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Best Friends
FOUND by Els
in Scotland
Found lying in the middle of an empty street.
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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...
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is this kid/person sitting on a white and black bowl, or is that part of the seat?
you gotta wonder how people start to realize that they have a talent for throwing their voice and writing corny hee haw jokes.
Hey, millions of people eat corn.
Not to be mean spirited, but the boy looks a lot like Howdy Doody.
I think he looks like Paul Giamatti...and is that the early signs of a receding hairline?? This kid is close to a comb-over.
I see Christmas cards on the wall, and I wonder if this was the photo this family put on theirs.
What an unfortunate looking little boy.
I know it's early yet, but I see a theme emerging this week... Long haired 70's boys holding disturbing objects?
Whatever will tomorrow bring?
I wonder if this is all he wanted for Christmas. He does look very pleased with his new toy. His chin is very tiny.
Usually the DUMMY looks scarier than the ventriloquist.
I get to be the first to say it .... CREEPY!
Hey, give the kid a break...he is Scottish.
Anybody else see a very young Anthony Hopkins in a film called "Magic"? Brings back the creepy memories!
yes. definately a theme, awkward kids, posing wierdly, holding things that are slightly unsettling.
on a bright note, he's posing in almost exactly the same position as my sister is in the photo just sent to my camera, only in sis' photo, she's holding her just-born baby, who is now all of two hours old. Oh, and she's not creepy. She's beautiful. I couldn't really see my nephew's face as the blanket was in the way and the shot is kind of blurry... but I'm sure, if absolutely nothing else, that he's not dressed as ridiculously as the big wooden doll!
This makes me proud to be Scottish.
i think that doll is supposed to be him. look.. same crazy ass hair, beedy evil black eyes, big nose, freckles, bright colored shirt, tie, and the big ass lips. he made it while he was trapped in that blue dungeon.
Actually, the more I look at it the more convinced I am that this is an early photo of our glorious leader Alex Salmond with his pal Nicola Sturgeon.
terrifying find.
I think I had a pair of pants back in the '70s that looked just like the pair on the dummy.
Even in this photo, I can see his lips moving.
Reminds me of when I was a kid w/my dummy "Lester".
The photo made me recoil, just a little, in horror. But damn it's made for some funny comments. Samantha & chrome toaster, I nearly spit coffee all over my laptop. My roommate says I'm mean for laughing so hard.
Keep practicing so you go out there and get famous and make your mum and dad proud, little Scottish boy. This world needs more ventriloquists like you.
The "dummy" looks like Mr Squiggle
ok..this creeps me out
i don't like ventriloquist dolls as a rule - at least the ones that look human *shudder*
i will never ever ever EVER watch a chucky movie or anything remotely like that.
on another semi-related note....everyone should look up "jeff & peanut" on youtube.
omfg they are SO funny!! the video is in 3 (clearly marked) sections, although i think my husband found a full length. it's easily one of the best things i've ever discovered on the internet - on a steek!
Loving the Alex Salmond reference that no-one else got (I assume). But mostly loving that theres a Scottish find!
what dummy? looks like a strange little man holding his first born look-a-like son. and why is he sitting with cat food?
I was just checking my email and a friend had sent me one with five video clips of ventriloquists to watch. It was titled "amazing!" I was like, oh shit. Now this!
They have the same tailor.
Chrome Toaster and Sarasara, you guys make me crack up, and you gave me a great idea! ... I should go look through my old photos for long-haired 1970s kids holding weird stuff. I probably won't have time though. Bummer. I do think this theme would make for an excellent coffee table book. Maybe someone here would like to actualize this, and in the dedication inscribe, "Thanks to all my friends on Found." OH! Is it a copyright infringement to publish stuff from found in a coffee table book? Because I'm not encouraging anyone to break the law.
I find the art of ventriloquisim to be both fascinating and challenging - however, thanks to movies and The Twilight Zone - it's also rather creepy and disturbing.
This photo, doesn't help that. Not one bit.
This is most disturbing.
However, ya gotta admit the kid looks really proud of himself and his dummy.
So does the dummy now that I look at it longer.
OH GOD! See? SEE??? It's messing w/me man!
It's creepy! It's all creeeeeepy!
Sarasara, congrats to your sister and you! Your description of their photo makes me think of a Christmas card. (Mary and her baby. Whatever one's opinion of religion, the mother/child metaphor is undeniable and beautiful.)
