hannah saw this note on the window of a small toy store in downtown sarasota, florida. says hannah: “they are really cool about it, but people still kiss the window.”
do not kiss on someone else’s kiss
November 20th, 2007 · 233 comments
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Tags: excessive underlining · florida · irregular capitalization · sarasota · that's unsanitary
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#1 Wade
Oh, random
I thought it said condom
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:07 pm rating: +3
#2 Wade
When I looked at the sign at first, I thought the boxes were for employee photos, so the kisser could make their love public.
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:09 pm rating: +7
#3 Canthz_B
A glass pane fetish? And they say there is nothing new under the sun!
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:09 pm rating: 0
#4 GVI
Ahhh, so that’s why that one dude was licking the window in Sydney.
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:10 pm rating: +3
#5 Wade
And how would blowing kisses at toys leave lip prints on the glass….
ewwww
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:10 pm rating: +3
#6 Canthz_B
“Do not kiss on someone else’s kiss” implies that Florida is full of glass-kissers!
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:11 pm rating: 0
#7 Wade
If the point of a display window is to, um, display your merchandise, wouldn’t posting a gigantic sign about lip prints be more distracting than a stray lip print?
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:19 pm rating: +5
#8 GVI
Well we are talking about Florida.
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:22 pm rating: 0
#9 Canthz_B
“We like love, come on by to kiss our collective glass anytime!”
–The Management
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:22 pm rating: +4
#10 Mishee
Boxes along the bottom to kiss instead? I feel this is a trap! They could get the lip prints and then send them in to the CSI lab to be analyzed - just to discover that the lip prints are actually the store owner’s estranged, mental daughter who has been stalking him for years!!
This does remind me of in high school, all of the mexican girls would put their brown lipstick on and then kiss the bathroom mirrors…
I never really understood why they did that!
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:34 pm rating: --2
#11 Canthz_B
Oh transparent plates,
Of silicates,
Heated to great temperature…
I love you so,
I can’t let go,
You do tricks with my,
Blood pressure!
XXX
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:36 pm rating: +1
#12 Potbelly
Aww, a rarity on here: a truly adorable, un-barbed note!
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:40 pm rating: +1
#13 Andy
Hmmm… this is an advanced version of the old grade-school “Do you like me? Check yes or no” note.
That note just seems to be an invitation not just to kiss the glass, in my opinion.
Also, what kind of toys? That might help explain things, if you get my drift.
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:43 pm rating: +5
#14 Peggy Lu Who
But were they delicious?
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:45 pm rating: --1
#15 goose
Glass-kissing condom people; have no souls
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:47 pm rating: --1
#16 whOOt
No one yet?
okay I’ll say it:
“The window pane was fucking delicious!”
Oh and nigger, I forgot to say nigger.
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:54 pm rating: --12
#17 Andy
Oh, Peggy. Don’t tempt me. I’m trying to quit.
However, they were scatologically scrumptious. Or something.
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:55 pm rating: +4
#18 Licker
that glass does look delicious!
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:55 pm rating: --2
#19 Canthz_B
#1, there must be “condom people” as well otherwise more than lipstick would be deposited upon that window.
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:56 pm rating: 0
#20 GVI
What do they have on those windows that make people kiss them? Is it like a salt lick or something?
ps. #16, That was funny,but don’t overdo it.
Nov 20, 2007 at 7:58 pm rating: +2
#21 Canthz_B
Perhaps the PANGods will edit or delete #16 please? I hate censorship…but there was no point in it!
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:03 pm rating: --2
#22 Troy McClure
Glass’s touch comes to mean so much
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Glass’s way, s’abandonner
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Lipstick stains please get rid of,
And just tell us who you love
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Lips upon forbidden places
Lingering in glass embraces
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Glass kissin’ in the USA
Glass kissin’ in the USA
Glass kissin’
Glass kissin’ in the USA
Glass kissin’ in the USA
Lips are in motion
Blurring our sales promotion, blurring our sales promotion
Toys are calling
But weird shop-window toy lust is appalling, appalling
Lips close, then blossom; why? Who knows?
