our anonymous submitter sneakily snapped a photo of the whiteboard at a friend’s house in urbana, illinois.
related: oh sweetie, i love it when you talk dirty!
the sink half-empty
September 4th, 2008 · 66 comments
FILED UNDER: dishes · dishwasher · excessive underlining · illinois · rebuttals · roommates · signed with love · urbana · whiteboard
66 responses so far ↓
#1
Wade
I guess all that potassium will make you a pessemist.
Sep 4, 2008 at 9:58 pm rating: +20
#2
hungrygrrl
Love the checkmark system. It forces people to respond.
Actually I hate the checkmark system. I started using it in my last shared residence, soley for keeping track of who gave me money for the gas bill, but the Annoying Roommate seemed to think it was brilliant and put it on everything. Eventually including the rent envelope, which worked just fine without checkmarks- the last person to put a check in put it in the mail. Not hard. Never a problem.
I got back to her with this:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/ladykatey/movingoutnote01.jpg
Sep 4, 2008 at 10:00 pm rating: +2
#3
Canthz_B
Of course, actually washing the dishes was not an option.
Sep 4, 2008 at 10:06 pm rating: +8
#4
secondsout
I bet this is how the note-writer asks potential dates out, too. And I’m guessing they get returned with the word “no” checked, underlined in two colors, and with his/her name scrawled and another filled-in check box that reads, “I am loser!”
Sep 4, 2008 at 10:25 pm rating: +2
#5
Eric B.
I am pessimist, hear me roar/ In numbers too small to get your hopes up, really…
Sep 4, 2008 at 10:26 pm rating: +21
#6
secondsout
There’s something I love about bananas. They just have… appeal.
Sep 4, 2008 at 10:28 pm rating: +17
#7
Eric B.
Notice how this note is just for the guys. The girls can stay in mad bomber mode when in all matters pertaining to the sink and its environs, as well as with their dishes and various dish accessories.
Sep 4, 2008 at 10:28 pm rating: +4
#8
secondsout
I wonder what would happen if the other person checked NO. Is that the end of the discussion?
Sep 4, 2008 at 10:29 pm rating: +16
#9
secondsout
Maybe I put my dishes on the sink so my friends the ants can get better access. How about that, smart guy?
Sep 4, 2008 at 10:31 pm rating: +3
#10
Mishee
Funny, I would’ve thought that responder number two would’ve said “Yes” & “We Have No Bananas”
Not exactly sure where the pessimism comes into play…
Sep 4, 2008 at 11:05 pm rating: +13
#11
Quite Contrary
What self respecting guy signs “love” to a note to other guys? That would make me a pessimist.
Sep 4, 2008 at 11:20 pm rating: 0
#12
0falcon8
I, for one, seriously doubt that I am a pessemist
Sep 4, 2008 at 11:31 pm rating: +4
#13
Melisande
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l x l non sequitur achieved
—-
Sep 4, 2008 at 11:33 pm rating: +1
#14
aaa
Guys,
Do you like me? Check yes or no.
Love, ******
Jeeze, I was too mature for that crap when I was in middle school.
Sep 5, 2008 at 12:18 am rating: +2
#15
Martin Heidegger
Can we stop leaving dishes on the sink edge? Yes.
Will we stop leaving dishes on the sink edge? Dunno… maybe we will if Name Obscured stops leaving love notes on the whiteboard.
Sep 5, 2008 at 12:49 am rating: +1
#16
Sloppy Joe
Looks like the note writer is a little THXSANDRA in training.
Were the bananas fucking delicious, anyone?
Sep 5, 2008 at 2:36 am rating: +1
#17
erik
i have this same problem. i’ve never written a note about it, though. why put dirty dishes next to the sink when there’s a dishwasher?
Sep 5, 2008 at 6:19 am rating: 0
#18
Le Bard
Now, if you don’t have a dishwasher, this is a no-brainer. They stay on the side of the sink until you wash them, so that you can use the sink for anything else you have to use it for.
If you have a dishwasher, then don’t be a lazy **********.
Sep 5, 2008 at 6:51 am rating: +3
#19
Vjjteeth
How patriotic…..knock the dish down(?), force others into a confrontation, wait for their reply, all the while falling back on the “we love u” with a touch of red, white and blue!
Sep 5, 2008 at 8:51 am rating: +2
#20
Pwntastic
Maybe their sink is old and can’t handle “BIG JOBS” like “DISHES”?
They should have used the “FACILITIES” to clean the “DISHES”
Thx
Sep 5, 2008 at 9:37 am rating: +2
#21
andipandi
Hey, guys, can we stop leaving banana stickers on the whiteboard? Thx.
Sep 5, 2008 at 9:41 am rating: +1
#22
Paintball "Punk"
That sign is clearly addressed to Guyç.
Must be some sort of foreign national.
Sep 5, 2008 at 10:27 am rating: +2
#23
maughta
The best part, I think, is that she’s written the note in Illini colors. Score!
Sep 5, 2008 at 11:20 am rating: 0
#24
Sophie
I am assuming she was being tongue in cheek by using the check boxes.
If not, help!
Sep 5, 2008 at 11:30 am rating: 0
#25
thirty six red
Can we get a little more aggression? Where is the rage? Maybe some threats .45 .38 whatever- anyone?Surely there must be someone, somewhere that is really pissed off about something. This is trifling.
Sep 5, 2008 at 11:37 am rating: 0
#26
Mongoliangirl
I think my husband was writing on their erase board.
Sep 5, 2008 at 1:10 pm rating: +1
#27
Quite Contrary
The next note will read:
Guys:
Can we stop leaving dishes in the sink and just put them in the dishwasher or better yet turn the dishwasher on?
Love (and I mean that),
****
Response:
**** says
___ Yes
___ No
**** says
___Yes
___ No
___ What’s a dishwasher?
Sep 5, 2008 at 1:12 pm rating: 0
#28
Kalakalot
Whoops … I meant to reply to another comment.
Sep 5, 2008 at 1:30 pm rating: 0
#29
Becky
Urbana!!
Sep 5, 2008 at 2:55 pm rating: 0
#30
Mishee
Funny, when I was a child my 3 brothers and I would complain to my mother that we didn’t have a dishwasher at all…
And to her credit, she did reply each time with, “I don’t know about you, but I have FOUR…”
Fucking bitch.
Sep 5, 2008 at 4:13 pm rating: +2
#31
Woman on the Verge
After careful analysis, I have decided that the last responder felt the need to point out his “pessemism” because he sees the glass as only half empty - therefore it is not yet ready to be loaded into the diswasher!
Sep 5, 2008 at 5:00 pm rating: +2
#32
hamburke
I can’t stand when people put dishes in the sink. How are you supposed to do the dishes when the sink is full? And you know that no one is doing dishes until the sink is full? I prefer to leave the dishes on the side of the sink and wait for the counter to fill up. This is my PA way of telling my hubby that he needs to do a little more housework and it works in the summer and winter but in the fall and spring, we get ants and I like ants less than hubby does.
Sep 5, 2008 at 11:31 pm rating: 0
#33
Grade Ape
I want to seize this opportunity to pose a question that has long plagued me…
Does the majority of the population wash their dishes before loading them into the dishwasher?
I do… and it seems like wasted time… but I think I have have been to conditioned to stop myself.
Sep 6, 2008 at 12:42 pm rating: 0