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April 09, 2007 |
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Anna
FOUND by Gary Kennedy
in Kettering, England
I found this in a Marks + Spencer. Not sure what Anna is looking for ... a new family? What on earth is the last entry?
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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...
...Spaela Fridd?
Special friend?
What?
I think the last one is meant to be "1 Special Friend"? Or it could be "1 Spaela Fridd", but that's too obvious.
Shopping list for Christmas cards? (Or Easter eggs?) Written out for Anna by someone else, who put her name at the top? (Because he/she was helping each kid in the class to make a list, perhaps?) Who knows. My first thought about the last line was 'Special Friend', though how dyslexic is that?? Happy Easter to all you folks anyway.
it's probably one of those fancy things you get in the M&S food section.
Maybe Anna was taking inventory. Businesses do it every year, why not families? And the last thing looks like something-friend, almost? Experts can't be sure.
I'd guess easter eggs, plus one for a special friend :D
"Spaela" is Faroese for "to play"....perhaps a playmate/friend?
I guess I'm lucky to have two Spaela Fridds.
Anna is listing the important people in her life. The last one is "special friend".
Or maybe Spaela Fridd. Which I think is a breakfast food in the Alps.
maybe a holiday shopping list, the last entry being someone's name?
"Special Friend" I think is the last entry with a more German twist - like a spaetzle?
This is obviously an orphan's grocery shopping list. Duh. And what orphan would be complete without a spaela fmrld? They're all the rage among street urchins these days.
Anna is clearly taking stock in her life, tallying up all she has. Number 5, "spaela fridd", being Heroin.
My first thought was that perhaps the composer of the list was brainstorming for a story s/he was going to write about a girl named Anna. Anna has the following people in her life: dad, mum, sister, nan, and (just when you thought this was going to be a boring story) Spaela Fridd. Spaela is the antagonist. Judging by the name, she probably has a seriously wicked agenda that will tax Anna and friends to their utmost....
that's how you make an anna. spaela fridd is so hard to find though.
i think it's an invitation list for a birthday party
You big sillies. This is everyone who lives in Anna's house: her mother, her father, her sister, her grandmother, and her pet frog, Spaela Fridd. Spaela Fridd is so called because they got her when Anna's sister was a toddler who was unable to say the frog's REAL name, which was, of course, Sarah Frog. So everyone just followed suit with the toddler and began calling Sarah Frog "Spaela Fridd."
Alice, you wouldn't happen to be the Lewis Carroll character, would you? I have to ask, because you're obviously on drugs. All of the other hypotheses above are perfectly rational. Yours is clearly the product of hallucinogens.
Please dear, straighten out before it's too late.
It immediately read to me like a 'gift/card list' - 1 card/gift for Mum...and so on.
I enjoy Marks and Spencer - they do have almost anything...but I don't think they have new families.
The last one sounds/reads like a name to me....perhaps a friend of the family? A co-worker?
You big sillies. This is everyone who lives in Anna's house: her mother, her father, her sister, her grandmother, and her pet frog, Spaela Fridd. Spaela Fridd is so called because they got her when Anna's sister was a toddler who was unable to say the frog's REAL name, which was, of course, Sarah Frog. So everyone just followed suit with the toddler and began calling Sarah Frog "Spaela Fridd."
I think Anna is a lefty.
Keep the comments simple folks, or you'll be subjected to correction and criticism . Clearly there's nobody as clever as Flargy,Jo or Rex. And plus , you probably have a life so you realize being part of the found comment section daily cleverest club is not so special anyway .Don't you have a better outlet for your superior knowledge ,aggression and sexual tension than people who are trying to comment on a find ?
I love found , I've been reading find of the day ever since it started running in The Independent. I have the books and I've told alot of people about Found. I was excited when I realized there was a found of the day site. But I don't even like to comment anymore because some smart ass always tries to one up people's comments . And who gives a shit if flargy loves eggs or whatever.
Flargy, I think Alice is in a Jim Carroll novel. That would explain EVERYTHING. Except that thing she can do with napalm.
(P.S. Stop picking on me on the weekends when I can't defend myself. Jerk. )
A friand is a type of tea-cake, not unlike a madeleine (sp?). Marks and spencer probably carries this item. Finally, my choice of French over spanish pays off.
Alice, I loved your comments - your creativity. Very clever. Good friend of mine could not pronounce her sister's name - Lisa - somehow it came out as Goose - and now at 43 years old - she is still Goose.
Ah M&S.... how I miss your speala foods.
I would think Goose was harder to say than Lisa. Hehe. =o)
I'm gonna guess special friend.
