Entries from May 2008

“it wasn’t me”

May 13th, 2008 · 90 Comments

as far as post-coital “littering” goes, i’m guessing most dorm bathrooms have seen a lot worse than a pink t-shirt, no?

(and we certainly appreciate matt in greensboro, for snapping the photo.)

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Tags: bathroom · double-entendre alert · greensboro · on behalf of everyone · sex sex sex · university

try not to bite the hand that the dog bites

May 12th, 2008 · 69 Comments

while paying his old office a weekend visit, jimsu from katy, texas didn’t catch the original note (or, perhaps, conversation) that precipitated this huffy screed from the mailman…

…but he did spot the follow-up from the office smartass.

related: this is why your postal worker is disgruntled

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Tags: "customer service" · excessive underlining · office · oh snap · texas · you be the judge

did you send your mom a mother’s day card?

May 10th, 2008 · 72 Comments

“living with your parents while still in college has it’s benefits (saving money and all) but it also has its drawbacks,” writes laura in springfield, missouri. primarily…boundaries.
“my parents regularly grab my mail and put it in a compartment on a desk in our kitchen, which i don’t always check,” laura explains, and sometime shortly after [...]

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Tags: going postal · missouri · moms & dads · springfield · thanks but no thanks

an extra bold request

May 8th, 2008 · 134 Comments

jessica from chicago spotted this gem at a boston-area starbucks.
notes jessica: “i wonder if all that special barista training they had recently included anything about dictating the topic of conversations allowed?”

related: our customers are always right…except when they’re wrong

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Tags: "customer service" · cranky barista · massachusetts · sports · starbucks

(they match the plastic slipcover on the futon)

May 7th, 2008 · 129 Comments

our anonymous submitter lives in what she says is a typical college apartment, one that is “not decorated according to any theme.” and yet, in a transformation a college freshman taking lit 101 might describe as “kafkaesque,” one of her roommates has been replaced by your [fill-in-your-own-ethnic-stereotype-here] grandmother.

adds our submitter: “these weird towels wouldn’t dry [...]

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Tags: a matter of taste · bathroom · smiley · university · wisconsin

perverse and often baffling

May 6th, 2008 · 117 Comments

you decide! which clip art catastrophe raises the most new and troubling questions in your mind?
is it exhibit a, from new york’s west village?

(think about the designer’s thought process here for a moment. why the sunglasses? and not just any shades…but electric blue sunglasses? ditto, the sunflower.)
exhibit b, from a casino in cambodia?

(does no crossed [...]

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Tags: berlin · cambodia · clip art catastrophe · deutsche · dogs · german · new york · you be the judge

dude kinda has a point

May 5th, 2008 · 141 Comments

at this college dorm in seattle, our anonymous submitter says each floor ordinarily has one male and one female bathroom. however, because this particular floor happens to have an overwhelming number of female residents, both bathrooms were deemed female-only…much to some guy’s chagrin.

(click to enlarge!)
related: losing lisa

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Tags: bathroom · battle of the sexes · not-so-veiled threats · piss · saga · university · you be the judge