Found on the Ground

Christmas Hair Bow

Nice find, Vanessa!

Ah, brings back memories, doesn't it... Looks like something we'd wear to Babci's house for Christmas eve!

Found December 2006
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Thug Matrimony

This just in from the NYC subway:

Stranger in the Background reports that Harlequin boods books just don't cut it anymore.  There's a new romance novel in town:

"ah, Thug Matrimony. Such a classic."

Thanks, SITB!

Found April 2007, NYC subway

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Letter in the Ice

Today's find comes from Vermont:

"Thanks so much for the lovely thank you note dated January 11.  It spent the months of January and February embedded in the ice in our driveway. Luckily we had a slight warming in temp or we would have found it in June!

A great item for the "found on the ground" website!!!"

I think so, too.  Thanks, Aunt Joanne!

Found 3/07, N. Ferrisburg, Vermont

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Give Him Bedbugs and Get a Mean Dog

Thanks to Stranger in the Background for a STUPENDOUS find.  Here's the story:

"I found the inspirational/crazy Rolodex notes abandoned on a table at
the restaurant I work at after a particularly busy lunch shift. The
customer who had been sitting there was a middle aged businessman who
had come in a few times before and always been very brusque, bordering
on rude, when ordering. With him was a younger woman who was also
dressed in lower Manhattan financial finery. They were clearly there to discuss Business.

I don't know what these are about, but they were
very neatly held together with a paper clip and there seems to have
been some time put into assembling them.

Strangely, I like the Business man a little more now that I know he
might be a little off his rocker."

Found 2007, New York City
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Recipe for Romance

"Caroline's shirt"???

Good luck, buddy.

Found by my sisters, February 2007, George Washington University campus
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Tailless Squirrel Redux

   

It's The Tailless Squirrel!  That can only mean one thing-

A whole slew of FOTGs from Vanessa!

Vanessa Says:

"My old friend. :) He sees my phone now and comes out and poses for me."

Found by Vanessa, Washington Circle 10/18 & 11/7/06, Washington, D.C.

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Radioactive Cat Butt

Vanessa writes:

"My house, VA, 11/3/06. It showed up on our front stoop on a night where it was freezing out, so we took it in for the night. I never thought I would ever want any cat, but this one loved me."

Very cute cat.  But clearly it's been sitting in plutonium, and that can really ruin a carpet.

Found by Vanessa, 11/3/06, Virginia

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Baby's First Post-Apocalyptic Teething Toy

It looks like the earth is opening up underneath this teething toy!

Found by Vanessa, 11/15/06, New Hampshire & M Streets (Washington, D.C.)

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Dinnerware for Amoebas

It would be fun to confuse people by serving cucumber slices on these plates.

Vanessa Says:

" I'd say the person who left it had been gone over an hour at least since it had been quite a while since the time we arrived and the time we found it, or I should say, shown it, by the guy picking up empty glasses/bottles, so I didn't hesitate to take it. It was practically under a chair by the wall, and it was still unwrapped in a little brown paper gift bag. What a cool gift, too! It's a set of four plates, about 4" x 4" each. There's no purple in it, that's just reflection from my light."

Found by Vanessa, 11/19/06, Local 16 (16th & U St) Washington, D.C.

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Cat Pumpkin

I know, I know.  This is a Halloween decoration.

Tell you what.

Just enjoy the pumpkin.  Yes, in December. 

Then, look for Christmas FOTGs sometime around... March.

Thanks for all the awesome finds today, Vanessa! :)

Found by Vanessa, 11/2/06, 20th & M Streets, Washington, D.C.

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