Have you found any weird objects lately?

I was looking at cute cuddly toys the other day in a kids toy shop. I do think this is part of my midlife crises, but moving on I saw the sweetest little toy, she had plaits and a little skirt and big feet. I wanted to buy her but I am not that flush at the moment so left it.

On the way out of the shop lying on the ground in the parking area, was the same toy, also like your whale worse for wear. Her face was scruffy and he skirt messed up. I was so tempted to pick her up and take her home, but she was made from material so decided it may not be very hygienic and left her there. I have a feeling she was left for me actually Playing with toys after 317 yeas is part of the joy of growing older perhaps?

I got a fiver (£5 note) the other day & some clever bastard had drawn a cock about to enter the Queen’s gob, she didn’t look too pleased it has to be said.

I find interesting stuff embedded in pavement where someone has dropped the thing and streams of cars hammer it into the asphalt.
The latest were the marque from a Lincoln and a pink set of earbuds with the wires all in a tangle in the tarmac.

Yesterday I found a dead mouse in the middle of our driveway. Perfect condition (no cat maulings or whatever) with his feet straight up in the air.

We’ve lived here 24 years….our first deceased rodent….

We picked up a dresser off the side of the road. I was cleaning it up, and found someone’s high school diploma under one of the drawers. Class of 1962. We tried to return it, but the people had moved out, apparently.

All the time.
The most recent that comes to mind was this metal hand tool that looked sort of like ice tongs, but longer handled. Turns out it was for gathering wheat into a shock for you cut and bundle.

I collect what I call “dinosaur poop rocks”. It sure looks like fossilized poop!

I had some great dinosaur poop rocks when I was a kid, @snowberry! Some big round white “eggs”, too.

LOL…whatta find! Now you have a tubby toy to go with your little viking ships. haha

No, can’t say that I have found anything weird, but..a few weeks ago I was sitting outside one morning having my coffee under a giant pine tree in my yard when all of a sudden something heavy came crashing down out of the tree. “It” missed my head by about 3 inches and it was a giant BONE from a cow or deer I am assuming. WTF! Cannibal Squirrels in the trees! lol

Oh! I forgot! I DID find something about a week ago. Not “weird” but delicious! haha
I was putting back a shopping cart in front of the grocery store and the cart I pushed mine into had a whole, unopened bag of shelled Pistachio nuts just sitting in it. Score! The free $6.99 snack! lol

OMG Coloma! I’ve had sqirrels throw stuff at me, but never bovine bones! What did you do… harm his nuts? LOL!
Gee, I haven’t found anything lately. Over the years I’‘ve found about half a dozen lost kids. I turned ‘em over to guys with badges, or helped them home. Peter Pan has to find his own.

I found one of those so-called stress-reliever balls the other day. I guess that’s weird, but I sure needed it.

I’ve been following this for 3 hours, waiting for some inspiration. So far I got nuttin’.

Wait! Does the fact that a tiny meteorite hit my car windshield several years ago count?

^ So cool! I want a meteorite!

Finally someone believes me! And it’s true!

Oh sure, the earth gets stuff from space all the time. If you know how to look, you can actually go meteorite hunting and come up with stuff.

I know @Seek_Kolinahr. It was very cool, too, IF it’s to be believed (which I do.) I mean, I never really saw it, just heard it clink off of the window and processed the instant it hit. Your senses process a LOT in a split second. It came straight down, not on a curve like it would if it had been picked up and thrown by another car or a lawn mower. In fact, the first thing I did was glance around to see if someone was mowing. No one was even outside. There were no cars in front of me. It just came out of nowhere. It was pretty cool.

When I was a kid they cut a sewer line through our rural property. About 8 feet above the creek bed I found a perfectly preserved clam shell. A solid, single rock that had once been a clam. Just smaller then a silver dollar. That was way cool, because I was in love with archeology.

I was borrowing a truck to help with my move yesterday as I unplugged it I noticed something wedged into the grill.

A frozen birdie. It was in good shape. I didn’t bury frame or otherwise preserve it. It just went into the trash. Poor thing.

@LornaLove Poor abandoned toys…well, if the one you found was one that someone just bought from that place, probably pissed em off that they lost it so quick. :/

@ucme Some dude drew a shlong on money and just left it there? Lol.

