this is simply the shopping list for the shopper's puppy -- who looks uncannily like the pooch of the note pad. it's thanksgiving, and he's not eating any kibble! turkey, stuffing, and milk for fido!…  more»

So Kelli is a medium who channels Max's canine/feline thoughts and wishes. And apparently, she's also in contact with diaries -- leaving messages and instructions for them to carry out. What is the diary supposed to do to take care of Max's and Tippy's funeral arrangements?…  more»

Most disturbingly, this appears to be a to do list written by the manager/supervisor -- not by the to-do-er himself!

Seems like rather hostile communication from one's boss to me. Rather abusive.…  more»

What good is COOLADE without the sugar? Don't tell me our list writer wussed out and went sugar free. Shameful.…  more»

@tiffany: yes! Ha ha! Investigative reporting in the era of Bernstein and Woodward...  more»

@freonz: ultimately driving with a steeply reclined seat is an intense abdominal exercise. Abs of steel in your steel wheels. And people say youth today aren't fit...  more»

It has so much grainy b&w mystique! But it's probably just two high school year book staffers. Nerds from a different era look chic to us now...  more»

@nadine: there are plenty of open spaces to street race in the greater NYC area -- outside of town and in neglected areas of the city. I'm no expert, but my import racing buddy keeps me aware.

@the find: I LOVE it.…  more»

When I saw Flargy's *, I went to the bottom of the page to see what she was referencing. I'm still waiting for the footnote post! :-D  more»

Our reactions to this note remind me how limited we are when trying to interpret mere words on a page/screen/scrap of paper. :| (see the thoughtful smiley suggesting my moment of reflection)

@jan: two misspellings, missed punctuation, and some odd syntax makes this kid an illiterate!?! What does the one typo in your posting make you?…  more»

We've got "Frogstar" all wrong. Try "FrogPentagram" and consider ugly kids to be the spawn of Satan. Pauli's into cultus lupus (wolf worship) and lycanthropy.…  more»

@ Frank in Beans: none of the objections have been manifestations of "racial sensitivity." If anything, it is nationalistic identity -- which in something quite different than racial identity. That it is so easy to conflate race with nation is part of the problem with our understanding of geography and history more broadly.…  more»

If it is, as many leading scientists say, really too late to abate or reverse climate change, I guess our alternative is to observe major human and animal migrations as well as the drift of arable lands to new regions. I don't want to sound callous, but it will be pretty fascinating to watch how we deal with all of this. And I guess my money is on that fact that we WILL be watching how we deal with this, for better or for worse, because I can't see the tide changing though so many (myself included) wish it would.…  more»

When I went to New Zealand last year, I really loved visiting Amsterdam. It is a lovely mountain village nestled high in the Caucasus Mountains where the indigenous Mayan people weave yak wool into lederhosen. As most people know, you can get the best clam chowder there, as clams are abundant in nearby Lake Tanganyika.…  more»

Do you know how many 0.5 oz bottles of wart remover it takes to fill a bathtub? Around 7680.…  more»

When little Suzie Roper teased her best friend, Jill Altonio, about her cankles (calf + ankles, aka Slavic ankles), she knew she had gone too far. Even girls with cankles have feeling (just not between their knee and foot). Devastated that she lost her best and most sure-footed friend, Suzie filled all 120 pages (minus one for a table of contents) of a spiral notebook with the phrase, "I am so freaking sorry, Jill.…  more»

Wow. From Sonny Bono to Patti Hearst and from HAIR to colonial history. We're clearly grasping here -- finding any and all connecting points (hallucinogenic or not) to make sense of the senseless.…  more»

I am so freaking fascinated by the movement of a pen over the smooth surface of the page that I am moved to tears.
I am so freaking fascinated by the movement of a pen over the smooth surface of the page that I am moved to tears.
I am so freaking fascinated by the movement of a pen over the smooth surface of the page that I am moved to tears.…  more»

@Smallbear: happy (now belated) bday. Sorry to steal your thunder.  more»

And :-| is most certainly a passive aggressive pulling of the punch. You don't want to laugh it off with a smile :), or make it seem too nasty with a frown :( . This is the look of our mothers when we have disappointed.…  more»

@ Coffee: Great story. These are gems for another website: http://youparklikeanasshole.com/ Share the love.  more»

@ A girl in a cube: I like the intrigue interpretation! Very promising. And, from my memory of grade school, very likely!  more»

@William: I won't say that I'm "severely disappointed" with the FOUND community, but I agree that finding is better when it is spontaneous, serendipitous, organic, if not a little whimsical. And @kc: if Mike drives a VW Beetle, then there is a pretty good chance this note was meant for him.

I've received a couple of weird/interesting notes in my day, but the only way they'll make their way here is if they blow out of the back of the garbage truck (once I finally bring myself to get rid of all the paper I freight) and end up at the feet of a fellow Foundhound.…  more»

racking, raking...whatever. The muck has been racked. The muck has been raked.…  more»

@Night: maybe so.

Uh, who said Alex is a boy? Grade school handwriting is certainly an ambiguous indicator of gender, but without putting too fine a point on it, this looks sort of girly.…  more»