vida says her friend in baltimore received this note from “his pathologically lying roommate.”

it’s a little hard to read, but the (genius) last line says, “if not possible we’re moving and you can stay.”
so: team joe? team asa? or too tough to call?

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no lols from this feline — just some lovely passive voice!

(thanks to megan in michigan.)

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this is a special note indeed.
the idiosyncratic spelling, spacing, bolding and are fascinating — i love how the third sentence is so rhetorical it doesn’t deserve a question mark — but i think what i enjoy most is the after-the-fact realization that the desired action here just wasn’t quite explicit enough.

(thanks to molly in [...]

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writes lauren in kansas: “my roommate is known for her notes towards me and our other roommate. we never touch each others food as is but i guess she felt the need to threaten us to keep it that way.”

lauren adds: “inside the box? a ton of containers of frozen cookie dough.”

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exhibit a) from richmond, virginia: the pedantic approach

exhibit b) from minneapolis. minnesota: the conditional approach

exhibit c) from hartford, connecticut: the ALL for one and one for ALL approach

exhibit d) from dallas, texas: the federal government’s approach

(thanks to erik and kim for their submissions.)

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looks like both the mad bomber and richard g. sells have west-coast counterparts:

grossed out? yeah, me too. blame gregory in los angeles for documenting this one (!!!)
related: the mad bomber, act 1: “sorry about the language”

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first, i’ll let stephanie in los angeles explain the context for this one: “after a night of drinking, i let a friend of mine crash with me at my apartment. this friend, who does have her own apartment in the city, left with me in the morning, yet i still received this email from my [...]

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