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July 14, 2009 |
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Do You Enjoy Your Rights?
FOUND by Brittany
in New Orleans, LA
Found in the 'Nonfiction' section of the local Barnes and Noble. The only person around was an elderly man, flipping through the pages of a novel.
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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...
ound it printed on a Frisbe
lad to be firs
You gotta fight....for your right...to Paaaart-tay.
Though admittedly, it wouldn't be much of a party with only $5.
Enjoying my rights -- AND my lefts -- here in library land, I will suggest a "Stone Soup" approach to the party. [and, no, I didn't say "Stoned Soup"]. That is, if everyone brings $5.00 and drops it in the bowl by the door maybe, by cooperating and joining forces, we'll gather enough to make things really swing.
Also, you gotta appreciate the careful work done in defacing this currency. (I know there have been questions about James Buchanan's sexuality, but since there isn't a hige memorial to him in Washington, DC, maybe the artist here went with Buchanan's successor as the next best thing. Lincoln wasn't much of a dandy, was he? Even though there have also been questions about his sexuality, too.)
Also, why was the older gent where this was found "flipping through ... a novel" in the non-fiction section of Barnes & Noble? If they'd put call numbers on their books like a library does, then the novels could be shelved in the fiction section where they want to be.
Just saying.
Librarian - I agree. They would sell more books if they were shelved properly.
I want my rainbows back! How did it come that a special interest group got to hijack such a pretty symbol. I love rainbows but I'm not gay (though often happy) and I don't want people to think I am gay just because I like rainbows. Sheesh. Pick a damn color. Don't hog them all. Rainbows belong to everyone.
@ Swirling ... so do unicorns.
I felt the same way about the six pointed star until those Jews came along and stole it....
I kid. Thanks to Joe Strummer, I know my rights but I don't know if I enjoy them.
Wow. Weird slams this morning.
I just visited the Lincoln Memorial in DC. Now I know what I have been looking at all these years on a 5 spot.
As a side note, I visited the memorial at night, and it was truly spectacular. A sight to behold.
Lincoln's sexuality has been questioned???
Librarian knows everything.
Okaaay...so now it's a "right" to deface currency...which btw is considered government property (proven by the fact that they try their hardest to get it back from us, anyway they can).
I am confused about someone leaving a 5-spot in a bookstore. Are they so rich they use them as bookmarks, and one more or less is no odds? Or is the US monetary unit so devalued by rampant inflation that it's really not worth the paper it's printed on?
Prespiring minds want to know.
And yes, I do enjoy my rights--those which really belong to me. I also uphold the responsibilities those rights imply.
@ Lolita ...
I'm a librarian. I know things. It's my job.
Now you can know things, too: see C.A. Tripp's book "The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln" (New York: Free Press, 2005) in a library near you.
Or the speed version: Wikipedia article on "Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln" in an internet near you.
Gabe was a strong supporter of the gay rights movement, and had taken to changing "IN GOD WE TRUST" to "GOD LOVES ALL" (or something along those lines, anyway) on five dollar bills. He tried a penny once, but the ink just rubbed away and smeared. Gabe went all out one day, coloring the bill with rainbows and questioning whether the readers enjoyed their rights. He was quite pleased with his masterpiece, but he didn't know what to do with it. He eventually settled on the nonfiction section, because nonfiction books tend to be expensive and five dollars would probably be appreciated. On top of that, the store was not organized at all, so there were plenty of novels there for old men to flip through.
Gay Pride!
Librarian is awesome.
So is Farmer.
I am in love with both of you
I wonder if Brittany in N.O. spent that $5 bill? If so, just think...it's floating around out there somewhere! Can you imagine if you were given it in change from your local Wal-Mart? Be on the lookout for a rainbow-colored 5-spot!!!
i think no end's sexuality is in question as well... which, having no end, that's no surprise.
I still wonder if there were any alterations done to the front of the bill. Is Abe now sporting a rainbow afro and beard, or maybe done up like Wavy Gravy in a colorful tie dye? Better yet, a monacle, handlebar moustache, and a gold hoop earring.
That's what I would do.
I got a $1 bill the other day on which someone had stamped front and back, in red ink: REJECT TYRANNY.
Someone else came along with ballpoint pend and changed it to REJECT TYRANOSAURUS, adding in a cute little Godzilla-looking dinosaur. Gave me a good laugh.
Wasn't Lincoln's middle name BRÜNO? Imagine the photo series we'd have if Alexander Gardner had been more like Robert Maplethorpe?
(Other than that how did you like the play Mrs. Lincoln?)
Queer as a $5 bill?
I can't believe no one said this yet!
I love this, I think I'll put this on all my bills in the future!!!
In my dark past I worked at B&N health/sex education section..whole job was chasing kids away from it!Because some genius put it right next to kids section,,no lie.
Found Magazine only costs five bucks. Did Brittany receive a brand new shiny copy for her coloring book fiver?
And...congrats on being first, Farmer.
Who's bending down to give me a rainbow?
@Night in gale - Farmer ...on't give you a rainbow, but he may give you a dirty sanch...
they won't give you rainbows, but they'll blow sunshine up your ass.
@ High plain man, it doesn't work when you do it and everyone knows it's Windy.
@Phoebe: come to think of it, our's is situated that way, too. maybe the juxtaposition of children's/human sexuality is b&n's way of encouraging family planning. (but why would they want to discourage the creation of future customers?)
As the great Henry Root put it in his World of Knowledge, it's time we heard a little less about rights and a little more about duty.