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August 04, 2008 |
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Hulk Bean Bag Chair
FOUND by Marina Solovyova
in London, UK
I found this in a magazine in the basement at a 'BUY SELL TRADE' shop in Notting Hill. The bean bag chair does look comfy, especially the "padded belly seat area."
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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...
Ick! I'm thinking his *WET DREAMS aren't that fun or erotic!!!
how disturbing!
I just noticed that he's written a trademark sign after 'Hulk bean bag chair'. Nice touch!
HULK (tm) also nibble your ear when you sit on HULK (tm). Yum. HULK (tm) no need Super Sut!
Ew, gross. This kid's future is being secured, not as an inventor, but rather, a pervert... Why is he having wet dreams about what I am assuming is a comic book character? Especially after he admits to not being interested in girls? Whatever his gender preference, real people should, I think, take precedence over comic book characters...
And why was this poor, strange kid’s name not blocked out? Dan Cole, I hope you’re doing alright…
Something about this FOUND just doesn't ring true.
I'm with JodaBabes
This sounds like a letter written by a high school kid as a joke to ridicule his friend Dan who likes comics.
@ girl: First of all, that 'wet dream' comment was obviously an attempt at a joke (bad taste, I know, but...). Second of all, HE'S TWELVE (and a half...)--it is not perverted for kids (or anyone) to have fantasies about not-real characters. It is so NORMAL, I don't know how you could come to such a conclusion. The kid is likely gay (not a generally accepted identity, however much that may be wrong) and likely just not ready to "get to know" other people beyond friends. Here is a safe way to explore sexuality.
Sheesh!
It is 'we' Dan Cole?
Multiple personality disorder - perhaps?
At least the chair looks jolly comfortable.
I'm with JodaBabes and Feeling--this is not the writing of a 12 yr old. Not the handwriting or the content. "I hasten to add?" Oh, yeah, you're really going to hear that in the halls of the local comprehensive--NOT.
What does the Silver Surfer have to do with the Hulk? They are separate comics. And how do you get from "a wet dream featuring the S. S." to an Incredible Hulk bean bag chair? Not that the chair isn't an interesting idea, but besides, a beanbag chair doesn't usually have arms and a back and headrest--it's a BEANBAG. A bag. Comfortable to sit in, impossible to rise gracefully from unless you're a yogi.
Somebody is a child of the 70's.
definitely not written by a 12 year old. this must be done as mockery of some poor nerdy kid.
i would totally sit in that chair, although the idea of being cradled by the incredible hulk is a little...disturbing.
i hasten to add, .. i'm totally going to add that to my vocabulary.
I dunno, "I hasten to add" is exactly the kind of dorky thing I used to say when I was 12 and wanted to seem smart.
I did not have wet dreams about the Silver Surfer, however.
whilst?
I want to see what other dream ideas this kid (if real, prob not though) sent to Marvel.
And maybe he means I still enjoy your comics, much more than girls enjoy them. Maybe.
"...and send me one sharpish..?" What's a "sharpish"? Or am I not seeing that correctly? And clearly, the wet dream comment was his attempt at a joke. Has nobody ever heard someone saying that an item could be so-and-so's wet dream?
"Sharpish" doesn't quite go with "bean bag chair" and this confused me for a second. I had to resist the mental image of something sharpish puncturing the chair's padded belly, causing tiny Styrofoam balls to spew everywhere.
Also, as a teacher, I can tell you that I have never heard a 12 year old say "hope everything is going well" in addition to the above mentioned adult-like sayings.
Fun Finds today!
That chair is a totally decent idea, I must say!
Although i'm not altogether convinced as to the authenticity of this one, i have to say that, judging by the context of this letter, this boy doesn't seem like the kind of child to have a great deal of interest his peers at school etc., and perhaps is genuinely more interested in his comics and spending time alone. Lots of children go through that awkward stage, and I do think it's possible that this boy just doesn't feel on a par with other kids his age and that could be the reason for his slightly odd use of language. I can think of quite a few boys I've been at school with that were this way, and seemed detached from the rest of us- which was expressed in their somewhat atypical vocabulary and language use, making them come across older than their years. The whole thing though, to be fair, does seem a little off and I agree with several of the other commenters that it could have been written by a peer to make fun of the kid in question..how kind!
Bit of a long comment there xD
mlm, sharpish means quickly! I don't know why though, just another weird british thing I guess.
Ugh. Was it REALLY necessary for young Dan to hasten to add the wet dream part? The rest of the letter is quite charming. Why ruin it with the disturbing Silver Surfer admission?
It makes me wonder what were the previous letters were like, that he would so freely volunteer the wet dream info. Poor Stan Lee.
The bean bag chair really is cool, though. That kid is onto something.
