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Batgirl and Friends
FOUND by Tish Blackwood
in Florida
I found this in a copy of "Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters and Seymour an Introduction" by J.D. Salinger.
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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...
That is awesome! I love Batgirl! (This looks like an auction)
I didn't even notice Batgirl until I read the title. She kind of blends in.
I am intrigued by the photo stuck to the wall behind the candlesticks/figurines in the background.
The foreground looks like some odd awards ceremony being held in a basement rec-room.I know basements don't have windows like that, but I just get a "basement vibe" off it.
I think it's an awards ceremony. Notice the trophies, plaques, and the picture of Jesse Owens in the background.
Dude looks like Batgirl just clawed him in the nuts.
Dangit, you snuck your post in just before mine!
Oh, and by "dude," I mean the bald guy. Not the other guy. Or whatever she is.
Possibly the same kitten in all three photos? Compare http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/590 and http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/4610.
of the kind of things people did back then. These days, though, what with the ability to accomplish all that and so much more with a few dozen keystrokes, there's really no....
....Oh. Wait a minute.....
never mind.
"Batgirl and Others" seems an appropriate bookmark for a novel by the author of "For Esme."*
*If I had a nickel for every pseudo-intellectual, wannabe dilettante who I've heard claim "Esme" as favorite story/literary progenitor, I'd be dead.
Personally, I've always liked "Franny and Zooey" more.
Or, I guess this could be one of those charity fund-raising "slave auctions". This one, in particular, is on behalf of a Miami child care center.
In this shot, Estelle and Raul are in the middle of auctioning off a genuine Batgirl superheroine. Their intent was that the senior citizens in the room would want to adopt this cute little kid for the afternoon, take her to the zoo, buy her some ice cream or whatever. Just generally lighten up their otherwise dreary afternoon.
Raul looks so excited, though, because some younger senior citzens in the back (whose hearing isn't so great) thought that they were bidding on a "batch of good super heroin" rather than a "batgirl super-heroine" and started to bid big.
It got ugly before it got better. But the childcare center came out ahead in the end.
Thanks, Librarian, for naming the subjects in the picture. At first glance, it appeared to be Estefan and Raul, but upon further examination I can see it is Estelle.
Perhaps.
@ Snarky ... well, it could be "Estefan" on the birth certificate and "Estelle" on the driver's license.
Or the other way around.
Takes some people a while to figure things out.
I think Raul is the winning bidder. Estelle hasn't figured out how he got into the old folks home, or why he would bid on a 6-year-old girl, or what he possibly might spend the afternoon doing with her.
Estelle needs to watch some more television or read a newspaper now and then. If no one intervenes, this will certainly mark the last-ever slave auction at the Miami childcare center.
...Or it's Raul who's up for auction and that's really Billy Crystal in the costume, as the charming, witty host. He volunteered to be host because he knew Estelle would be as boring as a fencepost.
If these are his typical fans, it's no wonder Salinger became a recluse.
I looked on one of those "every holiday" sites to see if Found is observing Authors of the FBI Watch List Day or something.
Unfortunately, all I Found for February 19 were these:
International Friendship Day
(I much prefer Neighborhood Enmity Day.)
National Chocolate Mint Day
(Save the mint for toothpaste. Plain chocolate, please. The darker the better.)
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood (Debut 1968)
(His show would have been much better if he had started doing coke back then, instead of Valium.)
Cherry Coke's Birthday (Released 1985)
(Nowhere on this site could I find any mention of Cherry O'Pepsi.)
I find these virgin auctions within the closed communities of the polygamy christan sects found the southern United States very disturbing.
Sadly, Ted Orbison's career was not on par with his brother Roy's.
"And the award for camp counselor "Pedophile of the Summer" goes to our swim instructor, Phil Lange. Phil come on up and tell us your story!"
Enexcelent smile on the kid, by the way.
Has anyone deciphered what is on Raul's t-shirt?
for your records, Flargy, my birthday is April 17. (2008.)
And I like chocolate with substance.
Geek, that was good. I was trying to figure out if it was Estelle or Raul at the mic..your Billy Crystal comment made it all clear...
@Cherry, do you not have a birthday on April 17 in 2009, too? I also like chocloate with substance, just like I like my men!
Oh! I got all flustered, thinking about men with substance! *chocolate, not chocloate"
Ahh, why yes, MLM, I suppose I shall.. I should have said .. my date of inception? Hmm not quite right, is it?
I came into being on that date, anyway, and fully intend to celebrate with wild abandon throughout the entire month of April. Plenty of good dates to celebrate all month long.
Oooooh, I see. You took your screen name on that date, right? I was confuzzled.
http://foundmagazine.com/find/1263
mlm in texas
Apronk---Do I recognize you from Pop Candy?
Also, I agree with Baby Basil. Hash brownies eclipse weed doughnuts!!
And..."Cherry O'Pepsi" sounds like a stripper name.
+ April 17, 2008 10:34 AM +
Batgirl has a really great smile..wonder what is on the paper she is displaying...
How can anyone say for certain, with the current picture as the only evidence, that the little person in the Batman outfit is indeed a girl?
@ Turbo--You get first place for the best comment!! LMAO!!!
Batgirl and Friends is what the Finder called the picture, so Batgirl is what everyone ran with. I wonder if there might have been a caption on the back of the picture featuring a girlish name.
wow. normal size, it looks like the kid is looking at the paper, or perhaps at someone in the audience. but when I hit magnify, I Found that she is LOOKING RIGHT AT ME. Into my very soul.
@Just in case--thanks for the memories! That's one of my favorite finds! :)
hey, I found the picture in Tuscaloosa, not Florida. I thought it was 2 guys also, which certainly gave it a more sinister overtone, or maybe not. Who else could she be but Batgirl? Comments differ when you mention Alabama, though, I notice.
Tish