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April 10, 2008 |
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For Kyle
FOUND by Drew Petursson
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I found this five in the till at work when I was counting out the money at the end of the day. Of course as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it so I switched it for a five of my own.
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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...
okay.... why are there two april 10 posts??
when I first opened the page it went to a note about believing in god and wanting to be an artist.... then you click the
"<--PREV" button and it goes back to the big city post it note. THEN click next--> and it comes to this five dollar bill. both say April 10, 2008!!!!
for heaven's sake, cait (and the cat), get ahold of yourself. There have been two posts per day for a short while now ... maybe a couple of weeks.
I wonder of Dad didn't think Kyle would spend it out of embarrassment. I guess Kyle showed him.
Really. Who the hell cares? Just shut up and gimme the friggin allowance already.
TWO POSTS PER DAY? what the FUCK? why didn't anyone tell me?? i've missed so much stuff!!
back in my excessive-behavior, college-partying, the-truth-comes-out-when-you're-in-an-altered-state days, my roommate and i had a theory that everything before the "but" is untrue in statements like this.
@Darcy: don't feel bad, it confused the hell out of me for a few days, too.
@Lars: That would make for a good secret code. "All the birds in the zoo have been fed but the eagle. The frogs wouldn't eat anything but flies. The vampire bats would eat at no other time but at midnight."
Ok, so I can't appreciate the game Dad's playing here. MAYBE he's trying to let Kyle know how he feels without being confrontational. Whatever. Spend that money Kyle. If Dad wants to tell you something, he needs to use his mouth. Passive Aggressive Guilt Mongering Parenting. FABOT !!!
Lars you're right. As I broke up with a guy one time, I told him I love you but.... and he said the story begins after the but.
I can't stop wondering why a father would give his son 5 dollars if the child was young than an allowance makes sense though ...I really got an older child vibe from this late highschool or early post secondary age range. If it were an older child why 5 it seems so little and I wonder if it came with more money notes maybe a twenty tucked underneath. Maybe it was just enough to take the bus one more day till payday and he could buy a new pack of faresavers. Or maybe if it is only 5 it was for a few packs of ramen to prevent starvation. I really think dad gave him more like 25 for groceries or somthing. It'd be great to know what type of shop drew works at maybe it could be a dirty found if drew worked at a sex shop and someone had just bought the last cherry adult shaped candy. Than again it could be just a little kid at a candystore. I'm really enjoying the possibilities of this find. I also wonder how long he held onto it did he spend it right away and it's been circulating for some time now or has he saved it till recent dire needs came up. What a snazy find.
I thought it was signed "Dan" until I read the comments. Gave it a whole different vibe. But since it's from "Dad" I'm guessing it is lunch money for his teenager. I could have written this on the $5 I gave my own teenager for lunch this morning. But then I'd have signed it "Mom". Kids gotta eat!
and I wonder why Dad felt the need to date it? Maybe so Kyle wouldn't get his weeks mixed up? Like Dad wasn't pissed off last week too? Doubtful.
Isn't it curious that over that long length of time that no one felt the need to keep the bill? It just doesn't seem pratical to me. Perhaps Kyle didn't spend it so quickly only just recently, as to let it go.
Lars: Best theory I have heard.
I'm thinking that Kyle's allowance was really supposed to be $10 but Dad got mad and docked him 50%, and that's why the note is written on the bill. I don't think parents should use words like pissed (or crap, shit, f***, etc.) with their kids. I know it's not really a "bad word" but still. It sounds low-class.
@Lars, what if the statement were reversed? Would "You pissed me off this week, Kyle, but I love you" mean that Dad really approved of Kyle's action(s)?
I'm reading it as if it's signed by "DAN". Makes for better 'what if's and what abouts'!!!
If you magnify it, it sure looks like DAN signed it to me...
What DAD is going to say to their public or high school son, "You really PISSED me off"
I never used swear words to tell my now, 20 year old son how I was feeling or how he made me feel.
I'll show you a little something for pissing me off. I'll give you money. Oooooh I'm so scared.
Holly, I prefer not to cuss in front of my kids, but sometimes I will for effect. It works better if one's cussing is not habitual.
So, if Dad wanted to communicate his love, he should say:
You pissed me off this week, but I love you Kyle.
