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The Rainbow Warriors
FOUND by Christian
in Roseville, Minnesota
My friend and I found this on a car in the parking lot of a Rainbow grocery store.
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Now the owner of the car will never know that the Rainbow Warriors were about the steal it.
I can't count the number of times I've shopped at that Rainbow! When my aunt was ill and we were care-giving (over nearly 10 years) that was the place nearest her house.
What's really weird... is that our car was never stolen - and it was usually a piece of shit!
"My buddies and I." Please. You losers.
Lucky person. It didn't stop *my* car from being stolen and stripped, mere hours after it had been wrecked and was barely drivable. Apparantly the ghetto warriors around here are not as picky.
shouldn't you have left it there?
Let that be a lesson to you all.
freaking HILARIOUS!
Shame on you!
ha.hahahahaha. ha ha. hahahahahahahahaha! ha.
Greenpeace is stealing cars now? I guess they wouldn't steal anything that wasn't at least a hybrid, unless they steal SUVs to recycle the components...
gangsters dont worry about grammar.
this is what we in belize call "facey"
Rats!! Some (Rainbow Warrior) has stumbled upon my ultra-secret security system! I hate to lock my car & stuff... so, as part of my Clever Plot (and, coincidentally, honoring certain financial constraints)... I keep my car looking like the proverbial afore-mentioned 'piece of shit', so that nobody thinks anything in it is worth stealing!!
(Alas, my 'system' is going to be messed up -- I'm about to get a new-to-me car that looks pretty good... Maybe this time it'll stay that way? Oh well, I'd better figure out how to keep track of my keys!)
I think the Rainbow Warriors are the ones that should be ashamed, not the person driving the piece of shit car.
Alison. read the note. they didnt take this car, (and presumably, didnt take yours either) because it IS a piece of shit. So, its not weird, it speaks to their standards of what's worth stealing.
i love rainbow warriors. I bet they have uniforms, all in different colours, and they run around stealing pretty things and nice cars.
mona, I know you didn't steal cars. I once had a the same car stolen three times in two months and all from different locations. Well, I didn't have it stolen someone just stole it. Cutlass Sedan.
"Rainbow Warrior" is the name of the Greenpeace ship and its launches, the ones that buzz them around to run interference with whalers and waste tankers, or take them to the things they are interested in chaining themselves to, if those objects are near large bodies of water. Whether or not a ship can be called "gay" I couldn't tell you, though since the UK has legislated that ships are no longer to be referred to as "she", there may indeed be some gender-confusion involved.
I LOL'd. I have to be to work in 20 minutes, which I am dreading, but this made my day a LOT brighter :D
That kind of reminds me of a former coworker of mine who thought that it was okay that he ran into a parked car on the side of the road because "it was a piece of crap." And of course he didn't have insurance. That and he thought buying rims for his totaled car was more important than paying child support. Good to see that people still have their priorities straight.
This is sad to me. I like to pick fights based on people's ignorance and stupidity, and arrogance, but this is just MEAN. Maybe the owner of the car likes it. And it gets them places. And they can't afford any other car. Rainbow warriors are bitches.
Sue Bee, I had a Cutlass Sedan stolen too. I broke down on I-40. I did notice an 18 wheeler on the shoulder ahead. I got a ride to a service station and went back with the tow truck and it was gone, never seen again. It was a pretty nice car. I had a " mean people suck " bumper sticker on it! Ha! And I know Mona didn't write that.
Oooohhhh, WARRIORS!? Come out and PLAA-AAYYYY! And make sure to wear tights, OK?!
Wow I didn't know the queer eye guys were in to stealing cars?
Very funny, but also very typical of the human spirit. You're going to do something bad, and other people don't facilitate you. Then THEY'RE wrong. Shame on them for not giving you what they want.
I love the signature.
I also initially thought maybe they were gay warriors with rainbow flags, but then they probably would have left a very kind note with all sorts of helpful hints to clean up that car and make it as handsome as humanly possible. Like Queer Eye for the Piece-of-Shit Car, or something. But then as has been pointed out, they are probably just dullard thugs who like to shame people and name themselves after a grocery store, kind of like a little league team, only tougher.
Writer, your comments ALWAYS make me laugh!
Thanks
Those Rainbow Warriors--so thoughtful and considerate. Found the morning after a frat party:
FYI
Me and my buddies were going to kick your ass while you were passed out but then we saw you puked all over yourself so we didn't touch you. Shame on you.
