Oh snap, guess what I saw

Was the exact subject line of the email sent by our umbrellarazzi, jason.

A happy and safe New Year to all umbrellas and bumber shooters, and all the best in 2010!

Never seem to see you for the good times

Well.



When @Parkview popped this one into our inbox we didn't think anything of it. And then yesterday's post went up from http://broken-umbrellas.blogspot.com/2009/12/if-aliens-were-to-come-down-to-earth.html">@BellaFoxx, so when we came back to this one, the location sounded familiar.

"Found at the foot of the pulaski bridge. 11 st and jackson ave in queens." he wrote us.

A full week after @BellaFoxx sent us hers. Is the Doppler radar giving you this kind of hard-hitting trend weather journalism? We'll be thinking of our catchy weather person nickname while you type your answer

If aliens were to come down to earth

And land next to this trash can, here's what they would learn about New Yorkers.



*McDonald's
*Parliament
*Coffee
*Losing scratch-off lottery tickets
*Broken umbrellas


Confidential to all alien readers - this one's free.
PS - any interest in taking Heidi & Spencer Pratt?

Special thanks to @BellaFoxx who found this study on the corner of Jackson Street and the Pulaski Bridge, Long Island City.

Wrong turn only

Reader @Jpstamm tells us she and her husband found this wounded soldier outside their hotel on Houston and Allen Streets (tear!), and right after snapping the shot a samaritan came along, picked it up and walked off.

Thanks for the shot!

J'adore!

We treated ourselves to our muse's fashion tome and are savoring each page with the left thumb while our other greedily scales the stack that awaits our discovery. Imagine our delight when this beauty revealed itself early on. One can only guess where Mr. Schuman will take us from here. Enjoy.

Courtesy of The Sartorialist "On the Street... After the Storm".

Dregs

What a sad sad ending for this warrior.

Spotted on St. Marks and 1st Avenue by @parkview

Dandy

Isn't this a spot?
As they say: sunshine is fine,
But liquor, quicker.

Sent in by Karen from midtown Manhattan.

So close

We have heard that in fine Cuban restaurants a glass of water is served to cleanse the palate. This is not the same.

Special thanks to first-timer and Facebook friend, Erin, who captured this corpse outside her "favorite Cuban joint" in the East Village. Welcome, Erin! WHAT? you're not a fan of Better Off Soaked yet?

Life less complicated

Or so someone thought.

Sent by Becky in Philadelphia

Snow immobile

Our first from December's Big 2009 Snowstorm

Low blow

@Parkview sent this our way from his new park, Washington Square, in Manhattan.

8 crazy nights

Hope our absentee owner parked close to the perimeter.

@GeorgeWardTwittered this our way from Laurel Springs, NJ.

Pleasure spiked with pain

20% off any purchase of any single item (in-store only)

First-time submitter Meredith sends this to us from outside a Bed, Bath & Beyond in Springfield, Pennsylvania. The second time this particular style has been captured!

Second life

When @BellaFoxx sent us her first snap of this pic, it looked like a simple subway victim.



A few days later she sends us an updated photo, featuring our fella brought back to... er... life with a purpose?

Crowd, source

@SweenIT sends the second in our new "Motherload" series. This spotted in Brooklyn's Park Slope.

Weird things to the left of me

@WhitneyBender found this fella stuck in the middle of Gross.

Man, whole brella

@jillybeans3 says she spotted this one on her way home from her book club. We featured it last week looking a bit more lively.

Great eye, lady!

The love apple

You can just tell this was a well-loved accessory. However, whatever statement it made, is now retracted.

Malcolm X Park via @parkview

90 degrees

We're not sure, but this looks like a complete fracture, plus an onlooker over there by the trashcan. Tough day for everyone involved.

Red rover

Spotted by Carrie on Pine and Juniper

Convenient or morbid?

Big storms passing through NYC/Brooklyn, today. Here's a Park Sloper from @Sweenit

Fascitis

Sent by Cath in New York

Travels & travails

Thanks to @Robinbogg's stellar eye, for the first time, we're highlighting a subject unceremoniously marching toward... toward what? Let's find out.


Our subject takes shelter.


"Gamely battling on", updates @RobinBogg. A rescue/getaway vehicle is in site!


Pain within reach? Sadly, we'll never know, as this was the last we ever saw of our willful friend. Rest well.

And great coverage from Robin!

Ant see

Beautiful series from Kwaku.

The Modern Warfare 2 Easter egg candidate

Because, really - this soon-to-be carnage is all kinds of awesome.
(Ed's note: new contest idea?)

Check out the real contest entrants here.

Very kudos to @sweenit, in New York

Public shaming

It appears that the anti-littering message is still alive and well in American classrooms.

Sent in by first-timer @stumphouse

Made redundant

Another snapped today in the neighborhood before the snow started

Naughty

Taken today right before the rain switched to snow.

Nestled

Not a bad place to rest.

Sent by Courtney

Splash zone

Sent from @BellaFoxx. We like how you can see the rain that has fallen around our corpse.

General Ts-uh oh's

A great late submission, these Chinese takeout leftovers Twitteredby @GeorgeWard from 11th & Arch, Philadelphia.

Dumped

Talk about a fall
from grace. Once held in esteem.
Now here with the plebes.


Our California correspondent@Howardweaver checks in with this soldier first spotted at the Amador Country transfer station and then given a proper burial with full military honors.

Tore up from the floor up

Zombies, naturally, says our sender Becky.

Caption Contest #2: And the winner is!

Photo 3:
Don't let anyone tell you the Death Panels aren't real. You break ONE RIB, and they put you down - Andrew



AND!

Photo 4:
Fowl! - Andrew



That's right - it was a tie! Thank goodness we dont have to split the hood, and congratulations to Andrew who we hope is using this incredible skill somehow, somewhere. We will be emailing you and @RecyclingZychal so you can coordinate delivery of your gift.

Thanks to EVERYONE who participated in this event - it was a complete blast and wouldn't be possible without your good natures and generosity!

Osteo-oh

Got milk, (period).
Didn't help. And here I am.
Felled (question mark) Quite.

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