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I Made Chili and Made Too Much
FOUND by Coffee
in Upstate New York
I found this Post-It note on the ground while pumping gas. I think her chili was probably Ron's favorite food, and she made it just for him. I imagined her writing this note with tears in her eyes, carefully taping it onto a Tupperware bowl full of warm chili and leaving it on the counter next to his car keys. I really hope she and Ron work things out.
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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...
1st bitches!
Aww...this really makes me sad. :( But kinda bothers me that she said TO and not TOO.
Nothing says true love like homemade chili.
This is so sad. She seems like she's given up. The chili could be a metaphor for their relationship.
Which may be one of the strangest things I've ever said.
Why does she need to tell Ron what to do with the chili if he doesn't want it?
she's talking about their marriage. DON'T THROW IT ALL AWAY RON!
I wonder how it ended up far from a chili-eating setting. Maybe he was carrying it around in his pocket...
Who HASN'T tried to patch up a rocky relationship with chili?? Serously.
(mine was chinese food, before I learned how to cook, and also before I learned how to just come out and use my words!)
Also. Maybe she doesn't realize that chili freezes really well. It does. And it's sooo easy. And she wouldn't have to make it so soon again...
Whatever. It's her trip, not mine.
I wonder if she put laxatives in the chili. Sweet, insufferable revenge.
Alright, I've been too mean. That was a nice gesture on her part. I hope it all worked out in just the right way.
No such thing as too much chili. Should have put the leftovers in the freezer.
Just end it already. stop trying to keep taking care of him. Move on. He has.
i think there must be a lot of out of work editors who like this site cause you just won't let up on the fucking grammer. to everyone who is going to comment about the to instead of too, you're an asshole. we don't care. yes, i realize i'm being a judgemental bitch. my guess is that she made the chili during the day to leave for her husband before she goes off to her night job. she'll be gone by the time he gets home. they haven't even seen each other for a week. they just have to this to save the house.
there i go yelling at editors and then i go and totally screw up one sentence at least. fuck. that's supposed to be: they just have to do this to save the house. or better yet they just have too do this too save the house.
Just end it already. stop trying to keep taking care of him. Move on. He has.
I think Ron was a fling and she was caught. Couldn't afford to lose everything.
Here, have some leftover chilli to remember us by.
for future reference, it's "judgenmental".
It reminds me of George Carlin.. hey.. do you want this? I'm only going to.. Throw it away...!
Man, I could go for some chilli to.
That spelling mistake hurts me.
Almost as much as my failed relationship.
Jason? James? (crickets chirping)
That's weird.
maybe her poor grammar is why Ron left her...
i think Ron is her husband and she cheated on him and got caught. He hasn't spoken to her in a week and she made the chili for him to take to work. He took the chili, stopped to get gas and tossed the note away in disgust.
...in the older finds, all the commenters would actually put their name and their location. Oh, how times have changed.
Sorry for the unrelated comment.
It's Funny how, would YOU put your real name and location these days? Back in the archives, hardly anyone even knew about Found. And there weren't even comments until about a year and a half ago, so that took a while to catch on, too.
One has to put certain protections in place as the world gets bigger, no?
The note would have been much more effective without the needy whine at the end. Men don't like being begged for affection...better to act cool and let him have some time. The chili should be spicey enough to remind him of what he's missing; and if it doesn't work, ramp it up and sear his sinuses next time.
@It's funny--no sensible person would put their real name and location on the Internet for unscrupulous types to see and cull.
There's that ethnocentric spam-question about Washington again!
I deliberately make too much chili, ALWAYS. Then I freeze it in manageable batches, and have a quick meal ready for cold, busy days.
Dang! Homemade chili sounds really good.
Dear Orinoco..
At least you know the answer now!! See how educational Foundmagazine is!?
all this talk about freezers is making me .... oh never mind.
I'm thinking Ron found this tubba chili outside the door of the apartment he's been living in since he left that cheating whore.
I hope he doesn't fall for that "it was extra" chili ploy; hope he tosses it out alright -tosses it out all over her front steps, to make sure she gets the freakin message that nothing, certainly not her freakin chili, will fix things.
Everybody knows that tasting even a single spoonful of that stuff will send her the wrong message, and Ron will be stuck with her stalking him forever.
Never look back, even for chili, Ron.
Ron seems like a jerk.
I put my real name and location on here. Maybe I should reconsider because being stalked is lame.
I think they've gotten into a place in their relationship where they can't have a conversation without arguing. And so they just pass each other notes.
Yep, that's my real name and location.
Somehow, I'm getting the image in my head of Ron being a jerk and the wife loving him too much, despite the fact that he's such an ass.
Btw, I don't like chili.
Man, chili is NOT the way to patch up things. Try oysters. They're an aphrodisiac.
Wow, this resonates. Back with I was Y & D (young and dumb) I had an ex-boyfriend I would still take care of in that same kind of chilli way. What was I thinking? Damn.
Opps! Back when I was....
Maybe Ron's tummy has problems with the beans in the chili ... so she's gotta leave it out on the curb or make him eat it somewhere else other than home ... sorry it's got to be like this guy, but you ain't eatin' that stuff indoors no more
I think I've taken Chilli to an soon to be ex as well. I'm not alone.
Total downer. I always hate when love is reduced to sticky-note communication and a pot of beans.
Hey Anne in Leidschendam, Holland, i'm going there in april.. (well, not leidschendam, i dont know where that is, but holland, anyway)
I don't know how to read this find, but i do know that she sounds too needy, i would like to think that its just that they've been missing each other, work is getting in the way, and things aren't that horrible, not yet, anyway.
