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November 18, 2008 |
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Doorstep
FOUND by Joel Mancuso
in Oakland, California
This was found on the doorstep of my wife's office.
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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...
wait ... what?
Ah, the famous lost 8 commandments. I _knew_ there were supposed to be 18 of them. Moses tripped on the way down from mount Sinai and dropped one of the three stone tablets.
Fortunately, Joel found the evidence. This belongs to a museum!
I meant IN a museum.
What does #5 say??
Just don't! Anything you're thinking about doing...just don't.
This is either really sad or very up-lifting. What not to do. I wish them luck.
This is the kid's resolution list that he made after attending the Bible study in which he was told about the Alien Invasion (with Gabriel--Gabe--wearing a 10-gallon hat and smoking, not unlike "Michael" in that awful Travolta film), the Peanuts gang and the President's Day massacre.
I find the dating of his plan of action interesting. As a youth, these don'ts would appear to apply to his future from ages 19-24; for now (he's only 15 and impressionable) he will take it slowly, in 21 day increments. He will "not do" these things, 21 days at a time.
Interesting that he says he will not do things like getting a house, having a child or a Bible...but he leaves out plenty of other stuff, which perhaps he intends to do, like:
Drink beer
Do drugs
Have "safe" sex (with Leah? That would make sure he was never a pimp or hoe)
Gamble
Steal
Lie
Cheat
Actually, the list of socially unacceptable things he CAN do, leaves having a house, a Bible or a child in the shade, rather.
Actually these are the original lyrics John Lennon was going to use on "Imagine."
...the road to enlightenment is long and filled with don'ts - please bring a sandwich and we'll split the gas and tolls....
I see this more as a personal inventory than a list of what not to do. It is sad. This lost soul probably slept on that doorstep.
I concur with "what I see in In fron of me". This looks to be the shakey old hand of a man so down on his luck he's already scraped the bottom of the barrel. Hope he's found peace.
@ baby basil ... you may be on to the genesis of this Find, but I'm thinking it is someone's attempt at making himself and his neighbors feel not so bad about 'the current economic crisis.'
It's along the lines of Great Grandpa saying: "You think it's bad now? Well, if you had been alive back before the LAST Great Depression..... Back then, in 1924, most people didn't own their own homes, or have children or churches, or whatever #5 says, etc. Try being in that mode for 21 days and then come back and tell me whether you think today's so-called crisis is really all that bad! Kids these days. You wouldn't know an economic crisis if it fell on you."
"don't ask god be pastor or chants even"?
Don't ask God be (by) prayers or chants, never.
"Don't ask God, use prayer, or chants [to] heaven" ?
It's surprising how often doing 1-6 leads to 7 & 8. Wait. It's not that surprising. What a drag.
Don't be a hoe...or a rake...or a spade.
I'm going back to yesterday's puppy!
What does the top say, before the numbered stuff?
Why is "don't forget to take medication" not on this list?
I would say one does not need a Bible if one travels much, since every hotel/motel room has a Bible.
(When I first read this, I thought the writer meant to add the word "I" at the beginning of every sentence.)
This has made me happy. It is completely normal.
This is a wonderful list. I agree whole heartedly. I also think it's at least possible it's written by a woman.
I fortunately don't generally have to remind myself not to own guns or pray, and I have no problem owning a bible, since, sometimes you need to look crazy sh*t up, but no baby, no house, this does not mean homeless, this means free. And you know what? If free means homeless, I'm all over that too.
M
1924 For 21 Days Be in This
what a truly bizarre list.
perhaps a extreme, right-wing, conservative american preparing for what they think is going to happen next january 20?
I agree with Librarian.
Kid's these days, with their music and clothes. In *MY* day, we didn't have time to make lists. We were too busy working so we could pay our taxes and help all the poor, starving people on Wall Street.
Waaait a minute! I know what this is. It's a playlist for a band at the Oakland California Blues Fest. These are real bluesy-sounding titles. (the first line are telegraphic reminder notes to the band's front man for what to say introducing the group.)
[if nobody else is willing to go with this interpretation, I'll stick with what I wrote this morning ... especially since Mom Interrupted was willing to back me up on it (Thanks, Mom I.!).]
A hoe is a tool; a ho is my sister...What!
A Ho is actually a "tool" also, come to think of it. :-)
Gee whiz. I wonder where Joel's wife works?
Was surprised to see nobody had linked up with this, seems awfully similar. . .
http://foundmagazine.com/find/446
Ooh Lucia, good call. They're both from Oakland, too.
(And I got to read a funny comment from an old friend there, too. Bonus!)
25 or 6 to 4
I think they may be trying to be "good"(in quotes b/c I don't believe in the concept of a good or bad person) without help from Jesus/God or it's just some random!
Excellent Call, Lucia! The handwriting is VERY similar. Especially the capital B's and lower-case g's.
Plus, this note says, "Don't be a pimp or a hoe" and the other one says, "Don't be a pimp or a player."
I think these two finds are written by the same person.
http://foundmagazine.com/comments/1104
Oakland is an interesting place. When I lived there, if we wanted to take the kidlet to the park, we had to learn to "tolerate" and "work around" the heroin junkies in the park. creepy.
what does #5 say??
Hey, I just realized, accept for having a child I seem to be doing pretty good according to this list!
What about Ho's who can't help but be Ho's? Case in point: Ho Chi Minh ("my uncle ain't nothin' but a commie ho"). But in general, I would agree with the author that item #4 is a good practice.
I think this the third find written by this person. They seem a little unhinged. #7 is quite reassuring TBH!
Correction: the doorstep of his ex-wife's office.
;)
Oh good, I've followed all of the rules!