Rainbow Warriors
I am glad that these vehicle-judging warrior/car thieves have limited themselves to one specific location. Simply keep your car (whatever its condition) away from the Rainbow parking lot and it will be safe. I've never parked in the Rainbow lot and I have never had a car stolen, so it must be true.
i'm glad at least one person had enough sense to mention that the grocery store is called Rainbow, and that its probably not an indication of there sexual preference.
and also, doesn't it seem a bit condescending to assume that these people were "gangsters" or "ghetto"
there are many kinds of people that would consider stealing a car.
and of course, then theres always the jokesters that thought the note would be a good laugh and never even considered it at all.
so..who knows.
This is why I drive my janky 1989 Toyota Carola. Because no one in their right mind would steal it. And it usually has at least one door unlocked!
Writer - don't give them any ideas! The new show would probably be called "Limp (wrist) My Ride."
Bored - I think most people noticed the location. It's just fun to play with the multiple meanings.
This Mom person thinks it's the stealers of cars who should be ashamed INSTEAD of the driver of said shitty car. Ohhhhh... Wow, I bet nobody else had even considered that. Thanks, Mom. It was good of you to point that out.
Also, it's kind of funny that Bored is concerned about people being condescending toward car thieves.
And, oh yeah, i'm sure it's just knee-slappingly hillarious to make the too-obvious gay jokes, asserting that all gay guys are limp wristed, fashion obsessed neat freaks. How original.
I was going to comment directly on the note, but people posted enough dumbass comments that I did this instead. Shame on you.
I have left similar notes on every junker I've never stolen and, to date, am personally repsonsible for denuding several hundred square miles of rainforest in order to procure the paper to do so.
I wonder how the freaking Rainbows feel about that?
I have the Greenpeace Rainbow Warriors album on vinyl, but darnit, no turntable at the moment.
(Lady Brandy gets my vote for funniest post in these here comments thus far today.)
I love Dave.
anyone remember the old SNL skit about the dude with a wicked sweet ride who used a cover that made it look like something you'd have to PAY someone to steal-- flat tires busted rims, broke-down, rusted-through... TOTAL P.O.S.?!
Maybe the rainbow warriors were duped, foiled, tricked, one-overed...
Hooray for piece o' shit cars!
Dave,
I love you, too. Just the way you are. I always enjoy reading your comments. xo
Jokes aside people! The Rainbow Warrior was a Greenpeace ship which was the target of the only piece of terrorism to ever hit New Zealand, perpetrated by .... the French! Dirty French b##tards who snuck into our country in the dead of night and bombed the Warrior as it was being used in protests about French nuclear testing in the South Pacific. They did, in fact, kill someone with their nasty French bomb. Needless to say, the French will never be entirely welcome here ever again. There, I've said it ... go home Froggies. Allez, allez!!!
Anyone think that the Warriors weren't really going to steal the car, but are just smart arses who used this moment in time to BE the smart arses they are and make fun of someone's car and dig it in that much deeper? Or maybe they knew this person, like in high school, and the person did drive a pretty bad car and they just wanted to make fun of them more for it, like it wasn't worth being stolen?
I just can't imagine a thief taking the time to write a note to a would be piece of stolen property that didn't make the cut. Someone that happened to have a pen and paper in hand, AND the time to write, without people noticing that people are in the parking lot being suspicious? If so, the Warriors are complete idiots.
Well that's not annoying at all. :/ But I do agree the deleting is arbitrary. I once wrote out MF , and was bitched at and deleted. Then the same week one of Turbo's friends wrote out MF, and it was left right there. I never was teacher's pet.
That gag-note is as old as the hills.
even though this is pretty mean, it is also hilarious. probably because nothing like that has ever happened to me. oh well. still pretty awesome.
Looks like everyone woke up on the wrong side of the bed to day. Everyone please be in better moods tomorrow, it's the last day of 2007 lets end it on a good note. Thanks
morale of the story: own a piece of shit car and it won't get stolen. own a nice car and it will get stolen. i knew there was a reason i drove a piece of shit car!
i too also saw the rainbow warriors as some sort of gay gang that spend their time terrorizing the vehicular enabled.
Kite it's not our fault, it was a bitchy find. See?
I don't think post/comment deletion is all that arbirtrary. I think it depends on the spirit in which the "offensive" words are used. Using profanity directly against another poster (or particular ethnicity, religion, or other group of people) can, quite possibly, get you deleted. Using it in reference to (or quoting) the Find is usually okay. Even posts without cuss words can be deleted if they piss someone off.
