At least that would make the roommate situation a little less hairy…
related: Losing Lisa
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#1
damon
I could post “first!”, but I’m not. But just so you know I could’ve, if I wanted to.
When I read this, I had a sudden recall of that Old Spice body wash commercial where the camera slowly creeps up on that bar of soap in the shower with a lone butthair on it. Yeesh. Glad I use body wash.
Mar 31, 2008 at 11:35 pm rating: 90
#2
Coke-aholic
Poor Bin and Cynthia! And I thought having onion breath was bad! I bet after that day absolutely no one would stand close to them in the elevator.
Mar 31, 2008 at 11:43 pm rating: 90
#3
Troy McClure
How much is a toothbrush? A dollar fifty? What kind of cheapskate re-uses yesterday’s toothbrush??
Mar 31, 2008 at 11:45 pm rating: 90
#4
Jfruh
I think “unacceptable and nasty” is kind of redundant. While there are plenty of unacceptable things that aren’t nasty, I’m willing to bet that everything that’s nasty is unacceptable.
Mar 31, 2008 at 11:47 pm rating: 90
#5
Sarah
Using someone’s soap is the most disgusting thing someone can do? Even worse than, say, dropping a deuce?
The note writer has little imagination.
Mar 31, 2008 at 11:52 pm rating: 90
#6
Olivia
Team Laura. Sorry, but Jimmy sounds pretty gross – tough love all the way.
Also, compulsive neat freak here, but I hope the guy’s name is really “Bin” rather than a dumbass misspelling of “Ben.” *sigh* Oh well. : )
Apr 1, 2008 at 12:00 am rating: 90
#7
Canthz_B
On the bright side, Jimmy goes really easy on the toilet tissue.
Apr 1, 2008 at 12:17 am rating: 90
#8
Cindy
I am confused by the quarters taped to the note. I would love it if those where from “Jimmy” or whoever who was like “here’s the 75 cents for the soap I used, now shove it”
Apr 1, 2008 at 12:19 am rating: 90
#9
TuesdayPillow
Ok it’s pretty disgusting, but not the most disgusting thing. I’ve seen bits of poop left on the back of the toilet seat. Apparently someone had bad aim. REALLY bad aim.
Apr 1, 2008 at 12:33 am rating: 90
#10
Chipmunk
I would make a passive-aggressive move back. Use the soap again, make sure to leave a nice handful of pubes on it, and top it off with the 75 cents.
Then after they complain, write a PA note saying “I BOUGHT MY OWN BAR OF SOAP WITH THE 75 CENTS WHY ARE YOU USING *MY* SOAP?”
Apr 1, 2008 at 3:52 am rating: 90
#11
Miz-andi
I use my step-mom’s soap just to piss her off. But, then again, I also blow my nose in her towels. Team Laura, because being nasty without deep-rooted loathing and passive-aggression is UNACCEPTABLE
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:20 am rating: 90
#12
Matt
Embed shards of broken glass in the soap and watch the hilarity. That is worth 75 cents right there.
I have no reasonable solution for the dirty, skid-marked underwear
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:31 am rating: 90
#13
DirtyOldLady
Maybe the author should count herself lucky, considering how much nastier it could’ve been. At least Jimmy uses soap, occasionally changes his underwear, and has come within striking distance of a toothbrush. And as far as we know, he hasn’t shat in the shower.
He was probably saving that for the gym.
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:41 am rating: 90
#14
porcupine
Whenever I’m faced with a situation like this, I invariably ask myself… What would the Jackson 5 do?
It never fails to provide me with warm, healing waves of enlightenment, insight and consolation.
So, without further ado… here’s Janet. And I only had to change 2-3 words. See, I knew she’d be the one to turn to.
Sittin’ in the bathroom
Thinkin’ nasty thoughts
Better be a gentleman
Or you’ll turn me off
That’s right, lemme tell it
Chorus:
Nasty, nasty boys, don’t mean a thing
Oh you nasty boys
Nasty, nasty boys, don’t ever change (their underwear)
Oh you nasty boys
I don’t like no nasty skidmarks
I don’t like nasty soap
The only nasty thing I like
Is a nasty note
Will this one do?
Uh huh, I know… say…
Repeat Chorus
Nasty, nasty boys, gimme a new bar of soap
Nasty, nasty boys, lemme see your nasty body move (out of this roomshare asap)
I could learn to like this, listen up…
I’m not a prude, I just want some respect
So close the door if you want me to respond
Cause privacy is my middle name
My last name is control
No, my first name ain’t baby,
It’s Laura… Ms. Laura if you’re nasty
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:07 am rating: 90
#15
tlyzer
So is it still disgusting if Jimmy wants to use the soap outside of the shower? For instance, if he wants to wash his hands at the sink – is that okay?
Apr 1, 2008 at 8:08 am rating: 90
#16
wicked opinion
You cannot change an ignorant leech. They will be laughing behind your back while you are “teaching” them how to behave….if they are not busy being confused by your reaction to their behavior – “wait, I’m not supposed to drink straight from the milk carton with your name on it ?? oh..my bad” What really burns me is finding my body wash slowly being watered down every day. They think I am as stupid as they are. I hate roomates.
Apr 1, 2008 at 8:58 am rating: 90
#17
wicked opinion
oh look a preview button! ROOMMATES
Apr 1, 2008 at 8:59 am rating: 90
#18
Summer
OK, that skid marked underwear was fucking delicious, there, I said it!
Apr 1, 2008 at 9:25 am rating: 90
#19
Canthz_B
I’ll bet the toothbrush incident left Bin and Cynthia with shit-eating grins!
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:08 am rating: 90
#20
GhostWriter
To be fair, the “thong underwear” found on Bin and Cynthia’s tooth brushes was probably floss.