Ack, I just realized that's the 2nd reference I made to Christmas cards on this post (one last night and now this morning). Geeze..
clover, i think i have a few pics like that myself, of my brothers. long haired freaky people.... that's the name of the book, k? that's what we'll call it.... i wonder if there's a copyright on that? the name, i mean.
That boy actually kind of looks like one of those dolls.
ok! but if that one's copyrighted, we could call it Awkward Kids, Posing Weirdly, Holding Things That Are Slightly Unsettling. I bet that one's not taken yet.
two of the three scariest things ever. ventriloquist "dummies" and kids in bow-ties. All that is missing is a clown.
this is sort of the type of picture to inspire someone else. he looks content in what he's doing like he knows he's going to have a career in it...and he's fine with that.
Fabulous!
i bet you're right, Clover. I'll put a "c" after it, right now, so it'll be copyrighted.
Awkward Kids, Posing Weirdly, Holding Things That Are Slightly Unsettling (c)
there. now its ours. or yours. or mine.. oh i dont know.
Look who's got a woody!
ha ha Turbo, I think that is the funniest thing you have ever said in here
baby basil, i think i did catch a few minutes of "magic" recently. Anthony Hopkins- mid thirties, maybe. In love with a woman but keeping a terrible secret that he had absolutely no control over the scary, twisted, little wooden doll so firmly attached to his arm. Blech. (yet intriguing)
Turbo, thanks for the laugh!
Also, the clothing choices remind me a bit of my new favorite movie, "lars and the real girl." Brilliant and wonderful, but confusing because the movie is set sometime between 2003 and present (internet use and dated gravestones indicate this), but the clothing is all old but not intentionally retro, I'd say 1978-1986. My friend is convinced that it was set in Canada (as if THAT would make things make sense), but I'm convinced that it's some deep pocket of North Dakota. No offense.
Oh, and there's another HUGE reason that this pic reminds me of "lars". I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone... but I highly recommend blowing off the day to go see lars and the real girl today... and then post back!
Also, the coffeetable book is a great idea. I'm all for it. Thank goodness the title is now copyrighted. Well done, Mona. I'm serious!
I'm honeymooning in Scotland next winter. If I see that kid and/or the doll, I will be massively freaked!
That said, however, everyone just wants to be loved, right?
man, this community is great!
Ian in Edinburgh - the Nicola Sturgeon comment made my day. Great spot!
Alex Salmond? This is Tony Blair. Remember he went to Fettes when he was just an amateur dummy.
Thank you, Turbo. C'mon down and I'll buy you TWO beers. 8-)
This reminds me of the grade school shows we used to have. Get all ready to go and ma has to take one picture right before you walk out the door. The bowls look like they have cocoa puffs in them, was that dinner, or dessert? Either way, it brings back memories.
Kid probably grew up, started a software company, and married a hot blond gold digger. American Dream, baby!
sarasara, i looked up lars and the real girl on IMDB, and from the character names, plot synopsis and so on, i think that the movie is set in the same place as Fargo was, which is, i think, North Dakota, isn't it?
Samantha is hilarious. I'm going to use that word more often. " That's an unfortunate hairstyle."
This kid looks like he could be the brother of yesterday's gun child. some seriously disturbing hobbies in this family...
I like him.
Thank you, Everyone at Found, for providing such wonderful entertainment to the masses on your website! And all out of the goodness of your hearts and free of charge. (I must say, though, the books and mags are definitely worth the $$)
Since reading your mags and learning about your policy of providing Found Magazine free of charge to incarcerated people, I've been looking, hoping, and waiting to find $$ to send to you, to help in that endeavor. Historically, I've never had much luck finding cash, but the other day, I Found a dollar by the side of the road, so it's going in the mail today. (whoopee.. a whole dollar!) It's covered with sparkly native soil. Hopefully next time I'll find a 20. (anything over a 20 I'll probably be too tempted to keep... but... I'll try)
Keep up the great work!
Is it just me or is there something slightly remincent of "Garbage Pail Kids" going on here? Know what I'm saying?
There's nothing wrong with the way this kid looks, except for the comments. What a bunch of 3rd grade bullies!
Paul Giamatti is now a big star and George Bush is still an ugly puppet.
i agree, Bug. This kid is great. he probably does a mean job of puppetry, and i'm sure he's working hard on his ventriloquism.
dear orinoco womble. You're not a sad individual... you're sweet and cuddly. Happy monday.
