There's a vote for "best point", (and I think Jeanie's grim reaper point was great!) There's also a vote category for "best use of humans"... Though I think voting it for "StreetMattress with Wildlife" might be more appropriate. heehee
But now, lo & behold! I have a street mattress photo!
And I even got a finger in the frame pointing at it too!
Kevin on a mattress in Dickson City, Pennsylvania.
Unfortunately, the StreetMattress.com site is about a month behind in posting the photos. But I'll include a link to it if it ever gets posted there.
And yes, I know the 'owner' (guardian, whatever) of the mattress... However, this was not a set up. I had no afore knowledge that I'd be seeing a mattress in the street, I did not arrange for the mattress to be in the street.
I most certainly didn't arrange for Frozen Soda Head to be napping in the photo... He somehow managed to be there by the time I got the camera out and was ready to take the photo, naughty devil that he is.
However, I will admit that I pressured Jeanie to point to it...
... what would craig ferguson look like on a street mattress? ....
Posted by John D. | Friday 12 August 2005 9:44AM
woah. frozen soda head guy is cute at least lying face down on in a pile of sealy posturpedicness! and Jeanie's finger is especially sexy. I had no idea you nutty scrantonians were so adorable! Now, get all your other friends to lie face down in a pile of street-bound mattress ... simultaneously... so i can see if they're all as adorable as jeanie and frozen soda head... or ... not.
Posted by John D. | Friday 12 August 2005 9:46AM
My arm looks about 17x it's normal size! I have a stay-puffed marshmallow arm!
Posted by Jeanie | Friday 12 August 2005 1:05PM
John: Craig Ferguson wasn't available. And hey, as you seem to agree, Frozen Soda Head's a hell of a lot cuter than you! :P
Jeanie: That's what you get for wearing sweatshirts when it's 90 degrees out and the rest of us are actually making air conditioner purchases, not running about parking lots pointing at mattresses wearing big bulky sweatshirts.
I WAS COLD AT WORK!!! :P
Posted by Jeanie | Friday 12 August 2005 5:49PM
I think I look good on my old mattress in the back of my truck...
Posted by Kevin AKA frozen Soda head | Friday 12 August 2005 6:22PM
HRMPH!
Posted by John D. | Friday 12 August 2005 7:12PM
Jeanie: But you were not at work... you were at Home fucking Depot for heaven's sake! haha.
And you know, I was just thinking... Your arm doesn't look like a stay puff marshmallow arm... That'd be if you were wearing one of those puffy down winter ski coats... Which would be REALLY damn bizarre in this wretched 90°+ summer weather. haha.
But the more I look at the picture... and the way you're finger is pointing there out of that big sleeve... I don't know, ya kinda look a tad like the arm of The Grim Reaper come to claim the street mattress!! haha. I think I sort of like that effect. haha.
But I don't know if the reaper can claim that mattress yet... Frozen Soda Head looks rather attached to it still.
Dear Mr. Frozen Soda Head Honey Jar Smushy Face Punkin Head: Uhhhhhhh... Never mind, I forgot what I was going to say. :P
John: Yeah. Whatever. If Frozen Soda Head is ungracious about compliments, he could just go stuff that street mattress where the sun doesn't shine, right? heehee.
There is a mattress on the Cross Valley right after Exit 3. I spotted it there Thursday and I've been meaning to take a photo of it... but traffic is just so nasty, I'll have to go out very early. This was the first mattress I saw after I found out about the site as well, which I think was right here on your web site.
Posted by Lee Ann | Saturday 13 August 2005 9:37PM
Lee Ann: Oh my god, that can't possibly be the same mattress you mentioned on Road Toilet Seat!???! That was in November 2003! haha!!
Exit 3 is the Wilkes-Barre Center City exit, right? Do you mean after exit 3 heading towards Kingston/Dallas, or heading towards I-81?
Dear heavens, I hope it's not the same mattress sitting there for years! That would definitely have to qualify for "The Untouchables" category on StreetMattress.com!!
Maybe that's just a popular place for some turkeys dumping their old mattresses?