I think the author has Ron trapped in her basement, tethered to a chair. She tried to reason with him, but then was forced to stalk and capture her, ala “Misery”.
I mean "capture him"
if someone made me chili, i'd get back together with them, bad grammar and all.
I tend to agree with MONA on this 'FIND', guys.
Too much work, stress, family issues, (kids?)money problems, etc...
All which lead to not enough quality time for 'them'.
However, things are not as terrible as they could be. Fix the problem before it's a total right off!
GOOD LUCK!
I too have had many significant (or so I thought at the time) moments involving an ex and a container of chili... There should be some kind of club: "The Chili Intervention Club." Every time you make chili, rather than calling an ex, you call your "Chili Buddy." It would go a long way to preventing sad moments like the one on this post-it.
it's not so bad.
ron has, over the years, turned into a flatulant fella. she's just giving it One Last Shot. because, really, he loves chilli. he also loves her, he really does.
Maybe there was a Tupperware of chili in the trash can by the gas pump. He prolly doesn't deserve chili.
If you don't want it just throw it out rather than forcing yourself to eat it all just to please me as you usually do, but now we're breaking up you don't have to do that any more.
Sad the way the note starts so down-to-earth and finishes the way it does. The breakup is tearing her apart but a man's gotta eat so that must come first, even out of habit.
She has nice handwriting. Don't be mean to her, she's trying hard to act normal but spelling and punctuation are the first things to go.
Lauren in Muncie, careful! now you'll have to be on the lookout for a limping person following you; could be a lame stalker.
(sorry, i couldn't resist)
I think it's hilarious you folk feel the need to correct every single little typo. God forbid a typo!!! People might think your unedukateded.....(have fun with that)
@Yeah, I said it-- I'm here. Just finished my breakfast (pizza and beer, yes).
@orinoco womble-- I'll be getting those new spam protection questions up shortly. Washington will get the ax.
And while we're making some improvements around here, who's got some wishes for the site? Any suggestions?
I've got two words for you: Murder/Suicide
It's sad, I could see myself writing a note like this. (Hopefully without the typos.) Maybe if he loves my chili and doesn't throw it out, he'll love me too?!
Jason, I didn't mean for that to come right after what you wrote. But it is kind of funny.
I think it's probably Ron who's the jerk, not the chili-maker. She should probably stop giving him chili, though. Because she said it herself: it DOES "got to be like this" even though she wishes it didn't.
I think she left out the punctuation marks and misspelled "to" on purpose to make Ron think she was in a hurry, no time for editing post-its, and the extra chili for him was an afterthought. Either that, or she was trying to make him think she didn't care enough about him to edit her note to him.
here honey seems like i suddenly happen to have some extra chili and i figured you like my chili so much so here it is well hey maybe i still love you after all how about trying to patch this thing up? but i'm pretty busy these days with all the guys calling me for dates so call me, k? or just throw owt the chili if you dont want it cuz i didnt go to any extra trouble to make it anyway well gotta go bon appetit
This reminds me of a little post-it I've been carrying around in my car for 2 years. My husband left it for me in the midst of a days-long argument we were having. All it says is "don't forget your lunch," but I've kept it because it reminded me that he loved and cared for me, even in the midst of a rough time. Somebody might find it on the sidewalk one day and think nothing of it, but it was pretty meaningful to me...I like the idea that Rom was carrying this around in his pocket.
Jason, how 'bout a "Rate This Find" feature on the Found website?
Well, since you're asking, Jason, I sometimes wish I could share a picture on here, something the find reminds me of. But I guess that might be hard to moderate.. still it would be cool!
Also, everyone else seems to understand those new little buttons at the bottom of the find. Can you please explain what they are and what they do. Some of us (speaking only for myself now) are lame-o's who sometimes pretend to know what we're doing when we don't.
Thanks!
Also, is it just me, or did this just start up for the first time yesterday:
@ in front of the person's name to whom you're responding?
Aww, that's not how I read it at all... He works nights so she often eats dinner alone while he sleeps. And he already had his "lunch" packed but because she had leftovers she thought he could take it if he didn't want what he packed. And it hurts them both that they don't get to spend time together because of their conflicting schedules, but they are madly in love and know that this is how it has to be for a while. At least that's how I read this note...
hmmm...I think I'll make some chili to bring to the pizza/beer party Jason is throwing for us this weekend.
and don't forget...the fastest way to a man's heart is through his gastrointestinal tract
John in Lexington! You just stole my glory!!!I was gonna suggest the same thing. Then there could be a favorite finds section on the website....I think it's a winner JASON
Jason, how are we coming on the 3-D Find of the Day feature and Smell-O-Vision?
Great find, Coffee-- cold chili plus the cold shoulder is a sad equation.
I don't like "rate this" features on blogs or YouTube, etc. It's just not interesting to tally up how many people like/don't like something. I wanna know why they think what they think. it's all the connections that people write about that make it interesting. Those tallies can be totally misleading, and if you send something in and a whole bunch of people rate it bad, then, well you might not get some of the cool finds you get.
If all you have to do is push a button, well, you don't really have to think, do you? And the fun thing about this site is the thinking..
just a thought.
Jason, could it be a little easier to order a t shirt? I emailed you guys about it, the trouble I was having. Nobody ever replied though. Then again, it coulda just been I'm an idiot.
I wonder what those buttons are too.
ohh Clover...there would be thinking still. I just think it would be cool to have a section on the website of everybodies favorite finds. Kind of like an all star gathering of finds of the day.
