an extra bold request

May 8th, 2008 · 26 comments · (stumble it!)

jessica from chicago spotted this gem at a boston-area starbucks. notes jessica: “i wonder if all that special barista training they had recently included anything about dictating the topic of conversations allowed?

an extra bold request

related: our customers are always right…except when they’re wrong

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(they match the plastic slipcover on the futon)

May 7th, 2008 · 114 comments · (stumble it!)

our anonymous submitter lives in what she says is a typical college apartment, one that is “not decorated according to any theme.” and yet, in a transformation a college freshman taking lit 101 might describe as “kafkaesque,” one of her roommates has been replaced by your [fill-in-your-own-ethnic-stereotype-here] grandmother.

(they match the plastic slipcover on the futon)

adds our submitter: “these weird towels wouldn’t dry two fingers, much less two hands, so we don’t use them anyway! (maybe if they weren’t so ugly…)”

(they match the plastic slipcover on the futon)

related: text me at work if you want to talk!!

→ 114 CommentsTags: a matter of taste · bathroom · smiley · towels · university · wisconsin

perverse and often baffling

May 6th, 2008 · 113 comments · (stumble it!)

you decide! which clip art catastrophe raises the most new and troubling questions in your mind?

is it exhibit a, from new york’s west village?

perverse and often baffling

(think about the designer’s thought process here for a moment. why the sunglasses? and not just any shades…but electric blue sunglasses? ditto, the sunflower.)

exhibit b, from a casino in cambodia?

(does no crossed out mean…yes?)

or exhibit c, from a pharmacy in berlin?
Vitamine sind jetzt wichtig!

(trust me: speaking german is no help here.)

if you can’t decide, remember that your first instinct is usually the best choice (um, except when it’s not).

related: clip art crimes

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dude kinda has a point

May 5th, 2008 · 138 comments · (stumble it!)

at this college dorm in seattle, our anonymous submitter says each floor ordinarily has one male and one female bathroom. however, because this particular floor happens to have an overwhelming number of female residents, both bathrooms were deemed female-only…much to some guy’s chagrin.

dude kinda has a point

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related: losing lisa

→ 138 CommentsTags: bathroom · battle of the sexes · not-so-veiled threats · piss · saga · university · you be the judge

yes, those letters were colored by hand

May 4th, 2008 · 66 comments · (stumble it!)

explains our anonymous submitter: “we have a breakdown in communication at this place.”

yes, those letters were colored by hand

related: what, no bubble letters?

→ 66 CommentsTags: exclamation-point happy! · highlighter · how artistic · idiosyncratic Capitalization · office · rainbow-colored · too much time

you’re not fooling anyone

May 2nd, 2008 · 70 comments · (stumble it!)

this note was posted in the girls’ toilets at a college dorm in canberra, australia.

you're not fooling anyone

later, this note was slipped under the doors of everyone on the floor.

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if your grandma wrote PSAs

May 1st, 2008 · 133 comments · (stumble it!)

j. star says he found this passive-aggressive twist on the old rspca campaign/scottish band in a cincinnati parking lot. (pet-lovers: just to let you know, it was crumpled up on the ground, not on his windshield.)

phpoJDUbk

related: i can has guilt trip?

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