This week’s “WTF? Friday” contribution comes from Carey in Brooklyn, who spotted this warning taped to a telephone pole at a busy intersection in Long Island City, Queens. “I looked around carefully,” Carey says, “but there were no flying missiles to be seen.”
related: Passive-allergic
64 responses so far ↓
#1
The Great Joe Bivins
THERE WAS A SECOND CAN-LAUNCHER ON THE GRASSY KNOLL!
Mar 12, 2010 at 4:02 pm rating: 52
#2
behindbj
I think this falls under “fair warning” as opposed to passive-aggressive.
If the note said that the little coward throwing the cans would have one in an unfortunate location once they were caught….that would qualify.
But…that’s just me.
Mar 12, 2010 at 4:05 pm rating: 5
#3
Keary
Why do I get the feeling this was no accident?
Mar 12, 2010 at 4:05 pm rating: 2
#4
oi
Are note writer and the “friend” just friends? I mean he says a can was launched at them. Now what they were doing that a single can can be hurled at both of them?
May be that was the reason behind “can launching”Mar 12, 2010 at 4:06 pm rating: 6
#5
Woman on the Verge
That mermaid is a little coward. Look at her smiling smugly on the can before hurling herself at unwitting passerby…
Mar 12, 2010 at 4:11 pm rating: 5
#6
mills
Are you sure this person is a little coward? Why not a large coward? When avoiding whirling cans of death, one would need to be aware of size. That having been said, this note contains one of my grammar pet peeves – “The can…was launched at my friend and I as we stood…” It should read “The can…was launched at my friend and ME as we stood…” If you are going to put it out there for everyone to read, at least do it reasonably well.
Mar 12, 2010 at 4:15 pm rating: 7
#7
Gunderson
Jessica Simpson was just going through them all. She won’t stop until she finds a can that actually has chicken in it.
Mar 12, 2010 at 4:18 pm rating: 24
#8
oi
mysteriously flying chickens of the sea which look like mermaids!
Sounds like a creature from the planet Pandora.
Mar 12, 2010 at 4:31 pm rating: 4
#9
shwonline
Maybe it was an accident. Did the culprit yell “Sorry, Charlie!”?
Mar 12, 2010 at 5:02 pm rating: 6
#10
Kate
Am I alone in thinking that the most bizarre thing about this is calling tuna ‘chicken of the sea’?
Mar 12, 2010 at 5:33 pm rating: 3
#11
Mel K
How do we know that this isn’t an ambush? or a uni student psych experiment?
I hate to say it, but something smells fishy about having people read a lengthy warning at a street corner in the exact spot that something dangerous “occurred”. It gives plenty of time for the little coward to load up the catapult. It should say- “DON’T STOP HERE! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE” with explanations on posters on the other corners.
Mar 12, 2010 at 5:36 pm rating: 14
#12
Susan
I was going to ask why somebody would do something so stupid, but I think the question is pretty dumb too. Is it happy hour yet?
Mar 12, 2010 at 5:38 pm rating: 0
#13
SAP-er for life
My friends and I used to (and still do, every now and then) terrorize our neighborhood at night. Our weapon of choice? Cookies. We would sit on top of the Post Office and hurl them at passing cars, which led to very nearly getting in trouble after one friend chucked some at a police car. It’s a good thing the cop wasn’t familiar with our neighborhood.
That being said, cans o’ tuna are not nearly as harmless as cookies, and I in no way endorse the throwing of comestibles at passers-by, be they on foot or in a car, and especially not with something that could cause real damage. Like a can of tuna.
Mar 12, 2010 at 6:33 pm rating: 1
#14
Hmm
Viral advertising?
Mar 12, 2010 at 7:15 pm rating: 1
#15
The Ninth Planet
“…launched at a friend and ME.”
Mar 12, 2010 at 7:25 pm rating: 1
#16
park rose
I think the little coward is Galileo, one of the most famous* recanters of all time. Each time he’s set to launch another tin he’s heard to mumble in wonderment, Yet it moves.
*I won’t say infamous, because I’d be doing a whole lot of recanting, too, if my teachings fell out of favour with the 16th century Catholic church.
Mar 12, 2010 at 9:18 pm rating: 1
#17
park rose
Be careful you don’t get hit in the head by one of these mysteriously flying cans!
What’s the problem? Tuna is brain food, after all.
Mar 12, 2010 at 9:24 pm rating: 2
#18
pony girl
Road trip to Dallas for FREE tunafish!!
Mar 13, 2010 at 1:40 am rating: 3
#19
pony girl
Is a moon roof ok?
Mar 13, 2010 at 4:27 am rating: 1
#20
aaa
Isn’t it amazing how the second somebody says “THIS IS NOT A JOKE”, it gets infinitely more hilarious?
Mar 13, 2010 at 10:42 am rating: 8
#21
Hypothetical
As Tim Bedore , it’s Vague but True.
The animal has extended to cans of Tunafish now. It was bad enough when squirrels and deer were attacking people. They’re getting more organized.
Mar 13, 2010 at 11:57 am rating: 2
#22
Hierophantria
If this was in an area where drag queens normally roam then I could consider this passive aggressive. I know its a WTF Friday but keeping with the theme would be nice.
Mar 13, 2010 at 10:27 pm rating: 0
#23
Patty
That made me laugh so hard! On the bright side free tuna cans
Mar 13, 2010 at 10:36 pm rating: 1
#24
matt
I personally prefer launching apples out of cars. I mean, what’s the fun of throwing out a perfectly good can of tuna? The best part about launching apples is you get to see them disintegrate quite spectacularly on the steering wheels of the convertables you aimed them at : )
Mar 14, 2010 at 7:59 am rating: 1
#25
bowloftoast
If I was a homeless amnesiac, I’d be hanging out on this corner every day hoping for the best.
Mar 14, 2010 at 9:50 am rating: 3
#26
Canthz_B
Just another cannery row, I suspect.
Someone was baited hook, line and sinker into casting that missile.
I’m just fishing for a line here, trolling for a laugh.
Mar 15, 2010 at 4:49 am rating: 2
#27
Canthz_B
The writer was traumatized. It probably wasn’t even tuna…but it was flying fish!
Mar 15, 2010 at 5:20 am rating: 1
#28
Canthz_B
Ask any mermaid
you happen to see,
Who’s her spawn’s daddy?
She’ll tell you CB!
Gimme some fin!!
Mar 15, 2010 at 5:28 am rating: 0
#29
claw71
It’s Brooklyn so am I guilty of stereotyping if I’m assuming the little coward who threw the can of tuna was wearing an Fila jacket and a Kangol? Is it profiling if I’m assuming he yelled, “I GOTCH YO TUNA FISH RIGHT ERE!”
Mar 15, 2010 at 8:14 am rating: 0
#30
Max Time
well i guess everyone blames shit on midgets these days.
Mar 15, 2010 at 8:38 am rating: 1
#31
wurdnurd
The flying can of tuna would only be mysterious if it were actually flying. While it indeed was traveling through the atmosphere, because of its shape the can could not generate lift sufficient to cause it to fly. More importantly, I heard that if you stand at the corner of 48th and 12th you could be hit by a canned ham! (Presumably tossed by a large coward).
Mar 17, 2010 at 9:34 pm rating: 0
#32
lolsuz
This looks like a Postergasm poster, but I can’t find any evidence to that fact… yet.
Mar 18, 2010 at 1:01 pm rating: 0
#33
Cindy
Funny. I know I shouldn’t laugh..but, still..
Apr 1, 2010 at 12:22 am rating: 0
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