@Jason, James, and maybe Davy too!
A 3D feature made me think of a 3-day feature! It would be cool to have a place where we could see 3 days or a week of finds all in one place. Sometimes I get behind (too much work, not enough found) and it's fun to read the comments several days later, and sometimes reply to earlier comments and it would be cool to be able to do that all in one place. Maybe a separate link in the margin or something.
By the way, if I were an advertiser, I would certainly put my ads on this site. I never notice ads and never heard of American Apparel until I read what people said about it here. Then I looked at the ad. Very effective! Even the negative comments. (although i didn't buy - but i will remember the company from now on!)
Bye now!
oatmealio, I will gladly share the glory with you (if there is any)!
Some stickers and bumper stickers of the FINDS would be cool too. I love stickers.
chili with a side of ethylene glycol
I know someone who says that there's no such thing as bad chili. He says that about sex, too.
Clover, how does one rush off to work with a sprained ankle? I hope if it's all kinds of odd colors you were able to find something to wear that matches.
Chrome Toaster, get some Smarties (the real ones not the chocolate kind) and you'll feel better.
Jason, I'm wondering about the time stamp on the bottom of each post. Does everyone see the time for their own time zone or is it just set to one (which would be mine which is why I'm wondering)? And what time does the new Find get posted? At midnight? But in what time zone? Hope these are silly questions but I've been wondering about it for a while.
My name is Katherine and I'm highly inquistive. When a grade school teacher told me that I thought it was pretty cool until I learned it really meant nosey. And I really am in Wisconsin. Can't imagine why I'd put it down if I weren't. Because, frankly, I can think of better places to be. Certainly, warmer places, too.
Clover: YOU don't have to rate it or look at the ratings if you don't find them interesting. Maybe some of the rest of us do.
Jason: in line with what others are saying, parts of the website are hard to navigate. Sometimes I'll be exploring the website and happen upon something cool and then when I try to go back I can't figure out how I got there.
LOVE THE SITE!!!! Come here almost every day. Rarely leave comments, prefer to read them.
The marriage would be fine if she would bake homemade bread to go with the chili.
I would love to see the Hey! That's Me section updated, if you have any updates.
so glad i found this site through a link from a picture on flickr. what planet have i been living on that i haven't been here before? actually, maybe i was here once before but i was in a cubicle at work and couldn't stay for long.
it seems like a lot of commentators have been assuming Ron and the writer are in a heterosexual relationship. maybe it's his boyfriend? maybe it's his mother? his sister? his brother?
i appreciate everyone having their thinking caps on! reminds me of when we used to pick apart novels, poems, etc when i was getting my ba in english in florida. just wanted to share.
Great! So far I hear:
+ Better anti-spam questions?
+ Maybe/maybe not on the ratings system?
+ Easier-to-order tee shirts?
+ All Star Findzzz page?
+ Alternate site navigation?
Keep the suggestions coming! There's a ton of possibilies. How do you feel about, say:
+ A more active blog section?
+ User-created FOUND videos (a la http://www.postsecretcommunity.com/video)?
+ FOUND mobile site (for pdas)?
+ Podcasts?
Etc... we're brainstorming here, and wanting to make something you're excited about. We can make the site what you want it to be.
A few answers for you:
Finds are posted at 1am eastern time. And I have NO IDEA why we set it up that way. We were probably drunk.
The time stamp on the comments seems to be for the central time zone. Again, no idea why. Maybe it's a tip of the hat to Chicago, the birthplace of FOUND?
I think Ron's her son. I think Mom & Dad kicked Ron out, maybe 'tough love' over a drug problem. Dad said, "And don't be expecting us to drop by with food or money, either!" Mom's a softie.
Podcasts would be sweet
Also, Jason, could you send an email notifying someone that his or her submission is going to appear on Found? (Maybe you already do this.)
Jason, what if we had a choice of several fonts for our comments, and use of underlining and italics and bold?
What specifically do you mean by "a more active blog section?"
I vote "no" to smell-o-vision. You don't know where some of these Finds have been.
8-)
I made too much chili once, but didn't realize it until I came home to my overflowing crock pot and a nasty goopy mess all over my stove. Some of it is still there.
Don't judge me.
Jason-what about an "email this find" feature? Not sure if there is one, I haven't seen it. And if there is, then forget my response, I'm and idiot...
As for the find - I think Ron and the writer are going through some rough times. They both still love each other dearly but they can't seem to stop arguing on a regular basis. Now they've gotten to where they dont' speak to each other for days - even when they see each other at home, they just pass by each other and don't make eye contact. And at night they still sleep in the same bed but don't even say "good-night" anymore...
I made some darn-tootin good chili for my hardworking man last night...there's a bowl of leftovers in the fridge last nite.
Do I eat it or leave it for him?
Ah. A quandry.
I'll leave it. And the corn bread.
"I hate its got to be like this" - does this mean "I hate it HAS got to be like this," like we have no other choice but to not see each other & communicate through chili, or "I hate it has GOTTEN to be like this," like it used to be good between us but now...just things I always wonder when you can't hear an inflection.
Jason: I LOVE the idea of FOUND stickers! And also, thanks for adding the "Stumble" button. IMO, Stumble is the greatest time-waster invented since the internet, and has allowed me access to reams of stuff I never knew was out there & wouldn't have though to look fo. Thanks!
This is the best find I have seen in months. Maybe only because I recently got dumped.
Maybe if I got some chili and a note like this I would return her calls. Instead I get a two page note detailing how great I am and how sorry she is and ended up eating a salad that night.
