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Couple Find 23-year- old Message Hidden In Their Bathroom
The places we live, which seem personal and pri- vate, will proba- bly have been called home by numerous strangers.
Alex and Jess Monney, from San Jose, California, were reminded of this fact recently while refurbishing their bathroom.
Concealed behind the plas- terboard was a message from Mr and Mrs Shinseki, and their pet rabbit Cassie, who lived in the house in 1995.
The couple wrote: "If you're reading this, that means you're remodelling the bathroom again. What's wrong
with the way we did it?"
Mr Monney decided to share the note on social media.
On Twitter the photograph has been retweeted and liked thou- sands of times, and on Reddit it received more than 80,000 up votes - a sign of popularity.
The 23-year-old note has inspired others to share the objects and messages they have discovered hidden in their homes.
TJ Harris from Indiana replied with a photo- graph of the stack of Playboy magazines he and his wife dis- covered stashed
in their bathroom wall.
The magazine on top of the pile was published in September 2000
Mr Monney told the BBC the pop-
ularity of his post has "totally exceeded" his expectations.
"It's just nice to see that people are appreciating the positivity of the story."
While many posted images of the objects they had dis- covered hid- den in the recesses of their houses, others shared that they had left notes for future resi- dents.
Illandira Belore, said: "I have a house built in 1912, when we ren- ovated we found notes. As we reno- vated we left notes of our own and a lit-
tle 'time capsule' of sorts for whom ever gets the house after I am gone and remod- els it."
Others chose more prosaic keepsakes to
pass on to future occupants.
Mr Monney con- firmed that he and his wife would leave their own note hidden behind the walls of the bathroom for future inhabi- tants to find.
"The funny thing is the renovation was supposed to be quick. We're expecting our first baby in four weeks, so we need to get mov- ing on our mes- sage pretty soon."
Mr Monney told the BBC he thought the Shinsekis "seem like funny people" and that he would like to thank them "for the smiles" their note has brought.
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