Entries from April 2008

no offense! (just kidding) no worries! (just kidding)

April 22nd, 2008 · 85 Comments

reason #962 why i’m happy facebook wasn’t around when i was in high school…

related: 2 good 2b 4gotten
extra credit: judy “just kidding” grimes [SNL]

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Tags: facebook · frenemies · just kidding!

the overly friendly coworker: ruining your day since you held the elevator for her that one time

April 21st, 2008 · 134 Comments

homero in portland had just finished heating up his lunch in the office microwave when he returned to his desk to find this “helpful” note (attached to an ad from the local alt-weekly) waiting on his chair. though it’s unsigned, he says he’s pretty sure he knows which coworker left it for him. “she’s kind [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · office · portland · smiley

why is it that on this night we’re, like, allowed to eat carbs?

April 20th, 2008 · 41 Comments

you gotta love my grandma cookie — she’s always looking out for my figure!

(this is why the seder calls for the drinking of four cups of wine.)
related: too many
extra credit: our stomachs, ourselves [heeb]

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Tags: animated fucking e-card · holiday spirit · jewish grandma

no girls allowed

April 18th, 2008 · 94 Comments

writes bailey in oklahoma: “my nine-year-old brother hung the original note on his door when i came home from college for christmas. after i laughed it off, he left a special note just for me. when i when walked in anyway, he yelled, “didn’t you see the sign?!?’ i can’t believe i’m being patronized by [...]

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Tags: battle of the sexes · kids · siblings · visual aids

and please don’t step on any cracks, either

April 16th, 2008 · 126 Comments

after six months of backpacking through australia, my former roommate robin stopped by her mom’s house on long island to unload her giant pack of souvenirs, leftover trail mix, and unwashed underwear. her crucial mistake (besides the basic one: returning back home to mom as an adult)? leaving an unopened can of planter’s peanuts on [...]

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Tags: food · moms & dads · new york · pleasantries as afterthought

stop! in the name of clip art

April 15th, 2008 · 78 Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · boston · clip art catastrophe · exclamation-point happy! · gloriously redundant · neighbors · office fridge · pittsburgh

the fruitcake’s in the mail

April 15th, 2008 · 102 Comments

“not long before i left my previous job writing reviews of video games, i got this little gem from someone involved in the production of a game i didn’t exactly care for,” alex says. “game-makers bitching about reviews is nothing new, but rarely do they do it with as much sarcastic flair as this one [...]

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Tags: apostrophe abuse · e-mail · holiday spirit · sarcasm · thanks (but not really)