Post your own finds

[daniel robert chapman]

A few years ago I was by the derelict church on Cardigan Road near my then house, and I found a blue hardback notebook. It is some sort of builder's diary, and the first ten pages or so consist of notes about building jobs and technical sketches, like this:



Then there are a lot of blank pages, until near the back of the book, the notes take a more, er, personal turn. First, are two pages of alternative lyrics to 'Another Day In Paradise' by Phil Collins:




Then are two more pages, a rewrite of 'Murder On The Dancefloor' by Sophie Ellis-Bextor:




Next, a drawing of a pair of big, red, angry looking, boobs:



Finally, the pages that could make someone a million. Three new ideas in construction techniques; possibly sketch drawings for a patent application. All these systems bear the prefix 'R.B.' - presumably the inventor's own initials.

I give you, 'The Strong Squid Foundation System', 'The Stiff Worm Raft', and 'The Mini-Squid Piling System'.

[DrAwkward]

Daniel, that is fucking amazing. Salut! your finds.

[night_tools]

From the contents of that notebook I suspect it belonged to Phil Collins.

I have a small collection of 'found' passport photos. Don't have a scanner at the moment to share them with you, unfortunately.

I also found a large portrait of the Queen once, which hung in my London flat for a while. We couldn't take it with us when we moved out, so we just left it out with the bins for someone else to find.

[johnnyshape]

That is awesomely good.

[Richard]

That really is spectacular.

[Ty Webb]

Strong Octopus, Stiff Worm Raft, and Mini-Squid Piling System would make a hell of a bill.

[gnangle]

That sort of just changed my life.

[slowriot]

i've been collecting weird things like this for a while. letters, notebooks, whatever... i've got a lot, maybe i'll scan some in later like the fellow above, who also just blew my mind.



i also kind-of-sort-of have the habit (luck?) of finding envelopes pre-addressed, stamped and unsealed. i like to write my own notes - usually really cryptic, insane messages - and send them off. i'm always wondering what the fuck people think when they receive them.

[mega therion]

Not sure if this counts, but I once found a tiny, obviously homemade magnet featuring a graphic depiction of early 90's silicon-lezzie love at a supermarket; it was connected to a shoe polish tin. Currently a centerpiece on my freezer door.

i like to write my own notes - usually really cryptic, insane messages - and send them off. i'm always wondering what the fuck people think when they receive them.

Looks like I have a new hobby today.

[daniel robert chapman]

Hey! I'm glad you all liked it!!

[Rotten Tanx]

Oh think twice
Asdas do kids stuff
& its very nice


Fucking genius! Especially the pluralisation of Asda.

[Mandroid2.0]

I found this--


this---



---and about 700 unused condoms from 1973 in a box while cleaning out the garage at my grandparents' house, back when I was about 18-years old.

[burun]

I have a large Moleskine notebook with my finds taped into them.

I have a compulsion to pick up playing cards I find on the street. I have almost an entire deck - only missing about 5 cards.

[Arson Smith]

Then are two more pages, a rewrite of 'Murder On The Dancefloor' by Sophie Ellis-Bextor:

[chozo]

PORK... (with juices)



I don't remember what thread this was in, but dammit if it isn't the best find of all time.

[diego]

That post is really cool!!!
I recently saw a funny and cute note sticked to a post in Lausanne, I couldn't take it because it was some kind of an invitation to a party and I would have felt guilty if nobody turns up because of me. Although I took 2 pictures.





Here is what is says:

I'm inviting you to come to moudon to the school for the sircus of dog at 3 o'clock saturday bring your dog if you have one.
melinda lenoir 021/648,0348

[Sly Bug]

That post is really cool!!!
I recently saw a funny and cute note sticked to a post in Lausanne, I couldn't take it because it was some kind of an invitation to a party and I would have felt guilty if nobody turns up because of me. Although I took 2 pictures.





Here is what is says:

I'm inviting you to come to moudon to the school for the sircus of dog at 3 o'clock saturday bring your dog if you have one.
melinda lenoir 021/648,0348

Diego, this is cute because,as you said, you can easily figure it was a young girl who wrote the note.

[tbone]

PORK... (with juices)



I don't remember what thread this was in, but dammit if it isn't the best find of all time.

That was me! In this thread.

http://www.electrical.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18799

The can of pork with juices was there for several months. However, I am sad to say, the last time I walked by the hobo nightclub, pork with juices had left the building.

[Arson Smith]

A few weeks ago I found several small, spiral-bound, handwritten pages worth of someone's "phone book" blowing around on the street; most of the entries were listed by nicknames, some more awesome than others:



(I'm guessing Cortez may be important - that entry was written twice)

I keep sorta wanting to have some fun with these (from a payphone, naturally):

"Hey - let me talk to Lil Gub for a second."

"Who is this?"

"Oh - I'm a friend of J-Skan - he gave me your number the other night when we were kickin' it with Lil Juicy and T-tone... he said you were the man I needed to talk to about _______."

etc.

[ironyengine]

I'm not entirely sure this counts because it was presumably addressed to me, but I found this note on my drivers' window one morning about five years ago:



If you dig deep enough this note actually turns into a phone number. The phone number was a dead end, however. Alas.