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Mu = Dumbo
FOUND by Suzanne Dantuono
in Columbus, Ohio
If the original problem involves a huge spring pushing an apple crate up a skateboarding ramp, is an elephant acting as a resisting force all that far off?
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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...
Darn math teachers just can't see brilliant creativity in front of their faces. ;-)
"Does the object continue to move after it comes to rest?" Isn't that pretty much the antithesis of coming to a rest?!
A frictionless ramp? Is this possible ?
This is so not found it is USED. i heard about this a long time ago. it was on a site under colledge/college? humour. This makes me sad I like to believe all founds are real but this is dissapointing. however i love the answer anyways if I am ever completely screwed on a physics exam i will totally use the elephant.
by the way. Merry christmas...
FOUND? HARDLY!!!
I have received this in about 10 different emails in the past few years.
where else can we find this?
http://theweaselking.livejournal.com/2182625.h
http://beconfused.com/blog/2007/01/page/2/
http://images.ebaumsworld.com/2007/01/elephant
and about 400 other sites.
did we just have this not to long ago?
I see Found believes in recycling too...and recycling and recycling...I think since it's the holiday season they just plucked something random off the Net...I *guess* you could call it a "find"---at a pinch. But it's sad they did this when I myself have sent stuff in I found blowing across the Common, and it hasn't appeared.
GENIUS!
I would choose a monkey, though, for that nice little ironic twist.
(Is that irony? I think I've had too much eggnog...)
this just reminds me of how horrible physics was. i'm a good student, but once i found out i had a d- in that class, i dropped that shit quicker that a hot potato.
It doesn't matter if this legitimately qualifies as a find - have you ever seen an elephant do a McTwist? It's incredible!
The best thing about skateboarding elephants is that once they learn a trick, they'll pull it off perfectly every time thereafter - elephants never forget how to land a kickflip or an ollie impossible.
Chill out. The Find Of The Day Chooser just wanted to take a day off for Christmas.
looks like some of the stuff i've turned in!
hey, that's legit. as long as it made me giggle a little bit, i'm fine with that. :)
(i /thought/ it looked familiar)
As with the curve one not long ago, (http://foundmagazine.com/find/2955: titled Not Full Credit)
I'd never seen this one. It gave me a chuckle. And it HAD to have been Found at some point to have been put out there anywhere. Quit complaining and expecting the Found Folk to be omniscient and psychic.
I for one believe that this deserves an "A", no wait, two "A"'s
Does being a physics teacher make you exempt from following proper punctuation rules? Does being able to decipher z(t)=z0+v0t+½at2 make it okay to start a new line of text with a comma?
New to me too. I thought it was pretty funny, it makes no differnece where it was found.
Boooooooooo. Bad "find". I want a refund.
Old news, but good to see again. I give the Found gods my holiday absolution.
it is funny, it does make me laugh. And, well, someone had to have found it at some time or another. And maybe davy and pete took the day off, and let the interns pick the found of the day.
This was my submission, could someone at Found PLEASE take this one down?! This was a mistake on my part, along with the one that was a "Find of the Day" a month or so ago.
I explained earlier that I work at a college and I found these in a folder in my desk left by my predecessor, along with copies of old tests. I had thought that it was an original find and only found out later that it was part of email forwards when everyone in the comments area listed sites where you could find them.
As I said before, I love the philosophy behind this site and was so excited that I thought that I had found something to contribute that I didn't even think to check it against any websites. I've stopped coming to this site since the last "Find" I had was posted (some of the comments about the last sumbission were quite viscious, although I understand their reaction) until I got an email again this morning saying that my other "find" had been selected. Please, there were four that I sent that I've since discovered were also forwards. PLEASE don't post any of them.
To those of you who are upset, my apologies. It was not my intention to be "that guy"!
~Suzanne
Suzanne, your explanation makes sense. Don't fret.