I now regret throwing the note away though.
i'm glad this find made it onto the site. everybody i showed it to was like "what are you doing picking stuff up at the gas station? what if it's got cooties!?" i don't know why this little note touched me so much but i got a little teary-eyed when i first read it and figured i needed to share my pain with the internet. the only thing i feel really certain about is that she didn't make too much chili on purpose. also i think her name is Pam.... or Jolene. ps. love the site just the way it is.
@ Jason: Troll and imposter repellant. That would be an improvement.
Just reading this brings a tear to my eye....just thinking of the Chili going to waste!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Turbo in the Thunderdome i always thought that people who would like to do the murder suicide thing START with the suicide. Really does save a whole bunch of grief, i would think.
and i agree with the "hey,that's me" part being updated. Other than that, i like it the way it is.
Hey, Jason and James- I posted this in the 2nd Rate find comments on the 12th, but it was late, so who knows if you saw it-
Chrome Toaster in the second hand store, waiting for you to find me. said:
...Jason, one thing you should consider is adding a "search by date" option to the search function. (I'm not a big code genius, so I have no idea how much trouble it would be)
It would be cool to have the capability to access a specific date. (like if I wanted to know what the Find was on my birthday in 2004, I could type that date into the serch function, and it'd take me there.)
Is that do-able?
Also, It seems to me that it used to be (or was for a while) that if you were on the comments page, and hit "next" or "back" it would take you to the next find- open to the comments page. If you were just on the Find of the Day page, the fwd/back links would take you to the Find page. Did I imagine that?
'Cuz you know for all us Hardcore Found Junkies, it's all about the Comment Board!
I hope you don't change the site TOO much- because it's awesome! <3, Chrome
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the only other thing I ca suggest is that next time Jason and James do a nationwide tour (with pizza and beer!)
By more active blog section, do you mean that you'll be offering blog space for those of us who already spend waaaay too much time here? or are the Founders of Found going to start sharing the events of their lives, big and small, their innermost thoughts, and favorite chili recipes?
Thanks for all you do. This is seriously my all-time favorite website. (just don't turn into a SDMB and start charging money, if it's at all avoidable. I'll buy a tee shirt. I promise!)
No shit, Scott in Indiana. I guess Farmer in the Dell is a female, as no self-respecting man would waste a tub of chili by throwing it all over her doorstep. Message or not, chili is chili. Pass the cornbread, please.
I read it a bit differently. I think that she left him, and the chili was to cheer him up. The end sort of sounds like an apology. She loves him, but she just can't stay with him. No?
I read it a bit differently. I think that she left him, and the chili was to cheer him up. The end sort of sounds like an apology. She loves him, but she just can't stay with him. No?
Jason: I would like it if we could <i>and<b>
Wow, nice intellingent discussion on here, don't know where to start.
Some kind of FOUND archive with thumbnail pics and more detailed Search function (e.g. if I remember something someone said in an old comment, how would I find it?).
Yeah, no impersonations! But please let us keep our freedom to invent silly names and locations (not that I would do anything like that, of course).
Separate ghetto for spelling/grammar nazis? Yawn...
Yeah, updates to Hey, that's Me! -- seems to have got stuck in about Jan 06.
Preview would be good, so we can all find our typos BEFORE we post a comment.
And yeah to Chromey -- whater else, please
keep it FREE!!
And when you chaps come to England I'll buy you a beer if not a case.
Weird that the time stamps are about half a day different from the 'real' world (hey, we INVENTED Greenwich Mean Time), but I've got(ten) used to it.
Otherwise very happy with the way it is -- please don't make it too tricksy or hard to look at!
As to the Find -- Sam, that's so sweet and optimistic -- you could be right.
@ jason! maybe when you guys are making the revisions, you could point out the not-so-obvious elements of the site, to ensure that we are all up to speed.
Ta.
Jason: I would like it if we could <i>and<b>
Dang, 80-something comments by 12:30-ish Central Time! Sheee-it. Took me 20 minutes to read them all.
@ Chrome! Murder/Suicide cracked my up in the context of being the next post.
@Jason/James Step up the math questions... thanks to your spam protection questions, I am now ready for 2nd grade math. Which is big, as y'all have taught me more than the public school system every could.
And stickers, Stickers, STICKERS... that would be brilliant.
Stickers would be fabulously fierce! Maybe even some buttons?
Can't take credit, Brain Problem- that was the Brilliant Turbo in the Thunderdome.
Why is everyone assuming this found was written by a female? Just because the person mentions cooking? There's nothing identifying gender on the found. It could just as easily have been written by a Steve as a Stephanie (and perhaps that might even explain another potential reason for the obvious despair and frustration of the author). Ha! Don't assume everyone else is straight simply becausee you are.
Xtian, i assume that some people are NOT straight, because I am. (read as self deprecating comment, i.e. i have turned people gay. Not that i actually think you can turn anyone gay, you is what you is, but it just works for my lame joke.)
@John in Lex-- As soon as finds go up, an email gets sent to the finder. We're on it!
@Night in gale and terrie-is-so-very-- we might do some bolds and italics... probably not different fonts, but maybe bold and italics?
@James-- no smell-o-vision! Some of the finds are just rank!
@Red Sunshine-- We do have an "email this find" button. On the comments page, it's up above the find, and on the main "finds" page, it just got moved around so it's now next to the DIGG / Stumbleupon / Del.icio.us buttons (underneath the "92 comments" text)
@Agent Ling Hi-- Hmm, the imposter question. I'm gonna have to do some research on this one. We like to keep the commenting section open for anyone to post, rather than a closed group of commenters. We've been considering having commenters login/password section for people who come here a lot, but I'll have to see if there's a way to imposters from posting...