Yikes, And I thought i was very gracious about compliments. Maybe I should have strapped the mattress on my back, bet that would make me even more popular on a saturday night. Oh wait that was the reason I needed to replace it in the first place. I done wore that one out. hahaha
Posted by Mr. Frozen Soda Head Smushy Face Punkin Head | Saturday 13 August 2005 10:39PM
Frozen Soda Head: You posted a comment on a blog at 10:39pm on a Saturday night. The mattress in the photo is a rather small mattress. A mattress for one, as it were.
'Nuff Said. :P
Posted by Chloe | Saturday 13 August 2005 10:59PM
Frozen Soda Head's lack of a date on Saturday night could easily be rectified... if Chloe would be on top of these things and.... er.. i mean uh...
P.S. I love the mouseover comment!
Posted by John D. | Sunday 14 August 2005 5:23PM
John: He's lying face down on that mattress. Isn't that your department? ... BWAHAHA! :P
Did I just say that out loud?
Posted by Chloe | Sunday 14 August 2005 5:40PM
yeah well, you were supposed to set it up... doh!
Posted by John D. | Sunday 14 August 2005 5:42PM
John: Fuggettaboutit! I'm the one who never worries when going for a CT scan, remember... And I'm going to worry about you?! I think not.
I don't have anyone's sleep number.
In the words of Johnny Rotten: I'm ever so sorry... I can't help you... I can't even help me!
Posted by Chloe | Sunday 14 August 2005 6:01PM
Lo & behold, I just saw a mattress on the curb in my neighborhood tonight on my way home from taking my sister back to her hotel.
Unfortunately, I'd been taking photos of my sister in my living room before leaving to take her home, and didn't have a camera with me! (Probably the first time I didn't have a camera on me in years.)
It's probably just as well because there was a person on the porch where the mattress was sitting out front... And I don't know, I think if I stopped to take a photo with a flash, of his mattress, at this time of night, it definitely would seem a bit dodgy to say the least. I have a feeling this dude would NOT have been jumping into the photo with his mattress. haha.
However, I'm wondering if maybe photographing Frozen Soda Head's mattress has opened some kind of existential dam, where now maybe I'll start seeing mattresses everywhere! haha!!
I'm going to see if I can't sneak a pic tomorrow morning maybe.
Posted by Chloe | Monday 15 August 2005 2:28AM
Results from Search for "Frozen Soda Head" in google:
Jones Soda Company
and
Frozen Head State Park
Who would name a park after Frozen Heads. Reminds me of that episode of the Golden Girls where Rose has the heart attack and the girls all promise to have their heads frozen when they die. A perfect reference to The Cryonics Institute --- it's not just in Star Trek anymore, Khan.
Posted by John D. | Monday 15 August 2005 2:29AM
John: When I type "Frozen Soda Head" into Google, this page is the only result!
(Without the "quotes", this page is #2 in the results.)
Posted by Chloe | Monday 15 August 2005 2:35AM
Beware Frozy Sozy Toesy... the EVIL Twin of Frozen Soda Head.
Posted by John D. | Tuesday 16 August 2005 1:56AM
John: I'm going to stick you on that mattress Lee Ann has spotted lying about for 2 long hard weathering years along the Cross Valley Expressway, take a photo, come up with a suitable 'term of endearment' for you, and submit it to "The Untouchables" category at StreetMattress.com. haha :P
Posted by Chloe's Evil Twin from a transporter malfunction | Tuesday 16 August 2005 2:07AM
all i can say is
"Holy Crap!"
Posted by John D. | Thursday 25 August 2005 11:14PM
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... what would craig ferguson look like on a street mattress? ....
My arm looks about 17x it's normal size! I have a stay-puffed marshmallow arm!
John: Craig Ferguson wasn't available. And hey, as you seem to agree, Frozen Soda Head's a hell of a lot cuter than you! :P
I think I look good on my old mattress in the back of my truck...
There is a mattress on the Cross Valley right after Exit 3. I spotted it there Thursday and I've been meaning to take a photo of it... but traffic is just so nasty, I'll have to go out very early. This was the first mattress I saw after I found out about the site as well, which I think was right here on your web site.
