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December 21, 2007 |
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Checking It Twice
FOUND by Marie Catrett
in Austin, Texas
I was hauling groceries back to my car I stepped on someone else's shopping list. Flatly honest sentiment is a rare thing in December. I'll sneak through the holidays with this stranger's snit line in my pocket.
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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...
first!
second!
1) food
2) diaper related
3) food related
4) more diaper related stuff
5) get the damn tree out. (wait, scratch that)
6) sugar
good list.
mine says:
wine
soymilk
wine
apples
wine
peanut butter
What's a snit line?
Hah, I cuss at myself in notes too.
[Take the damn trash out, you lazy ****** ******!]
by the way, the Awkward Kid website is still looking great!
(the spelling of awkward looks incredibly *awkward* today -> maybe my sweetie and i are just a little too *awkward* tonight to spell properly anymore-- napoleon dynamite is on, afterall)
ooh, the dance scene!!!!!
That's amazing.... I laughed for quite awhile.
I just keep thinking about cheese wipes. I know the words are on two different lines. But I just keep hearing them together. Cheese wipes.
reminds me of cleaning up after an idiot roomie and a can of that easy cheese... bleeyecch.
I love the mental picture of trying to "Iron Chef" the entire list into one recipe. Cheese "enchiladas" made with diaper wipes, served on paper plates with a generous dollop of diaper rash cream; popsicles for dessert.
Not all that festive, so we'll nix the Christmas tree. We can take it out of storage when we've got a better meal planned.
(I do this while waiting in line at the checkout too....I'm odd. Not rich enough to be "excentric", just odd!)
BTW I have no idea how to spell "excentric" in English any more. Three languages zipping around in my head do not make for felicitous spelling. Help, somebody?
It's "eccentric".
I add "World Peace" to every list I see or make, but I never get what I want.
I don't think the maker of this list is upset about having to get a christmas tree; s/he's probably a country person who resents having to get it 'out of storage'. Ick.
I thought "popscicles in December?" then I scrolled back up and saw this find was in Texas, so I guess that explains that.
Man, I thought that said "Chrismas free from storage." Now that you folks have cleared that up, the wonder and joyful mystery of this Christmas season has been crushed!
Yeah, I thought it said "free" not "tree" as well. I was thinking "she doesn't want any crappy presents she has to put in storage? what?".
I dunno what he/she's cookin' but it sounds delish!
I also like how it's A popcicle - like an entire box of popcicles would be far too many for a person who had just gotten the christmas tree out of storage DAMN IT!
Hi Folks who work at Found, Did you get my 3 year collection packet of lists and other found stuff yet??
Merry New Year to ALL!!!
I think the popscicle is the treat for getting everything else on the list. It looks a little different to me than the rest of the list.
Try this sometime, it's really fun: Go to the store and grab $20 worth of beer and $10 worth of diapers. Go to the register and ring it up. Pull out $20 and tell cashier you will pass on the diapers. There will be a long, uncomfortable pause.
Joda - I noticed that too - too funny. Reminds me of getting a big bomb pop from the ice cream man, then rushing to eat it before it melted enough to fall off the stick.
The other thing I thought was funny was the fact that, without a comma in the Christmas tree line, it looks like the place they're going is called "storage dammit." Come to think of it, a hellacious lot of tiny garages with that name would probably do well in Austin. Keep Austin weird!
"CHRISTmass tree in storage?" Whatever happened to a REAL tree...the smell of pine, going to cut one down on a tree farm with the family, etc...
I guess some people prefer the fake ones, convenience if anything. Oh, and if you're on a budget then I understand.
MERRY CHRISTMASS TO ALL!!!
I have a list note pad that is imprinted at the top "You Better F@$%ing Get On This". So true!
My sister curses at herself in reminder notes and such. She has this morning check list on her bulletin board; and the first thing on there is "WAKE THE F#%& UP!"
I misread it as Christmas free from shoving...I thought, what a nice way to shop...
what about a Christmas free from shaving? that would be good. Merry Hairy Christmas!!
I love how the Christmas Tree line was wiped out in a different pen, bright blue ink followed by the popsicle. So maybe this person, after listening to the baby screaming from it's diaper rash all day, had a few glasses of wine with their cheese wipes and said screw the effin tree, I need,....a popsicle? Not my first choice but hey, what do I know?
Turbo - very funny!
I have a real tree, but it was hard to get. Here on the east coast seem to have a Christmas tree shortage. All of my regular stops were out of trees. I drove around for 2 hours and finally find a stand with about 10 left.
I picture this as written by a young mother totally run off her feet. The tree was crossed off her list b/c her husband did that last night, with a little prompting (read that a lot of nagging). Now, all she has to do is keep her little bundle of joy from knocking it over, and maybe buy some cheese, and she will be ok for the holidays.
I have to say, if diaper rash cream were on my list, I'd probably get on that before bringing out the damn Christmas tree!
Basil, but you can spell 'felicitous' -- hooray.
I think your recipe is missing some Kool-Aid?
Cleaning up cheese reminds me of that scene in Spanking the Monkey -- no, let's not go there.
My shopping list pad has Chopin Liszt printed on the top -- ho ho.
Merry Christmas to all (pref. with real tree)...
BTW: Cheese Wipes! That is stuck in my head, too, now.
ME TOO, jonathan. I always just write that on the top of my list, tho, i didnt go so far as to buy a pad of paper.
KC, I have a " Keep Austin Weird " beer huggy that I FOUND at the airport.