@Chrome Toaster-- Search by date: I've wanted this for a while, too. Might just have to do it!
To anyone who's worried: Mark my words: it will never be a pay site! Advertising helps offset the now rather-substantial costs. If you're really concerned, the FOUND site is a great place to advertise...
@brain problem-- you want tougher questions? can do. I just added some which were suggested a few days back. We'll bust out some more challenging ones.
I really appreciate your help in thinking this through, and love that you're into the site. We're almost seven years old now here at FOUND. Nice to keep on growing!
I actually read this in a completely different way from the rest of the above. I don't think their marriage is in trouble. I think they are both just really busy and haven't been able to see each other much. That is what she is sorry about, not some other big tragic thing.
I have found that things like chili, spaghetti sauce, and soup get better the older they are. I make too much and leave it in the fridge, and by the end of the week, that last bowlful is AMAZINGLY good!
I don’t think this chili was an attempt to reconcile after a quarrel.
I remember making too much beef stew once... I also felt apathetic about whether the leftovers got eaten or tossed. They ended up rotting in over-priced Tupperware dishes in the back of my fridge. When I finally threw them down the garbage disposer, the disposer broke. Then I had to explain to a repair man that I had tried to garbage dispose a couple pounds of 3 month old beef stew. That little exploit cost me about 150 bucks… almost a week of wages for me in those days.
I hated that it had to be like that too.
Jason, you guys do are doing a great job. Some of the suggestions are really good but overall I think it's fun just the way it is.
One more question: when did you start having a comments section? I look at old Finds and don't ever see one with a date prior to about October of 2006. And it's fun to see recent posts on old Finds.
Don't take too much from those posters from England when they complain about the question about the first president of the US. I'm pretty sure they all know who it was. And I bet if asked they could name a number of other US presidents. They seem to be a clever bunch. Most of us here know who was the king during the American Revolution and lots of us can name plenty of other English monarchs as well as PM's.
Keep up the great work! And thanks for the clarification about the time stamp.
Something so sad about this found. My boyfriend made me a really nice dinner because he was sorry about a bad week I had. I'd love it if he made me chili!
And I agree. We need STICKERS!!!!
Jason, I agree with the suggestion of allowing for coloring, font selections, etc. for the posts. It would make the posts more fun. I also like the rating idea. It would be a decent way to add a favorites page. Finally, how about message threading?
Sorry Chrome! Sorry Turbo! You know, brain problems...
Chili = Love.
Gaseous Love, but love, nonetheless.
It's Chilli weather!
Jason in FOUND HQ, how bout you post 2 or 3 finds a day instead of just 1, that way you can cover more finds. Consider the amount of comments that have been accumulating.
put your hands up if you know who the king was during the american revolution....
no, didnt think so.
Mona, I know you know who it was. You're clever too.
Raises hand hesitantly: George III?
I hope they worked it out too! :)
@Suggestion Man- message threading? Good idea!
@corn in on the cob-- haha! That was going to be a surprise...
you hope who worked it out. George III and the americans? i know they didnt. George didnt make chili.
I'm with Turbo and Rube....
She/He has poisoned the chili, but has to cover-ass by adding the "I made too much" "throw it out".
Ron reads the "I hate it's got to be like this" as he gags, foams, and falls to the floor....Reminds me of the Dixie Chicks' Goodbye Earl.
@Jason - How about setting up a donation button via paypal.I'm sure there are people here that would keep you floating with a few bucks here and there.
I read everyday/lurk on the comments
I feel bad. I neglected my wife for years when I was so ambitious to succeed in my career. Now that I am retired and learned a lot, I wonder if she ever cheated and how much because of my failure. I will never ask her. I have noticed during retirement how much she enjoys being around guys.
You kids (everyone) crack me up. If I had a computer at home, I'd come here on the weekends. What a great way for Found to enhance my website visit! Buy me a computer! You owe me for not coming to my city after your rolling pile of crap van broke down...but I digress.
I'd welcome any cool addition to this site, including the ability to actually bitch-slap wanky posters (self included) with the click of a mouse. Get right on that. Kiss Kiss!
I love how each one of these comments is like a Find of it's own.
What's message threading? How would that affect the way the messages look today? Would we have to click on an annoying link to open each comment?
As for the FIND.. someone up there mentioned that maybe this is a tough love thing- Mom's the softie, who just wants to make sure Ronnie eats, Dad is the harda$$ who doesn't wanna see him until he's straightened out. That seems plausible.
Jason- so much for retirement, eh?
(or was there another Jason referenced in the newsletter?)
And my final suggestion (for now, anyway): when someone is the first commenter and makes a big hoo-doo production about BEING the first commenter, without even acknowledging the FIND... then someone with the power to do so should move said comment so that it's third or fourth.
Thanks for the interaction, Jason, and for the opportunity for your fans to throw in their two cents. Makes us feel special. *<|8^D
Trying to get over myself in in case I'm not all that said:
I made some darn-tootin good chili
Wouldn't that be good-tootin darn chili?
i hope she finds someone a million times better than Ron who appreiciates her chilli, post-it notes and thoughtfulness.
STICKERS! yes to the stickers! and t-shirts.
and chili!
and hopefully ron is not ron from Big-happy-fun-house...
