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November 20, 2008 |
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I Do Work
FOUND by Jaechon and Mike
in Salt Lake City, Utah
We were walking down the street recently. We found this.
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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...
a common example of a modern resume.
Was this found on one of "those" streets, you know, the ones that hookers are found on!?
That's a man desperate for a wife right there.
@ Flargy: Since it was found in Utah, shouldn't your comment be "That's a man desperate for wives"?
I know for a fact that wearing this in a bar does not help you with the ladies at all.
Too bad it's not so *beautiful* outside, today.
DEPERADOOOOOOO....why don't you come to your senses?
ha, wives. that's good.
i hope i never need to write something like this.
it's a bit pathetic.
do all of you who comment in the early AM stay up just to see the new finds? or is it simply something to do if you happen to be up late anyway? is the time listed below the comments adjusted for timezones...? merely curious.
This is the exact sign worn by blue-haired flying monkeys with white faces and grey chest hair, once they've been through their 12-step program and made the decision to become productive members of society.
This sign was left on a washing machine abandoned curbside.
An illegal immigrant at a day labor hiring pool?
[Chorus]
Is it worth it, let me work it
I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it
{*"I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it" - backwards 2X*}
If you got a big {*elephant noise*} let me search ya
To find out how hard I gotta work ya
{*"I put my thang down, flip it and reverse it" - backwards 2X*}
"i do work....even though i look like a menacing, apocalyptic barbeque" (trust me, never believe the note!!!)
PS = Are we sure these aren't lyrics from a Kimya Dawson song? ....sorry couldn't resist.
Librarian, that flying monkey w/gray chest hair is really faking that he works. He is one tricky monkey..I can tell by his smile.
porno cue cards found in SL,UT. typical.
haha! I was thinking in terms of a person working...but now I am picturing a refrigerator or some sort of appliance (or stereo...) that was set in front of someone's house with this note (as Nightingale wrote).
p.s. Hiplainsdrifter, your post made me laugh :)
Funny enough, if you google the finder and check out her Flickr page, her favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz and she has a little dog, too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10439029@N02/
My first thought was it had been stuck on a lonely television, tossed out to the curb when the big screen/hi def one moved in. So many sad tv's out there...
LawnDude, you made me laugh. Thanks for that.
@ Turbo ... Oddly enough, though, she doesn't like Kimya Dawson among her favorite recording artists.
Whew! That damn blue, flying monkey thing is gone.
Looks like a sign you'd see stuck on a homely-lookin' appliance at a garage/rummage sale. "Take me, I do work!!" Like "fixable." Pay me 50 cents, I'll pay you 50 cents, get it OUT of here! LOL
This is step one to a downward spiral of notes that bottom out at, "Will work for sex. Or promises of eventual sex." Usually they are stuck on a homely-lookin' person.
For some reason this is reminding me now of the old Henny Youngman [look him up!] line:
"Take my wife, please"
Me too Librarian! That's the first thing I though of- but I didn't know if anyone else would get the reference! *high five*
Rejected lines Henry Youngman thought of before he came up with: " Take my wife, please."
Take my garbage out, please.
Take the money and run.
Take this live snake, please.
Take care of my wife's needs, please!
Take my Mother-in-Law, please.
Take my wife out dancing, please.
Take the dog for a walk, please.
Take ME! Please! Please?
Man up, do work, and answer back.
I seriously read this as a desperate plea from a child willing to "do work" for assisting in his escape. Until I read the comments of others, I had no idea my world was so dark.
I'm so happy my early morning sentiments were echoed throughout the day! This is truly a Kimya Dawson day for me.
Oh baby, do I work1 take me ;)
Erp in Burp: I am the person who found this note, and I am pretty sure you are right about the meaning. When I first saw it, I thought that the "I do work" meant I function properly, I'm not broken.... But, later, my boyfriend told me about the labor hiring pools, and even though that's not nearly as heartbreaking, it's probably closer to the truth.
take me, whip me, beat me.. make me write bad checks.
(I DO work, but I don't do windows.)
My guess is the sign was on a vacuum cleaner. Maybe an old Kirby.
As you walk by the local laundry mat you see a small asian boy about 7 handing out what looks like napkins. What you can only assume is his younger sister, about 5 years old, is cuddling a baby as she sits at the door rocking herself and the baby back and forth. Their mother and father are no where to be seen.
You don't even think twice and you continue walking just to be stopped by a small voice. It says something in what sounds like a foreign language, but you manage to make out one word .. "help". You look down, there's the little asain boy shoving a napkin at you. You take it and read it...
I knew i left that somewhere...
happiness.. that's a little... Sad. but entirely plausible. Thanks for the slightly different perspective.
@stranded in the middle of nowhere...thank you for the dated reference, "take me, whip me, beat me.. make me write bad checks." I haven't heart that phrase since the disco days. Yummyyyyyyyy!
for those of you listening.. that location has recently changed. should be dirtyfoundmagazine.com
A little birdie told me today that it's under construction, but will be up and running, full speed ahead, soon. WootWhooo!
xoxoxowow
I haven't made a ball-and-stick letter A like that since I was in kindergarten.
This reminds me of the Mexican "illegales" who hang out at the Home Depots in the American Southwest, just waiting for unscrupulous (or generous, depending on one's particular worldview) contractors to pick them up for day labor.