passive-aggressive mad libs

July 30th, 2008 · 131 comments

this note from a “friendly neighbor” was put through the mailslot of dan’s apartment in the heart of south philly. says dan: “i wanted to put ‘thanks for the advice!’ on the door in response, but thought better of it.”

passive-aggressive mad libs

as infuriating as the note was, “i do love how they phoned in the underlining on “of” and “the,” then went to town with ‘curb,” dan adds. “thank you, friendly neighbor, for the best piece of bulletin board material I’ve ever gotten.”

related: two birds with one snowman

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131 responses so far ↓

  • #1   HellGirl

    “Hey, trash goes out FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE 3AM and should be put out on the ROOF. Not against the house. You may want to invest in HOTPANTS for the GOOD OF HUMANITY or ask the TENANTS of the building to do so.”

    Such fun

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:07 pm   rating: +21  

    • #1.1   Beth

      Whee! It’s PA Mad Libs!

      “Hey, Trash goes out MONDAYS before SUNSET and should be put UP YOUR NOSE, not against the house. You might want to invest in SLIPPERS for the FAINT OF HEART or ask the PROSTITUTES of the building to do so.”

      Jul 30, 2008 at 9:41 pm   rating: +11  

       
    • #1.2   PandoraWombat

      Hey, trash goes out IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY after THE WEEKLY WITCH-BURNING and should be put out on the AIRCRAFT CARRIER, not against the house. You may want to invest in CORN FUTURES for the REST OF THE HOLOCENE ERA or ask the CRAWL SPACE of the building to do so. Thanks, KINDERGARTEN TEACHER-WITHOUT-PORTFOLIO

      Mad-Libs are AWESOME!

      Aug 2, 2008 at 11:43 am   rating: +3  

       
     
  • #2   Paintball "Punk"

    What the fuck is a frierdly neighbor?

    Is his name Tuck?

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:18 pm   rating: +17  

    • #2.1   Canthz_B

      That would be a friar. This guy just loves greasy food. ;-)

      Jul 30, 2008 at 4:46 pm   rating: +14  

       
     
  • #3   Mark

    “Hey, trash goes out THE DAY AFTER THE APOCALYPSE and should be put out on the FANNY. Not against the house. You may want to invest in ENRON for the GARAGE CEILING CAT or ask the PROSTITUTES of the building to do so.”

    Whee!

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:19 pm   rating: +21  

     
  • #4   YoureACunt

    The trash on the side of the house was fucking delicious!

    I guess the neighbor is tired of seeing the trash on the side of the house or maybe they’re on the second floor and smelling the used condoms and t.v. dinner boxes.

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:32 pm   rating: +3  

    • #4.1   Sydney

      Are you implying that someone is using tv dinner boxes as condoms? Because if you aren’t, I will.

      Jul 30, 2008 at 10:43 pm   rating: +7  

       
    • #4.2   Holiday Djinn

      If the love glove fits. . . . . .

      Jul 31, 2008 at 7:08 am   rating: +3  

       
     
  • #5   Canthz_B

    Sounds like a fun town on Tuesday nights. All the trashy townspeople hit the bars after 7pm.
    When you shoot their drunken asses when they come home, be sure to do it at the curb.
    Be generous and leave canned goods in the backyard for them, or ask the owner of the building to do it.

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:33 pm   rating: +7  

     
  • #6   se

    Hey Dan,
    The next “note” that you’ll probably get in your mailbox will be a fine from Phila. BLI for putting out trash prior to 24 hours before pickup day…

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:34 pm   rating: +3  

     
  • #7   Grade Ape

    “Hey, trash goes out THEN IN, THEN OUT and should be put out on the RECEIPT OF PAYMENT. Not against the house. You may want to invest in COMPLEMENTARY CONDOMS for the PARADE OF SLEAZY MEN or ask the MADAM of the building to do so.”

    Mad Libs ARE Fun!