Shit happens, people! Let's give it a break. Found does a wonderful service and they are completely legit. As I said before, I have met the crew, seen their operation, and even (with my kids) opened some of the Found mail. For the indignant among these posts: lighten up and be gracious. Life is too short to be this pissed off over something so trivial--and so well intended in the first place.
To the Found Crew: coffee and Found are my wake-up delights. Keep up the great work!
I've never seen it before, I tend to delete those e-mails that have a hundred forwards before I get it. It *is* funny...
Suzanne, stop reading now if you haven't already! Folks will tear you apart for an honest mistake. Thanks for your explanation - I hope they take it down!
Hi Found, This is still pretty funny, who cares if its recycled. Its better than the morning news. Thanks for the Joy Suzanne, keep looking for more! Thanks again Found Folks.
Suzanne's explanation proves that this is a true found. Leave her alone, at least in the philosophy of the season.
One would think that a college professor could spell vicious correctly. But I like the find, and consider it to be a true find too. But where's my super awesome photo of Mike Tyson that I found? Huh? Huh?
I always find it hilarious when people bitch about how a free website designed for entertainment purposes does its business. Makes me lol. Out loud. :D
you guys are a wicked tough crowd. give found and our finder a break. geez!
if you don't want to run the risk that found might post something you've ALREADY SEEN (*GASP*!) . . . go find another website to satisfy your needs.
p.s. i used to write crazy poems on tests when i didn't know the answer. I like this one.
Lenny, I (kinda) celebrated Festivus. Got out my pole and watched that episode of Seinfeld. No Feats of Strength, though.
Suzanne, I guess this is why people should not use their real names when posting a Found. God forbid someone make a mistake. What a bunch of mean-spiritedness. Get a life, people!
I sucked at math. I mean SUCKED. Still do. Most of my Algebra and practical math teacher shown no mercy...but my Geometry teacher was great. When I had no clue what the answer was, or I forget the formula... I would just write in a tacky joke or draw a stupid picture. She would give me "creativity points". I must be pretty creative, cause I passed.
Thanks Flargy. Now I want to find Animal Chin as well. I'll check Wallows first....
Really don't care if it's a real 'Found' or not. Don't even care if it's a real test answer or not. Because it's still worth a chuckle. And the elephant is sort of cute.
It reminded me of a question on a stats test I had while I was an undergrad. The question involved the probability of an 'M&M' landing 'M' side up when dumped out of the bag. In my world the 'M&M' would have been in my mouth and well chewed long before which side was up could be established. Stats profs have no sense of humor.
Only ONE shopping day left till Kat's B-day!
This is a joke that's been floating around the internet for a while, I've seen it on Facebook several times. I don't think finding it on your hard drive counts.
Reading, that's exactly why most of us don't use our real names on the comment board either. FYI, most of the meanest comments are made by our one in-house shit-stirring "imposterer". Don't jump on the band-wagon people!
Seeing as Suzanne did 'find' this in her desk, I'd say it's legit, even if her predecessor did get it off the internet.
I think they should have gotten an A for creativity!! I love this find looks kinda like something I would have done in High School, "but its mathematically impossible , THERE IS AN ELEPHANT IN THE WAY!!" lol! I'm gonna start using this, "Sorry I was late for work, there was an elephant in the way!
Sorry I didn't return your call there was an elephant in the way!!..... etc etc" Love this!! :)
I give Suzanne in Ohio a great big thumbs up! :P
I am extremly bored at work, if any found friends wanna check out my myspace and send me a friend request it might help me be less bored lol :)
www.myspace.com/utahupsgurl1
Flargy, you make me want to be a younger, hipper person. xo
i used to have my students draw their reading checks for lit - imagine a comic strip of hester and pearl and dimmesdale on the scaffold and chillingworth happening along - until my dept head told me visual art doesn't encourage higher level thinking (uhhhh? what?). i got some really great responses from a student who never read, but who made up his own story - should've kept those! y'all would laugh at them and hopefully refrain from tearing suzanne or found a new one....
I have a tendency to pad small papers by writing my profs. wine recommendations at the end. I've yet to get shot down for this, so it seems that it doesn't go unappreciated.
