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September 24, 2008 |
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Found in a Corn Maze
FOUND by Stephen McMillan
in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
Found deep in a corn maze. Appears to be a list of desired qualities for a mate, in what I assume are order of importance.
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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...
i agree with the mate qualities (though not in that order), but in a god, I look for equal parts wrath, compassion and the ability to swing between the two like she is chemically imbalanced - you know, general smitey-ness. keeps me on my toes, transcendentally speaking.
Now, THIS is a person who genuinely can't spell, unlike the "ransome note" find. "Charicter"--they spelled it the way they pronounce it. They remembered the "ch" but the second "a" didn't sound like one, so they used an "i." They know the word "generous" carries a u, so of course, "generousity."
Corn mazes are scary. I wouldn't go in one without GPS and a phone link to the outside world.
There's a famous maze in the UK where people are always getting lost, they phone the stately home and get asked "Where are you?" Well, I guess "in the maze" isn't very helpful, but if you don't Know where you are, how can you tell anyone where it is?
*welth*? *atitude*? *fathfulness*?
What a pity...what DOES our youth do in school all day?
Or, in this case...NOT in school.
Clearly NOT a list of 'desired qualities in a mate'!
This note compares the things that people generally look for in someone (first line) with the things that God looks for (second line).
(The note was written during a Sunday School class before they all trooped off to the corn maze (maize maze?) for an entertaining afternoon of seeking the lost. Note writer lost the note shortly before his/her nearly lifeless body was dragged out of the maze by the medical squad dispatched to round up the stragglers.)
I agree with Librarian- this note is a comparison. If only people used the second list instead of the first...
I read a semi-humorous murder mystery a couple years ago in which a man built a huge hedge maze behind his mansion. He called it "The Amazin' Maze of Leroy Hayes." Has anyone else read that book?
All I have to do is think of the word maze and I get the shivers. My Granny says ghosts get lost in mazes.
the list was written on Oct 1, '07. Who knows when it was Found and submitted, but it got POSTED as Find of the Day pretty darn fast, comparitively. Rock ON!
And man vs God, whatever the Find's about, all it brings to my mind is Children of the Corn.
man.. fath(er)fulness. Good quality. Not many men can handle it and do it well.
I'm all lost in the supermarket.
btw Mona
As KC and the Sunshine band once said;
"Please don't go."
Woman-intuition, stamina, sense of humor
The only thing I've ever found in a corn maze was an empty Doritos wrapper.
Ah, Leroy, ya beat me to a Doritos joke!
I want someone with charicter and atitidue, 'specially if they are rich.
The 'corn maze' makes me think of *REDRUM*..REDRUM..REDRUM..REDRUM..
I think this is much deeper than a list of qualities in a mate-- I think it's comparing the nature of God and man. Man thinks good looks, wealth, etc. are important, while God values character, etc. I know that a lot of youth groups and religious clubs take field trips out to places like corn mazes for fun; maybe that's what the group was discussing on their way there.
I just realized Librarian beat me to the point... Ah well, I'm a few posts behind today. Hopefully no one will threaten and/or harass me today for it.
Alan..thanks. I'm not very gone, just going through a phase.
What's the best thing to drop along the way to find your way out of a maize? Or in a supermarket?
Good point, librarian, and girl in a cube.
I just remembered that a friend of mine found $20 (£10.78) in a maze once. I also recall feeling unusually annoyed that she found it instead of me.
Oh yeah - and thankfully God does not judge us on spelling - or this note writer would be doomed to perdition.
alan, are you british, or was that conversion just for the benefit of the UK readers?
Mona you should know by now that I am an international man of mystery!
I'm sorry, I can't be with you--even though you're hot, smart, and rich, you ain't got no talent.
Or maybe the word "god" is how this person wants their men? Godlike? Or thinking they are god? God knows there's enough men who think they're god..someone has got to want them.
My 4 year old son LOVES mazes. Any time he sees them in a book or on TV, he pays close attention. He even made a "mini-maze" on our floor with his blocks, and followed it through on tippy-toes.
@ Cee ... GOD wants them! (but He also wants those men-who-think-they're-god to realize that they aren't; and that usually takes a while; but it can and does happen; which surely makes God happy)
No, no, no, you guys got it all wrong. You're seeing "God" where the writer misspelled "good". "Good Character" is the list item between "talent" and "attitude".
I took a group of kids to a corn maze once and had no trouble finding my way out of the maze. However, I did get lost driving there. . . .
I would add to the list, "good speler."
Alice, I think it should be "god speler."
(I think Alan's actually Hugo, in Disguise.)
The only thing I ever found in a maze was my office mate's chair.
Seriously, this is a list comparing what's important to people in terms of earthly recognition/rewards versus what they should be focused on if they're in a proper relationship with God. (Being a real-life pastor, I preach this stuff all the time - but never in a maze. I preach TO the lost instead of trying to help people GET lost!)
Amaaaaaaaaazing.
Pastor Z, I don't know about becoming the next big blogger.. (ooweeeooh) but I'd sure LOVE to see your series of pics of that chair. Just because. Sounds like my brand of fun.
@Pastor Z: and now you're Found!
(I gotta remember to watch my language....)
WTF?
What happened to everyone? @ Night in Gale: please DON'T watch your language. This site it the best entertainment on the web.
A-maze-ing how someone would list "brains" as a quality they would want in a man, when they themselves seem to be lacking in that area.
The smudge makes the date at the top look like october 2009. A note from the future!
I imagine Rod Serling reading this aloud.
@Me, every business man and politician knows that if you're lacking in the brains department, it's best to surround yourself with smart people. Look at Mistah Bush. Or indeed Mistah Cheyney.