“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: some legionnaire’s idea of epigrammatic wit
86 responses so far ↓
#1
cheesefries
i like that “‘Junk” is a proper noun
Oct 28, 2008 at 5:44 pm rating: +4
#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: +27
#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: +12
#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
