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August 19, 2007 |
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Interlectullizing
FOUND by Tish Blackwood
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A Post-It note found in the pamphlet rack at a 12-step meeting.
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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...
Why can't this guy spell? =[ He's not at all "to charming".
Ow, my tender sensibilities!
so many things wrong with this note.. too not to in this context, I'm not even going into the spelling errors. If this list is the defense against using, this person is at a bar right now.
You're all looking at this wrong. It's not bad grammar at all. These are all the qualities he is trying to get TO!
Between you and me, I don't think he's got much of a shot.
Quick! Everybody get their comments about the find in before this thread is flooded with useless exchanges between faceless internet aliases!
I think that the use of "to" in this case is probably a grammar mistake, simply because it is more common for one to make a grammar mistake than to write in that form.
Oh, I must be a grammar nazi!
I get the note but....
T-O-O...T-O-O!!! Not to mention the other errors.
Yes, the spelling even bothered ME on this one.
Yowza.
Gah!
*sigh*
Well.....ya give 'em some points for :
1 - getting all of that on a post-it ! wow.
2 - yes, there ARE spelling errors here, but they ARE consistant.
That all counts for something in my book.
I'm "to sexy" for this note.
LOL Rebecca...
What does "hug 19 s_od" mean? I think it has been written in pen, and everything else in a very sharp pencil. She did do very well to get it all on a post-it. I also wonder what has been written on the back.
TOO MUCH!!!
Why not apply your "to much willpower" to not use drink or drug?
What does Hug 19 8_00 mean? He wants 19 hugs at 8pm? Actually that's a different handwriting, so maybe someone else is offering him 19 hugs at 8pm.
And I'm not even going to start on how much that grammar and spelling hurt my brain. "Interlectullizing". Ow ow ow.
Quick! Everybody get their comments about the find in before this thread is flooded with useless exchanges about grammar and spelling errors!
Oops! Too late.
so these are the dangers of intellectualizing? my wife always complains about my intellectualizing, so she doesn't like me being too sexy, too smart, too handsome and she doesn't want me to live too long either? I wonder what the writer of the note's definition of intellectualizing might be (see, I'm doing it again).
I really, really wonder what the back says!! and is it written in ballpoint pen, or in the same "very sharp" (probably mechanical, with polymer lead!) pencil?
Oh. and. I know that there are inexcusable and unforgivable spelling and grammatical errors, but I really, really like this person's handwriting. In fact, I would like a font in this person's handwriting. (and to me it looks "manley", but you never know.)
The back looks like it says "is Fernando..." something something. Anybody?
I agree, the handwriting is cool, if you can ignore the spelling. how small must the writing be if that's a post-it?
also, I think that the back says "Is fernando ...
and i can't make out any more than that
oops. redundant
Almost as if s/he is deliberately misspelling everything, for some strange reason. I used to do that in in junior school so I wouldn't be thought 'to smart'. The teachers weren't fooled though. (I am.)
Meanwhile I'll settle for 'too much longevity', thanks. Can't get enough of the stuff round here.
After much consideration, I still don't understand the list... is this the writer's own thoughts about himself? What do any of those qualities have to do with drinking or drugs?
Actually, all the reasons listed are great defenses against drinking or doing drugs. Too smart, too handsome, too manly...... Have you ever seen how a person ages who does crystal meth? Ugghhh! Call me vain but that's one of the main reasons I don't do drugs.....want to stay pretty. LOL!
I thought it said Aug 19 8.00. As if it was a note to self... bring 8 bucks with me on Aug 19. Maybe because I write notes to myself like that all the time. Actually, I usually email them to myself, but whatever.
Sitting sleepily, you are right these really are rationalizations for the common addict for using drink or drug. Too bad for the spelling and grammer. Makes us look bad. However, we are told in the program that the average alcoholic has a higher IQ than most people. I beg to differ.
aug 19 at 8 pm is the date and time of the AA meeting?
I like this find. It's interesting. I wish the person had written down what IS a good defense against drug and drink. When I first saw the pen scribbles I thought it was some kind of affection count or tally: Hug 19 S-00. Intellectualizing led me to the idea that it probably means the time of the next meeting: Aug 19, 8:00. Not as interesting. Oh well..
"not a verry good defence..."? I think it's a wonderful defence. God bless.
