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July 07, 2008 |
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And Her Goats
FOUND by Ellen Kokontis
in Galesburg, Illinois
I'm okay with anybody who takes the time to put a smiley face in his signature.
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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...
But what is the name? Jan? Jon?
I wonder why she had to say when she was taking the note down... maybe the front door was scheduled to be painted.
If it's a guy, I bet he's only with her for the goats.
I think the signature is "Joan". But, honestly, I love whoever wrote this note. Nothing like visiting your friend and their goats too.
The one sad part of this find for me is where the person specifies when they'll take it down. Like they know whoever they wrote it for isn't going to read it anyway, and this more a gesture than actually a note to tell someone where they ran away to. Maybe I'm looking too much into this. The smiley face seems to be telling me that I probably am. Oh well.
Ian?
I'd run away to visit someone who had goats.
Maybe he says he will take the note down because he downt want to bother anyone with it. Sort of like talking to someone who really isnt listening.
Or maybe its just someone who really, in his heart of hearts knows that she really doesn't care where he is.
If a note is not read, was it really written?
gran?
Sounds like something a caring grandmother might leave.
It definitely says Joan. As in the woman's name.
What fun. Joan must be a jolly person -- so many of her words look like smileys -- 'I've', 'visit', 'I'll', 'down'...
It's quite easy to put a smiley face in one's signature --
)*j*(
I've run away to vit a friend (and her goats... and three midgets with full body tatoos, and a three legged cat, and an angry monkey with a god complex...
It'd definitely from Joan, who has lovely penmanship. I also think it's sad, that she's written this note without expecting anyone to really read it.
I have a friend with goats. I think i'll go run away, too.
This note and the next one should have traded paper. This one is really much more suited to the happy, tropical theme.
On Friday, I leave for New Hampshire to visit goats with my girlfriend and some other friends. The goats live at a place called the Friendly Farm, and they like to chew on shorts and shoelaces.
Maybe the person she lives with is super-picky about not having papers and other items stuck on the fridge. So Joan wants to reassure him or her that she will take the note down and the irritation will only be temporary. I don't know why the reader couldn't remove the note himself though. ??? It's puzzling.
Hey, Are you ready to rock in Cleveland.. I had a three-legged black and white cat when I was a kid. His name was Bright Eyes. After an encounter with an animal or machine that completely mauled his back leg (I found him howling in pain in our garden -- not a pretty sight), it had to be amputated. He lived many years after that, but was ultimately killed by dogs about eleven years later. When he wanted to scratch his chin he would assume the pose that animals get when they need to do that, and then wiggle his stump. He LOVED it when someone would scratch that side for him. He was a really cool cat. But aren't they all.
I knew a woman named Joan once who ran away with an old goat. She was never the same. And she didn't come back after dinner, neither.
I love goats! They are so cute the way they jump around and they look truly pitiful when pregnant. About a week before my daughter was born one sweltering August day, we were walking through the goat exhibit at the county fair, and a sweet little nanny goat, bulging huge on both sides with twins and past her due date, rolled her eyes at me in understanding.
Because my hair looks rather like hay, goats always try to eat it when I lean forward to pet them.
The most interesting thing about this find is the penmanship (I agree with mona lisa--it's quite lovely) and the number of people here who seemed to have difficulty reading it, even though to me it looks very practiced and clear. I'd be willing to bet that penmanship like this could only be developed by someone who grew up without a laptop computer and took a lot of notes in college.
When I git home - I'm gonna cook up some yummy goat kebobs on the grill!
My son recently attended a birthday party at a petting zoo. There was something wrong with 2 of the goats and, um, their buttholes. They were covered in sores and looked all-around (pun intended)disgusting! I asked the attendant about it and he said, "Yeah, something's wrong with them." NO KIDDING! But why keep them out on display where someone might accidentally get backed into by these red and black nightmares?
I'm wondering WHY you would tell someone when you were going to take a note down? Maybe notes irritate the receiver, but they're too ornery to take it down for themself? (Is themself a word? That looks weird.) *google, google* Oh - Columbia guide says it's vulgar. Makes me want to say it more. They're too ornery to take it down theirselves. (darn gender-neutral pronouns!)
Maybe Joan wrote a note to herself, in case she got confused.
Ha. mlm said "no kidding"
I agree with MONA, gorgeous penmanship, looks like my Grandmother's.
I think this *JOAN* lives and feels alone, and is truly lonely.
Hopefully her friend and her goats will cheer her up.
:o)
I leave notes like this on my door when people might come by unexpectedly (which is always possible) and there's a reason for them not to knock, like my husband is at home asleep. That lets them know not to knock. I usually but don't always point out that the husband is asleep; I assume people visiting me will know that's probably what's up.
lol @ No Kidding..
The J is a big fat billy goat in profile. Probably on her way to visit a friend (and her humans).
Very sly, MLM!!! NO KIDDING!!
I had the feeling that the receiver of the note hated the friend with the goats, so Joan is rubbing it in that that is where she is going. And when she gets back, she will take the note down, you anal retentive prick.
Fainting Goats!
I think Joan stuck this on her OWN front door, so that neighbours or callers would know where she was and why she wasn't home, and would know that she was back when they could see that the note wasn't there any more.
Wonder if it was a Birthday Goat she'd gone to see?
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Joan must live in a secure and friendly neighbourhood, otherwise it's an invitation to thieves -- 'I'm not here till after dinner so do come in and steal everything' -- but not my computer because I don't have one of those of course.
Two unsuspecting French students in London just got murdered (tied up, stabbed several HUNDRED times and set on fire) for the sake of their Playstation consoles apparently.
*shudder*
I've run away to join the circus. I don't care what you do with this note. Make your own damn dinner. I shall never return.
:t)errie
Remind me to rid myself of all technology, should i ever get the urge to move to London, Jonathan.
But (putting on my CSI Miami sunglasses, and striking a pose)the level of violence and destruction speaks to a great deal of passion. Why not just tie them up and stick them in a closet, what triggered the anger?
I like this note. :o) There is the distinct impression that she is really looking forward to the trip.
As far as the comment about taking it down, maybe she is implying that they shouldn't take it down until she returns. That's how I perceived it anyhow.
I think Amanda and Tori are getting warm. Joan put this note on the fridge so her roommates would know where she was, however she wanted to make sure that ALL her roommates got a chance to read it before one of them removed it.
Better to visit someone with goats than someone with crabs:0
Even if they're Horseshoe crabs.
OjO
Or goats with crabs, like the goats at mlm's birthday party.
@ MLM: having read the 'asshole' find first, then this one, when I read your post, I immediately flashed to the 'poop' picture and those poor goats' buttholes at the petting zoo.
Time for another beer.
@ SMALLBEAR, BRAIN, and SAMMY- I cannot stop laughing at ya'lls' last posts!!!!
What a great, 'effing day it's been....
Ya'll really had to see it to believe it...*shudders*