September 09, 2008

Keep Your Head Up
FOUND by Kelly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found this on the sidewalk ... the burn mark and the message don't go together at all. I wonder what happened between them.
baby basil in the herb garden
I smell a burning issue...looks like the ultimate break-up response.

I thought the standard phrase to your soldier going off to war was "keep your head low", not "up." Maybe she wanted to be a fallen hero's girlfriend. Maybe she was hoping he wouldn't come back so he wouldn't find out she and his best friend had been having it away in secret for months before he even left.

Maybe that explains the burned face in the photo...he did.
+ September 09, 2008 12:29 AM +
Monkey in denial
the message and condition of the image may not go together, but they are ironic!

and quite frankly irony makes for a much better find then does symmetry.
+ September 09, 2008 01:41 AM +
going down swinging in Melbourne, Australia
maybe it was part of a shrine to the person in the pic (along with all the other photos she took in front of various cars) and he/she put it too close to a candle or some incense. i think this would have to be one of my fave finds to date. i love her half jazz hands too. it's a bit 'tadahhh!' or something.
+ September 09, 2008 03:29 AM +
Librarian in the woodwork
First off, the "love" part was directed at the car.

And then the "head" part was directed at the girl whose hair had caught on fire just st the moment the picture was taken.

Not sure who is the object of the "up [heart]" part, though.
+ September 09, 2008 05:32 AM +
Vill in .
OhmyGod, it looks like a skull is coming out of her skull.
+ September 09, 2008 06:40 AM +
Chrome Toaster
What happened? I'll tell what happened. She put her freakin' fingerprints all over my TRUCK, mannn!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NIGHTINGALE!!
+ September 09, 2008 06:47 AM +
Feeling in coherent
Keep yer head up - so I kin blow it clean off
+ September 09, 2008 07:09 AM +
alan goes "pting" in Joe Strummer's head
OK - up.
Now a little to the left.
Back up one step.

All right - let's see if this death ray thing actually works.
+ September 09, 2008 07:15 AM +
fooch in a hurry, still
keep your head up and away from those freakin' bees!
+ September 09, 2008 07:15 AM +
Mary in Land of I Learned to Drive in a Car Sorta Like That

How about just plain "keep your head"?
+ September 09, 2008 07:16 AM +
Clover in a hurry on the way to work
This is scary. I like her hands though.

Happy Birthday Nightingale! Don't get too close to those candles! :)
+ September 09, 2008 07:17 AM +
Turbo in the Thunderdome
Definitely a comet.....
+ September 09, 2008 07:49 AM +
paula in santa rosa
What about the skull/ghost leaving the top of her head??
+ September 09, 2008 11:13 AM +
Mariana in English School (Brazil)
Does he/she loves that girl?
Realy?!
+ September 09, 2008 12:40 PM +
orinoco womble in wimbledon burrow
I have to say this, because it's true...creeepy.
+ September 09, 2008 12:49 PM +
Bitter in d
This was a treasured photo he kept of her on his bulletin board at work (note the push-pin mark on the upper left-hand corner.) It reminded him that even though his boss is a true "a"hole, and was constantly taking credit for his work, that the board would eventually figure out that his boss is a putz, and he is the true brains behind the operation. (As evidenced by the fabulous car she is posing in front of, a smart purchase he was able to make for 1/2 the price on EBay.)
Little did he know, until he came home for lunch as a suprise one windy afternoon, that she was hittin' it with the boss, and feeding him all of his work ideas.
That night he got plastered had a ritualistic burning of all of her photos in his backyard trash can. This one happened to fall the the wayside, where the wind picked it up and drew it onto the sidewalk outside of his house.
+ September 09, 2008 01:13 PM +
Smallbear in the Cave
Arrrggghhh...watch out for the Blackhole!!!
+ September 09, 2008 03:53 PM +
Claireadox in Behind the Scenes
This looks like something from the movie, The Ring.
+ September 09, 2008 04:40 PM +
angel in in paradise
love hurts... reminds me of something a psycho ex would do. just move on, this makes me sad...
+ September 09, 2008 05:25 PM +
Midlife Crisis in California
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR LOVELY NIGHTINGALE!!
+ September 09, 2008 07:00 PM +
Diggum Smack in polaroid
Yeah, sometimes when people take polaroid pictures of me my face starts to chemically burn off too in the photo. It's okay. You're not alone.
+ September 09, 2008 07:07 PM +
Lolita
Keep your head up, even when those alien ships are landing and attacking everyone with burning laser spears.
+ September 09, 2008 07:21 PM +
Night in gale
Dang, she should sue her aesthetician for a botched chemical peel. Ouchie wowwow.

Thank you, Crisis. xo
+ September 09, 2008 07:48 PM +
Coco in decisive
Maybe the ice truck killer took the picture to enrage Dexter.


Before that episode I never knew how a polaroid would burn.
That show is great.
+ September 09, 2008 07:56 PM +
jon in North Dakota
I've decided it was one of those scenarios where the polaroid was on the ground and some smoker threw their cigarette butt on the ground. It made it's way over to the polaroid burning it while it fizzled out.
+ September 09, 2008 08:23 PM +
Holly the Homemaker in Toronto

@ jon- You could be correct..look at that white streak above the burn...
+ September 09, 2008 10:49 PM +

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