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November 08, 2008 |
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Love Mom
FOUND by Jean
in Monroe, Michigan
I was about one-third into a library copy of the first FOUND book when this note fell from between the pages. Not only was it wonderfully post-modern to find a note within a book on found notes, but the note itself has some intriguing, artful properties: purple graph paper; a simple, repeatedly retraced main note, "Back in 5"; and a reassuring, almost pleading, exclamation in parentheses "(I promise!)."
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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...
Ok, well, I'm confused. Love the Find I'm looking at - folk cat paper w/ a note from mom about waffles. Don't understand the finder's description: "Back in 5," etc. What am I missing?
I don't have any idea what the description is talking about, but I am confused by something else as well:
Folk (Tacos' cousin?) would go great on a waffle? Is this "War of the Roses"? What a mean note.
WOH... a Find found in a Found magazine. you just totally like blew my mind man...
and is the note the finder described on the other side of the one we see? or did Found post the wrong one?
{p.s, mmmmmm, giant cat topped waffles. almost as good as cat tacos}
Eek! Someone's Mom is recommending cat on a waffle? Is that anything like SOS?
I love the home-made, handmade note paper. She took so much trouble. (Well I say "she"--don't actually know if "Mom" made the notepaper herself or someone else did.) Such detail, right down to little leaves on the trees.
"I'm gonna pee on your waffle"
(reference earlier found that I am too lazy to look up).
This description is totally wrong, however, the find is really cool. I love the mention of waffles and how it's like a giant cat, compared to the little houses.
The note paper must have had an imprint of a previous note on it... back in 5. I promise. (If you have to promise to be back in 5, then you probably won't be!)
Thats one BIG cat to put on a waffle! I have a big dog but he is not bigger than a building, but If someone's asking, I'd like something maybe savory on a waffle... Cheese? Bolognese Sauce? Chilli? ... but please no cat.
Because of this find, I am now going to name my next cat Waffles.
The cat is enormous.
.....and please no sausage. I paid too much attention at chefs school as to what goes into sausages....
its not cat, but at least cats have some meat!
Look out, it's Kitten Kong!
Waffles was a concept that didn't occur to Graham Garden in the KK crisis.
Goody-goody yum-yum.
I think it's fabric rather than paper, the texture of it, and the way it is creased.
The cat has a rather regal, slightly pissed off look.
We get mismatched descriptions and finds a little more often than one would like.
I think this note, slipped into a Found book, comes from an alternate universe where cats are as big as houses and correspond with their children via hand written notes.
In this case its the houses that are being considered good on waffles, along with some palm tree greens. The houses are possibly ginger bread, or perhaps its the contents of the houses that look great to mum, as she imagines them emerging like worms when the houses are squeezed on to waffles.
this may seem like a cat to the untrained eye, but really it's a sabre tooth tiger.
note the way it sits upon it's haunches, and the primitive setting it is found in: the great yellow sun, the out of control green wild life, and the two left over pelts of the beavers (perhaps, i can't tell between beavers or otters...) it has recently devoured.
yep, def. a sabre tooth tiger.
true story.
Wow! And I thought MY mom was a bad cook!
Feeling, thanks for the laugh!
All the good stuff's been said. except, where can I get that note pad?
I was about one-third into downloading the latest FOUND home page when this note fell from between the other web pages and covered the "Back in 5" note. Not only was it wonderfully post-modern to find a note within a website on found notes, but the note itself has some intriguing, artful properties: orange fabric-paper; a simple breakfast recipe, "Folk (star) Cat"; and a reassuring, almost smug feline who, despite his gastric bypass surgery, is still as big as a house.
I don't think the reference to what's good on a waffle is about the cat - I think that it's about the vehicle in which the note was found -
and what's not better on a waffle then a heaping handful of a shredded library copy of Found magazine? Just jammed full of fiber for a real colon blow...
The mother left it on the counter before heading of to Dagger's bar - the kid rolled his eye's and returned the loaner in the drop box on his/her way to school...
A waffle is just a pancake, with a non-skid tread.
this is the some of the messiest mom handwriting i've ever seen.
what's really good on waffles is butter, almond butter, maple syrup and cinnamon sugar.