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Lips wide; don’t these folks have pride?
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Kisses hard, kisses deep
A kiss from some perverted creep
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Take your lover by the pane
Speak in tongues (you are insane)
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Embrasser c’est malaisé
Glass kissin’ in the USA
Glass kissin’ in the USA
Glass kissin’
Glass kissin’ in the USA
Glass kissin’ in the USA
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:04 pm rating: +5
#23 Canthz_B
NOT FUNNY…Even Sam J. did not say THAT!!!!!
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:05 pm rating: --3
#24 melanie
I love this note!
That is all.
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:13 pm rating: +2
#25 lola
Anyone sense a little anal retentiveness leaking from this note?
You can kiss the glass, but only here, here and here, and don’t kiss a square that’s already been kissed…
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:30 pm rating: +2
#26 lola
On second thought, maybe the shop owner moonlights for the CDC as “herpes warrior.”
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:32 pm rating: +1
#27 Kristin
#16 was so not cool.
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:32 pm rating: +2
#28 melanie
Maybe they just don’t want people suing them for having germ-ridden windows.
“Well, you see, your Honour, I kissed the window, little knowing the last kisser had herpes. I contracted the virus, and it’s clearly the shop owners fault.”
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:35 pm rating: +1
#29 lola
Have you had your store front windows checked for herpes today? This has been a message from the Department of Homeland Security and Herpes Control.
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:39 pm rating: +3
#30 Wade
Uh!
U don’t have 2 be random, babe, 2 turn me on
I don’t need saliva, baby, from dusk till dawn
U just need 2 smack a box 2 turn me up there
U just leave it all up on glass, I’m gonna tell U what it’s all about
CHORUS:
U don’t have 2 love toys 2 be my girl
U don’t have 2 leave drool 2 rule my world
My passive-aggressive sign I’m more contemptuous with
I don’t want your extra grime and your . . . . . kiss
U got 2 not lick dirty, baby, if U wanna impress me
U can’t be 2 flirty, mama, I know how 2 disgust me (Yeah)
I just might want 2 love you back, maybe U could be mine
U just select a box to smack, we might have a good time
CHORUS
Yes, oh
I think I wanna windex, uh
Gotta, gotta, oh
Unsanitary complex
Gotta, gotta, gotta
Women, not pervs, rule my world, I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama, don’t be random, then our tongues could do the twirl
U don’t have 2 be so nasty 2 have an attitude, uh
U just leave it all up 2 me, I hope your not a dude (Yeah)
CHORUS:
U don’t have 2 love toys 2 be my girl
U don’t have 2 leave drool 2 rule my world
My passive-aggressive sign I’m more contemptuous with
I don’t want your extra grime and your . . . . . kiss
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:39 pm rating: +3
#31 GVI
And if you notice, the sign is on the inside of the store and not the outside.
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:42 pm rating: +3
#32 Andy
It’s “PAN Idol” night, eh? Yegads.
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:52 pm rating: 0
#33 dawn
Team Love!
Nothing beats being stalked by some random, unsanitary weirdo while peddling toys for minimum wage.
Nov 20, 2007 at 8:55 pm rating: 0
#34 Wade
I wonder if they sprayed adhesive over the boxes?
Nov 20, 2007 at 9:05 pm rating: +2
#35 Canthz_B
Dear window I wake up,
I put on my make-up,
To leave a little smear on you.
I head right on downtown,
Early to avoid a showdown,
To plant a little kiss on you.
Forever together I’ll make
Sure that you shine.
In any weather,
Your smooth surface on my mind,
Please return my love in kind.
I plant a little kiss on you.
Nov 20, 2007 at 9:12 pm rating: +1
#36 morpho aurora
but now the paper is in the way of blowing kisses to the objects of their affections - toys or employees
#13 - i wondered too
also
http://www.kearneyhub.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19015741&BRD=268&PAG=461&dept_id=577571&rfi=6
Nov 20, 2007 at 9:16 pm rating: +1
#37 amazon
Isn’t it more likely that lip prints on a toy store window are from little brats pressing their faces against the glass?
