“my dear, sweet grandmother lived a long, full life and passed away recently at the age of 88,” writes mark in denton, texas, but he still has the valentine his “memaw” sent him back in 2005 during his freshman year of college.
before the cockles of your heart get too warmed, however, take note: mars says, [...]

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presenting — in honor of british cheese week — three approaches to cheese thievery:

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related: seriously!?!

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“let me preface this by saying that the ladies’ room at work is quite clean,” writes angie in stamford, connecticut. “i’m not saying it’s where i eat my lunch, but it’s a very satisfactory restroom.”
it was something of a surprise, then, she says, when this sign appeared on each of the walls and stall doors.

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“neumont is a strictly computer-science college located on the second and third floors of an office building,” writes jared in south jordan, utah. it’s therefore a point of pride for neumonters that out of several hundred CS students, “there are [only] a few who seem to forget to shower for a few weeks at a [...]

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reports daikiki in redwood city, california: “two days after this note was slipped under the door of every apartment in the building, a second one appeared informing the tenants that said property manager was no longer employed as such.”

related: a deep-seated issue

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“the screen door to our block of flats is broken,” says our anonymous submitter in australia, “which has provoked some rather unique responses from my fellow residents.”

related: but who’s counting?

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the tenth-floor kitchen at this office has no fewer than ten of these painstakingly laminated, clip-art-covered notes — and our anonymous submitter says this kitchen is only the tip of the iceberg.
“nearly all of the notes in our office receive the same attention to detail,” our submitter says. “every time i come to work i [...]

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in this edition of facebook friday…an assortment of cat fights in the making, plucked from the newsfeeds of the innocent facebookers caught in the crossfire!
exhibit a)

exhibit b)

exhibit c)

the smiley face there is a nice touch, but my favorite this time around has to be this doozy of an about-face (read from the bottom up):

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zora zero spotted this ongoing street-musician spat in portobello road market, london.

i’m not a londoner, but living near portobello road and complaining about the buskers seems like living near times square and complaining about the lights, no? i was cheered, therefore, to see the responses added by other more busker-friendly neighbo(u)rs at the bottom of [...]

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writes harry in new york: “my roomie sent me this e-mail two weeks after telling me i need to move out.  i guess it’s a case of retroactive passive-aggression on my part.”

in his own defense, harry adds, “the ‘light’ is a nightlight and the ‘AC’ is a window fan.”
related: some creative brainstorming and flexible thinking

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our anonymous submitter in california is not the resident of apartment 105, but she knew exactly who this note was intended for. “the dude in 105 lets his dog out, deposit her gifts on the sidewalk, and then run back. dude stands and watches her, perfectly at his ease,” she says. “this has been going [...]

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spotted by christina in minnesota at the angels & airwaves merch booth…

can’t read the smaller writing? here’s a (blurry) close-up:

(as it turns out, christina says, this was an empty threat.)
related: the chav’s guide to sxsw

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(my roommate disagreed.)

now it’s my turn: happy birthday, kim! (emoticon emoticon emoticon)
related: an occasion that blue mountain arts has yet to animate
extra credit: cake wrecks

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lindsey in scottsdale, arizona was less than pleased to find this post-it from her roommate when she stepped into the shower one morning. “there’s only three of us in the apartment, so it’s not hard to ask either of us,” she says. “and for the record, I’ve never used her stuff!”

related: clarifying motion #2
extra credit: [...]

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our submitter in london snapped a photo of this note in the kitchen of the PR agency where she works. exactly what you’d expect to find at office full of “communication professionals,” no?

related: switch to tea

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i recently returned from a few days in san antonio, texas, where my friend matt and i amused ourselves on the riverwalk with a competition to find the tackiest souvenir possible in each store within three minutes or less. (my first win: a “pooping armadillo” keychain.) when we entered this fine establishment, however, i had [...]

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our anonymous submitter in helsinki, finland says this note has been in every stall in the women’s restroom at her office for as long as she’s worked there.
puzzlingly, she says, “most all the women who work here are native speakers of finnish, so i’m not sure why the note is mainly in english.” (nor is [...]

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at yale divinity school, the daily chapel service is followed by a coffee hour. apparently, says sara in new haven, “some who skip chapel were helping themselves to the goodies before the intended time. looks like the ‘keeper of the snacks’ has something to say about this.”

meanwhile, john in sudbury, mass. spotted this humble plea [...]

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spotted by an anonymous bullshit cop in knoxville, tennessee…

related: facebook schoolyard smackdown

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