Either way... it's all in good fun. So have a coke, and a smile, and well...
Good lord. I think you may also judge Sarah too harshly. All you've got to go on in calling her a bitch is one measly sentence. Besides, I find it's rather a good natured tease, not something that warrants such a venomous reply. Lighten up, buddy.
Also, I'm diggin' this find. I love the "proper book" bit. Very much something out of the UK. Oh how I miss it.
It's got nothing to do with her philosophy. She just writes crappy novels.
So, about the find. I think this came out of a comic book. I mean "boolc". And check out the handwriting in Grow, with the cool loopy "o".
Yes , unlike that "Found " book you are always laughing at !!!!
i dont know who ayn rand is
Google her. Very interesting, if you can get past the repulsion. Yes, I subscribe to the leftist-socialist tribe. I like the environment, it is a fault of mine, I suppose.
alison, i suggest reading ANTHEM before you dig into ATLAS SHRUGGED.
Rob, I read many proper books in my life, including harry potter! you may think its silly but jk rowling is a genius....
Chris thinks Sarah is being a judgenmental bitch. hahahaha I love that sooooooo much!
Maybe this fell out of a children's book.
Nyay, nyay. Chris of Bellingham hearts Ayn Rand! Chris and Ayn, sittin' in a tree, R-E-A-D-I-N-G!!!
thanks to the genius at found for adding the comments section; it really starts my day with a laugh.
My first thought was porn.
Hey Lucy in the Sky-- we love them too! Keep em coming!
Deb in Detriot, I bet that's always your first thought.
Chris, dear, pull your panties out of a wad and calm down. We can't all be a manic, hypocritical, grammatically-challenged uber-stud like you. At least not first thing in the morning. You seem to be suffering from some serious defensive paranoia and guilt. Something you would like to share w/the group? Come now, be a big boy.
As for the find, tsk tsk to whoever wrote it. They should just be happy that person was reading something other than the back of a cereal box.
Samantha in Kan's ass, you are just as bad as Chris! How can you go and slam people for enjoying the literature on the back of a cereal box? Shame on you, you judgenmental bitch!
I suggest "Next Year in Cuba " by Gustavo Perez Firmat . This is a book I could not put down .
Hopefully Chris dosen't run around dispensing (sp?) his advice all day .
Samantha, have you heard the song "That Time" by Regina Spektor? It definitely has the line "Remember that time when I would only read Shakespeare? Hey remember that other time when I would only read the backs of cereal boxes?"
Maybe Kellogg's should start publishing Ayn Rand excerpts...
i also love the comments - it's a great way to start my day at work.
by the way, i've ready ayn rand and harry potter - and i love them both.
I'm doing an English degree at Cambridge University and I read comic books... lay off 'em. Calvin & Hobbes annuals are PROFOUND.
Still, I'm liking this find. :)
I think the first comment should always involve calling the contributor a judgenmental bitch! Lets make this happen!
LOL!!! I think it fell out of a Cliff's Notes or a comic book. More than likely, a comic book or lame magazine.
Chris, consider this: Sarah's comment may have meant that the recipient of this note received an Ayn Rand book with the note, thereby making the Ayn Rand the "proper book" of which the writer speaks?
I love this! As I librarian I can imagine one of my brethren (sisteren?) leaving this inside a "trashy" book somewhere on the shelves. (And no, I'm not about to try and define what "trashy" is. One person's trash is another person's favorite author.)
I bet its some one hatin on comic readers.
Actually, the find did nothing for me. The "Way to be a judgemental bitch" and subsequent aftershock did. Always makes my day. Just noticed it was spelled "judgenmental". You could use that in a sentence. "After they spoke with the judgenmental health athorities, they decided he was fit for trial"
I love the FOUND! comments and read them every morning. I also love leftist politics and Ayn Rand for challenging my views.
Yeah, you'll have to forgive the
"judgenmental" bit, turns out my right hand is broken, making typing a bit of a chore. And Op, nice catch, I hadn't even begun to consider that.
-Manic, hypocritical, grammatically-challenged, uber-stud.
Kellog's publishing book excerpts... actually, I like this idea! Then you could get a wider view of books that are out there and widen your own reading circle.
All in all, a GREAT find. And Found, I love the comments section. Way to go!
GO EGGS1234! YOU ROCK!
"Dannielynn's baby daddy"
Hey (Greta) remember that time I found a pigeon with a broken wing?