@dabbler That’s pretty badass that you can tell what kind of car went over it. :D

@OneBadApple Odd…maybe it ate something it shouldn’t have? Do mice usually go out in public to die?

@Seek_Kolinahr That’s interesting. What is the person’s name? (just the first name, least?) Also, how’s that dresser working out?

@ibstubro Dude, like a Freddy Kruger claw? cuz that would be cool Also that’s neat about the clam. I wonder just how much stuff there is underground, waiting to be found.

@snowberry Got any pics? I wanna see sum fossilized poop.

@Coloma Haha yeah, I got a few cool bath toys that seem to be gathering…

But dude. What the fuck, bones dropping from trees? If you ever get to the bottom of that story…let me know. Cannibal squirrels…don’t know much about squirrels, but I guess they can eat meat strips left on bones, maybe? Some types, perhaps. Also, sweet, free snack!

@Jonesn4burgers Well, Peter Pan would be proud. :) Seriously though, lost kids? Has to be some rather interesting stories behind this, nay?

@dxs So, the balls worked?

@Dutchess_III Meteorite bits? That sure as hell counts. Did you keep it?

@Unbroken Aaaw. :( Poor little guy.

@Symbeline Yep, unless it was a dirty dudette. Got is as part of some change when shopping, guess the cashier couldn’t wait to get rid of it & thought i’d appreciate the humour.
I no longer have it, gave it to the guy who cleans our windows…tee-hee.

@Symbeline not really, no.

No @Symbeline I didn’t keep it. I was doing at least 20, and only braked for an instant when it hit, and it wasn’t any bigger than a pebble. I don’t think I could have found it among all the other rocks and trash and gravel in the street, even if I had tried,which I didn’t. But now I wish I had.

Oh, BTW, I meant to post that I love this place. I have an auction house and I could fill the site with things we find.

LOLZ!

I have the FUNNIEST letter we found that I need to post there. Problem is, it was so good I framed it.

Well, what are you waiting for ??......Get typing, son….

It’s at the auction house…I need to get it and scan it to my computer. There are 2, actually. A man wrote a letter to a Pharmacist got a reply (don’t have) and wrote back. If I’m there today, I’ll collect it and post the letter somewhere so I can link.

Don’t let us down on this one, ibsy…..

Ya. You better not.

@Symbeline I took a summer job once, at a crowded busy place. Kids got apart from their parents, and some would wander the dumbest places in their confusion. I had a knack for spotting them. They get this look in their eyes, like the kids on the feed the hungry commercials. Most people didn’t even notice these kids alone. I could see the isolation gnawing in the pit of their stomachs. I never offered to help them find their parents, that frightens them too. I always told them I would help them find police, because their parents will go straight to the police looking for them. It sounded sensible, and put them at ease. There were always police foot patrolling about, so they were easy to find. Once though, I saw three strays together. The OLDEST couldn’t be more than seven. They didn’t want to be found. They wanted freedom. I saw how skittish they were, so I kept them talking. When I saw a cop nearby, I motioned for him to join us. By this time I had a reputation for being the kid finder, so the cops wandered by my place a lot. Their parents were FRANTIC looking for those little bugs! LOL!
That was it, I just kept finding kids, sending ‘em back, finding more. One was tough though. There was almost no one around. There were no cops. I was walking along, and saw a toddler all by herself. Most of the nearest buisnesses were closed. I didn’t see a phone anywhere nearby. This was YEARS ago, and I had no cell phone. I picked the toddler up, and asked if she was lost. Her big brown eyes looked at me, and I realized she’d never heard english spoken before. I don’t speak spansh, but I got a reaction when I said “tu mommie?” She shrugged, and bravely looked about. I pointed around in a big circle, hoping, and asked, “Tu casa?” She got the idea, and started pointing, but soon I realized she was only guessing. I started walking toward the nearest houses. She started getting excited when we got close to one. I took a chance. I didn’t want the wrong people to claim her. When a woman opened the door, she screeched, wailed the baby’s name as she grabbed her. The screen door slammed shut. As I walked away, another woman came to the door. She told me the mom didn’t speak english, so she sent her out to explain. Mom had been in the bath, and didn’t know the screen door was unlocked. When she came out, she couldn’t find her baby. The lady thanked me, and I went back to finish my walk.

Dang man! What kind of a place was that?