The number one unspoken rule of conduct anywhere-- online or in the real world-- is "don't be a jerk." and the number two rule is "whoever's in charge reserves the right to refuse service to any jerk."
I don't believe that a smallish operation like Found has a crew of mods who sit there reading the comment board 24-7, so either way, some stuff is bound to slide.
Yeah Self, lets blame Found for our bad behavior. Stupid Found! Why did I come here in the first place. BLAH!
You all took that waay more serious than I intended. And now, with what all has been deleted, I look even stupider! Thanks Pepp.
Hmmm... I wonder if the Warriors-about-to-turn-into-Perps left any fingerprints on this confession? Cause, yanno (from my trippy hipppy anarchist daze)... Conspiracy to commit a crime is a felony... EVEN conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor is a felony!!
Ah yes Writer (lol)... 'Extreme Makeover for the Piece-of-Shit Car'.... 'Pimp My Wreck'... or the beginnings of the book "Ways to Avoid Having Your Vehicle Stolen"...
Thank you Lil' Ol Me. I feel loved. ((hug))
Uh.......there's a song by CoCoRosie called "Rainbow Warriors", but it doesn't mention attempted gta....that I know of.
You welcome whoever, I get deleted all the time, but today they deleted some others that didn't deserve it. Whats up with that?
Does anyone else think that these Rainbow Warriors sound like Power Rangers gone bad?
In my experience, some website software does "arbitrary deletion" all by itself, without any input from mods or anyone else; it just chews up some posts at random and swallows them into cyberspace...they might turn up on someone else's unsuspecting chat board on a completely different subject. Which has also happened.
Peace out, all.
did they delete all the posts that requested deletion? That's funny!!! All good clean fun here on the Found Board.
hahahahaha!
This screams inside joke, even if the receiver of the note wasn't in on it.
When I graduated from HS in '91 my parents gave me a 1977 Celica that I absolutely adored. But, it was a serious POS. The oil leaked so much that I had to add a quart or so a week, the gas gauge didn't work so I had to go by mileage, and the hole in the muffler made it so loud that I couldn't go to a drive through because I couldn't hear the person at the window, just to name a few of her character flaws. She was very environmentally friendly. ;o) Oh and it was brown. So we named her Doo-doo, my little brown POS. To this day my friends still talk about that stupid car. I could absolutely see this note showing up on it.
I addore this find! I intend to start leaving notes like this where ever I see fit.
(by Paul Williams and Kenneth
Ascher -- with thanks to Kermit the Frog and Judy Collins)
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.
Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
when wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that
and someone believed it,
and look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing?
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me.
All of us under its spell,
we know that it's probably magic....
Have you been half asleep
and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it.
It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
the lovers, the dreamers and me.
All together now! "Laa dada dee dada doo, la dadeeda dadeedah Doooooo!"
Hey, Jonathan. Good NY Eve?
why would you take this off their car?
Life's like a movie
write your own ending
keep believing
keep pretending
you've done just what you've set out to dooo
Thanks to the lovers.. the dreamers..
and Yoooooooouuuuuuu!
Who knew? Jeff Gordon's pit crew guys stole cars in the off-season. I guess every one needs a hobby.
haha, the Rainbow Warriors used to be the name of the UH football team before they dropped the "Rainbow"
Mur is right.. There is a song by CocoRosie called Rainbow Warriors, which is probably where they adopted the name..
That's the greatest thing about having a crap car, you can rest assured it's not top pick for stealing.
That's so f*cked up.
I mean..how can you have the balls to insult someones car when you can't even get a job and your own car.
It makes me so angry to think about people who have no respect for what other people have worked for.
$100 bucks says that if someone stole even the smallest thing from one of the "gay thieves" they would lose their minds.
Rainbow is a grocery chain found in the Minneapolis area. They may be other places, too. But I am thinking that is where the would-be-perps got their name, based upon the finder's comments about the location of the note.
Once in highschool, a friend's car was broken into, and all their laundry was folden and separated, all the garbage was bagged up and separated from recycleables.
I believe that the Rainbow warriors were there too - learning how to fight the dirty crimes of the midwest.
how can i join?
I like how people are saying shame on the Rainbow Warriors.
This is funny people!
Have a laugh and get over it.
Hey, look at it this way.
I'd rather have an ugly car than
to have it stolen by Rainbow Warriors.
Eh? Eh?