October 05, 2003

Stapled
FOUND by Kathryn Aaker in San Francisco, California
I found this receipt in my pocket, though I don't remember picking it up. I love that somebody carefully stapled the two pieces together, as though they're meaningless without one another.
darcy
I found this receipt in my pocket, though I don't remember picking it up.



o_O that is creepy.
+ December 13, 2006 08:55 AM +
puss in boots
Any chance you washed your trousers and the ink faded? Either way, I like your poetic description.
+ January 13, 2007 01:52 PM +
Scott in Council Bluffs, IA
Some people just like to stable things. I could see myself doing this.
+ January 27, 2007 12:03 PM +
S
We staple receipts at work. And people are always like <i>thank you. </i> Its pretty cool.
+ January 31, 2007 09:45 PM +
Handle in Canada
It's fascinating how a simple piece of metal can hold together the paper that could spell your life, spell your death, or spell everything that happens during, before, or after.
+ March 03, 2007 02:43 AM +
Kate in Pepperland
I'm all for ars poetica and whatnot, but come on people! This is a credit card receipt stapled to an invoice. Who cares? Should I start sending in the straw wrappers and tin foil from cigarette packs I find in MY pockets? I think I will. Get ready, Found Magazine... here comes some really intriguing pocket lint.
+ March 22, 2007 11:06 PM +
Midlife Crisis in California
Thank you, Kate! At last, the voice of reason.
+ May 09, 2007 08:06 PM +
Katzndogz in Virginia
Err, Kate and Midlife Crisis, I think the reason it is intriguing is because there is nothing on either receipt. As someone else pointed out, it could be that the ink faded, but it still looks bizarre.
+ September 05, 2007 03:43 PM +
Desperate Cynic
I think this is what they give you when you buy a copy of "Being and Nothingness."
+ September 25, 2007 01:31 AM +
Stank in NJ
Sure wished more of my receipts looked like this!!! Living would be easier.
+ September 28, 2007 11:42 PM +
huh in duh
Expensive dinner...
+ October 18, 2007 08:50 PM +
KC in the sunshine ban
Right on, Scott! I prefer donkeys, as when they are left out they tend to eat the fence. :p
+ December 14, 2007 11:29 AM +
Coorain in Maine
This isn't really a find... it's yours... doesn't that violate the first rule of found? I mean if I forget putting things my pockets, then I'm usually happy to find them too, but I don't pretend that I need to show the public.
+ April 17, 2008 06:10 PM +

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