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April 04, 2002 :: "I will not throu"

My new obsession is Found Magazine, an Ann Arbor-based magazine of found photos, notes and audio. The notes fascinate me. Here are a few of my favorites. [Links will pop up in new windows]

• I have the right
  
• Hide from yourself
  
• “Please”
  
• i will not throu

Link via Marcus

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He said. She said. There’s 5 Comments

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Don't forget the Ypsilanti All-Starz. I still have to send in the money for a copy of that tape. "DAMN!!!"

Davy Rothbart, the publisher, stopped by Chicago a few months ago to flog his magazine at a local zine store. He looks like Adam Sandler with big ol' sideburns. It's kinda scary, actually.
jima :: 04 April, 2002 09:53 AM

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You know... that "please," note reminded me of the US Consul office in Bombay.

When I'd gone for my visa, I visited the ladie's room, & to my shock & horror, found a big note above the cistern saying "Please, do NOT squat on the WC. Please sit like you would on a chair."
[No kidding, I swear!]

All this was written in Hindi & Gujarati. [Indian languages]

When I asked the cleaning lady, why they'd put up these ludicrous boards, she said in their experience most old Gujarati ladies would perch up & squat on the toilet bowl, leaving dirty footprints on the lid.

Eww. Just eww.
Minnie :: 04 April, 2002 09:58 AM

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Notes like that always fascinate me. All of the ones you shared gave me a chuckle, but I literally laughed out loud at the "Please" note. Overdose on the quotation marks, and love the spelling of "toliet". Looks prettier, actually.
Becky :: 04 April, 2002 11:27 AM

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You may enjoy "In Passing", a site that records a Berkeley student's overheard snippets of conversation. Occasionally found notes or grafitti(including bathroom stall grafitti) are included.
It's at www.inpassing.org, and the comments reacting to the quotes are worth reading.
Jon :: 04 April, 2002 11:28 AM

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Also: you all saw this article in Wired, right? Okay.
jima :: 04 April, 2002 12:02 PM

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