Wow, thats some party shes cooking for!
I think it's the spaela fund. Anna had five dollars and gave one to each.
I defended Alice and insulted flargy, and it didn't get posted. Did I hit a wrong key or something or was I edited ? The only cuss word was shit.Personally I am sick of flargy and it's smarmy comments , and a couple of others too. Some people got no good will.
When did Marks and Spencer's start selling mums, dads, and special friends? I sure would have bought some of those when I lived in the UK!
Quit dissing on Flargy and co. Geez, lighten up people... honestly, where is the free speech on this comment box?
It's in the CONSTITUTION!
People has the right to their opinions.
Now about the find:
What if she was shopping with her Swahilian great uncle thrice-removed for a few greeting cards for their relatives and he tought her a new couple of words. Who knows, it might be 'imaginary friend' in Swahili.
But this begs the question, who names their imaginary friend Imaginary Friend?
right on, Not try in g hard enough and Hey f in d. You can avoid the Flargy/Eggs clique b.s. if you read early in the a.m.
I think Goose would be easy for a baby to say, like "goo goo."
Pure genius, Alice
My name's Anna too. =]
1 Mom
1 Dad
2 Brothers
1 Grandad
1 Special Friend
Sickintired, if you don't like whet they are saying it is your perrogative to not comment here anymore. It is in fact your comment that is more morally 'illegal' than any of theirs.
What people have to say is not "b.s."
Please start respecting people.
spaela fridd would be an excellent name for a band
I'm so sorry. From now on I'll be sure to keep my comments straight-laced and humorless. No more nonsensical banter. Got that, everyone? Good. Now go do your homework, eat your gruel, and have some good ol' Puritanical "through the hole in the sheet" sex with your butter-churning wife before going to sleep on your unfinished plywood bed.
Thanks for laying down the law, "not trying." We'd be lost without your sage wisdom and guidance.
Love,
Flargy (lover of Eggs)
I think spaela fridd is the most delicious fondue- based snack out there.
We've been had!!!!!
The whole reason why I post comments is to try to ruin someone's day. I really go out of my way to have people read MY comments. That way they can have something to complain about. I know your day would not be complete without SOMEONE to irritate you. I'm glad it was me!
Please note the sarcasm, you negative vibe merchant.
People, don't you see? If we fight amongst ourselves, Spaela Fridd wins!
I was really dissapointed that "Spaela Fridd" is not from the Swahili language.
But then I did some research. It is Norwegian. No kidding, and "Fridd" means "Holiday," whereas "Spaela" could be a misspelling of "Column," or "Do not spell" or "did not talk." I'm serious, http://www.tranexp.com:2000/Translate/result.shtml
in G: i am so deeply sorry if i did or said anything wrong to offend or hurt you or anyone else in any way. i don't want to be like this. i just can't help it.
i'm also sorry about that time spat on your grandmother and kicked her dog... and when i slammed your little sister's hand in the kitchen cabinet drawer for kicks... and for that thing i did with that statue, you know, that one of the virgin mary, the long tall one, you got it from your pastor.
yeah, the thing i did with that was wrong and i'll never put it up in there again, i promise.
um, i would say that "Spaela Fridd" is what she calls her grandfather. You know, Nan and Spaela Fridd.
I'm guessing Spaela Frid is a name. Shoot, I see stranger ones in the lab all the time.
Rex, about that statue... we gotta talk. Perhaps over a nice beer and a bowl of vegan tuscan white bean soup? ;)
Jennette:
"You know, Nan and Spaela Fridd." - hilarious.
Myself, I think it could be a child's idea for a short story, a play, a puppet show, or a doll's set she wants to buy.
Spaela Fridd is obviously a mystery, but my first thoughts were "Special Friend by the time she was eating toast and had lost interest in the whole idea?"
well, it's quite obvious Anna is somewhere out there, laughing her evil genius British head off at her keen ability to send us all into a curious tizzy about the meaning of spaela fridd. that whore.
This is clearly Anna's T-Mobile fave five. It must have been hard choosing that last person, but it looks like Spaela Fridd finally won out.
sometimes, i find that the
comments on the found object
are more interesting then the
object its self. i like both
amy and alice's ideas the best. :]
personally, i think Flargy is
kind of humorus; i mean, everyone
is entitled to a little bit of
sarcasm every once in a while.
it wasn't even that destructive,
just a bit clever.
The ultimate apology, courtesy "A Fish Called Wanda": I offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact and was in no way fair comment and was motivated purely by malice. I deeply regret any distress that my comments may have caused you, or your family, and I hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.