So what if it's already made its rounds on the interwebnet? It's funny and it's FREE. Enough with the complaints, just come back tomorrow.
Wow. This one's a doozy, eh? As the creator and editor of this here website, I figure it's time to shed a little light on how we do it. When you good people send us finds (we receive more than 12,000 each year, whoa!) we choose our favorites and share them with everyone else, not unlike kindergarten show and tell. The website finds are almost exclusively items which were submitted digitally, so it can be tricky sometimes to know if they've been shared elsewhere. I'm really surprised that this is the first time its happened, now that we're talking frankly here. But for future finds, we'll make sure to run them through our Ultimate Find Authenticator 3000 machine we just got for Christmas. That'll keep things legit and keep complaints to a minimum! All said, enjoy, and thanks for coming back as often as you do...
Love,
Jason
thanks jason. it was just surprising to see it here because the "find" is such a famous image, and has done the rounds in emails, myspace, facebook, etc etc for many years. you'd think that the internet-savvy people at FOUND would've seen it before!
i look forward to a *real* find tomorrow!!
Jason, I appreciate your explanation of how Found chooses its finds. With 12,000 submissions every year I don't feel quite so bad that you didn't use the one I sent in, (despite the fact that it was brilliantly funny.) It won't, however, prevent me from logging on to Found first thing every morning in hopes of seeing it there! Keep up the good work Found founders.
Sarasara, you remind me of my most (in)famous adlib on an Eng Lit exam in college: "It is a good thing that Matthew Arnold died before the advent of Tupperware; if he hadn't, it's certain he would have died soon after." My humourless prof wrote in the margen: "Bologna, pure and unadorned." and marked me off 5 points. Killed me that to make a point he had to spell "baloney" like that!
Jason, I am a lurker here on find- usually don't comment on what I see, but I do check the site daily. I for one will continue to come by, as will countless others. And, as my kids would say, poo on the meanies.
As for the Ultimate Find Authenticator 3000, I forgot to give you the gift receipt, so I hope you truly like it. It cost a mint.
Wasn't this one on here just a few weeks ago? Or was it a different one? All I know is whichever one I looked up on snopes.com came up with this one too. I thought Found said they would never let this happen again (as in using "founded" stuff already on the internet. I'm very disappointed.
I do believe that's what Found said last time Jason. This isn't the first time this has happened. It's very annoying.
even though i've seen this before, it's still funny.
All you whiners and complainers, please go away. Run along and make your own website to entertain the world. STFU and get a life.
i wish i had thought of this solution in highshool science. it seems so obvious now.
I'm staying out the the find-or-not fray. I'm so glad I never have to think about problems like this.
I wish my relatives would go home now, my nerves are shot.
Haha, I Googled Michael Polinko. You shut up, I could take you.
Baby Basil. i like your "bologna" story:-))
my best ad-lib (fakin' it till i make it) b.s. poem was for my chemistry professor when I lived in germany as an exchange student. I'd already graduated from H.S. in the U.S. so I didn't really give a damn about grades... This professor let me slide a LOT-- never cared if I showed up for tests or not (and I usually went to the beach to "practice my german" *wink wink*)... On the day of the final, however, he stopped me in the hall and told me that he needed me to take the final with the rest of the class. So I did... only I didn't understand chemistry when I learned it in english, let alone in german.
The poem I wrote him was 2 pages long (auf Deutsch, naturlich) about how pretty the ocean probably looked at that moment; how I enjoyed the feel of sand under my toes; how much fun I'd had coming of age in Germany; how he'd always been a very nice professor; how lucky I was to get to attend his fabulous school; how I'd probably have a glass of wine with my friends that night and raise a glass to him...
It was pretty fabulous. I got full points!
full points, yes, but about as much worth as monopoly money... :-)
Initial reactions:
1. Math?? On vacation??
2. Jonathan will figure this out, I bet.
3. Oh wait. He's on vacation.
To Jason and Suzanne:
Just because someone else found it first and circulated it on the internet doesn't mean it isn't a find. I've never seen it before; not everyone is in the college student email loop.
