“If it wasn’t for the handwriting,” says Lauren in California, “I would have guessed my mom wrote it.”
Meanwhile, Carson in Valencia found this note (crudely laminated with packing tape) attached to a tree while walking his dog in the park. “Maybe next time Maggie will think twice about leaving her ceramic cats unattended,” he says.
And in Seattle…
“In the pot-snatcher’s defense, people leave furniture and the like on the street all over this area of town as acts of charity, so it definitely would have been an easy mistake for anyone to make,” Josef says, adding: “When I took this picture, the homeowner was glaring at me from the garage the whole time. Bad vibes, man.”
related: Neighborhood Crazy-Watch
88 responses so far ↓
#1
cheesefries
i like that “‘Junk” is a proper noun
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:44 pm rating: 5
#2
Ivan
someone needs to come leave signs like these in my apartment complex
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:53 pm rating: 2
#3
0falcon8
hey! who abandoned this bright orange sign down here? just imagine how cluttered it would look if everyone abandoned their signs here…
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:54 pm rating: 37
#4
Melissa
I read it as a very strange attempt at an edgy “get tested” ad campaign of some sort.
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:54 pm rating: 3
#5
zchamu
It would have taken less time for her to chuck it in a dumpster than it took her to get the posterboard and make the sign.
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:55 pm rating: 6
#6
J
I read this in a grandma, Sarah Palin-esque voice and cracked up. ^_^
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:56 pm rating: 3
#7
0falcon8
what exactly is a “junk clown”?
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:56 pm rating: 1
#8
Lurker
It’s also obvious by now that the person who left it there isn’t going to magically develop a sense of community responsibility.
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:01 pm rating: 10
#9
se
I would have thrown that onto his car or his front step. Of course, I’m assuming note writer knows who left the Junk.
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:07 pm rating: 1
#10
Mishee
I don’t know what you are talking about! I know where my junk is right now…
Its attached to my husband and driving down the 101 in San Jose right about now…
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:16 pm rating: 1
#11
0falcon8
i left the wire two month’s ago
i didn’t have a care
’till i saw your sign on my my piece of junk
that didn’t magically disappear
i realized the error of my ways
your sign had put me right
sorry to all my fellow-neighbor’s
to put you through this plight
i didn’t want to do my dirty work…oh, no
you wrote a note and that’s all it took…oh, yeah
i was a fool to leave junk around…oh, yeah
now my consciencs, it has been found…yeah yeah
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:17 pm rating: 4
#12
Mishee
I sure hope she got a tetanus shot before attaching that note to the junk.
otherwise she could develop a nasty case of lockjaw.
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:25 pm rating: 3
#13
Anon
When wasn’t it obvious that the wire wasn’t going to “magically disappear”?
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:28 pm rating: 13
#14
Eric B.
Yo hemphead,
Sorry. I was just taking the pots to wash them. Let’s hope the seal was tight enough not to let any water in!
Love,
Mom.
P.S. — Where’s my clear tape and bundle of wire?
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:30 pm rating: 17
#15
0falcon8
maybe the ceramic cats wandered off because they heard rumors of free pot around the corner
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:31 pm rating: 9
#16
Canthz_B
Ceramic cats belong on capodimonte leashes.
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:48 pm rating: 5
#17
moosetracks
Re: #3, what did they expect, leaving pots stacked next to a huge green trash bin and a battered yellow milk crate out by the curb? They may as well have put up a big sign on brown butcher paper that says “Hey! these pots are free! take them away!”
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:53 pm rating: 6
#18
Agent Inspired
… I’m trying to imagine what would happen if someone actually tried to return those pots or ceramic cats.
Oct 28, 2008 at 6:59 pm rating: 1
#19
Canthz_B
“Mom, have you seen my orange poster-board? My Halloween project for art class is due Friday!”
Oct 28, 2008 at 7:05 pm rating: 13
#20
7b
In the potsnatcher’s defense, those pots were fucking delicious.
Oct 28, 2008 at 7:14 pm rating: 1
#21
Walrus
The ceramic cats were waiting for her to finish her walk? Humm.
Oct 28, 2008 at 7:28 pm rating: 2
#22
Dina
Seriously, it looks like that big orange sign was written first in pen, and then RE-written in marker.
That’s a LOT of effort for just a note-my hand’s cramping up just looking at it!
But here’s the question-why, after writing over the note twice, would she still put an apostrophe in “months”? Wouldn’t it occur to you that there aren’t any apostrophe’s in plural word’s?
Oct 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm rating: 2
#23
Mishee
By the looks of that “laminated” one in the middle, I’d say we solved the case of the missing clear tape.
Oct 28, 2008 at 8:07 pm rating: 17
#24
Ti O
Criss Angel’s failed disappearing wire trick continued to haunt him.
Oct 28, 2008 at 8:20 pm rating: 12
#25
secondsout
Ceramic cats? Are you going to claim that they’re not junk? Come on, someone did your yard a favor by stealing them.
Oct 28, 2008 at 8:54 pm rating: 4
#26
secondsout
Hey, writer of note #1, out of respect for your fellow neighbors, learn how to use apostrophes.
Oct 28, 2008 at 8:59 pm rating: 1
#27
john
if the author of the orange posterboard sign had enough time to get all high and mighty and lay on a guilt trip, she should have ample time to suck mishee’s husband’s cock.
Oct 28, 2008 at 9:48 pm rating: 6
#28
Dani
Apparently the crazy cat lady has expanded her circle of possessive insanity to ceramic cats, not just furry ones. What’s next? Cat’s cradle? CAT scans? Hey, give me back those cataracts!!! Those were for my friend!!!
Oct 28, 2008 at 11:03 pm rating: 3
#29
Lauren
YES! I am so happy my submission finally got posted!
