Don’t worry: it’s not mold. Remain calm. It’s just a mold-like substance. There are many things that are mold-like but that aren’t bad, such as… well, this!
In this case, the “appropriate action” is to join in a chorus of “I Love Trash.”
And here’s another substance that not only is mold-like, it contains actual mold. Do you see anyone running for the hills? No, you do not. You see people running for the crackers. That’s the appropriate action.
Here’s another mold-like substance:
If you encounter this, again, remember: take appropriate action. In this situation, the appropriate action is to round up the posse and call up the crew, five bucks at the door and you bring your own booze, call your neighbors ’cause they can come too, be sure and bring your records ’cause I only got a few… So… yeah… what was I saying? Anyway. Action. Appropriate. Take it. And pass the crackers.
Found by: Teresa
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That is not the mold you are looking for…
You know, really, once you’ve uttered the M word, adding -like at the end doesn’t really negate it. It’s out of the bag.
“Mold-like”… Uhm hum…
I love Oscar. If the house came with Oscar, I’d buy it. Mold-like substance be damned. By the way, I miss the days when emptying the trash on my Mac produced Oscar singing “I love it because it’s trash…!” or everyone’s favorite, “Oh, I love trash….”
*weeps for days gone by*
Acch–another sad home in Detroit…
Okay, so I’m ignorant in this area (thank heavens!!). The last photo–am I right in assuming that those are truffles?
Uh…no. Although it did take me a moment to figure out what it was, as it’s been a while but …pretty sure it’s not truffles, I’m pretty sure that’s bud.
How long has it been, exactly?
@Dawn: Um, never. It’s been never. (Seriously)
(I’m just jealous because I didn’t pick up on that.)
Since I last saw it in …in…a ….magazine? A…book? A special news report?
Hehe, Dawn, I live in Colorado…sort of known for its stoner culture, so I’ve seen it more recently than I’ve smoked it
So, um…what DO truffles look like? (The fungal kind, not the chocolate confection). Oh, never mind; I’ll google it.
Wiki to the rescue!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truffle_%28fungi%29
If you’re buying that as bud you’re getting ripped off. [BC here
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They would best be described as lettuce leaves, grated carrot, and macaroni generously molded into tasty mold-balls.
Okay, I looked up truffles, and now I don’t feel so dumb. Yes, that pic looks more like lettuce leaves, grated carrots, macaroni, and a generous helping of fungus, but it doesn’t look UNLIKE some varieties of truffles either.
*shakes hair defiantly*
Don’t feel bad. I thought it was something the cat hacked up.
My thinking exactly – Mr. Raggs – did you do that????
I SWEAR I thought I got this all cleaned up last night.
I think it looks like a blockage surgically removed from a human stomach … oh, wait … what?
I did think for a moment that you must have some really interesting friends though
A bring-own-bottle truffle party! Woo!
Honestly, the only place I’ve ever seen truffles have been on Iron Chef America and while watching A Year Provence…in which they were being smuggled around like drugs, actually. Evidently there’s something of a thriving black market for truffles.
Who knew?
Forgot a crucial “in” A Year in Provence
It’s BYOBTO: Bring Your Own Bottle of Truffle Oil!
A truffle was recently auctioned off for more than $300,000. A–as in ONE–truffle. Three HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars. No wonder there’s a “black market.” Although apparently anyone can go out with their pig, dog, or other sniffer and find truffles. The $300 thou-plus truffle was found by a man and his dog.
Can you imagine? It would be like winning the lottery!
That is truly astounding. You’d seriously being doing the dance of joy, right there in the forest, cackling with sheer glee.
And…okay, so 300k for a diamond, or …something that can appreciate; a beautiful painting, perhaps. Now, I can’t afford that, and likely won’t be able to in this lifetime or the next eight incarnations. I can, however, glimpse the wisdom behind buying something you believe to be beautiful for 300k if you’ve got the dosh.
But you eat a truffle. That’s the point.
Never has the phrase, “You might as well flush your money down the drain.” been more apropos, because, pretty much literally.
I had a hard time understanding why the monthly payment on this would be $225 until I looked it up in Zillow and saw that $225 is the price of the house. It would cost me more just to fly to Detroit (from Ca.)
Of course, the Zestimate is $75K. Hmm….
I had the same reaction, Eggman and lost all heart to snark on this one.
Poor Detroit, hard-hit doesn’t even begin to describe it.
Not that a home with a “mold-like” (seriously, eek!) substance would be a hot seller in any market, but combine the houses problems with the problems of the area? Man alive, Motor City is hurting.
I’ve literally got coats that cost more than this house and I’m not known for spending all that wildly on clothing.
From Birdseye View, it seems to be a very nice neighborhood with large backyards, maintained lawns and lots of trees. Though at least two of the neighbors seem to have a preponderance to collecting cars and boats in their backyards.
Look at the street view in Google Maps, this is in one of Detroit’s numerous abandoned and semi-abandoned neighborhoods. This house is boarded up and has no houses on either side of it, presumably torn down already.
Yabut… ok… so they know what it *isn’t* (mold). I am more worried that they don’t know what it *is*. Mold-LIKE could be the Amdromeda strain up in there just waiting to turn the new inhabitant into a zombie or something.
I know there was a lot more to the joke, but I can’t stop singing “I love trash” now.
IIIIIIII LOOOOOOOOOOVE TRAAAAAAAAAAASH!
All I need is a cold brew and some toasty molds…
“Mary Mary quite contrary
how does your garden grow?”
Ganja Babe
Okay, mold (like) aside, I’m a little nervous about the internal fire damage in the “attic area”. Where exactly is the attic “area”? The roof?? And this related to how the mold got in the house, ie the lack of a roof caused by the fire led to the mold growing inside the house? I’d love to hear theories on this!
I can’t believe no one’s picked up on the “interior fire damage” in the attic. Between that and the mysterious not-mold, you have to wonder what the previous owner was doing in there.
Aside from the mold-like substance, that bit about fire damage inside the attic alarms me. I wouldn’t take the place as a gift!
Are you sure those aren’t owl droppings? Or some other vegetarian animals droppings? If this is what people are smoking these days, I’ll stick with truffles.
Has anybody ever smoked a truffle?
“Estimated economic life is 20 years” ??? What does that mean? In 20 years, is it going to implode and find a way to hack your checking, savings, and 401K and transfer all of your money to the Caymans, where it, presumably, will also go?
I had to give you props for the Michael Franti reference.
For that much money? I’m surprised nobody buys it for the land. I hear volunteer fire departments can always use old buildings for practice fires. Not sure if they haul away the debris after, but it’s gotta be cheaper than hauling the whole thing away.
I’d be so tempted to do this, x5 lots, then build myself a nice little place in the middle of them, but I’m sure there’s something I don’t know about or else more people would be doing this.
Not all mold like substance are not always as seems. I made a batch of cookies and took them over to share with my parents. My dad turned one over and asked how old they were. Apparently M&Ms melt into appealing mold like substances on the bottom of freshly baked cookies. They tasted good though.
So the house is really infested with freshly-baked M&M cookies? SOLD!!!
*Om nom nom nom nom*
I saw a show about grow-houses on CBC recently. Between the mold problems and the fire damage (caused by amateur wiring, perhaps?), it makes me think that this house was used to grow marijuana.
Anyone else watch videos by Jim the Realtor?
http://www.youtube.com/user/JimtheRealtor
He uses the term “mould-like substance”….has a copy-cat real estate agent been found?