Once there was this little kid in our class and he brought his dummy with him. This was in grade 6. The kid called his dummy "Doppelganger". We all said, at least those of us who were willing to swear out loud, You're full of shit. He was an honest kid. A kid who always meant what he said and said what he meant. So he said, "No. This is my double. My alter-ego. My other person. My better half." We said, "You're full of shit." And then we ignored him. That's what we do. We're cool. We ignore the kids who are interesting, and love the kids who are not. Anyways, this kid keeps bringing this dummy to school and one day the dummy starts to talk, and the kid stops. The teacher would ask him a question and the dummy would answer. For the first half-hour the teacher thought that was pretty funny. Then he got annoyed. Then he sent him to the office. Then the principal got annoyed. Then they sent him home. The next day the kid came to school without the dummy. We didn't know what to do. Who was he? Who should we talk to? We couldn't figure it out. So we shot him.
P in existential fear:
You took the words right outta my mouth!
I was gonna say I have three unfounded phobias: clowns, painted portraits and ventriloquist dolls. Why are so many of us afraid of those things?
Tori, and P in existential fear, i do not think that those phobias are unfounded. Those things are creepy. They all represent something hiding behind something else. Pretending to be something they're not. I'm sure we've all seen too many movies where the eyes behind portraits spy on people, and where clowns and ventriloquist dummies come alive and kill. Well founded fears, i would say.
and birds. i hate birds.
P in existential fear:
You took the words right outta my mouth!
I was gonna say I have three unfounded phobias: clowns, painted portraits and ventriloquist dolls. Why are so many of us afraid of those things?
hey shooter, that story is almost as as the doll.
but much sadder.
it made me want to cry.
sidenote about the bush comment: my friend told me about the funniest bumber sticker she'd ever seen.
"frodo failed. cheney has the one ring."
p.s. thanks clover. life is good!
hey shooter, that story is almost AS SAD AS the doll...
I was on a roll, forgot to spell check.
my bad.
...right on Mona Lisa and Tori. Its that whole frozen face thing. Kids in bow-ties is that Jon-Benet Ramsey (sp?) thing.
Bug, it's a funny looking kid. Facts are facts.
What if, and this is a very big what,....he is actually mortified by this horrific gift? The eyebrow raised might be saying, "Why the effe did you get this stupid thing for me? And now you're making me pose with it? wtf???"
Turbo, that was hilarious.
I would not want to be locked up in that horrible room with either of them. The kid looks like an early pedophile(sp?)and the way the doll stares down its nose at you... ugh.
I think the boy has a charming face.
CHARMING.
Hello sarasara,
We are many. We are legion. We are the shooterS.
As to the sadness. There is little that the shooters engage that does not become sad. Bowties with redshirts, and greenties with greenshirts. The spirit of Christmas does not change the range of our rifles.
Hoping to change your day,
the shooters
they look a like.
its freaky.
There's something very innocent about this picture. The young boy seems to be showing off his dummy while also dressing up, like maybe he's doing this for Christmas for a group of old-age pensioners.
Shooter begat sadness. Shooters exude gloom. Shooters sow a seed of fear. Shooters check the find of the day and the comment section.
Chucky.
ShooterS-
are there daisies in your rifles?
or maybe tinsel?
Mona Lisa, quit dissing birds!
I'm glad you're back Pepperwhoever.
I prefer shots to shooters. Clearly this boy does as well. Anyone want to join us in a round?
this is so good.
Oooo.. I'm shakin' in my shooters!
I always wanted a little sister, this puppet reminds me of that. My parents weren't interested. Now I'll settle for a Little Person girlfriend. I presently don't know any Little People. I'm willing, does anyone have any ideas on how I can make the hook-up? I hope they won't discriminate against me because I'm 5'10"-ish and only a HS graduate.
Ah... another variation on "owners who look like their pets"...???
What a lucky find!!! This is sweet and creepy and somehow deep. You know there is so much more to this story than we'll ever know.
P. S. I won't limit myself (I'm white) and would be delighted to meet a Mex-American Little Person, 'cause they're HOT!
omg...so i was in class reading this and i almost FELL out my chair laughing...so i had to stop reading the comments until i got home...
Samantha: i think you put it the most eloquently..."unfortunate looking" is my new term for....well...unfortunate looking people lol
Lady Brandy: you are probably right...except he's in Scotland...idk if their dream is the same as ours although that sounds like a pretty good dream to me so maybe he reached it..i hope so...he has no where else to go but up
Shooter: that story was classic
I agree that there is a theme and a coffee table book is in order..and the title you guys came up with is very appropriate as well
No one reads coffee table books anymore, do they- why not put your collection in a blog or website or something, so you can share with the world? that way people from all over could appreciate the collection, and maybe even contribute. I'm thinking of those sites like picturesofwalls.com and that things look like things blogspot. The first is a collaborative effort, I believe, with contributors around the globe, and for the second, the blogger harvests other peoples' interesting pics from photobucket, flickr, and so on. Whatever catches her eye and fits the theme she has in mind.