My list would have said 'get damn Christmas tree from storage'. Wait--I don't have a damn Christmas tree in storage or anywhere else.
My list might have included instead 'get fabulous birthday cake for self'.
Only six shopping day's left till Kat's birthday!!
I had nothing to say on Christmas day when you threw all your clothes in the snow - When you burnt your hair, knocked over chairs, I just tried to stay out of your way.
-The Handsome Family.
Jonathan, thanks for the smile, as usual. Sarasara, thanks for the spelling check.
I just remembered---waaay back in the 60's in our local supermarket (Fareway, somebody's idea of a pun) they used to sell popsicles individually. There was always one box open in the freezer and you took out one per child. I'm not sure this would have overjoyed the manufacturer, but hey--for coloured sugarwater, what did they want!
One of the more comic experiences in life is watching a small dog lick a popsicle, flapping its tongue madly from the coldness and spraying the child holding the popsicle with coloured droplets.
What about the cheese-wipes?
I like how the person with the blue pen decided to get rid of the negative (dammit!) and replace it with a positive (popsicle).
This reminds me of what happens when my husband gets a hold of my to do or shopping lists. I'll find random extra tasks/items added as well as naughty editing to the tasks that I already have listed. I admit that I have left them in the cart at the store before hoping that someone will find it and laugh.
Happy Solstice, all y'all! (It's tonight at 10:08 p.m. PST, 12:08 a.m. CST.)
Back at ya, Crisis. I hope you got your swan costume drycleaned for the occasion. 8-)
From Popsicle.com:
"The Popsicle® brand is an American Classic! Beloved by the young and young at heart, Popsicle® pops come in a variety of flavors, colors, and textures everyone can enjoy. In fact, the Popsicle® family includes more than 30 creative variations on the original Popsicle® product.
The Popsicle® ice pop was accidentally invented in 1905 by 11-year-old Frank Epperson. Epperson left a mixture of powdered soda and water and a stirring stick in a cup on his porch. That night San Francisco experienced record low temperatures, and Epperson awoke the next morning to find a frozen pop that would eventually become a favorite American treat.
Epperson originally named his creation the "Epsicle," and it quickly became popular with his school friends. It wasn't until 1923, however, while running a lemonade stand at an amusement park in Oakland, California, that he realized the commercial possibilities of his invention. Epperson changed the name of his treat to "Popsicle," after his children’s frequent requests for "Pop’s ’sicle," and applied for a patent. The patent for frozen ice on a stick was issued August 19, 1924. Around 1925, Epperson sold the rights to the brand name Popsicle® to the Joe Lowe Company in New York. By 1928, Epperson had earned royalties on more than 60 million Popsicle® ice pops.
The popularity of the Popsicle® brand continued to soar through the 1950s. Many families moved to the suburbs and could afford modern conveniences, like refrigerator/freezers. It was at this time that the Popsicle® multipack was introduced and sold in grocery stores.
In 1965, the Popsicle® brand became part of Consolidated Foods Corporation. At that time, the company offered 34 different flavors with new and exciting treats introduced continuously.
In 1986, the Gold Bond Ice Cream Company in Green Bay, Wis., purchased the U.S. operations of Popsicle Industries. Three years later, Gold Bond was purchased by Unilever, and in 1993 the name was changed to the Good Humor-Breyers® Ice Cream Company. Today, Popsicle® is the No. 1 kids’ novelty brand." (What does that mean?)
Other Popsicle trivia:
Twin Popsicles were invented during the Great Depression.
Popsicle sticks were first made from Birch wood. (And now?)
"Popsicle" is the name of an album by Diamond Nights.
Popsicle is also the name of a Swedish indie pop band.
Finally, here's a recipe for "Dripless Popsicles" from MormonChic.com (with special thanks to Jonathan for the idea):
1 package fruit flavored Jell-o
1 package Kool-Aid
2/3 cup hot water
2 cups cold water
1 cup sugar
In a large pouring pitcher mix together: Jell-o, Kool-Aid, sugar and hot water, until dissolved. Then add cold water. Pour into molds and freeze. Will not drip! Makes 20 ice tups (Tupperware ice molds).
Jell-o and Kool-Aid on a stick! In a Tupperware mold! How cool is that?
Know what's even better? Frozen PUDDING on a stick! <making a Bill Cosby 'yummy' face>
Thank you Vivi! You're the best!!! Let's share recipes every day!!! Hahaha!
All that's missing is the duct tape!
Is it just me, or does it look like someone else crossed out the tree thing and wrote in popscicle? If you compare, the Es are shaped differently than the rest of the list, and the I slants in the opposite direction. The Ps don't have loops either.
nightingale, i'll have to try that! :D
At the risk of pissing anyone off, what we used to do is stab a marshmallow with a plastic fork, set it in a paper dixie cup, fill it with instant pudding and freeze. When frozen, peel away paper cup and lick away! Way fun for kids. 8-)
Beth, you are a impressive note deciferer and a bit of romantic
baby basil, your popsicle memories are cosmic.
I think this would make a cool Christmas card.
excellent comment section y'all
Have a sweet solstice and a groovy new year
Hey Midlife, thanks for the reminder about the Solstice.
Too long to reproduce here but there's a lovely poem by John Donne, 'Tis the Yeares Midnight' --
http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/9238/
Happy (belated) solstice everyone! Keep warm!
"To be in a snit" means to be angry, put-out or irritated . So a snit-line is a written expression of that anger. Sort of 1950's, MidAtlantic slang.