when walking downtown
this just sitting on a corner
no palm trees to be found
i wonder
if you are missing your coconut
did you leave it behind
did you lose it
and not notice?
—
“in the garden of gentle sanity, may you be bombarded by coconuts of wakefulness.”
-chogyam trungpa
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You find the most fitting quotes!
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The world is full of them!
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One needs to find them.
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Beth, you never fail to make me smile, chuckle, laugh out loud! How on earth do you always find a quote to your unusual photos?! You’re the best. Wishing you a happy Saturday.
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It’s just like finding the odd thing out in the world, they are just waiting to be found. You too )
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I wonder if the person who kept it there actually lost it or left it there purposefully for you to find! haha! Amazing that you found a suitable quote too!
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Yes, the chicken or the egg )
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Definitely the chicken, won’t you say
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my money is on the chicken
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A funny thing to lose–but my daughter actually buys coconuts as dog toys, so. . . 😀
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Wow, okay, I have been too limited in my use of coconuts )
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You’re welcome. 😏
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A perfectly paired photo and quote, Beth, as always! That quote is priceless. That photo would be a great story prompt for you gifted storytellers out there. How did our lonely coconut end up here?
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It is a bit of a mystery
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I now I need to know….
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I think we all occasionally find objects in incongruous places. I remember in 1967 finding a disembodied doll’s head on the ground in a small town in the mountains of Honduras. I picked it up and had someone hold it in his hand so I could make a strange portrait.
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Those finds immediately throw us a bit off corse and make us think
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Oh, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve misplaced a coconut. No, wait…I meant my sunglasses.
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same difference
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LOLOLOL That’s so funny. It is possible that it escaped from a bag and is trying to find a way to freedom. In it’s bid for autonomy it may have rolled as far as it could. The journey over, it waits, to be rescued by loving hands.
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i may just foster it if it’s still there )
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maybe the question should be what happened to the palm tree that used to be there… :)
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ah, a paradigm shift – thought not sure it would have survived a michigan winter )
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details…
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Good questions. Another: where’s the lime? Harry Nilsson would want to know.
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Hahahahaha I love that song
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It says, “I coconut stand it anymore.” (“⌒∇⌒”)
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Thai is how I roll
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（*’∀’人）♥
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oops, ‘that’
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（*´▽｀*）
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Maybe the owner had already milked it for all it was worth, Beth.
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there you go )
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I love finding things that are “out of place” – because how they got where they are is a mystery for the ages!
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that’s it exactly, and me too –
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That’s very odd. Leaves you wondering what the story is !?
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what do you think the story is? you are such a good storyteller –
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I like the story and just wonder how it ever got there. It’s a mystery and I would be tempted to think it might be a signal from one person to another, the meaning of which is only known between themselves !!
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Oh, I love that
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Love, love, love it! Humor in unexpected places–even a coconut!
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You never know where you’ll find it
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Might have dropped out of someone’s grocery bag…
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Possible-
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ahaha it probably found a way to escape from the shopping bag, trying to start a new life!
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Onward!
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This one brought a smile to my face. “Coconut? Anybody lose a coconut??” :)
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Exactly, could be one of many people –
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Perhaps a the giant from Jack and the Beanstalk lost his marbles.
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that is a great guess
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I love the curiosity it has created.
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People should just put interesting things out around town, just to spark creativity and wonder
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Great idea. If I ever get out of quarantine I’m doing it!
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The trade winds must be really strong this time of the year…
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Clearly )
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Haha, I believe all I have to say here is, “random” ;) !
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Yes!
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One day my bro and I were walking to school and there on a hill beside the road was a bowling ball. Just like that, so we picked it up and took it to school. What else could we do?
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That is so funny. Of course!
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I think the story is about me….
Nice read Beth
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it could be…
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