Awwww! I think this is sweet in a meaty beefy kinda way, I was there once but it was brownies and well it didnt make a difference he ate the brownie, but who wouldnt they were GOOD! lol Good luck to you annoymous chili maker, may your chili bring you a good man with long days of comfort and joy :P
>>I know im a dork, but its ok i embrace it :)
Villin, you are obviously brilliant. We DO need stickers.
Love, Tang
@chrome-- Thanks!
And glad to be back, and re-energized. Took six months off to work on some other upcoming projects, and now want to start stepping up the site again. There's lots of good ideas here and my goal is to make the site better and better. Want you all to keep coming back and sharing your favorites with friends (and enemies?). Keep the suggestions coming over the next few days-- I'll keep my eye on them and see what we can do.
As for now, I've got some chili to eat.
Not an "improve the website" suggestion, more of a Promote Found suggestion:
On the Found Tour, they had a couple different styles of "gimme" Found Magazine stickers. I love sticking stickers in various places, especially during road trips, so I grabbed a few. (these were the small, round stickers, about 2" in diameter; not the long rectangular bumper stickers) But I'm all out now.
Maybe you could throw in ten or a dozen of those small stickers with every Found Magazine item purchase, so the
Guerilla Stickering Found Ad Campaign may not only continue, but flourish!
@jason- stickers sound good. and post cards- right now I have to right click on the image, save it, upload it to moo, pay them... and that just makes me feel dirty, stealing your images like that just to make my friend smile when she gets her mail... it would be awesome to be able to order a postcard batch of some of the more popular finds with a non-intrusive url for the link to the find (so the recipient can read these comments) somewhere on the card, just not on the bottom where the postmen place their sticker thing.
like the other ideas, though the fonts/colors thing would be distracting...
I'd say fonts no, colors,no, bold and italics, okay.
@ Trisha- at the Extras store (link above on the left) Found does offer a 12 pack of all occasion greeting cards. You can't order them with whatever find you want, though, and that's what you're looking for right? your post card idea is really good.
Also, found, we need many more pictures of awkward kids, posing weirdly , holding things that are slightly unsettling.
Dang! Just spent half an hour trying to reconstruct my post from the office this afternoon 'cos your server went AWOL and I thought I had lost it -- but it was here all the time! Ho hum. Sorry it was crawling with typos -- QED.
How about:
-- Compulsory MySpace registration for all the really nice regular contributors!! Heh heh.
– Improved front end for Dirty Found (oops! what a giveaway) which is a mess and difficult to navigate, and doesn't get enough new stuff on it... Grrr...
And how about getting the books and mags on sale in the UK?? Or am I looking in the wrong bookshops?
Who said Easier tee-shirt ordering?? Whutt? Easiest thing I did in my life, cheap too, it's brilliant, and it was here (several thousand miles away) in a matter of days. No problems there.
Oooh blimey -- can you make these little boxes easier to type into?? Getting cross-eyed in my old age here. SpellCheck???
Goodnight all, and thanks to you lovely FOUND people for listening!
*cringes* Ewww! I just reread my post, :O "annoymous chili maker" thats what i get for posting while at work and multitasking lol maden ext time i can sound it out a·non·y·mous lol jk :P
And I so agree Johnathan we soooo need a spellcheck! Well I do anyway lol :D
MAYBE NEXT TIME I CAN SOUND IT OUT!
grrr! im going back to bed *pulls covers over head* nite
I thought it was from a mom to her kid....
Love this site, change it a little, but not too much !!!
Are Jason and/or James still there listening to our website ideas? Cuz i like Nightingale's idea of font and color choices.
And I hope they don't change the anti-spam questions too much. They are quirky and cool, and so "found" if you know what i mean. I think some of us might miss the simple days of yore when they're gone, even though the changes will be improvements.
Perhaps more questions in the same sorta vein.. stuff like "How many dimensions are in 3D?"
Please! Don't make the math questions too hard! (I hope you're still listening.)
Jonathan you're joking about the myspace right? Only really nice regulars need apply! No sassy petulant found lovers.
And I said easier t shirt ordering. I came across a glitch and emailed a question.
I think everyone is gone. Oh well, I will continue to send comments into the void..
Yeah, Jonathan! "Compulsory MySpace registration for all the really nice regular contributors!" I vote for that one! (Well, maybe compulsory is just a bit too strong.)
That's probably correct about different fonts and colors being distracting (whoever said it). It would mess up the overall look of the page too. It sounded good though.
whoa.. this has a lot of comments
heres mine..
she prolly cheated on him and he found out and stopped talking to her..
chili wont make it better sweetheart.. maybe a nice creme brule perhaps?
CuriousKat, are you buried in snow? Oh yeah, i was in such a hurry i forgot about the ankle! Ouch! (j/k) Seriously tho, it's much better today, but even more colorful. I've been wearing black to set off the colors!
..see y'all at myspace..
...with a crème brûlée... m-m-m!
lmao @ Turbo 8:32
When I click on the comments link, I'm often getting "application error (rails)"
It goes away when I hit refresh, but is anyone else getting this?
Clover, Jason mentioned that he'd be keeping his eye on the comments for the next couple days to come (sheesh- he like GOES HOME or something! what's up with that?) so keep the suggestions comin!
And Jason, in case you missed it a while back, ('round about the last part of November) there was a brilliant Found-themed merchandise idea tossed innocently out onto the comment board a while back, and some subsequent brainstorming about the idea of the *Found Magazine Board Game* -
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=b
Here's a blog about it. Do with it what you will.
