like this phrase, there are a few irritating little pieces of clip art that keep popping up in submissions over and over again. hovering somewhere near the top of most-wanted list is this pouty little white-gloved dandy.
from the factories of pittsburgh…
…to the cube-farms of virginia, this perspiring misanthrope has been spreading his message of intolerance with impunity.
but, once again, it’s a note from a church bathroom (this one spotted by jess in boston) that really pushes things to a whole new level of divine didacticism.
can i get a witness?!
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76 responses so far ↓
#1 laura
Those stop signs were fucking delicious
Apr 15, 2008 at 7:42 pm rating: 0
#2 Wade
Wait. So it’s used paper towels in the trash can, used toilet paper in the toilet? Got it.
Apr 15, 2008 at 7:44 pm rating: +1
#3 singlewall
wrong wade…used paper towels go into the garbage. they are not to be handed to the angry crossing guard standing between you and the toilet.
Apr 15, 2008 at 7:47 pm rating: +2
#4 The_boo
That second one needs a little frowny face flipping the bird.
Apr 15, 2008 at 7:47 pm rating: 0
#5 Wade
The first sign is a grammatical Moebius strip: stop taking other people’s food if it doesn’t belong to you because it is other people’s food that doesn’t belong to you….
Apr 15, 2008 at 7:49 pm rating: +3
#6 secondsout
Oh, come on, Mr. Angry Crossing Guard. Turn that frown upside-down. We’re going to go take a big swim in Lake You. Let’s show the world a big grin!
Apr 15, 2008 at 8:20 pm rating: +1
#7 summer
Is that the new line of M&M’s not good, might scare the kids.
Apr 15, 2008 at 8:26 pm rating: +4
#8 Set To Evil
The tribunal of frowny faces has found you guilty and sentenced you to death for stealing other peoples food that does not belong to you!!
Apr 15, 2008 at 8:35 pm rating: +2
#9 fan
It seems as though the clip art was created with the intent of being used on passive aggressive notes!
Design Team: “Hmm, we need some graphics for angry p/a people to use on office signs!”
Apr 15, 2008 at 8:37 pm rating: +2
#10 orangeriki
At least they didn’t use the ink blot men…
Apr 15, 2008 at 8:44 pm rating: +1
#11 mamason
The first note says not to take other peoples food if it doesn’t belong to you. I would love to know when it is that other peoples food does belong to you.
Apr 15, 2008 at 8:46 pm rating: +2
#12 Chipmunk
They look like those annoying talking smilies that they have banner ads for everywhere. I’d be worried those notes would scream things at me every time I got near.
Apr 15, 2008 at 8:58 pm rating: +2
#13 Sarah
The writer of the third note doesn’t get flowcharts, apparently. Right now it reads:
“Do you have a roll of paper towels?
Yes ==> Go to the trash can.
No ==> Stop! Go to the toilet.”
Apr 15, 2008 at 9:00 pm rating: +2
#14 Dent
I think we could make a strategy game out of this
will this “magical toilet” provide me with the “paper towel” to put in the “trash can” so i can finally level up to the “man with his foot in a bucket who is ever so happy about it”? i’ve been stuck on the angry yellow faces forever and want the powerful “mop of serendipity” wields, or is it the “broom of wealth”?
Apr 15, 2008 at 9:15 pm rating: +3
#15 Freelance Guru
Well, at least the Janitor thanks you!
Apr 16, 2008 at 2:10 am rating: 0
#16 Quite Contrary
Isn’t “No” “Stop” [insert angry Walmart price slasher picture here] redundant?
I’m increasingly concerned at the lack of proper grammar in PA notes! Or is the lack of grammar part of what makes a PA note a PA note?
Apr 16, 2008 at 2:17 am rating: 0
#17 TuesdayPillow
How can you prove if other people’s food belongs to you? Do you need to sign a deed or something, and keep it handy every time you go to the refrigerator freezer (by the way, which one is it? You can’t take food out of the refrigerator, the freezer, or both)?
This is too confusing. I’m just going to take anything that looks yummy.
Apr 16, 2008 at 4:37 am rating: +1
#18 poochie
this kind of clipart is definitely the defcon 2 of the passive aggressive note world… once you’ve used that - and I suspect that whoever’s used it here knows full well what they’re doing - you’re only one step away from someone turning up to punch you in the face. and then reminding you that the paper towels you use to stop the blood flowing from your nose need to go in the TRASH…
of course, i blame microsoft.
