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June 12, 2009 |
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Return of the Jedi
FOUND by Steven
in Oklahoma City, OK.
I found this on my windshield in Oklahoma City on May 25, 1983 and have kept it ever since.
Why do I remember that date so clearly?
It was because it was opening day for the film "Return of the Jedi" and my best friend Richard Hall and I traveled 108 miles to see it.
As we came out of the theatre at the end of the show that is when it was found under my wiper blade.
And yes...my car battery was dead. This proves that the force was out to lunch when I needed it the most. Or maybe, as crazy as it sounds, it does not exist.
What a let down.
George Lucas, I blame you.
*Sniff*
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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...
Hah! I get to be first. I wish to speculate on the model of car it was put on. All my deductive reasoning leads me to conclude it was a mid-seventies Toyota.
Epic!
I'm confused by this note. Why was it written? What was the point? Why did they start by saying they took the liberty of turning the lights off when clearly they didn't? Were they just really pissed off by Steven's irresponsibility and wanted him to know it? What is the therefore there for? Why do they have a nickname and are they in the habit of leaving meaningless notes on other people's cars? Is this a club? Can I join? So many questions!
I had the same thought as Kermit...if the car was locked, no liberties were taken. Unless they broke in to shut off the lights (and liberate anything that wasn't attached), which obviously didn't happen, since his battery was dead.
You can always tell people who leave home very early...they drive around at 11 AM with their lights on. Been on the road a long time. All this technology, and they haven't made a car computer that turns off the lights when you park, unless you use the override switch??
geeky and sinister... is anyone else turned on?
ew battery," he said, then added, "and while you're at it, you could get a lif
The finder's last name isn't "Spielberg" is it?
Anyway, the lights being off and battery dead was just an exemplar of the DARK side of the force.
Obviously, they were trying to use the Force to turn the lights off and their efforts where thwarted. The note was was most likely to inform them that the Dark side of the force may have screwed up something inside.
Mmm, stupid you are and walking you will do young Skywalker, mmm.
Basil, where you been? they DO make vehicles now that turn the lights off (well, with a 30 second delay) after you park and exit the vehicle. The same vehicles generally have sensors that automatically turn the lights ON when they're necessary. (twilight, dawn, rainy days)
I find the tone of the PARDON ME note to be condescending and maybe not passive aggressive but something akin to it. It's not a genial "hey, friend- we tried to help, but couldn't; sorry! find us after the movie and we'll give you a jump!" kind of note. It's a neener neener note, and the writer's a chump.
Also, you wanna know what bothers me the most about it (I know you don't, but continue nonetheless)? It begins "Pardon Me!" then goes on to say "WE have taken the liberty.."
Did you hear? there's a HUGE party at Dogbreath's house tonight, to celebrate the First Post!! Whoo!
That's the BEST Finder's Blurb in a long while. (I know, I said that LAST time there was a good one a couple weeks ago. but THIS time I really do mean it.)
In Florida we have Road Rangers that help people with car trouble (flat tires etc) on the side of the interstate. But I don't think they were around in 1983.
I think the if the had added the word "trying" it would have made more sense, as in "We have taken the liberty of trying to turn off your lights..."
maybe it was the force like.. the police force.. :P
Hmm...I think the person who wrote this must have worked for Sears Automotive Department, and couldn't resist the opportunity to plug the DieHard battery.
@ reading in bed
I don't think you are the best judge of what makes the most sense.
just saying...
Man, Jedis sure have crappy handwriting. And I don't remember there being a "Road Rangers" faction.
The Road Rangers were driving one day by the movie theater, speculating on how many people were there to see Star Wars. They noticed a car with its lights on. "Pardon me, but I suggest we turn the lights off," one Road Ranger announced to the others. So another went to the car and shouted, "Curses! It appears the doors are most definitely locked." Disappointed, they took their light-turning-off energy and converted it to obnoxious-note-writing energy.
Too bad those "Road Rangers" weren't "Power Rangers." If they were, then maybe they would have been able to keep everyone's batteries charged up.
The Rainbow Warriors left the lights on just to be dicks. The Road Rangers better watch out who the fuck they mouth off to.
Well, Pardon Me!, Bored. I don't drive and never have, so you can't expect me to know all about the new advances in auto technology. My SO's car is 20 years old and still works, so we never traded it in.
I too find the note just this side of passive-agressive. And extremely unhelpful. (See also: childish.)
Did anyone notice in the corner is "over". Is that CB radio talk? Maybe there is a sequel to this note for the next time he leaves his lights on.
Just goes to show you which franchise is better...Star Trek ftw
@ Basil: never, ever?!
that's kind of impressive in its own way.
Dog Breath, I write "over" on all my papers that have stuff on the back but I just realized it does sound like you're saying the paper is over...
The Road Rangers are useless. Too bad the Power Rangers didn't happen along....
Or maybe Night Ranger! Yeah. A Rousing chorus of (You Can Still) Rock In America might've boosted everyone's spirits.
Does Night Ranger ride a Chrome horse? Or am I thinking of Bon Jovi?
There is no try. You do, or your do not. You have failed young Jedi.
He prefers that people call him "Dick" Hall nowadays...
Hmm. coming up blank on Bon Jovi or Night Ranger and their respective steeds, but Bob Dylan springs to mind. (OVCOARSE!)
You used to ride on the Chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.
How does it Feel?
Coming up blank for Bon Jovi? Are you kidding me?
"I'm a cowboy.
on a STEEL horse I ride.
And I'm wanted (Wanted!)
Dead or Alive."
Timeless classic. (it MUST be since I still hear it at least 3X a day on local radio stations.)
Everytime I see a note with the little arrow at the bottom to tell you to turn it over, I think of a bit by Ellen Degeneres.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIzvoXhstI&