mishee was about to go ahead and just pay for that snapple…until she saw this colorful little note at a drugstore in sunnyvale, california. phew!
UPDATE: mishee (ever the overachiever) has returned to the scene to satisfy your curiosity about the signs behind the signs…and finds her snapple-drinking plans foiled in the process!
related: if it weren’t for the toilet, there would be no books
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74 responses so far ↓
#1 park rose
…slumped against the door with a dagger through its chest. The perpetrator of this crime is very small and managed to crawl out of the tiny window in there.
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:21 pm rating: +8
#2 Canthz_B
Hmm…I’ve never seen a restroom door operated by an electronic eye before.
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:26 pm rating: +4
#3 Canthz_B
If the door doesn’t open, call the coroner.
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:28 pm rating: +5
#4 Luv this site
I wonder what was on the sign underneath? Probally nuth’n’ much.
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:31 pm rating: +4
#5 amy d
The frowny face tells us if sombody is in there then you might want to give it a few minutes of air-out time before going in there yourself.
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:33 pm rating: +4
#6 Crash
IT’S MISHEE’S CLOSET !!!!
( or bathroom )
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:35 pm rating: +3
#7 jfruh
The worst part is that, with the apostrophes on either side of the n for some reason (a la “rock ‘n’ roll”), it actually took more pen strokes to write it this way than to just write “in.”
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:37 pm rating: +5
#8 Canthz_B
I guess I can hold it. They just found Peter Som’s body ‘N’ there!
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:37 pm rating: +5
#9 Crash
Gives a whole new meaning to “RESTROOM”.
( R.I.P.)
Jan 12, 2008 at 6:41 pm rating: +8
#10 Team Cassandra
I think “sombody” probally ripped the sign while impatiently trying to find out if under it was more to the sentence…
For instance I would have wondered if it might continue on…
“som(e)body ‘n’ there is another bathroom down the hall to the right.”
If I really, really had to go I would hope that. No lie.
What does the little scribbly say? No joke?
Jan 12, 2008 at 7:07 pm rating: +7
#11 Team Cassandra
And I have to say - I would hire that person as a sign-maker any day! A carefully supervised sign-maker, sure, but honest to God, I love people who can make letters look nice on a sign! Some people are so talented.
Me - All I can do is spell.
Jan 12, 2008 at 7:10 pm rating: +6
#12 Canthz_B
Do not at the cash register inquire,
If to use the restroom you strongly desire.
Sometimes you may find that,
The door is locked.
Somebody is in there,
So do not be shocked.
It’s not all about you,
Don’t be so absurd,
Someone else also needed,
To drop a fresh turd!
Jan 12, 2008 at 7:13 pm rating: +6
#13 tbrock
I appreciate that someone helped out on the spelling of “probably”, by adding the extra part of the ‘b’ to the first ‘l’….Probally had nothing better to do while waiting for someone to come out of the bathroom…
Jan 12, 2008 at 7:45 pm rating: +4
#14 Canthz_B
I’m not good at graphic arts but, are the dark markings on the letters inconsistent or is this some strange warping of the space-time continuum?
Jan 12, 2008 at 7:53 pm rating: +1
#15 mamason
But seriously folks, don’t you hate it when you’re in a bathroom with the door locked and right in mid-grunt som body starts knocking and trying the door and won’t stop til you yell for the third time, “THERE IS SOM BODY ‘N’ HERE!!”
Jan 12, 2008 at 8:01 pm rating: +10
#16 Writerrejected
Rembmer Thumbody from childhood? You got to dip your thumb in ink and make a print and draw a little head and feet? Probally too young, if you don’t.
This sign also made me think of that band ‘Nsync. I always found the name incredibly irritating. Maybe an ‘Nsync song is ‘Norder from one of our local bards?
Jan 12, 2008 at 8:03 pm rating: +3
#17 WanderingPenguin
Yecch. I don’t even know where to begin. So… for now I probally won’t.