I'm getting the Application Error (Rails) message too. Too weird. Like some kind of freaky found error message. If that were on a sticky note and posted as find of the day, it would generate lots of good responses i think!
(shit. I messed up the formatting with that link!Sorry. Feel free to edit it if you wish)
(hopefully after you C&P it into your browser's address bar..?)
AND ANOTHER THING!! Allow enough HTML (or? code) so we can make hyperlinks? That and <B> and <I> would be super. I know it's not a huge deal to C&P a URL. People have been doing it for thousands of years.. but stuff like that obnoxiously long URL.. well, you see my point.
I don't think you'd want to be getting into allowing images in comments and stuff... but that could sure be fun until people started abusing the power to do it.
(someone's gonna have to toss me in the tub to shut me up today.)
Yep, we're still checking back!
I think a little upgrade in html support will work great-- <b>, <i>, <a href>, and anchors for easier comment quoting. Allowing images is tempting, but probably not the best idea for now.
We'll see if the spam question change is in the works or not ... there's a good chance that we might upgrade the login system so we won't need spam filters anymore.
And if anyone has a list of website desires, feel free to email us so you're sure we've got it: info[at]foundmagazine[dot]com.
Oooh Chromey, can I be the one to toss you in the tub?? ;-)
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FOUND avatars?
)*j*(
Chrome, good God man, get a life. So what if someone gloats for being first poster. And you Johnathan, Compulsory MySpace registration for all the really nice regular contributors. OMG! How old are you and what an asshole. Do you know how you sound? I like (and I am) the sassy petulant found lovers. They make the comments interesting.
i like sassy and petulant. just not rude and obnoxious.
I like both. I saw your myspace and your daughters really are beautiful, you should be proud. My daughter is graduating w/honors this year.
Compulsory MySpace registration = joke.
You know, ha ha etc.
Oh, I see I did say 'heh heh'.
Yawn.
Sorry Johnathan, I see your point. Too sensitive. PMS maybe? Maybe cause you're one of my faves and I've been excluded from joining myspace friends from found. Judgemental bitches.
"Chrome, good God man, get a life. So what if someone gloats for being first poster"
Damn! I Knew I was forgetting something! Why didn't I remember to get a life?? oh gee, oh golly, I do so hope it's not too late...
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Go ahead and gloat about being First Poster. But please at least say SOMETHING about the Find. Otherwise it's just... bad manners. Poor taste.
Oh like you've never commented about something other than the find. Pleasssse, Chromey....
Re:
chrome in the kitchen said:
Have Fun, Clover! :-b
chrome said:
Can't take credit, Brain Problem- that was the Brilliant Turbo in the Thunderdome.
chrome in my happy place said:
ahh pixie stix! Candy of the Gods. Jonathan, thanks for sharing that URL, even though it was truly painful to watch. Wow.
Chrome Toaster said:
I've never done this before in my life, but ((((Daydream Believer)))) I hope you're okay. And I hope "..he beats you.." means that someone won at parcheesi, or got the promotion instead of you.. NOT the inevitable only other conclusion. If it's that other, I hope you're far away and out of that now.
YOU SICKIN ME!
You know Mona as much as I think Pepper is a nuisance, he/she/it has a point. It is kind of cliché sounding (even if it is innocent). However, I wouldn't add her to My Space either. I am thinking about inviting FOUND friends to mine though, but I’m still thinking on it.
Pepper/Sybil Ha Ha Ha Lol He He He. That made me stomach hurt. You're too funny Chrome Toaster. I always enjoy your post.
Chromey, I love your wood pics.
STFU, Pepper. Here I'm backing you up and you act like an asshole. Jeez...
OMG Chrome Toaster, I hate country music too, but it not the music it the fans.
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@ James and Jason: in December, James posted here that you now get 12,000 submissions a year. That's amazing (and truly wonderful), but it suggests that you could cherry-pick the best 700 or so for the magazines and STILL be able to post 30 new, original Finds every day. That way, everyone would eventually get to seen their Finds posted, rather than just 365 people out of 12,000 (3%).
Of course, you might go completely mad, but it would be a lot of fun.
Oh, and the ability to self-edit comments would be great.
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The problem with self-editing capabilities is that people will go back and change what they'd initially written, for any of a number of reasons (later regret; trying to make someone else look like an idiot, etc)
Maybe make such a feature available for a limited amount of time after the post? (2 hour window?)
OTOH, a preview function would be most helpful and maybe eliminate the need for later editing.
I can't imagine looking 30 Finds a day! What a dream!
@Midlife Crisis-- Yes, good news! We've got plans for more than one a day. Unfortunately, it won't be 30 (we need to clean up and optimize images in photoshop before they get posted, and check text for goofs, not to mention making sure things haven't been posted elsewhere, like that darn elephant on the ramp math test...), but I do want to share more than one a day, no question. It will be done!
There are certain kinds of finds that work better on the web-- photos, post-it notes, short lists, etc-- than long four page handwritten journal entries, which work better in print. So we try to keep this in mind as we edit the submissions. Lots of finds work great on paper, and not so great on your screen.
Needless to say, we're upping the ante this year! Hope you enjoy the upcoming changes...
Oh, I just crafted yet another award-winningly profound and witty post, but I got that 'Application (Rails)' message so it's disappeared -- phut! -- into the ether. Weird.
'One day, owing to cosmic forces beyond his comprehension, Salvatore Quanucci was squirted out of the universe like a watermelon seed and never heard from again' (B Kliban)
Have you gone off them? (the rails I mean?)
Goodnight all, anyway.
Ooooo. I like this big new comment box it's so roomy!