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:50 am rating: 90
#21
ryan
I don’t see how this note is passive aggressive.
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:09 am rating: 90
#22
unholyghost2003
Perhaps I have missed an important aspect of personal hygiene, (And I would also like to state for the record that I have never used a roommate’s beauty products without permission i.e. “Oh shit! I’m outta shampoo and I can’t get to the store ’till tomorrow, can I use yours?” or “Does that stuff really work? May I try it?”)
BUT what on EARTH are people doing with the soap that sharing it is so gross? I understand not wanting to subsidize your roommate’s grooming routine, but I have NEVER put a bar of soap ANYWHERE that would make it gross. Rub soap on hands/washcloth/sponge, use hands/washcloth/sponge to scrub body. The soap should not be in contact with any body part other than hands. If your roommate is so disgusting that you can’t handle his hands touching your soap ONE OF YOU NEEDS TO MOVE OUT.
Perhaps you shouldn’t be keeping your bar of soap in the shower, LAURA that is how it can get hit with rocket pubes and develops the little cracks that are a hot bed for fungal and bacterial growth. THAT is nasty.
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:25 am rating: 90
#23
GhostWriter
Come On and Pay!
(based on the Offspring version)
…and featuring the line, “Buy your own Soap”
You got that skid-marked underwear
I write a note in the bathroom
But you keep spreading disease
Your shorts are crappy and they lay on the floor
Getting wetter when I step with my feet
The nasty smell, I can’t disregard
I always catch you soapin’, hair is all over, Gawd!
If ya wanna buy your own, it’ll run six bits
You gotta cough it up,
cough it up, cough it up , cough it up
Hey, can’t you personally see?
Clean ‘em up – You got that skid-marked underwear
Hey, watch your personal hygiene
Clean ‘em up – You got that skid-marked underwear
Hey, Jim don’t buy no Dial
or underarm deodorant, he does it ev’ry time
Hey, come on and pay!
By the time you see his sideburns
It’s already too late
Strands are on the soap and the farthest wall
Neutrogena- I’ll a just call it a waste
It clogs up the drain, unacceptable, foul!
You’re not getting smarter
You’re not learning the score
It’s never ending, really- does it violate and vex?
You gotta buy your own soap,
Buy your own soap
Buy your own!
Hey, can’t you personally see?
Clean ‘em up – You got that skid-marked underwear
Hey, watch your personal hygiene
Clean ‘em up – You got that skid-marked underwear
Hey, Jim don’t buy no Dial
or underarm deodorant, he does it ev’ry time
Hey, come on and pay
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:43 am rating: 90
#24
gambrinus
ISTR an episode of Friends that addressed the issue of roommates sharing soap. I personally fall on the side of whoever in that episode said soap was intrinsically self-cleaning.
I mean really, if I were not fully confident in the cleaning power of soap, I would probably live my life much differently.
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:56 am rating: 90
#25
marcopuffin
He is a pig. But why leave your stuff out? Change roommates or keep your stuff in your washbag. Or embed finely chopped garlic into soap.
Apr 1, 2008 at 12:34 pm rating: 90
#26
marcopuffin
oh and hide your toothbrush because you can be sure he’s cleaning the toilet with it by now.
Apr 1, 2008 at 12:36 pm rating: 90
#27
web diversions
that change taped to the note: priceless.
Apr 1, 2008 at 1:04 pm rating: 90
#28
Anono
Damn Jimmy, you foul, disgusting, nasty, unacceptable, triflin SOB!!!!
Apr 1, 2008 at 1:30 pm rating: 90
#29
pistola
How do you get soap dirty? Doesn’t it clean everthing it comes in contact with? I can think of much dirty things to expose a roomate to.
Apr 1, 2008 at 2:32 pm rating: 90
#30
pistola
Is it me, or does this chick strike anyone else as the type of person that never lets things go.
Apr 1, 2008 at 2:40 pm rating: 90
#31
Heidi
ummm, I bet he doesent use the 75cents for soap…
Apr 1, 2008 at 2:45 pm rating: 90
#32
Mishee
I love how the PANGoddess linked this page to Losing Lisa…
I think THIS note would benefit GREATLY from a few pink penises drawn in…
Apr 1, 2008 at 2:47 pm rating: 90
#33
marcopuffin
Pink… with pustules
Apr 1, 2008 at 3:07 pm rating: 90
#34
Chipmunk
Yay!!! My first “Word”!
Apr 1, 2008 at 4:03 pm rating: 90
#35
Jantho1
“And stop using those things that don’t belong to you-especially…”
Does it bother ANYONE out there on the Grammar Police when people use only 1 hyphen when making a dash instead of 2?
Or, help make common speech less fragmented than it already is and use a fricking comma, bitch.
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:54 pm rating: 90
#36
justaguy
Sounds to me like normal male behavior. Soap is for washing, dirty underwear goes on floor. If not careful, might end up on toothbrush.
So what’s the beef?
Apr 1, 2008 at 9:30 pm rating: 90
#37
Y
soap costs more than 75cents.
bloggers are douche bags. I hate you Katie!
Apr 23, 2008 at 12:57 pm rating: 90
#38
jen
um, what about tax?
Jun 20, 2008 at 9:49 pm rating: 90
#39
PandoraWombat
Clearly the crux of the problem for this hygiene-challenged guy — and so many others like him — is that they never saw the appropriate Coronet short films on hygiene! Both are must-watches for all cleanliness issues! (Only I guess they weren’t allowed to say “pubes” back then.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjMPmNDUO8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRB3xDg5pnU
Aug 3, 2008 at 1:33 pm rating: 90
#40
Nichole
Hello. Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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THX ;), Galena.
May 31, 2009 at 12:13 am rating: 90
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