Entries from February 2008

bun — er, pizza — in the oven

February 29th, 2008 · 120 Comments

zakir in montreal came home one night to find his roommate tristan ferociously scribbling this note for his other roommate, vincent. apparently, tristan was baking cookies on saturday night (aww) and when he turned on the stove, the entire apartment filled with smoke from the charred cardboard from vince’s frozen pizza. says zakir: “vincent’s […]

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Tags: double-entendre alert · heart · montreal · oven · pizza · smiley · south carolina · spelling and grammar police

and my beef sandwich and my yogurt

February 28th, 2008 · 82 Comments

spotted by sarah in minneapolis…

related: take out of box, place directly in toilet 

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Tags: "helpful" advice · FYI · food · minneapolis · office fridge

stop, hammertime

February 26th, 2008 · 82 Comments

so, after seeing this note from daily piglet in columbia, south carolina:

and this one, from anna in providence, rhode island:

and this doozy from an anonymous san francisco office worker…

is it any wonder that this photo from afroswede’s flickrstream (and others) came to mind?

(meanwhile, over at bethany’s “blog”…u can touch this.)
related: can i lick […]

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Tags: blitzkrieg approach · exclamation-point happy! · providence · san francisco · south carolina · temperature · touching

you can do it. we can’t help.

February 25th, 2008 · 89 Comments

julie spotted this amazing note on new york’s lower east side…

(dude, how ominous are those ellipses?)
related: movin’ out (anthony’s song)

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Tags: crazypants · money · not-so-veiled threats · say wha?

but charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted

February 24th, 2008 · 109 Comments

charlie in hopkinton, massachusetts (age 17) and his little brother (age 15) spent a good deal of time scheming about how to respond to their mother’s notes around the bathroom before deciding upon shaving cream as their weapon of choice.

p.s. matilda: the most passive-aggressive child in fiction? (also, muggle-wump: the most passive-aggressive monkey?) discuss!
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Tags: bathroom · massachusetts · moms & dads