Mmmmm. Waffles.
Taco Cat! Waffle Cat! (I am going to make an Omelet Cat right now)
Waffles????? I think that is what I will make for breakfast. (now where is that damn cat?)
The description is confusing, and makes me think that a mistake has been made.
Still, makes for a fun morning.
That very large cat looks like a contender for The (Ultimate) Battle. I bet he could at least take on The Ring Bitch and the TMNTs. Simultaneously.
But NOT Chuck Norris.
The Puddle of DOOM may actually be a hairball chummed up by Folk Cat. (I've stepped in a Puddle of Doom on my way to the bathroom in the middle of the night before. Ick.)
Man Behind the Curtain's reference, because it's a classic.
http://foundmagazine.com/find/887
and just because it brought this one to mind (equal time and all)
http://foundmagazine.com/find/778
The pictured cat's momma had been surfing the mosh pit when the "Oh Noes" hit the stage, became immediately pregnant, and later gave birth to this cat with an odd combination of appendages. Before turning to the culinary arts, this particular cat posed for art class warm-up finger drawings, making an approximation of an "OK" sign with her two remaining legs. Here, however, she is shown protecting the neighborhood from Godzilla until Chuck Norris, Michael Jackson, and the TMNTs come in as reinforcements.
You can listen to a 50's version of the ballad about it -- as advertised in Frank's Beaverton Minuteman Press -- on Aerni's latest recording (available at Japanese shopping centers near you!!!). Or, head down to the apartment pool at Grandma's and listen to Hooba-Schlacka's rap version of the same ballad while you practice your snorkeling.
(...and if you think that I'm writing in total non sequitor mode today, you simply haven't been Founding like you should! It's been a good week.)
"... non sequitUr ..."
Let's give a round of applause (or applesauce, your choice) to Librarian for actually making sense of the lives on Found. You Rock!
Hot dog! Found the link to the cool cat notepad. Ironically, the seller (designer?) is in the U.K. The notepads sell for £1.75
http://tinyurl.com/5g9pzq
"Chummed up!" LOL @ Mom Interrupted!
I have got to use that in a sentence soon.
Librarian: YOU ROCK!! Awesome.
(wish I could be so quick-witted and clever)
Thanks for entertaining a lame-ass like myself.
What's a Folk cat? Do they play guitar and sing songs like "This Land is Your Land? "
Smallbear, Folk Cat can be seen in A Mighty Wind, in the finale.
@Thanks Fooch I've always intended to see that movie, now I'll have to try and find it to watch.:)
librarian is a goddess.
Catsup on waffles...yum!
@Kwyncee: while agreeing with you on Librarian's great wit and awesome ability to string Finds together, the gender of our beloved Librarian remains ambiguous. And I believe that's the way Librarian wants it. (We've had much speculation on this topic in the past.)
8-)
Weelllll...Maybe Kwyncee has the inside scoop on Librarian's gender, and therefore, posted correctly.
Also, I searched and searched the Found archives for the Find the description should go with, with no luck. It seems so familiar, the purple graph paper, the retracing of words, the simple message of "back in 5, I promise!" But none of the keywords I could think of yielded the answer.
Jason, I possess an attention to detail that would completely prevent these mix-ups from happening. Hire me!
@Sammy: perhaps....Do tell Kwyncee!
(Cat on a waffle?
Is that like cats in a pie?)
The worst pies in London...
And no wonder with the price of meat
What it is
When you get it
Never
Thought I'd live to see the day
Men'd think it was a treat
Findin' poor
Animals
Wot are dyin' in the street!
Mrs. Mooney has a pie shop!
Does a business but I notice something weird.
Lately all her neighbors' cats have disappeared!
Have to hand it to her --
Wot I calls
Enterprise
Poppin' pussies into pies!
Wouldn't do in my shop!
Just the thought of it's enough to make you sick!
And I'm tellin' you, them pussycats is quick!
(Sweeney Todd)
Danielle...I used to have a black and white cat named Mr. Waffles...He was quite the cat.
http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/2349