What item(s) found by distant future archeologists would most likely give a false idea of us now?

[Liberal Veteran]

Just wondering...I mean, what if the only surviving record of our existence is Jack Chick tracts?

[Muttocracy]

1. it'll be something plastic, or cigarette butts. those never decay. n/t

[x-g.o.p.er]

2. Music by Air Supply

[CreekDog]

17. maybe they'll confuse the album covers with Hall and Oates n/t

[mike_c]

3. Bush's flight suit....

D'oh.

[DarkTirade]

4. Toilet seats.

Seriously... what will people in the future think of these strange ring-shaped things they find with hinges on the back? :P

[ZombieNixon]

5. Obviously some kind of throne.

Made of porcelain. Possibly used as a sacrificial altar. :D

[yellowdogintexas]

9. Motel of the Mysteries has already addressed this possibility:

http://etext.virginia.edu/railton/enlt214m/mystmotel.html

[DarkTirade]

10. Makes sense to me.

:shrug:

[yellowdogintexas]

11. you need to read that book, if you have not already done so.

It is a hoot.

[flvegan]

6. Unspent bullets.

[BreweryYardRat]

14. Hell, shell casings, for that matter.

Put the two together and they'd figure it out pretty quick, though.

[Forkboy]

7. George Bush's cranium.

[LeftyMom]

8. The beatitudes.

They'd get a really wrong idea about religion and human behavior more generally if that's all they had to go on.

[NV Whino]

12. A friend and I had this discussion many years ago

In the back seat of her ancient Volkswagen were a couple of giant baby bottles. She had used them to feed some orphaned calves. We had a good laugh over what future archeologists might think finding not only the over sized baby bottles, but the funny looking car.

[pitohui]

13. would jack chick tracts really give a false idea of us now?

if by "us" you mean the usa or the world as a whole as opposed to snotty elitist "us" who get a kick out of snickering at the stupid people?

the distant future archeologists are probably going to be more interested in how joe sixpack lived and his stupid shit religious beliefs than in the boring old secular humanist/atheist beliefs, i mean, we just don't have all those cool and colorful rituals

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

15. Haruka's Towel.

...sorry. Had to do it.

[KitchenWitch]

16. RetroLounge's bear!

Thanks OMC!

:evilgrin:

[qwertyMike]

18. A television n/t

[tainted_chimp]

19. Breast implants.

I've often imagined the audible gasps, as they unearth the shriveled crispy mummified remains.....with perky breasts!