Apr 16, 2008 at 8:21 am rating: +4
#19 unholyghost2003
O.K. so the happy Janitor with the damp foot says “Please put paper towel in the trash can.”
If there is only one shouldn’t I hang it up to dry so others can use it w/o having to root through the trash?
Apr 16, 2008 at 8:46 am rating: +3
#20 marcopuffin
The Janitor needs to concentrate on where he’s putting his foot, instead of bossing other people about where they put their paper towels.
Apr 16, 2008 at 9:09 am rating: +2
#21 claw71
To the tune of Unchain My Heart by Brother Ray Charles:
Your lame clip art…. It really vexes me
Your lame clip art…lacks ceativity
Just because it came with Word
doesn’t mean you should be a nerd
Your lame clip art, oh please, please let it be.
Your lame clip art…baby it’s got to go
Your lame clip art…won’t stop the overflow
I flushed the sign in a spiteful rage
but you replaced it with another page
Your lame clip art, there’s a reason it’s free.
I graduated school so you know I can read
I’m not a fool so I really don’t need
Your lame clip art… it’s just getting in my way
Your lame clip art…please, please, please take it away
Work’s bad enough without this stupid shit
Where’d you get the time to down load it
Your lame clip art…has me ready to thow a fit.
Apr 16, 2008 at 9:31 am rating: +2
#22 Super Tash
I like the way that the little faces ooze passive aggressiveness - especiallly the one with smoke comming out of its ears and a sullen closed little mouth.
Apr 16, 2008 at 9:39 am rating: +1
#23 poochie
you know what, someone is really angry at life and has yet to get used to the fact that people steal things from office fridges. hell, in all the offices i’ve worked in it tends to be a fact of life that some grubby bastard will half-inch your cream cheese.
me, i’d carry on stealing their food and documenting their progress from angry to incandescent to stroke victim.
Apr 16, 2008 at 12:48 pm rating: +1
#24 Quite Contrary
Back to the upset WalMart greeter (again). Who thinks up clip art like this?
Apr 16, 2008 at 1:41 pm rating: +1
#25 Katzndogz
I think the one smiley is upset because he was giving a thumbs up and someone twisted his hand outward so it would point down. That’s gotta hurt!
Apr 16, 2008 at 1:42 pm rating: +2
#26 RunBarbara
Stop taking other people’s food out of the refrigerator freezer
How do you freeze a refrigerator? Is the Department of Water involved? Can I take things out of the regular freezer?
I’m puzzled.
Apr 16, 2008 at 3:03 pm rating: +1
#27 secondsout
So is Mr. Frowny Face going to stand in front of the toilet with his stop sign all the time? That might discourage people from using it properly. That might lead to puking in the urinal, and crapping in the dressing room. Damn you, Frowny Face!! It’s all your fault!
Apr 16, 2008 at 3:15 pm rating: +1
#28 claw71
I would just like to mention that the 45 minute rule takes precedent regardless of the number of notes or the frequency and density of clip art placement.
All food in the office fridge is subject to community consumption after 12:45. First come, first served.
Apr 16, 2008 at 3:52 pm rating: +1
#29 orangetiki
I just realized: The guy giving the thumbs down, his hand is the wrong way. who ever drew these, Boo on you. go back to the drawing board.
Apr 16, 2008 at 4:07 pm rating: 0
#30 Zsa
anyone else dissapointed that the link to “this phrase” went back to Your Momma Doesn’t Work Here and not F’ing Delicious?
Apr 16, 2008 at 4:55 pm rating: +1
#31 mamason
Am I the only one willing to admit that I like clip art? I know I’m not the only one who does, or we wouldn’t see so much of it!
Apr 16, 2008 at 4:55 pm rating: +1
#32 Heidi
hahahahah awesome!
Apr 16, 2008 at 6:44 pm rating: 0
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Apr 16, 2008 at 8:57 pm rating: 0
#34 Chairperson: Society for Gender Neutral Clipart
Why do people assume that the “perspiring misanthrope” with a stop sign is male? Is it not equally likely to be a Mrs? Or even a Ms?
Clip art is universal, people!
Apr 17, 2008 at 12:14 am rating: 0