Entries from March 2008

maybe you should switch to body wash?

March 31st, 2008 · 83 Comments

at least that would make the roommate situation a little less hairy…

related: losing lisa

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Tags: hair · hygiene · roommates · san diego · shower · that shit is disgusting

a lesson in crime

March 30th, 2008 · 57 Comments

finding funny-haha engrish signs in japan is almost too easy, but biella from new york didn’t settle for cheap laughs during her trip. “your english is good,” one might say, but this club’s “advisory” about the tokyo police is pure paranoiac gold.

related: uniformed vigilantes patrol tokyo streets to intimidate slackers [boingboing.net]

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Tags: exclamation-point happy! · highlighter · tokyo

if you needed an excuse to skip the gym today

March 28th, 2008 · 95 Comments

well, our anonymous contributor in pompano beach, florida has one for you.
he explains: “i keep a gym membership just so that i can feel good about my financial commitment to my health — not so much for the actual health benefits per se. i hadn’t been to the gym in at least two months when […]

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Tags: actually totally reasonable · florida · gym · shit · shower · that shit is disgusting · that's unsanitary

really, it’s the canadian thing to do

March 27th, 2008 · 102 Comments

is posting a “polite” sign for the neighbors passive-aggressive? “perhaps,” says the washington post.

perhaps this portland resident could learn a lesson in politeness from our famously good-natured neighbors to the north? or, um, maybe not.

(photos from guy in toronto, via jerrold!)
related: boston, a place for friends

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Tags: neighbors · snow · toronto

what, no bubble letters?

March 26th, 2008 · 83 Comments

cameron in hyde park, n.y. brings us this “maybe not-so-classic dorm dispute: girl meets boy, girl likes boy, boy has girlfriend, girl obsesses over boy, boy’s female neighbors post rejection note from boy to girl, girl…threatens neighbors, artistically.”

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Tags: MYOB · danger · disturbingly detailed · exclamation-point happy! · spurned lover · university