September 02, 2006

Pinin' for the Fjords
FOUND by Jackie Meeks in New York, New York
My husband found this Polaroid on the street. We're not sure if the objects surrounding the bird are candles, corks or perhaps wooden pegs.
Jord
cigarette butts
+ October 23, 2006 08:07 PM +
Mary
It's not pining, it's passed on. This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.

Oh I miss Monty Python!
+ October 29, 2006 04:00 AM +
Donna in Stockton, KS
That isn't a parrot at all! It appears to be a very dead jay of some sort!
+ November 07, 2006 06:45 AM +
T in Toronto
Btw, they are earplugs. I have the exact same ones.
+ November 21, 2006 04:50 AM +
tatyness in texas
I hate those grids. Horribly. I hate scaling and re-scaling and all for whaaaat?! To know how to re-scale an image. Thats what photoshop is there for. :)
+ November 22, 2006 05:04 PM +
Simona in Chicago
I'm totally disturbed by this photograph.
+ December 28, 2006 11:42 AM +
Ella in Cotati, CA
This just SCREAMS Alfred Hitchcock!
+ January 12, 2007 12:43 AM +
Tessa in Indiana
you people are strange. anyone that has been a kid knows that those arent pegs or candles, they are battleship pieces. you know. the game. thats why the grid is there. battleship. the game. weirdos.
+ January 20, 2007 08:12 PM +
marybeth
yeah, i'm pretty sure that's battleship
+ January 28, 2007 11:05 PM +
geneva in manassas, va
someone sank the battle-bird :(
+ February 12, 2007 07:22 PM +
James
Its a Catbird
+ March 18, 2007 05:14 PM +
Emily B. in W. Michigan
i guess they do look like battleship pieces...although, if you look very closely, each "peg" seems to have a line in the middle: earplugs being reflected in a mirror or glass.

it looks like someone was going for a graphic, artistic look, but the dead bird really...well..."killed" it.
+ June 10, 2007 10:05 PM +
...? in ...!
"B-12...HIT!"
+ July 25, 2007 10:35 PM +
Ashley in duarte,ca
if those were candles, then thats a pretty big bird. they are not battleship pieces, they are the wrong color. there is a grid on the photo but that doesn't mean its from the game. they do look like ear plugs however they are too skinny. best bet is they are pegs, perhaps wooden. why someone would take a picture of this, i don't know.
+ October 01, 2007 07:08 PM +
Midlife Crisis in California
Mary: Fantastic! Others might want to Google "Monty Python Dead Parrot Sketch."
+ October 15, 2007 05:43 PM +
Brian in NC
What I want to know is how someone managed to get such an incredible visual effect with a Polaroid. How did that grid get there? Is there special Polaroid film that includes a grid?
+ January 08, 2008 10:01 PM +
Kristi in Pacific North Wet
Those look like cigarette filters to me...(stripped of the paper) not sure the significance of the bird though... Hummm
+ January 25, 2008 04:39 PM +
Mandie in Maine
My first thought was that it was a lite brite.... but who knows? I like it......
+ May 10, 2008 11:37 AM +
Forge in Georgia
Brian in NC: I'm with you; I think everyone is missing the fact that this is a POLAROID. They don't come with Photoshop last I saw. How in Holy Flubber does one do that with a Polaroid? Anyone know?
+ May 19, 2008 12:17 AM +
Em in CA
Haha Mary, I thought the same thing! That episode was on BBC not too long ago...
+ June 23, 2008 06:48 PM +
TheMatt in Hell
ummm, photoshop. People do not send in actual pics--- just pics of pics so any image can be created. Simply scan a polaroid of some family function then paste in the photoshop image you want and voila! Instant artsy image. Neat but this doesn't really count for found in my opinion. Folks should do that stuff over at Flickr.
+ June 27, 2008 09:37 AM +

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