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:36 pm   rating: +10  

     
  • #8   Canthz_B

    Rubbermaid™ stock just jumped 6 points!

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:36 pm   rating: +6  

     
  • #9   amy d

    Hey, Trash goes out on FRIDAY NIGHTS AFTER 10 P.M. and should be put out AS SOON AS YOU FINISH HAVING SEX WITH THEM, not THE NEXT MORNING. You may want to invest in CONDOMS for the BACK OF THE PROPERTY or ask the OWNER OF THE BULLETIN BOARD to do so. Thanks, CALLOUS NEIGHBOR

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:43 pm   rating: +13  

    • #9.1   amy d

      ^ Not meant to be a mad lib. Meant to be a reinterpretation of the note (sort of).

      Jul 30, 2008 at 4:46 pm   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #10   JPav

    Hey, trash goes out SUNDAY AFTERNOON DURING MIDNIGHT and should be put out on the DOLPHIN. Not against the house. You may want to invest in BINOCULARS for the FRONT OF THE SHAMPOO or ask the ICE CREAM MAN of the building to do so.”

    Gee Willackers! This IS fun!

    Jul 30, 2008 at 4:45 pm   rating: +6  

     
  • #11   timo

    Hay,
    Trash goes out DAILY WITH THE OLD MAN TO THE SEA AT MIDNIGHT and should be put out on the STEPPES not the side of the house.
    You may want to invest in SILKEN PANTALOONS for the SNIPE HUNT AND BALL or ask the OGRE of the building to do so.

    spanks,
    Your friedmaster general neighbor

    Jul 30, 2008 at 5:09 pm   rating: +12  

     
  • #12   claw71

    Now if that note had been signed Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman, I’d be impressed and willing to comply.

    Jul 30, 2008 at 5:10 pm   rating: +12  

     
  • #13   Mishee

    I see this as a trailer park woman who wants a date on Tuesday at 7pm.

    Hey, somebody’s gotta take out the trash!

    Jul 30, 2008 at 5:13 pm   rating: +8  

    • #13.1   Timo

      “I’ll be pumping out the chemical toilet and I see that you will be also.”

      Jul 30, 2008 at 7:11 pm   rating: +3  

       
     
  • #14   claw71

    Seriously though, does the strategic underline placement make anybody else suspect that this note is really a coded invitation for gay sex at the back of the property on Tuesday Night…or is that just wishful thinking on my part?

    Jul 30, 2008 at 5:14 pm   rating: +17  

    • #14.1   Grade Ape

      “curb” hunh? So that’s what the kids are calling it these days…

      Dan’s having sex with the owner by the trash cans at the back of the property! By-gum you’ve cracked it Claw!

      Jul 30, 2008 at 5:53 pm   rating: +2  

       
    • #14.2   kat

      Hey
      Trash goes out IN THE FAR STALL with a TAPPING FOOT and should be INDICATED WITH A WIDE STANCE.

      Jul 31, 2008 at 8:50 am   rating: +10  

       
     
  • #15   Canthz_B

    I wonder, what clever helpful hints were written on the bottom half of this piece of paper?

    Jul 30, 2008 at 5:20 pm   rating: +2  

     
  • #16   secondsout

    I was going to invest in trash cans, but I decided that perhaps it wasn’t too lucrative a market. On the other hand, tech stock is a little unpredictable for my risk tolerance. Maybe I’ll stick with something a bit more stable, like real estate. Huh? What do you mean home prices are plummeting?

    Jul 30, 2008 at 5:25 pm   rating: +6  

    • #16.1   Mark

      Investing in beer, hookers, and blow makes more sense these days.

      Jul 30, 2008 at 5:28 pm   rating: +10  

       
    • #16.2   secondsout

      No “these days” about it. Those are always guaranteed to be worth the money.

      Jul 30, 2008 at 5:36 pm   rating: +5  

       
    • #16.3   Grade Ape

      History shows us that the fair market price for blow and beer has always increased steadily. Whores however have proven to be volatile.