I like this find. It made me laugh and it made me think of someone I know (you know who you are.)
To the complainers: If you've seen it before, relax, it's okay. Come back tomorrow. :)
Pepper you're right they don't answer emails. I had a legit question about ordering stuff for Christmas presents over two weeks ago and nobody ever replied. I still love Found but those people got other books. Like " Punk House", and " 101 Ways to Flip the Bird ". Very cool.
With the seasonal spirit in my heart, I pretty much love you all, especially everyone who feels like a Found Reject for not getting Special Finds published. I know the feeling. Check it out at" www.literaryrejectionsondisplay.blogspot.com
Jason: If you start sending out formal rejections for unfit finds, I will post them on my blog and make fun of you.
As for the elephant, I'd have posted it too. Even if just to piss all the pissies off!
http://foundmagazine.com/comments/1275
At 8:37 PM, Midlife Crisis said it perfectly. A response suitable for any occasion.
Actually, all I want to know is what is the bloody answer to this question? Aren't there any physics students on board here?
I might as well learn something today!
I once wrote the lyrics to AC DC's ' Ride On ' as an answer to an essay question. And I got credit for creativity.
To Suzanne, I dont mean to be a jerk but your thing about finding this in some old prof's desk is most likely a lie. I "found" this same quiz complete with the same marks on it... on college humor months ago.... oh no i am low class and like low class humor... to bother flaming cause I dont care... the point is maybe someone should google before posting up the latest find.
Everyone has been so nice to me in my very limited number of posts. Please be nice to Suzanne because she truly "found" this find. My husband gave me "Found II' for Christmas. Life is good!
I think this is a wonderful find. I've never heard the elephant excuse used before.. and I've never even heard about it. In this sense Found opened me up to a new joke?
Whatever- either way I like it. It's funny and it makes me laugh.
Maybe Vetus has never seen anything printed anything from the internet before?
Usually people who think others are liars make a habit of lying themselves. People who tell the truth expect others to be truthful. People tend to expect others to be like themselves.
So.. I guess that tells us something about those who accuse Suzanne of dishonesty. Hmm... I wonder what Vetus lied about lately? Perhaps it's, "I dont mean to be a jerk."
*Maybe Vetus has never seen anything printed from the internet before.*
Oops.
Hey I got a Ultimate Boyfriend Authenticator 3000 for Christmas! Hoping to weed out the riff-raff in 2008! The mathmatician in me (there isn't one) is confused by the whole problem. However the artist in me totally appreciates that the elephant is there!
Oh, how I love physics. That sounds like something someone would have written in my Physics I class last year. And I bet my teacher would have laughed, too.
(And given the kid SOME credit for at least trying the problem.)
I thought the clever student was rewarded with a nice donut for his efforts. I'd've given 'em a donut, too.
If this is not a real find, then I demand my subscription price to this site be refunded. Dammit, if I am paying for genuine finds, then I better get them. I have a right to complain when I am paying my own hard-earned money for this website.
I'm kinda surprised I haven't seen this before. I'm always on the internets--where was I?
Midlife Crisis in California said:
I've often wondered if James and Jason are actually highly advanced behavioral psychologists performing a study on the acceptance of randomly chosen ephemera by a self-selected online community. Their hypothesis might be that as long as there is coherence within the community, acceptance will remain high regardless of the inherent significance of the "find."
At the same time, variations of interest in specific topics and images can be described quantitatively by recording the corresponding number of comments for each as well as by breaking those data into subsets, such as the number of posts that primarily address the content of the find, those that respond to other comments and commenters within the current thread, those that reference previous finds and comments, including mentions of popular participants and topics (which may reinforce inclusion and longevity within the community), and those that are outside the parameters of the study (e.g., spam comments by trolls, impersonators, etc.).