Or on something. haha
I agree with JodaBabes. Seems written by an adult. The chair is a funny idea, though. hehe. The author used a lot of weird grown up expressions.
i think it is a joke, written to ridicule the real dan cole.
Um, I think it is a pretty big jump to imply that the writer of this letter is gay just because of the silver surfer-wet dream reference. That is like assuming a person is homosexual because they are wearing a pink shirt. I mean, who hasn't had a "special" dream about someone of the other sex?
Anyway, it's probably a gag letter, somebody trying to embody what they think the typical comic book lover is all about. Either that, or it is an adult who loves comics but uses the age of 12 1/2 to feel more comfortable about writing his letters.
Hey, nobody's mentioned this yet, so I will: did you see that Hulk has 4 fingers and a thumb on his right hand, but only 3 fingers (any MAYBE a thumb) on his left. What's up with that??
I just realized that is exactly what I look like while watching sporting events in my underwear.
I think it's definitely written by a kid-- a Harold Lauder type.
@Alan: so that's what chubby bunny tummy looks like?
@Christiatric: or Silver Surfer emission.
@Zoe in London: thank you! That makes sense to me now.
@'A girl in a cube'
I think you misunderstood when he says "...much more than girls I hasten to add!" If you read the sentence from the beginning, he is saying that he likes comics a lot more than girls like comics. (I admit that you can read the sentence both ways though; but I wouldn't jump to conclusions about the kids sexual preference based on this).
Also, anyone else think that the wet dream comment could have a back-story from a previous letter? It certainly sounds like this isn't his first letter to Marvel :)
hahahaha....nice one, Night in gale.
Come on, it could be a kid. Smart, literate, expressive twelve year olds do exist! I knew a few, back in the day. Reading is the key, y'all.
I don't find the idea of him having a wet dream about the Silver Surfer disturbing. I'm just glad it wasn't about the Hulk. Good taste, Danny boy [be ye real or not].
I wonder if he called it a wet dream as a joke about the Silver Surfer (you know, surfing... water... wet) but didn't quite know the dirty connotations? He does have an impressive vocabulary (if it is a kid) but is possibly just repeating phrases he has heard without knowing exactly what he is saying.
To me, the handwriting looks like that of a man, not a 12 year old.
Whoever wrote this clearly was a future cartoonist, judging from his desire to simply give his idea away for free, with no copyright protection - to Stan Lee, no less!
Does anyone think of how sad it is that this poor kid didn't get this "letter" off to Stan Lee? That instead we are all gawking and commenting on his "sexual preferance" and how neat of an idea it is. Yet this poor kid never heard back from Stan Lee about his "idea" and has never seen it in the stores?
I think the letter is authentic and Dan doesn't understand the meaning of "wet dream". I know he has likely had one at some point, but I am pretty sure he did not mean it in this case.
alan - that is really funny!
I think that when he said "...much more than girls I hasten to add!" he is most definitely saying he likes the comics more than he likes girls. He is twelve and some boys he knows are starting to be interested in girls but he is dedicated to the comics, and is trying to express that to Stan Lee. Whether he is just a bit of a late bloomer or is a homosexual we really can't say.
I also think that the strange, adult-like phrases are probably strange to us in the U.S. because many of us have such poor grammar. He is clearly from London and was brought up to speak proper English as well as use phrases that are not common here.
As for the wet-dream about the silver surfer, I agree that he was probably trying to make some sort of joke...although I don't get it either.
Hello! This was found in London. You know they talk and act weird. Freaking Europeans.
If my 12 year old ever wrote a note with hand writing this neat I would think she was possessed by a freaking european. I totally agree that this kid doesn't know what wet dream means (probably heard it from another kid). My daughter once called me a dirty hoe. She really meant a gardening implement.
I love this particular BUY SALE TRADE establishment aforementioned. I spent at least £5.00 every time I go in.
@possessed europeans: i'm turning 14 at the end of this month, and when i was 12.5 I knew what a wet dream was (courtesy of boys at school), and my handwriting was neat. but then again, girls' handwriting tends to be neater than that of boys the same age, so... hmm. I don't really find it unusual for a 12-year-old boy to have that sort of handwriting, though ..?
I'm with cellar door (your first comment). I could absolutely have written this at age 12 and a half (except that I didn't read Marvel comics) -- I would write would-be-earnest letters to grownups or institutions and use exactly this kind of old-fashioned vocabulary ('sharpish', 'I hasten to add') to make me sound grownup – similarly peppered with exclamation marks and feeble jokes as a symptom of nervousness. On the other hand I would NEVER have used the phrase 'wet dream' – I'd have died of embarrassment. But this was a long time ago.
Anyway by age 12 and a half I was having wet dreams and certainly more interested in girls than anything else.
No change there then.
WOW! I'm happy to see that my find sparked so many comments!