      Jul 30, 2008 at 5:58 pm   rating: +5  

       
    • #16.4   Timo

      With whores it is very much up and down…and up…and down.

      Jul 30, 2008 at 7:13 pm   rating: +18  

       
    • #16.5   Mark

      “No time for the old in-out love, I’ve just come to read the meter.”

      Jul 30, 2008 at 7:19 pm   rating: +7  

       
    • #16.6   Timo

      ” so is there any tread left on the tire or is it pretty much like throwing a hotdog down a hallway?”

      Jul 30, 2008 at 7:43 pm   rating: +8  

       
     
  • #17   Red Letterboxer

    The note is oddly helpful and friendly if you ignore the stressed-out underlining. Makes you wonder if Mr. Note-writer drafted it and Mrs. Note-writer added the emphasis before delivering it. She probably worked herself into a rage by the time she got to his door. How far into the home was the note found? The greater the distance the angrier the delivery.

    Jul 30, 2008 at 5:53 pm   rating: +7  

     
  • #18   Canthz_B

    It’s always the friendly neighbor who has the stick up her butt.
    Reminds me of Mrs. Kravitz on Bewitched!

    “Abner! Abner! The Stevens’ have put out their trash and it’s only six fifty-five! DO something, Abner!”

    Jul 30, 2008 at 6:14 pm   rating: +13  

     
  • #19   aaa

    In high school, we just put “penis” in every blank.

    Hey, Trash goes out Penis Penis penis penis p.m. & should be put out on the penis, Not against the house. You may want to invest in penis penis for the penis penis penis penis or ask the penis of the building to do so.

    Thanks,
    Friendly Neighbor

    Jul 30, 2008 at 6:34 pm   rating: +6  

    • #19.1   amy d

      I put a penis in all my blanks in high school, too.

      Jul 30, 2008 at 6:57 pm   rating: +27  

       
    • #19.2   kate

      Triple a, that was the funniest thing I’ve read all day. Boy, do I have some growing up to do or what?

      Jul 30, 2008 at 7:21 pm   rating: +2  

       
    • #19.3   Timo

      *Blurts out like Ted on “Scrubs”*

      I LOVE YOU Amy d!
      :razz: :lol: :grin:

      Jul 30, 2008 at 7:28 pm   rating: 0  

       
    • #19.4   Canthz_B

      I hope aaa, kate and amy have two eyes, a nose and blank faces! :-P

      Jul 30, 2008 at 8:17 pm   rating: +2  

       
    • #19.5   claw71

      So, Amy, what are you doing Friday night? Do you want to come over and play poker with us guys? Or would that be Poke Her

      Jul 31, 2008 at 8:51 am   rating: 0  

       
    • #19.6   amy d

      Uhm, only if I’m the her in question.

      I believe there should be one womand for every man. I’m that woman.

      Jul 31, 2008 at 9:19 am   rating: +10  

       
     
  • #20   The Other Leanne

    It looks like they had a little trouble deciding whether to put a period or a comma after “curb.”
    “Wait! Is ‘Not against the house’ a new sentence? Abner, what do I do here?”
    “Just put them both, Gladys, just put them both.”

    Jul 30, 2008 at 7:05 pm   rating: +2  

     
  • #21   Jimmy Straightline

    It is my understanding that everything said in Philly must be preceeded with “Hey Buddy” — as in “Hey Buddy, Trash goes out on Tuesday nights - I’ll come by and pick up your sister then!”

    Jul 30, 2008 at 7:24 pm   rating: +3  

     
  • #22   ama

    Hey, Trash! are you writing in code??

    Tuesday Night after 7:00 curb trash cans back of the property owner

    T N a 7 c t c b o t p o

    ‘poco TNT at 7…. CB.’

    Jul 30, 2008 at 7:53 pm   rating: +1  

    • #22.1   Timo

      “Poco” the band is going to be reunited on TNT at 7!?