Sometimes you come off as a perv Jonathan. With the innuendo and the tee hee stuff. It can be creepy.
I don't think we should get to self edit. I'm a realist and I think if you say something stupid the only way to fix it is ignore it 'till it goes away or just apologize and say " I said something stupid. ".
All I really want is some stickers. And maybe sound so we could hear " The Booty Don't Stop".
(it just did it again too!)
Sorry, misquoting from memory. That should have been
'Chapter VIII. Due to the convergence of forces beyond his comprehension...'
@Jason in FOUND HQ: EXCELLENT! Whoo-hoooo!
@The Independent, you can see and hear "the Booty Don't Stop" at YouTube. If you search for it, you'll find several different versions, some better than others, of course.
DAAAYUM! Pepper- nice um.. reporting. Sorry I sicken you. (but some days, it's perfectly mutual, I suppose.)
I'm not saying that I'm always on topic in all my posts. Far from it, as a matter of fact. HOWEVER... should you travel back in time and find any and all times I've lucked into the First Comment... Check out the comment. It's always about the Find. Always.
I come here to have fun, and if, after my initial comment, I come back and comment on the comments, well, that's just the magic and allure of the Found Magazine comment board. And it just keeps getting better and better, so I don't intend to give it up anytime soon. (Even though I can stop any time I want. REALLY. I can.)
And I'm with Mona.. I'm quite confused on the mood swing thing. but I'm glad you like the Wood People.
I think Jonathan is HOT! Especially at breakfast time.
Yeah, Sue Bee.. nice back up. With friends like you..
And Pepp, it's hard to back you up when you write phrases like " it not the music it the fans" .
Thanks Holly -- I'll order up some more champagne.
(....'Mooooon river.....')
Vill, it's the truth. Chrome, what you don't know is that I came back under a different handle and posted second commenting only on the find. However, the good folks at FOUND chose to delete it and it wasn't even distasteful. Didn't question it though, don't care. And now that I've gotten you panties in a wad, my job here is done. About the mood swing, that is a different Pepp (the in central TX one) I believe.
Ohhhh, Pepp...no I wasn't talking about country music or the fans. I hate country music. I was just picking on your ill writing skills. No offense though, I like you.
my dear pepper, "don't assume for one minute that you had any effect whatsoever on my panties."
You really need to get your stories and your posting IDs straightened out before anyone's even going to consider taking anything you (or any of your alters) say seriously.
Jonathan, I'm mad at myself for only including the youtube/booty reply to independent.. I had intended to mention you and your overall awesomeness.. then I just got caught up in the Pepper crusade, and... todally forgot.
I can't believe that anyone would say such a thing about Jonathan, when there are far worse, creepier, and more annoying people on the Board than you.
And whoever independent is... well they just don't get ya.. that the innuendos and slightly suggestive banter... well, it's all part of the charm. (and oh so much more fun when read in the appropriate British accent!)
Vill, talk shit to me baby I love it.
chrome for what I hope will be the Final time here at the Chili Find in Stadium High School with Patrick Verona. said: I hope so too, you pervert.
You really need to get your stories and your posting IDs straightened out before anyone's even going to consider taking anything you (or any of your alters) say seriously.
Who cares?
Vill in, you're a nazi
I guess I don't see a human being on the other end of the monitor. Go figure.
Thanks, Chromey, you are too kind.
You out of the tub yet? Need any help drying off??
(Oops, does that sound pervy?
Oooh, I say! Golly gosh and chiz chiz. SO sorry, I'm sure.)
Dear Messrs. Found:
There used to be a convention in the letters columns of British newspapers whereby the Editor would say, after a while, 'THIS CORRESPONDENCE IS NOW CLOSED'. Is that a good idea?
Yours Etc.
Though I guess you can pull the plug on us any time you want.
Peppster in the anus, a nazi? That's the best you got? Anyway, I correct myself, I don't like YOU per se, I like your antagonistic comments. But nazi was pretty lame, as it doesn't apply to me in any way.
If you are done commenting for this find Jonathan, why don't you not come back. Would it still be ok to continue commenting if someone were saying something nice about you? Quit trying to think up new rules.
Just a thought, but anyone who uses "in your anus" as a location every time they post really shouldn't be calling anyone else a pervert.
As to entertainment value, the "antagonistic" comments from Pepper in your (*) are flaccid, and pitifully lacking.
I agree with you Dick about people calling themselves " in your anus " not throwing stones, but it was me, not any Pepper who called Jonathan a perv.
Love, Nikki
nice spam question!
...sounds entirely too much like my ex and I. Forced to live together...
"I made spaghetti, if you would like some..."
"Sure. It's good, thanks."
CRYING
"Why do you hate me?"
Pathetic, really...
Nikki, glad to see it's all about you in your world, but if you'll look closely up there, you may notice that pepper in the(*)called Chrome and or Patrick , whoever a pervert. Same post where they called herr Villin a nazi. This whole spectacle is nauseating. so shhhhhhhhhhh. Let's all move forward now, shall we? We've ruined a perfectly good day of comments.
If I cooked for my ex when we were on the outs, she would accuse me of putting rat poison in it, and refused to eat it. More chili for me.
'ONE HUNDRED AND EIGH---TY!!'
I feel certain that this is not a couple but rather a mother and her son. The son is a screw up who finally went too far; Dad (the strict parent) made good on his threats and finally threw him out on his ear. Mom, (the enabler) knows that the son deserved what he got, but feels sorry for him and wants to help. She knows that he is broke so she leaves him some leftover chili.