Chris is also practicing incorrect grammar. My, did all the intellectuals eat a big heaping bowl of Grumpy Flakes this morning?
Samantha, I agree -- reading is reading, and reading is GOOD! Even cereal boxes! My mother used to be amused at finding me as a wee bairn in the bathroom reading the labels on every cleaning/hygiene/beauty product I could find. It's fundamental!
You know, my first thought was that somebody who was pissed off at another person who they thought was being immature, & gave that to them. Maybe they were just getting a point across that the person needs to do more with their life or something. You never know.
Maybe a mother wrote it to her highschool student who sits on his computer all day or plays video games and makes no progress in school. Maybe an Intellectual student wrote it to the immature slacker. Life goes on.
Hahahaha yeah! Fuck Ayn Rand!
As a total book snob, I have to say that a lot of you people hating on the comic books might be surprised at the high level of quality literature you can find on the shelves of your local comic shop. Sure, there's a lot of tripe, too, but there are plenty of "real" books on the shelves of your local bookstore that should never have seen the light of day either.
maybe it wasn't even a book, but a television pretending to be a book.
thanks, mae. i will consider making a stop at half price on my way home
A street cat got him by morning and I had to bury pieces of his body in our building's playground, Keaton.
My 9 year old son is an avid cereal box reader. When I thought he'd had his fill of discussions about trans-fats, fiber, and saving endangered animals, I glued the greek alphabet onto a box. He learned it in a few days! And...comics keep him reading for hours. I recommend Bone by Jeff Smith and Asterix for kids his age.
what's proper anyway? And who ever grows up? At least on the inside? eh?
There have been many times I have wanted to say this to someone.
I am sorry. I'm a robot.
Michelle ---> I thought I was gonna be sick!
My first thought was graphic novels. No one reading a comic is gonna claim it as literature, but some of those Sandman collections are pretty deep.
Isn't this the part where some weenie usually chimes in and damns us all to Hell for assuming that Chris is a male, despite the relatively non-gender-specific name?
OMG hahahaha Flargy is my new hero!
The person who wrote the note is the 'judgenmental' one - who are they to say whether any book is 'real' or not? Every book is a treasure to someone - be it the author who wrote it, or the artist who drew it, or the reader who enjoys it.
And while I'm on my soap-box, just because someone is intellectual or otherwise, we're all allowed to relax and read what we like. Your level of intelligence shouldn't be judged the book you happen to be reading, or the one you don't.
Oooh! Oooh! ME! ME! PICK ME!!! I'LL DO IT!!
What's wrong with you all misogynistic bastards? Way to assume that just because Chris not a nice person and jumps to conclusions that Chris is a male - females can be judgemental too! Go to hell you fucktards!
How was that? It was my first time. ;-)
My first thought, since I am an English major, is "what is considered a proper book??" If I decide not to grow up and not read a proper book, will my life have any meaning? Another thought, maybe I've already read the proper book and have no clue I've read it. Either way, I highly doubt I will grow up.
Allow me to chime in and damn you all to Hell!
Chris is not a gender-specific name, how do you know Chris is not short for Christina? My boss is named Chris and she could kick all of your asses with one leg tied behind her head. Or she'd do the crane kick ala Karate Kid.
The writer alternates between cursive in the upper line and print in the lower line. Very unusual.
Men really do read porn magazines for the articles. Why won't women believe us...! *Wiping himself off on an Ayn Rand novel*
I agree with Chris.
Oh, and Moe just because someone isn't a liberal doesn't mean they don't care about the environment if you can even hear me way up there on your high horse.
A) i love ayn rand.
B) i love comic books and harry potter.
C) i'm a conservative who also cares about the environment.
D) i happen to think the name chris is great for guys and gals.
E) and i am of the opinion that reading anything (even the articles in playboy) makes you a better person. just read. :)
F) you kids crack me up, i'm not supposed to be online, but i risk it for this website.
have a happy day!
Has anybody noticed how there is a very large percentage of comments in reference to Ayn Rand or that Chris character, rather than the actual "find" itself? Because I sure have.
Actually, I'm starting to see a trend in which many comments refer to the content of the comments which precede them.
Would you care to comment? Or are you afraid of making that kind of commentment?
and the comments stop...
out of fear? revulsion? the world may never know...
how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?
K in CA and Weenie are now also on my hero list!!
