Entries from July 2007

a limerick

July 31st, 2007 · 41 Comments

back in 2006, austin in london didn’t feel like confronting his roommate about the masses of hair that were clogging the bathroom sink. instead, he wrote him this special poem.

adds austin: “my roommate never actually said anything about the note, but he did clean the drain out by the time I’d arived home…so I assume […]

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Tags: bathroom · london · post-it · roommates · sink

cleaning party!

July 30th, 2007 · 29 Comments

justin in winston-salem, n.c. spotted this classic mom note on the fridge at his friends’ house — with a bonus roommate note, to boot!

says justin: “i love the magnet — not sure if it’s supposed to be a letter grade or not, but i prefer to think that it is. if they get an F, […]

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Tags: cleaning · exclamation-point happy! · food · moms & dads · north carolina · roommates · signed with love · smiley · spelling and grammar police · university

this is why your server is cranky

July 29th, 2007 · 603 Comments

exhibit a) submitted by an anonymous bystander at a lunch counter in oregon caves national park:

exhibit b) submitted by patrick in kansas city, mo, who explains: “my friends chris and katie had a rude waitress a few weeks ago. in order to tell the waitress that there was indeed a reason she wasn’t getting a […]

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Tags: actions speak louder · kansas city · missouri · oregon · restaurant · service · underlining

dearest roommate

July 26th, 2007 · 87 Comments

“is it doubly passive aggressive to use this site to convey this message? i am the creator of this note, and the photo depicts actual conditions. i would love to send a post of this to said roommate at work.” — flushpatrol in washington, d.c.

related: servicing over a half-billion people…each and every day.

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Tags: condom · d.c. · internet citation · meta · roommates · sex sex sex · toilet

i can’t stand this shit anymore

July 25th, 2007 · 43 Comments

semarr prefaces this submission by saying: “i realize it’s not particularly *passive* aggressive, but in context it became so.” she explains:
“there were 8 people living in the house. one of them collected shelter cats and kept them in the basement. i found this note when I had come home from work very late at night. […]

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Tags: cats · jersey · more aggressive than passive · not-so-veiled threats · roommates · shit · that shit is disgusting · underlining · whiteboard