Dear Canada,
You can’t discipline kids with money… only bribe them. Try $20 next time.
Love,
America
PS- Love ya like a sister!
I think the kid is a ne'er do well, probably in his late twenties, and he's run out of money again, so he asks Dad and they get into a big argument, and many unkind things are said, but then Dad starts to feel guilty and comes through with 25 bucks and drops it through his slacker kid's mail slot, but this is the last time dammit, and since he could not find any paper, he had to write this note on the top bill.
The kid then immediately copped a bag of dope and the whole process repeated itself in a couple of days.
Sigh, that's kind of sad.
Maybe Kyle is Dan's rentboy?
I love you, Kyle. No ifs or buts. You are one of the shining lights in my life.
Love,
Mama
It took Kyle long enough to spend the money. Don't tell me that he spent all that time feeling guilty about pissing off his dad.
It has to be from "Dan" because he was so deliberate with each letter, tracing over it a number of times. Why would he not have clarified the last letter, if he is, in fact, "Dad."
I think Dan needs to work on expressing his anger if he was pissed off at Kyle for a whole week and the only way he could tell Kyle was a scribbly note on a 5 after a week of abuse. Poor Dan.
It's Dad, he just ran out of ink, wasted it all on emphasis.
@ DAD IN PARENTING CLASS- I hear ya'!!
Also, whilst raising and nurturing our son in the past, (actually, who says it's ever over?!) hubby and I would NEVER reward him with money especially if he pi**ed us off!!
Never mind using money to tell your child that you "love them"??????
What is that about?
If Kyle did tick the parents off, there would be NO allowance this week!!!
SHEESH!!!....talk about trying to buy your children.
Truly, though, don't we (Canadians) have the best looking $$$???
So colourful, worth more than the U.S.A's $, higher standard of living, just a fantastic Country to live your life.
Nothing against U.S.A or any other country, just my opinion, that's all!
And exactly four months later, this beauty was born:
http://www.dirtyfound.com/?p=69
I don't know Holly...looks like monopoly money to me.
It's not from DAN. compare the N in NOV to the D at the end of DAD. It appears that there was something on the bill, preventing the ink to write over that top section of the ending D. (you can see the lines where the attempt was made, however.)
Ummm, yeah sure, holly. Your money's purty. Some people got really good at counterfeiting US dollars, so now the US treasury is adding various anti counterfeiting measures, and the US currency is getting purtier, too.
Kyle's a crackhead.
I know, Just checking....have you seen the new $5 bills. I thought I received a counterfeit and almost ended up walking back to the teller line to tell them.
I'm with Terrie-Is-So-Very on ink usage. And, another arguement for DAD vs DAN is that the N in NOV looks nothing like the last letter in the signature.
As for the lenght of time it took Kyle to blow the loot, haven't there been recent finds where the sender-inner mentioned in a post that they sent in the find years ago and were surprised to finally see it? Could be Jason and the guys just thought it was time for this one to make it's debut on the web.
Oh, dear. Just checking in and I had the same thought at about the same time. Sorry for the duplication.
I like this. If I was Kyle, I would have kept it to remind myself that loving someone doesn't mean that you won't get angry with them, and vice versa. And I do think it was some sort of obligatory money, like for lunch or allowance, not a bribe. And I really like that he used "pissed," because that is a different degree than just angry.
I like this.
I really do. It has a "Look, You really pissed me off last week, Sorry I over re-acted, here's a few bucks, I love you." Feel to it.
I don't know why, but when I first saw this I immediately thought that it was Kyle's birthday, and this is his present from Dad, greatly reduced because he pissed Dad off.
Not sure why this popped into my head, but it did.
Aww I like this. Dad's are always good for giving you a few bucks.
04/09/2008
I love you Kyle, but you really pissed me off today.
Love Coco.
I agree with Clover.Using language like "pissed" and other such vulgar words when talking (or in this case writing) to your kid is really low class. So is writing the note on a $5 bill. What you don't have paper!?
Whilst nurturing my child we NEVER reward with money. Pissed is a vulgar word, I shall never say it that my children might hear. Writing on money is low class and most likely a crime. Has thou not paper?