Nov 20, 2007 at 9:24 pm rating: +2
#38 Mishee
Well, that is possible amazon - does this toy store in question carry Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifles!?!? With a compass in the stock and a thing that tells time????
(It’s better than a football, that’s for sure!)
A kid would definitely press his face against the glass for that, which in turn, would result in lip marks on the glass.
Mystery solved, and we didn’t even need to call Encyclopedia Brown!
Nov 20, 2007 at 9:31 pm rating: +7
#39 Troy McClure
You must remember this:
A kiss is still a kiss, a sign is just a sign.
And now windex I must apply,
You creepy guy.
And when glass lovers woo,
Some grimy smears accrue,
On that you can rely.
No matter what the weather brings,
You creepy guy.
Knowing right from wrong’s
Never out of date,
Window-fueled passion
I recriminate.
Window needs man,
And man must have glass plate?
Obscene, you can’t deny!
If we were on the third storey,
It wouldn’t be a worry,
Your lips don’t reach that high.
The weird will always lust for windows,
You creepy guy.
Nov 20, 2007 at 9:36 pm rating: +3
#40 unholyghost2003
#30 DAMN IT WADE! I was going to do that!
I can say I have never pressed my lips to a store front window. If it was a case of creepy stalker love for an employee 1. they should NOT encourage this, check for restraining orders 2. shouldn’t SOMEONE have noticed people pressing their lips to the glass if it is occuring during store hours? Get a sprinkler system and have it rain down infront of the window.
(unholy does NOT like creepy obsessive love)
Nov 20, 2007 at 9:56 pm rating: +2
#41 WanderingPenguin
Perhaps comment #16 can be removed for the greater good?
Nov 20, 2007 at 10:04 pm rating: +4
#42 whOOt
don’t be haten’
Nov 20, 2007 at 10:17 pm rating: --10
#43 WanderingPenguin
Ok, I am absolutely in awe, Troy. I knew that I knew the song you were “Yankovicing” in post #22 and stubborn pride refused to allow me to just go ahead and ask you about it. So I thought about all the songs I could remember that had “…in the USA” somewhere in the lyrics - and repeated, at that - and from deep in the recesses of my little mind came the memory of this obscure little Debby Harry song from the mid-80s. So off I went to google French Kissin’ In The USA and voila! Absolute genius.
But wait, there’s more.
If you go to this video on YouTube you won’t believe what happens at the 1:25 mark. How could you make it any better, Troy?
It boggles the mind.
Nov 20, 2007 at 10:48 pm rating: 0
#44 Wade
sorry UHG2K3
That sign just screamed Prince.
Nov 20, 2007 at 11:04 pm rating: --1
#45 Troy McClure
Well spotted WP. I must have seen that video before—the tune charted quited well in Aotearoa—so maybe subconsciously I knew. Or maybe I’m a tin-arse.
Nov 20, 2007 at 11:17 pm rating: --1
#46 super_fan#99
What if the “lip” prints weren’t from mouth kisses? The herpes patrol would be out in full effect!
Now THAT’S how you get pink eye.
Nov 20, 2007 at 11:25 pm rating: +4
#47 Kristin
WhOOT, it sounds like you’re the one that’s “haten”!
Nov 20, 2007 at 11:41 pm rating: +1
#48 whOOt
Okay everyone, I’m sorry. I should have never used that word. I now it was inappropriate and really immature. I didn’t mean to offend anyone, I was just trying to be cool and use shock humour, but I guess I went too far and ended up offending some people. I can truthfully say that it was never my intention to strike a nerve with anyone, it was just a poor attempt at trying to be funny and maybe get a little attention. I should have been aware of the fact that the internet is open to everyone. It’s a public domain for to gather in and I have no right to make people feel uncomfortable in such a place. These comments here have really opened my eyes and I can now see that my behaviour was totally unacceptable. For that I am truely sorry and I promise I will be more careful about using the word “delicious”, not only on the internet, but also in everyday life. Together we can make the world a better place.