Kerry – you have made one ridiculously stressed out med-student very happy during exams week!
Oct 29, 2008 at 12:52 am rating: 3
#30
Canthz_B
I think “pots” is code for “pot plants”. The old man finally got around to weeding behind the garage and the whole crop made it into the “yard waste” can.
Luckily, he stopped burning yard waste last Autumn.
Oct 29, 2008 at 2:18 am rating: 0
#31
Mark
Mom’s got a bad case of wandering apostrophes. Give that woman a grammar book (or just confiscate her apostrophes — or as she would say, her apostrophe’s.)
Oct 29, 2008 at 4:40 am rating: 0
#32
amy d
If the pots were on the street, but not meant to be picked up, then it’s obvious they were intended to cook up some road kill.
Oct 29, 2008 at 7:42 am rating: 1
#33
amy d
As a cat owner, Maggie should know that cats have a low tolerance for boredom. They probably went traveling with the garden gnome.
Oct 29, 2008 at 7:44 am rating: 9
#34
Dare
I’m thinking the ceramic cats are more along the lines of PAN meets ICANHASCHEEZEBURGER???
Oct 29, 2008 at 8:42 am rating: 0
#35
fantasy
Oh, them damn metal thieves, all hopped up on meth stealing every pussy that they pass by!
They always think that those pussies are calling their name.
Hearing things, seeing people in the trees, stealing pots it never ends. So much to think about they forgot to grab the fence they were after.
Oct 29, 2008 at 9:06 am rating: 1
#36
thirty six red
Now she doesn’t even have a pot to piss in. This place is going to pot.
Sounds like things I used to do and I enjoyed it.
Oct 29, 2008 at 9:39 am rating: 0
#37
Lurker
Maybe they’re Junkers.
Oct 29, 2008 at 10:11 am rating: 0
#38
claw71
Ok, you’re right: I do know who I am, and it is obvious that the wire is not magically going to disappear but, if I’m being honest, I never expected that it would. No, what I expected was that some roving scrap collector would abscond with all of that wire in the wee hours of the morning. It turns out I was wrong but I would be remiss if I did not state that I had considered that as a remote possibility. In that case I figured one of my anal-retentive, do-gooder neighbors would begrudgingly take it upon themselves to dispose of all of that unwanted wire. Frankly I’m shocked and disappointed that it has taken two months to evoke enough ire to warrant a note…albeit a boldly bright and brilliantly bitchy blight of a note if there ever was one. Nevertheless, I’ve resolved myself to the current course of action. The way I see it the gaudy orange note will only draw more attention to this mess and eventually somebody will be forced to deal with it. Somebody other than me. In the end, everything will go according to plan. My plan. That’s the way I want it and eventually that’s the way I’ll get it.
Oct 29, 2008 at 10:22 am rating: 6
#39
Aleta
Love the signs, especially the wire one.
I put junk out on the side of the street when I figure someone will pick it up, but typically I’ll do it the night before trash day, so it’s not hanging around too long. Rarely does the furniture or dishes or whatnots last through the night before someone grabs them. Then again, I’ll try a garage sale before tossing it, if it’s “wantable” Enjoyed your post!
Oct 29, 2008 at 10:44 am rating: 0
#40
aaa
The writer of the second note needs to brush up on their definition of stealing. Obviously those ceramic cats (WTF?) were something free to pick up (albeit without permission), or else they wouldn’t have been taken.
Oct 29, 2008 at 10:55 am rating: 0
#41
claw71
Well you can’t have a garbage caper in Seattle without a little grunge: (Come as you are)
Don’t
take my pots
they’re not yours
they weren’t out there for free
bring them back
to this stack
because they all belong to me
They were mine
hurry up
See this note I’m so mad
and I’m sad
my annuals might just freeze
they might freeze, ah
they might freeze, ah
they might freeze, ah
Well I swear
that they weren’t on the curb
no they weren’t on the curb
now they weren’t on the curb
Oct 29, 2008 at 11:22 am rating: 13
#42
dread pirate roberts
Junk?! Junk?!?
That, my dear, is an abstract sculpture that represents the diposable society we have become today. It shows how we are wrapped up and imprisoned by our own prejudices and ignorance.
It goes to show how much you know about art!
Oct 29, 2008 at 4:58 pm rating: 1
#43
nestchick
And through the wire it’s obvious by now
And through the wire I touch the junk
And through the wire I see your trash
It’s through the wire
Fellow neighbor, you know who you are
I’m writing an orange sign, I want you
To take out the trash-I’ve had my fill I want you
To clean up your overspill I want you
And through the wire Be decent
And through the wire Now be nice
And through the wire We can agree
It’s through the wire
It’s our shared land I want you
To tie it up in a band I want you
This is where we all trod I want you
Clean up the garden clean up the sod I want you
And through the wire Be decent
And through the wire Now be nice
And through the wire We can agree
It’s through the wire
Walking round the garbage bins
Staring at all of your sins
I talk with sharpie-enhanced words
Before you go to bed
Think about iron and of lead
Watch the wire
And through the wire You did procure
And through the wire I must gawk
And through the wire On our block
And through the wire I beseech
And through the wire You I must reteach
And through the wire We get so PA when there’s no order
We get so PA when there’s no order
Oct 29, 2008 at 7:04 pm rating: 0
#44
BurstingAtTheSeams
So out of respect for your fellow neighbor’s . . . fellow neighbor’s what, exactly?
Oct 29, 2008 at 9:09 pm rating: 0
#45
MsUnreliable
So do the pots charge by the hour or were they just hanging out at the rubbish bin on a smoke break?
Oct 30, 2008 at 10:00 am rating: 0
#46
glastonberry
Where did they get such a big fucking piece of paper?
Oct 30, 2008 at 5:11 pm rating: 0
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