Why does everybody think Kyle is a child? I think Kyle is a 26 year old meth addict. He lives at home. His parents make his car payments and pay for his cell phone. Kyle can't hold a job. They give him money all the time and otherwise engage in all manner of enabling. He used to be a good kid and they can't figure out why he lies and steals all the time. He gets in trouble and they bail him out every time--his only consequence is that they get pissed at him, they can't figure out why he continues to act this way. They think they're helping him, but they're just making it easier for him to continue being a junkie. They always wonder when Kyle's wake up call will come, but it doesn't come because they always answer it--too bad they won't get their call until Kyle is dead or behind bars because he killed somebody else. They wonder when Kyle will hit rock bottom, but Kyle will never hit rock bottom because they keep tossing out a net.
@get over yourselves, right back at you. I'll refrain from saying anymore on this subject as I don't want to start a flame war,I have more class than that.
It says Dan....
Yes, Terrie- or a crackhead. And Dad's definitely an enabler.
so to you and Freonz... great minds think alike!
"I hate you Kyle."-Cartman
I agree with the thought that Kyles older. That would address the word choice and the fact that he would write on the bill. Afterall, when you were younger, would your parents ever indicate that it's fine to write on money?
Plus there's the fact that money is so highly thought of. It's easy to disregard a message on a post-it, but your stuck with money until it's spent.
I wish my parents expressed their negative feelings by handing me cash...
Isn't it supposedly illegal to write on legal tender? One of those laws that never gets enforced, such as in Europe it is also illegal to stick a stamp showing the reigning monarch upside-down on a letter because it is--well, I don't know the word in English (if indeed there is one) but it's defamation of a royal personage.
So there.
My mother used profanity to speak to her kids all the time, but then she had 10. Things can get to you.
What gets me about this "note" is that not only does he send confusing messages but he actually DATES it! On money. Yet another passive agressor in the top echelons of his passion.
Wow Basil, I didn't know that (about laws against upside down stamps in Europe). There are still some crazy laws here in the states too like you only allowed to beat your wife one particular day out of the week (I forget what day) on the court steps.
Also...if this guy is older...let's say somewhere between 16 and 18 and he didn't have an addiction then again I saw wow! I stopped taking money from my folks as soon as I was old enough to get a job. The most my parents gave me was $10/wk. Which I'm sure is more than what most parents give out to their teens but that was to cover expenses like clothes, entertainment, makeup/toiletries, etc. My parents only took care of the shelter/food part (which I'm grateful for). I think that they were subtly telling me to get a job and that's what I did. I couldn't imagine getting just $5/week if I was between 16 and 18. That would suck!
<counter id="passive-aggressive" value+=5 >2923</counter>
Somebody has to manage the counters...
Lets throw a "creepy" count in for good measure:
<counter id="creepy" value+=1>1175224</counter>
I have a theory about why Dad wrote on money. He wanted to give Kyle an incentive to get rid of the note. Like, Dad needed to get this off his chest, but he knew Kyle is kind of a sensitive guy and he didn't want Kyle to keep the note in his box of painful mementos.
Basil, you mean like the upside down English stamp at top left of this page??
-- which is further defaced as it says 'FOUND' instead of 'ROYAL MAIL' on it.
I wsa going to say the English word is 'lèse-majesté' but... er... that's French, innit.
I feel stupid... the first I saw this find, I read it as "Dan" not "Dad" . . . well don't I feel foolish.
Lèse-majesté....a lovely French word that, after the Revolution, translates best as "get a life, Kingy!"
Or Queenie, as the case may be.
The person to be sympathized with entirely is Kyle. Dad (I think it's Dad and not Dan because look at the N in NOV-- it has sharp corners). Dad not only shortchanges Kyle but also says POed. Dad could've easily substituted his choice of words. It's clear that Dad is angry, but is this the best way to deal with it, Dad? Write it on currency and date it so Kyle will never forget? What could Kyle have done that'd been so bad?
"pissed off" is a phrase that's really lost its potency in the past few years, though- at least in the States- like bitch and slut, it's not uncommon to hear it uttered in "prime time" tv programs- the fcc is lightening up on just about everything but the F word and the C word.
Mama always said, 'tis better to be pissed off than pissed on...
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unless you have rubber sheets!
come ON!
Look at the way he traced the "N" in NOV.
it doesnt look anything like the last letter in the signature.
It IS DAD!
@Winston,just checking, and get over your selves:
Shall I say Jealousy or Envious?