Nov 21, 2007 at 12:00 am rating: --7
#49 lola
#46: nice “Knocked Up” reference - a bunch of guys bare-ass farting on pillows for revenge. So disgusting!
But bare-ass window farting should be an olympic sport. Just getting the pucker mark would take an inhuman amount of talent…
Nov 21, 2007 at 12:07 am rating: 0
#50 morpho aurora
and now i really need that steel wool and bleach!
thanks lola
Nov 21, 2007 at 12:29 am rating: --1
#51 Canthz_B
Sometimes it is not the “American” that is ugly, is it?
Nov 21, 2007 at 12:44 am rating: --4
#52 Potbelly
Lol team whOOt. What can I say, it just feels right. Even if only to not be on Team Person-Who-Says-They-Hate-Censorship-Whilst-Requesting-It.
Nov 21, 2007 at 1:13 am rating: --3
#53 Canthz_B
What about being on Team Hates Ugly Racist Terms”?
People of all shades have feelings you know.
I don’t mind what you do in private, but this is a public place. If there had been even a modicum of humor visible I would stay mute, but it was just gratuitous usage of a word that can inflame passions. There was no need for it…and it saddens me that you need to be told that Potbelly.
Nov 21, 2007 at 1:40 am rating: --2
#54 Canthz_B
Perhaps outside of the USA you people toss the N-Word around like a soccer ball…but the term is not accepted here…I ask nicely that you please NOT use it here.
Nov 21, 2007 at 1:44 am rating: --4
#55 whOOt
…pawn to E5…
Nov 21, 2007 at 1:47 am rating: --4
#56 Danielle
My mom used to say that U respect yourself most, when you respect others best.
Team Don’t say it
Nov 21, 2007 at 1:47 am rating: --1
#57 Canthz_B
LOL…poor little whOOt is upset (s)he cannot get the fight that A.A Guy stirred up.
The war has been fought, you missed it.
Have a nice life.
Luv ya
Nov 21, 2007 at 1:52 am rating: --2
#58 whOOt
a reaction was all I needed
Nov 21, 2007 at 1:55 am rating: --5
#59 Canthz_B
You got a reaction, but not a rise out of me.
I have every confidence that you will someday mature.
Best of luck to you.
Nov 21, 2007 at 2:00 am rating: --3
#60 whOOt
And the best of luck to you in your endevours as well. Perhaps someday I’ll understand this mystical property certain words hold.
Nov 21, 2007 at 2:04 am rating: --4
#61 Canthz_B
With maturity comes wisdom, I hope you only ever have to understand it intellectually, whOOt.
Nov 21, 2007 at 2:09 am rating: --3
#62 Potbelly
Canthz, you call what you’re doing anything but a rise? You’re just defending and upholding the n-word’s power as some mythic super-symbol too sacred even to utter as an obvious joke on it’s very self.
It’s just a word, like Nazi or cunt. And, although it matters not on this issue or most any, I am not white. However, even if I were, I would still be included in the “people of all shades” and I treasure the right to choose for myself what does and doesn’t hurt my feelings.
Censorship sucks, it solves no problems and protects no one.
Nov 21, 2007 at 2:43 am rating: 0
#63 Canthz_B
Fine by me Potbelly…you have no shade and no feelings (not that I implied that anyone was of any particular shade here).
But insensitivity to and ignorance of history solves the problems of the present or of the future not.
I am not angry, there is no rise.
Carry on.
Ignorance is bliss, and you are quite content.
Nov 21, 2007 at 3:08 am rating: --2
#64 Canthz_B
Not that I actually believe you will learn anything Potbelly/whOOt, The debate would not be about your feelings anyway. I would be about the feelings of your fellow human being. Selfishness probably prevents you from understanding this concept.
Be careful out there!
Nov 21, 2007 at 3:18 am rating: --4
#65 Potbelly