Jan 12, 2008 at 10:15 pm rating: +2
#18 Kelly
CSI: Public Restroom
Jan 12, 2008 at 10:44 pm rating: +6
#19 park rose
Oh be gentle, please. To the tune of Green Door
The la of latrine, doubles as ‘the’.
Midnight
One more night without peein’
Holdin’ on
Till the morning comes creepin’
Latrine door
What’s that secret you’re keepin’?
I wanna do a pee an’ shit a log behind latrine door
Dunno what they’re doing
But they screech a lot behind latrine door
Wish they’d let me in
So I can find out what’s behind latrine door.
Knocked once
Cos’ I wanted to pee in there
Door jammed
Probally som body’s ‘n’ there
Wonder just what’s going on in there
Saw any eyeball peeping through a smoky cloud
Behind latrine door
When I said
O-pen ye
Someone groaned out loud behind latrine door
All I want to do ‘s enjoy an empty bowel behind latrine door.
Midnight
One more night of leakin’
Holdin’ on
Till the morning comes creepin’
Latrine door
What’s that secret your keepin’?
Jan 12, 2008 at 11:56 pm rating: +7
#20 Ralphy
Bad spelling smacks of drippy “facets.” I think I’ll just hold it for a while.
Jan 13, 2008 at 12:20 am rating: +2
#21 Mishee
Ahhh, the PAN Goddess DOES love me!! I am blessed!!
Jan 13, 2008 at 12:21 am rating: +1
#22 Canthz_B
No way to write Phillip Bailey’s vocalizations, but this is to Earth, Wind & Fire’s I’ll Write A Song:
Door’s locked and I can’t go,
Sensations you can’t know,
Fester in by bowels.
I need the restroom now,
Sweat’s running down my brow,
Somebody get the key.
Open this restroom door,
I cannot beg much more,
And I will do right by you.
Your toilet is divine.
I wish to make it mine.
I’m willing to pay you.
I must evacuate,
All of the food I ate,
At my best friend’s place.
You can help make this right,
I need to crap tonight,
I’m willing to pay you well,
If you do right by me,
Please just unlock the door.
We’re talking privately.
My distress plain to see.
I can’t hold out much more,
I need to get through that door,
Need to do number two!
Right now I’m really shocked,
That the restroom is locked.
I will gladly pay you,
If you do right by me,
Please just unlock the door.
Store clerk, unlock this door!
Jan 13, 2008 at 12:35 am rating: +5
#23 A.A guy
When I see a sign like that I’m just tempted to drive a wedge under the door,hide around the corner and see how things play out.
Jan 13, 2008 at 12:39 am rating: +5
#24 fantasy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqKxggxHIPM
“Knock Three Times”
Hey girl, What ‘ya doin’ “n” there
I can’t sit all alone while I need “n”
I can hear your music playin’
I can tell your body’s swayin’
Oh My Darling
I’ll knock three times ’cause I need “n”
I’ll knock twice more cause I really need “n”
Oh My Sweetness
Please meet me in the hallway!
ooooooooHHH
Twice I’ve knocked
Som Body needs “n”
If you peek out at me You might see how much I need “n”
Oh my Darlin’
meet me “n” the hallway
Attn: baby youv’e knocked three times and I know you need “n”
Oh My sweetness
But som body is “n” here
ooooooHHH
Just PLEASE meet me “n” the hallway!!!!
Jan 13, 2008 at 2:20 am rating: +7
#25 A.A guy
An inward opening door? What will they come up with next?(he said while peeking round the corner)
Jan 13, 2008 at 10:55 am rating: +2
#26 Rupert
It would be my luck that there wasn’t anyone in there, hadn’t been for hours. Someone locked the door behind them when they left and the clerk can’t find the key. Damn
Jan 13, 2008 at 3:08 pm rating: +3
#27 Mishee
I just wonder how many people had to be banging on this door that it came to a worker’s attention to even make the sign in the first place! Possibly it is the worker who was in there all those times and was sick of being interrupted by loud knocks all the time??
Jan 13, 2008 at 5:29 pm rating: +2