I have no idea about copyright clearances on pics that Found Magazine owns, though. (James? comments?)
That ventriloquist kid looks nice. He looks like a shy, but very kind and friendly kid. I can't believe someone would trot out the word pedophile in response to this picture. Shame.
Hey, Awkward kid, no one ever read coffee table books. They just exist so that people who come to your house think that you're interesting.
I like the blog idea, or photo site, or whatever. too bad i'm so technically challenged. I'm old. I can't keep up. I need a teenager to help me with that.
would a long haired 70's kid holding a beer be disturbing? thats about the best I'd be able to come up with.
Actually, Mona, the coffee table book title suggested by me this morning is a direct quote from sarasara's comment earlier today. Copied and pasted and turned into a an awesome book title! Awkward Kids, Posing Weirdly, Holding Things That Are Slightly Unsettling.
(I just had to put it on here again, it just cracks me up!)
About coffee table books, they are too big and take up a lot of space, and I don't think anyone reads them. I do think it's fun to look at the pictures, though. So I was imagining really big pictures of kids posing weirdly holding unsettling things, bigger than a computer screen.. however Awkward Kid has a point about the blog idea.
Heck, I don't have time to actualize this idea in any form, so maybe someone will take it and run with it, book, blog or board game. (Board game? Where the heck did that come from?)
Hey! There's an idea! A themed board game! A Foundmagazine themed board game! Just think .. draw a card .. it's a found item! Your task is to make up a story about the find and tell it in 1 minute!
I don't know where this is going, but I bet someone here can take this idea and run with it, too!
I heart Clover!!!
I HEART CLOVER, TOO!
c'mon found guys,
clover just put the most brilliant idea EVER on the table!
I would give the boardgame to everyone I know. And think of how many variations on the game there could be!
WoW!
So does one person pick the Found card, and all the other players make up their version of the Find's origin, then the players vote on the best back story?
Ooooohhh... I see so much potential here.
This sounds more fun that Scrabble for shots. And Scrabble for shots is the funnest game ever.
But if you draw a Booty Card you have to make up a song OR a haiku AND you must use the word "creepy" or "judgenmental" at least once.
DAMN! the booty don't stop!
am i the only one who thinks that this looks like the gun kid in the previous find?
omg.. yes.. board game.
I <3 clover. you guys is so creative.
Go crazy, you judgenmental bitches!
The voices in my head, I know you are blowing smoke up my ass. No one is glad I'm back.
You got that right, Pepper.
To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.
Nope, Pepp, I'm glad. It's been one big hugfest since you're gone. Not my thing.
That's what I meant.
well, pepper, at least when you're here, we know where you are. You know that saying.. keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.. lol
just kidding. missed ya.
I don't care how many times this has been said it needs to be said again...this photo is creepy. The fact that it was found on an empty street just sets the scene for all sorts of creepy things.
Wow, even creepier than yesterday's kid.
22 YEARS LATER WITH KID HAS A PONYTAIL, BLACK LEATHER VEST AND A BLACK GIRLFRIEND FROM THE BRONX AND HIS Puppet is now 18 feet under in a Tijuana landfill.
hmm... Maybe it's that guy the won America's got talent???
WOAAAAAH. THIS KID LOOKS LIKE TYLER JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://a993.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/
www.myspace.com/tylerjames
I'm not kidding -- don't you think it looks like him?
You gotta purty mouth.
Sarah Thomas, thanks for the Tyler James hookup. Pretty good. Does look like him too and he's from Tennessee, thus the purty mouth?
Ugh. This is quite possibly the single grossest thing I have ever seen.
I don't think this is scary at all. Actually, it makes me feel sad for some reason.
Kid holding a doll, 14 creepies.
does anyone else see the resemblance between the two?!?
it reminds me of that twilight zone where the Ventriloquist turns into the dummy and the dummy turns human....
ps i hope this kid never finds this page, how sad would that be
Poor wee soul probably blossomed. His mother is to blame, not even mine made us wear such hideous stuff in the 70s.
And she should have fixed his hair too.
I think we actually had this doll in the house at this period, and yes, it was scary
This Find has been deemed 15.82% Creepy by the viewing public.