I bet Chris had no idea that he'd (I'ma get shot now, calling Chris a he, I know) be starting a wonderful, ongoing joke with his 'judgenmental bitch' comment! Classic!
Sarah, Greensboro, Point taken, I guess that those righties have finally accepted global warming as a viable theory, rather than some crap that scientists made up for the fun of it. Really excuse the high horse, I do believe you care about the environment, although as a conservative I would have to suggest you are in the minority. But, rather in my comment above, I was referring to Rand's environmental beliefs - i.e. rape and pillage of the environment and it was misconstrued by you, wording was rather backwards, so fault accepted. It is quite funny how off the find the topic went, just through the suggestion of the finder as to why the find was written in the first place. fun though.
Actually, Moe I'm not a conservative I'm a libertarian.
I don't recall Rand ever promoting raping and pillaging the environment in any of the stuff I read by her. If you don't agree with her philosophy then that's fine but I don't understand the hostility people have towards her, it seems really childish.
Sarah- No desire to react as a child. To each his own I suppose you are right. I have understood Rand as a proponent for technology in order to subdue the environment. Ecologists are just bad bad people, at least some of those who use her philosophies have a tendency to believe. Apologies for the conservative labeling, makes sense now. It is good to read up for the sake of an online message board. Now back to that thesis I should be writing. Have a good day! On to the next find.
I'm not criticizing Rowling's work, it's just the sort of thing a high school teacher would harass a kid for reading in study hall. Geez.
Damn I haven't laughed this hard in years keep the comments coming,
I am in the camp that says Ayn Rand is not proper books. Atlas Shrugged is one big huge philosophical story problem. It's interesting philosophy, i really like half of what Ayn Rand has to say, but the story is so pedantic there's no reason to have made it a story instead of non-fiction.
On the other hand whoever slipped this note into whatever it was slipped into is a total cock hole.
On cereal box reading: I once encountered an exerpt of The Communist Manifesto on the back of a Post cereal box.
The marketing concept for the back of this box was an image of a newspaper with an article about how "Great Grains" cereal is good and you should buy it for some reason. the text on the newspaper below the 'article' was blurred out, but if you looked close you could get an idea of what it said and I swear to god it was the first paragraph of The Communist Manifesto. i saved it for a while, showed other people who were intitially skeptical, but after inspection agreed with me.
the randomness of this found note plus the finder's comment, plus Chris' assholery, plus the rest of the comments created the only possible situation where my memory of this thing could ever be jogged. how wonderful absurdity can be!
Hey Remember that other time when I only ate boxes of tangerines?
So cheap and Juicy!!!
withOUT pictures????? :-O
Rob, what's wrong with proust?
I do wonder though, what kind of a book this came from... and what the author of this note thinks is a "proper" book.
Could it be Lady Wellesely's Guide to being a Wellesely Lady or possibly "everybody poops"
Ive been re reading the old comment threads for lack of anything better to do at work. Its worth congratulating Flargy on creating a new word. Anyone willing to second adding commentment to the pop culture dictionary? =)
Soma,
Nothing's wrong with Proust. The point was that if Chris' original "Ayn Rand" comment was simply a joke, then perhaps it would have been more apparent if they had used Proust or Joyce or someone more universally recognizable (and/or recognized as a great writer). I mean if someone gave a note that said "Read a proper play" to someone reading Shakespeare, that'd be funny. Well, at least more people would find it funnier than the Ayn Rand referecce. Then again, Chris might have been serious - in which case, I don't know what to say. Although I laughed the hardest at TeachEngDogs' comment: "Is Ayn Rand your mom or something?"
K - Females can be judgmental, but everyone knows that they cannot be judgENmental. It's a scientific fact.
'Kay kittens, a couple of things.
I read graphic novels and comic books on a regular basis as well as Shakespeare's beautiful plays and wonderful poetry.
Also: Flargy? Eggs1234? May I build an altar and worship you as gods? Please?
i actually assumed that chris was a woman... has he/she actually clarified his/her gender yet??
haha
have to admit to being book snob, with my pet hate being adults who read harry potter.
Who up there said 'Found!' isn't deep. This conversation of comments proves somewhat otherwise. ;o) Anyway, I just thought I'd add my own spin to this diverse assortment of comments and say that personally, I think that it doesn't really matter WHAT you read, only that you do.
And so it began...I wonder what became of Chris in Bellingham, WA.