      WHY?

      Jul 30, 2008 at 8:30 pm   rating: +2  

       
    • #22.2   Canthz_B

      Why are they simulcasting on CB radio?

      Jul 30, 2008 at 8:34 pm   rating: +1  

       
    • #22.3   Timo

      Their core demographic is the mullet flying long hauler so maybe it is channel 7 on the CB radio!

      We’ve busted this code wide open.

      Jul 30, 2008 at 8:39 pm   rating: +4  

       
    • #22.4   Canthz_B

      …and that’s why it’s always sunny in Philadelphia, boys and girls!

      Jul 30, 2008 at 8:44 pm   rating: 0  

       
     
  • #23   thursday

    I can’t even figure out what Dan did wrong. Put out his trash too early? Too late? Too far away from the curb? Why would you need trash cans for both sides of the building?

    Jul 30, 2008 at 8:56 pm   rating: 0  

    • #23.1   Crash

      Mad Libs, man…YOU gott’a fill in the blanks 8)

      Jul 30, 2008 at 9:00 pm   rating: +11  

       
     
  • #24   bean

    I’m so confused…why does it have to be after 7?

    I’m super happy if I remember to put the trash out when I get home, and not after a bongload and some dinner, when I am way to comfortable to get up, put some clothes on and go back outside.

    Jul 30, 2008 at 8:56 pm   rating: +1  

    • #24.1   Canthz_B

      It’s about the aesthetics of the community.
      Trash out at night is more out of sight, out of mind. Trash out during he day means our community actually generates trash for all to see.
      Better it be hidden under cover of darkness so we can pretend our shit doesn’t stink.

      Jul 30, 2008 at 9:38 pm   rating: +2  

       
    • #24.2   Grade Ape

      I love it… Bean is at home laying around after dinner, bong loaded and butt-naked.

      I thought I was the only one!

      Jul 31, 2008 at 10:53 am   rating: +3  

       
     
  • #25   Sarjo

    Hey,

    Trash goes out THORSDAY NEKKID BEFORE ZEROHOURpm + should be put out on the STONE ALTAR. Not against the house. You may want to invest in SACRIFICIAL VIRGINS OR GOATS for the FESTIVAL of the DEMON or ask the FAMILIARS of the building to do so.

    Thanks,
    “Friendly” “Neighbor”

    Jul 30, 2008 at 9:23 pm   rating: +6  

     
  • #26   Freind Neighbhor

    Hey, I just came across this…that FREAK Dan! He was putting his trash all LOOSE in our MUTALLYSHAREDSPACES and stink too. I thouhgt it could be PROVATE and FRINEDLY but now hes all on the internets acting crying. You people obvs never had suffered from TRASH ALLERGIES or youd know how miserable it is but you LAUGH, DAN RAPED ME with his TRASHHH!!!!!

    Jul 30, 2008 at 9:48 pm   rating: +5  

     
  • #27   WHITEBLIZZARD70

    Well, well, well.
    OK, you won the first round . The ring did not sell.
    So what? It will be relisted shortly with a SLIGHTLY different description.
    I am open for comments.
    In the meantime, here is the topic for you:
    “Liberalism is a mental disorder”

    Jul 30, 2008 at 9:50 pm   rating: +1  

    • #27.1   anglophile

      PAN commenters: 1

      Slightly unbalanced e-bay sellers: 0

      Jul 30, 2008 at 9:56 pm   rating: +16  

       
    • #27.2   amy d

      Smug Satisfaction: priceless

      Jul 30, 2008 at 9:57 pm   rating: +10  

       
    • #27.3   Sarjo

      Oboy it’s ANAGRAM LIBS!!!

      Okay, start with:
      “Liberalism is a mental disorder”

      1) lesbians do stare, mid-lair*

      Carry on!

      *missing a few bits, but so too is WHITEBLIZZARD70

      Jul 30, 2008 at 10:02 pm