Mona, beat me! This happened to me yesterday too. I take too much time typing my thoughts and checking my grammar.
I mean, Mona, *you* beat me! Oh my, look what happens when I type fast and don't proof read ... I hate to think what that little typo is going to bring on! Ack!
Clover: Just a little Freudian Slip. We all want Mona to beat us!
Re: the Find. It's a bit disturbing and difficult to decipher. So, I think we should all just let go and let God. As they say in the rooms.
jeez, haven't you grammarians ever been to a 12 step meeting? He is listing all the traps of trying to talk your way to sobriety rather than "letting go and letting God" help you stay sober.
these must be all the things this guy hates about a certain woman
Did you all pray today? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, go git 'em jesus.
hypocrisy:
1 : a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion
Interlectualizing!! Priceless! No fear of you doing "to" much of that, mate!
I agree 'to' with orinoco womble.
Guess I was 'to' late to say much else...much else that pertains 'too' the find that is.
I'm laughing 'to' hard at this.
At least the writer is consistant, which is priceless 'to.'
I like the ink-wrtten note: "hug19 sloo"....I think that is a reminder note to...or too.
"hug 19 sloo too-day"
I think I'm in danger of interlectullizing my way into (or out of?) drinking and drugs! I'm far to hansom and smart and manley. I have way to much longivity. I never realised before this note. I should probably go to church.
YEAH, CLOVER, LOOK OUT. SEEMS THAT EVERYONE'S BEING THROWN INTO A SEIZURE OVER THIS ADDICT AND HIS ERRORS
Teresa that's funny. JIM, don't worry. I'm fine. Or I will be fine when I finish these laughing seizures.
Jim Adler, Love your Myspace!
Flying High Now.. apropos to the find, I should say.
http://www.myspace.com/jimadlerusa
How can you have "to much longivity?" Unless you're being tortured by the CIA, I can't think of a time you'd have too much.
I do like the Tony the Tiger comment, "...verry good..."
This is an interesting find. I can see it three ways.
1) The writer sees that being in the presence of people who possess these traits would be an overpowering experience and is admitting, that because s/he has low self defense mechanism, the writer would succumb to the pressures of drink and drug.
OR
2) Having too much of any of these particular traits might cause an overdeveloped sense of self, therefore thinking that s/he is able to handle the drink and drug in small doses, but would actually throw the person into a tailspin.
Or even still...
3) While partaking of the party paraphernalia, the writer could easily go overboard and start to see him or herself as being too much of all of these things. Therefore thinking s/he ended up looking like the biggest jerk at the ball, causing his self esteem to be on an all-time high (if you will) at the party, to an all-time low upon waking and surveying the damage s/he caused to either the place or other people.
If any of these are true, then the writer is obviously self-aware enough to know to avoid situations where s/he might succumb to the call of drugs or alcohol.
Mona, me too! I have 62 days.
91 days, got you beat.
I'm drinking, driving, and typing this right now! Wheeee! But seriously, I can't wait until I can give it all up and be an insufferable sanctimonious ass.
"Let go, let God" isn't grammatical.
this is why i havent been commenting. I'm out of sight, out of mind for the impostors. More power to those of you who are actually recovering alcoholics, but i am not one of you.
Hot Rod and Kdawg, quit sending me into more laughing seizures. I'm trying to recover.
Mona sees all, her eyes follow everyone, and she keeps a secret smile on her lips all the while. Imposters beware.
Now I feel guilty about laughing because the reality is that this writer is hurting...is it okay to laugh at another's misfortune? I think not. But I have been doing that lately. What is happening to me?
Yesterday I laughed at a cute little 2-year-old girl for accidentally almost strangling a little dog. The dog said "hcgk hcgk" when she let go of him. The kid was really cute, and she understood that I was laughing at her even though she can't talk yet. After that she gave me a dirty look and ran away from me when I tried to be friendly to her. The dog didn't care, though, that I was laughing at him because he almost died.
It's just not right to laugh at another's misfortune.
I'm not catholic... and I'm going to stop feeling guilty now.
I really do have to go scrub the bathtub now. I will meditate on the find. It is Sunday, after all.
This is a real treat for all the spelling cops .
I've been sober for 15 hours now, and those AA motherfuckers still haven't given me a keychain.
