December 09, 2008

Is This the Lobster?
FOUND by Amarisse in Bellingham, Washington
This was found on the city information sign outside of the Malt Shop downtown. The death may have been induced by seafood allergies, pincers of mass destruction, or a severe case of lobsterusphobius resulting in heart failure.
Jess in distress
Oh the humanity!! I'll miss you...mom...
+ December 09, 2008 12:05 AM +
child in time
sounds like a scene from a movie..
"yes, yes indeed, this seems like a fair depiction of the ghastly crustacean that devoured my poor mother"
+ December 09, 2008 12:30 AM +
Jan in vigorated by the fabulousness of this Find
Are these the crabs that embarrassed your mother?

http://www.foundmagazine.com/comments/6126/
+ December 09, 2008 12:32 AM +
Kermit Fog in a tank full of crustaceans
No... but it does look like the mobster that killed my lother.
+ December 09, 2008 12:48 AM +
the man behind the curtain in oz
I can't be sure ... can you make it step up and say "put down the pot or the kid gets it"?
+ December 09, 2008 01:04 AM +
baby basil in the herb garden
I didn't realise Sponge Bob was an orphan!!
+ December 09, 2008 02:03 AM +
Geek NOT in my mom's basement
This Find makes me sad because my mother died the same way.

@ Jan: very funny
+ December 09, 2008 02:17 AM +
Blaze in KS
I laughed so hard at this. It's the "Yes, yes it is" at the bottom that does it for me. This is almost as good as that globe a while back with the . . . what did we decide it was? An antipodal penis? That one, this one, and the one with all the superheroes and Chuck Norris are my favorite finds.
+ December 09, 2008 03:16 AM +
Monkey in denial
No, no no. you've got it all backwards, that lobster IS my mother who was killed. the perp was a heartless chef.
+ December 09, 2008 03:37 AM +
Lobster lover...with a little bit of butter
Well, duh, he's easy to identify, he always wears those bad-ass sunglasses!
+ December 09, 2008 05:19 AM +
Farmer in In The Dell
Well, if it is, at least he got what was coming to him. Let's remember: lobsters are not red; a red lobster is a dead lobster.

I hope he suffered, just like Ma.
+ December 09, 2008 05:27 AM +
Hiplainsdrifter in South Portland, Maine
This is a West Coast Lobster - I can tell by the sunglasses and thalidomide claws.
+ December 09, 2008 06:19 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
...and a distant cousin of the nefarious Land Shark!
+ December 09, 2008 06:30 AM +
Feeling in coherent
It pronounced "Lawb-stah"
+ December 09, 2008 07:35 AM +
Terrie-Is-So-Very in totally-unique-ville
It's a lobstrocity, one of my favorite antagonists from The Dark Tower.
+ December 09, 2008 07:48 AM +
fooch in hysterics, wiping coffee from my keyboard
Must have been Rock Lobster:

We were at a party
His ear lobe fell in the deep
Someone reached in and grabbed it
It was a rock lobster

(yes, yes, it is!)
+ December 09, 2008 08:26 AM +
ya gotta get up pretty early in the morning to compete with this crowd.
Wow. 6:53 Pacific Time and you guys have said it all....

(with Lobster Lover up there catching my own very first thought.)

That's a wrap everyone. Let's go home.
+ December 09, 2008 08:56 AM +
Just me in my house
Maybe Mother died from anaphalaxis brought on by a shellfish allergy.
+ December 09, 2008 09:14 AM +
Nobody
Too soon, guys. Too soon.
+ December 09, 2008 10:23 AM +
sportin' a beehive in a dive bar near you..
Aaahahaha..! Fooch.. just last night some friends and I sang Rock Lobster @ karaoke! Wish you'd been there. Woot!
+ December 09, 2008 10:29 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
This is the original cover art for that award-winning children's book (titled, of course, "Is This the Lobster that Killed Your Mother?") with the heart-warming story about lobsters, mothers, and the kind of blind revenge that can only be wrought by the sort of young boys who excel at Wall-Ball. I think it was a Roald Dahl knock-off.
+ December 09, 2008 12:10 PM +
Mary
That question works with almost any substitution.

