(thanks to frank in san francisco. )

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in all fairness, says brandi in austin, “this note was written after our dishes became so caked with fungus that we had to buy new stuff. the smell was also REALLY bad.”

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jenn in san francisco received this little from a then-roommate who she lived with for a year but barely ever saw or spoke to. says jenn, “she was rarely seen outside the confines of her own room and seemed to prefer communicating electronically and then, only when absolutely necessary. so you can imagine, she probably [...]

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notes rayya in canterbury, kent: “informing the building landlord about a sticky tap would probably have been a more sensible move than guilt-tripping the female staff into feeling responsible for global water shortages!”

it doesn’t end there: says rayya, “not only are we responsible for global water shortages but we’re breaking people’s limbs.  the ‘please’ [...]

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amy in seattle says her favorite part of the note is the children (please, think of the children!) but i was most impressed by the use of both “being effected” and “being impacted” in a single sentence. those loud, “vulgar-related” noises might, in fact, be the sound of english teachers around the world crying out [...]

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this note comes to us from an archaeological dig in the u.k. (roman silchester, to be precise), where our submitter says the planning team was quite worried about the writing instruments going the way of ancient rome.

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by popular demand, ellen in acton, mass. has sent in a photo of the note that appeared next to the one about spitting in the water fountain on her gym’s suggestion board…

the original “no spitting” note has since been taken down, ellen says. “in its place was one saying that people should stop focusing on [...]

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