The mention of Fernando and (possibly) $8.00 has a kind of relevance to me. There used to be a club in New Haven called Tune Inn, which was owned by a guy named Fernando Pinto. For some reason known only to him, the cover charge was always $8.00, whether it was just two crappy local bands, or 3 awesome touring bands with two great local bands. So everyone used to mimic him saying in his Portuguese accent, "Eight-a dollerce pleece." Or sometimes they would count like the Count from Sesame Street, except that he could never make it to the number 9, because the number 8 was always followed by "dollerce pleece."
I know this is long winded and meaningless to all of you in a "you had to be there" kind of way, but that's okay. I had fun typing it.
Maybe it's a toast. A toast to smart! to manly! to... oh, wait. AA. It's not a toast.
On the reverse it might say: is fernando supost (sic) to be a strong...(?)
or "supost" might be soslist (socialist?)
Is Fernando soslist to the string? to the straight?
It only matters because it's going to keep me up nights, wondering. I suppose it's not right to laugh at others' misfortune, but it's definitely better than examining my own too closely. And the image Clover painted of the choking dog? vivid. hilarious.
I think it says "Aug 19, 2000," rather than "Hug 19 Sloo."
"Let go and let God" is a slogan. I don't know if it *has* to be grammatical, but it has a certain new age logic to it, no?
"TOO MUCH LONGEVITY"? wtf? Is this person seriously looking for a partner who is going to keel over soon only to collect the life insurance? How completely shallow. I can't belive the criteria here. I would not be a good match for these dating standards if that is what these are. "Not a good defense against drink and drug"? I see this as a list of things to avoid when looking for a man. FUNNY.
Yes, everyone is noticing the spelling mistakes but I think that is what makes this more interesting. It may be me, but the spelling mistakes are what stick out and probably say something about this person. That is just my two cents.
Damn those sexy, manley, long lived interlectualls and their copious amounts of willpower! They think they have it so good.
I thought the second line read "to Hanson" because the 'h' was capitalized.
I also thought it said "to Hanson" at first and all I could think was....MMBop doobie doowah do bop...
Everyone is so critical!
I think it's clearly someone who was not well educated and possibly fell into drugs or drinking and is either seeking help or giving it.
And I think it's very sweet.
They are trying. The message is FAR more important then spelling or grammer.
Strange. Ladies always spout these things out as the reasons they must break up with me.
Hi Eggs. I still love ya.
i feel bad for the real Mona
HEY, IMPOSTERS, are you to good to get your own name?
what happened to SALT?
Yeah, guys, the "to/too" thing bugged me. But the "interlectullizing" misspelling I found really interesting, and combined they give us some insight into his personality. These are the kinds of finds I love: the ones that cut right to the quick.
hahaha this find is freaking great! I can't figure out what it means, and the spelling/grammar errors make it 100x more hilarious.
However, the best part of this find is that it immediately reminded me of this one:
http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/446
which is one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen. I actually had to print that one out so I could look back at it whenever I was in need of a laugh.
I suspect the relationship between intellergence and alchoholism (if there actually is one) is probably not a real correlation, but rather a result of fewer smart people being "cured" of alcholism through such innane methods as "let go, let god"
I'm all these things... to...
haha
I go by many names, SALT, Clover, Mona, Hotmom, Pepper, Eggs1234 and sometimes Rex.
you boring bottom-feeding peice of shit. You need to be kicked like a dinosaur. What joy comes from vomiting witless banal comments and stupid, unfunny insults at people if you haven't got the guts to use your own name? You spineless limp dick motherfucker. Kill yourself already, jeez.
I think he's saying that those are common thought patterns people use to intellectualize or rationalize their use of drugs. "I can't be an addict, I'm too smart. Someone as handsome as me should be at the bars where all the hot chicks are. I'm only 25, I've got at least 75 good years left in me. I have too much willpower to ever be addicted - I could quit any time I wanted." And the bottom line is correct: Those are NOT good defenses against the lures of "Oh, I can have just ONE drink, it won't hurt anything.."
"I'm too sexay for AA, too saxay for AA, so sexay it hurts"
When do they offer Interlectualizing 101? I want to learn all about how I can become to hansom -- like the band?
it bothers me that they said to instead of too.
This note makes me want to drink!!!!
"interlectullizing"
Priceless.
I noticed many people were bothered by the "to" grammar error... and I have to say, that's what made this so funny to me.
He's a wonderfully cliche combination of stupid and narcissistic.