Is this the lobster that killed your mother?

Is this the ashtray that killed your bagboy?

Is this the peanut that killed your philanthropist?

Is this the guitar pick that killed your stapler?

Is this the banknote that killed your lovelife?

Is this the mirror that killed your self-esteem?

Oh, damn. Now I have to do hard math!
+ December 09, 2008 01:15 PM +
lars in all my forms in the nwc?
is this the video that killed your radio star?
+ December 09, 2008 03:34 PM +
Smallbear in the Cave
No, you've got it backwards. That's the lobster that my mother boiled, cracked open and ate last Summer.
+ December 09, 2008 04:45 PM +
Mom Interrupted in the lobster tank, armed with rubber bands.
It's senseless tragedies like this that further convince me that a 3-day Waiting Period on Lobster purchases is needed. How many innocent mothers have to die before this country takes action?
+ December 09, 2008 05:43 PM +
Night in gale
T-shirt! (Or rock!)

Great Find. Thanks, Amarisse!
+ December 09, 2008 06:15 PM +
Feeling in coherent
Lobster with sunglasses - Cooool!

He a mobster lobster.
+ December 09, 2008 06:44 PM +
hannah banana in the pineapple
yes,yes it is. but not entirely. this is a picture of the dead lobster that killed my mother while it was alive, actually.

oh.
+ December 09, 2008 07:12 PM +
writing in dorm far away
Best comment: child in time.

"yes, yes indeed, this seems like a fair depiction of the ghastly crustacean that devoured my poor mother"

hahaha...made this find so much better
+ December 09, 2008 09:14 PM +
Feeling in coherent
Now you can keep an eye on his family with Lobstercam.

http://www.thelobstercam.com/
+ December 09, 2008 09:15 PM +
gett in ' geared up to paint some more..
did somebody say rock... lobstarrrr?

HA!

Curious Kat, I beseech you- sign in and post a comment so I can find your profile!
+ December 09, 2008 09:26 PM +
Sammy Davis Junior Jr
Wow..still laughing my Oprah-size ass off....

so funny....

yes, yes it is, Librarian. Land Shark and this lethal lobster are related (possibly good friends with the cockroach who ate Cincinnati).
+ December 09, 2008 10:07 PM +
Tor
Boil her mash her stick her in a stew.
+ December 09, 2008 11:48 PM +
sdthiessen
I love the fact that the finder went ahead and made the lobster death jokes and made the daily comment-senders try that much harder. Ha!
+ December 10, 2008 12:27 AM +
A Ghost in the Lost and Found said:
Dead Lobster for the seafood killer in you.
+ December 10, 2008 06:33 AM +
Mary Shea in Virginia
This reminds me of one of my oldest dreams: From a bird's eye view, I watch lobsters envelop my room and begin to swarm my bed (which I'm in, as a four year old). I've known this dream vividly for as long as I can remember.
+ December 10, 2008 06:35 AM +
up late in the night, listening to Dr. Demento again
sammy david jr, don't forget the Vampire Beavers!

+ December 10, 2008 11:50 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
NY Times follows up on this Find!!!

Check out the LOBSTER article in the New York Times, dated 10 December 2008: "Luxury on Sale: The Lobster Glut" By MELISSA CLARK.
+ December 10, 2008 03:12 PM +
Jordan in San Diego
Oh man! This find is awesome. I couldn't contain my laughter!
+ December 11, 2008 03:34 AM +
Tessa in Canada
Lobster? STREBLO?!?!
It all makes sense now!
+ December 14, 2008 09:57 PM +
random in london
Best. Found. EVER.
+ January 08, 2009 05:44 PM +

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