shellycrash ([info]shellycrash) wrote in [info]tampa,
2009-05-29 08:04:00
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"Bench Secret" in Clearwater

Yesterday on the way into work we noticed printed words taped to the building management company's sign which read something to the effect of:

"YOU CANT HIDE FROM IT"

Mildy intriguing, but too vague.

Around lunch it was discovered that after the first text was removed the bench infront of the building had been hit too! This message seemed too crazy to believe, I had to investigate:



WHOA!!! That is just too hardcore. Now I am totally intrigued! What does it mean, who was it from? Tiffany and I walked up the street to see if anything had been left on the bench a few blocks up. W/o my glasses on I was sure something was taped up there too, but no such luck.

We joked around about it the rest of the work day, even came up with a handful of funny responses we could post back.

On the way home driving past the "posting grounds" Tiff noticed the 3rd sign, blown down by the wind. Not sure if it had been missed when we walked past it earlier in the day or if the poster tried to add it later, but we had to go back and get it:



WHOA!!! Ha ha ha. What does it all mean, I have no clue. Most people are leaning towards a jilted lover. What do you think? Is it a cryptic message? Is it art? Or maybe just the ramblings of a crazy person?

Whatever it is I hope it continues. I wonder if the intended receipient is as puzzeled by it as the rest of us.

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[info]denisbaldwin

May 29 2009, 13:05:14 UTC 3 years ago

This is weird. I re-posted it on MyTampaLife.com for you.

[info]shellycrash

May 30 2009, 12:30:33 UTC 3 years ago

Awesome. Thank you!

[info]magnoliafly

May 29 2009, 13:12:46 UTC 3 years ago

New Scientology recruitment scheme? They could use a spellchecker though.

[info]shellycrash

May 30 2009, 12:42:02 UTC 3 years ago

You can't really tell in the pic, but the "a" in abandoned is taped on, I would assume over another letter. I can't fathom what other letter someone would try to start that word with.

[info]yocontemporary

May 29 2009, 13:15:07 UTC 3 years ago

whoever it is, they didn't spell all the words correctly :P

[info]kalsia

May 29 2009, 21:03:00 UTC 3 years ago

...or...

given the anonimity of the internet you could be posting something as a way of advertising what you are doing. Either way, it is intriguing.

[info]shellycrash

May 30 2009, 12:34:34 UTC 3 years ago

Re: ...or...

To be honest, it did inspire me to want to do something random in return. There's something about genuine crazy though that can't be reproduced. I'd never be as good at it ;)

[info]realeyes

May 29 2009, 22:52:49 UTC 3 years ago

i have an abandoned soulless elephant with a very good memory who is looking for peace, and i could certainly use the services that are being advertised here. i dialed the number on the sign but they're acting like they don't know what i'm talking about

[info]fudebusho

May 30 2009, 11:54:22 UTC 3 years ago

win!

[info]shellycrash

May 30 2009, 12:35:22 UTC 3 years ago

Made of awesome

[info]catzero

May 29 2009, 23:17:04 UTC 3 years ago

ROFL This amuses me to no end. I want to see if I can find these myself!

I wonder if it's directed at a company that -in this person's eyes- wrongfully fired them. Just a theory.

[info]shellycrash

May 30 2009, 12:38:13 UTC 3 years ago

That's one of the things we were thinking, also maybe a jilted lover of someone who works with us or nearby. There's also a business in the complex that's owned / operated by people in the church of scientology, so we were thinking it might be like an "anonymous" thing. It's just so random.

[info]xv

May 30 2009, 00:34:45 UTC 3 years ago

Whatever it is it seems violent. If so it's good it played out in the neutral format of bench notes.

[info]shellycrash

May 30 2009, 12:39:40 UTC 3 years ago

Well played.

[info]msretro

May 31 2009, 00:16:12 UTC 3 years ago

Very bizarre. I wonder if it's that lady who hangs out mostly on Sunset Point with the huge sandwich boards.

[info]danger_maus

June 1 2009, 22:10:35 UTC 3 years ago

the sunset point sign lady got hit by a car. she is no more.

[info]msretro

June 1 2009, 22:12:02 UTC 3 years ago

Oh wow, I had no idea.

:(

Sad to lose a local character.
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