Thus, the researchers might predict that the presentation of meaningless or minimalist finds, such as two blank receipts stapled together (679) or the words "I love" written on a small piece of paper (506), will still garner a measurable positive response and, perhaps more significantly, not decrease subsequent involvement with more content-rich examples.
And so, whether one perceives today's find as a mistake, a mildly sadistic test of acceptance and loyalty, or an example of intentionally profound irony and humor may depend on the extent to which James and Jason have messed with your mind. Are they brilliant young social entrepreneurs or renegade researchers operating outside the strictures of informed consent and peer review? Heh-heh.
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I'm ashamed at some of the people in this little "message group" said:
Dear Suzanne,
I think it's very commendable of you to come here and explain the circumstances of your Find. However, I truly don't believe that you owe *anyone* an apology. No one can be expected to have memorized every corny email fwd that's come down the pike. Perhaps your biggest "crime" was not checking snopes. So? I liked this find, and in light of your explanation, I think it fits the spirit of this site just fine. What doesn't fit the spirit of a site like this is presence of all the carrion eaters who attack everything that doesn't fit in with some twisted vision they have in mind of how everything in their little world "should" be.
Just my $.02. Rock on, Suzanne and everyone else, and keep finding cool stuff.
and finally, a fresh comment: Sand said sand is leaving. Good bye, good luck, wear your overcoat.
Dear Found, could you please come up with a find that'll make all the peppers go away, too? TYVM.
where is sand going?????
Looks like my physics exams
Even if I knew the Answer to a question I always doodled all over my tests my favorite was drawing killer bunnies eating people it was all in good monty python fun but some teachers thought i was disturbed sent me to the office to talk bah !
Love the elephant this one never reached my over spammed inbox so very shiny !
Umm. This wasn't found by the person. This thing is all over the internet. FOUND PEOPLE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? SUBMIT REAL ONES PLEASE.
I guess I picked a bad day to start following FOUND religiously because I've seen this about 50 times already. I like the novelty of all the other items found. Funny the first time I saw it, funny the second time I saw it...then it has lost its touch.
poster is full of it. def not found in a desk. this is the exact same scan as found ALL over the net. this is a typical high school physics problem also, professor.
B in Pluto, get your head out of URANUS. If you've read the Finder's post, she FOUND a bunch of stuff in a desk. How was she to know that her predecessor, who left the stuff behind, printed it all off of the Internet?
Honestly, I can't believe how effin MEAN SPIRITED some of you people are. I can't believe pepper feels the need to come back three times a day, every day, just to whine and complain about something that DOES NOT ALTER Pepper's Life Plan. Get a grip. Move on.
I'm not in ebriated....
You made me so happy.
I am KILLING myself for not catching that myself.
I just wish some of my stuff would be posted instead of this. Poor choice.. I've seen this thing about a million times in various places.
I find it amusing that posting a find that almost everyone has seen can set off so many people.
Oh god, no. There's been an error in the well-oiled factory that is found magazine.
You can go one day without seeing something new.
"OH HELZ NAW!1"
*proceeds to push everything off the desk in blind rage*
This is genius!
I don't know enough maths to be able to tell whether the calculation before the hapless student inserted an elephant is intelligent reasoning or total b*ll*cks?
I note that the student is asked to (a) 'Find x'. He missed a trick there -- he could have put a circle around the letter 'x' and written 'Here it is' !!
Oh, that's in another one of those non-Found Finds.
Darn elephants, always getting in the way.
)*j*(
Of course the "finder" of this is from Ohio.
We all know this post has already circled the internets on numerous occasions.
Silly Ohioans, tricks are for kids!
This is so much better than leaving the answer blank.
HAHAHAHA, way to stick it.
I told my self that I would study for my genetics test for one hour, but I see that I have already used 44 minutes of it looking at founds. This one made me laugh so hard, I'm going to use it on the test tomorrow, cause I dont know how to do the genetics problems. Thanks
Yes I agree. ?
Why is there an elephant in the way?
I forgot about this day. It's unfortunate that such a bunch of humorless assholes were able to hijack the board like this.
aww this made me actually miss physics.