i hereby declare the writer of the second note in this exchange (from a college art studio in texas) the winner of the season’s official “oh, snap!” award.
(sure, the original note-writer might have a case — but just like those pesky BCS rankings, style points count, baby!)
related: i before e except after c ftw
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#1
se
I like the first note, down the side “be brave and sign your name”
I guess he ran out of ink, using it to double the letters in the note and couldn’t sign his name
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:02 pm rating: +15
#2
Thanks!
Trash cans and life choices….hmmm..interesting I would like to meet the person whose life choices involve trash cans! I will bet they are quite a..umm…very immoral and exciting too!
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:25 pm rating: +2
#3
Canthz_B
What? Not even a pink penis?!
I’ve come to expect more from the so called creative folks.
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:30 pm rating: +19
#4
erin
one has to wonder… is it trash? or is it art that in its complexity looks like trash?
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:32 pm rating: +35
#5
canadian deadhead
Looks like trash-talking has hit a new low (and not just with this post, either) !
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:33 pm rating: +2
#6
Canthz_B
We all know that bio-hazard waste should be placed in the proper container in a hospital setting…but this is an art studio, dammit…I was making a statement!!
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:36 pm rating: +5
#7
JNB
Well, that second note about summed it up.
Dec 3, 2008 at 12:08 am rating: +3
#8
Skwerl
Could this be installation art? We could make millions!
Dec 3, 2008 at 12:23 am rating: +1
#9
Tmarie
I actually think the second note goes beyond “oh snap!” to being a valuable life lesson.
If we all took the time to evaluate whether our expectations were reasonable, there would be fewer PANs….
Oh wait, then what would we laugh at? Where would we get our thumbs-ups and green commenty backgrounds?
Please block note #2’s wisdom from your minds, folks.
Dec 3, 2008 at 12:36 am rating: +11
#10
HairySwede
please don’t judge my life choices.
Dec 3, 2008 at 1:12 am rating: +7
#11
stringyhair
Damn dirty artists. I bet the second writer has dreadlocks.
Dec 3, 2008 at 1:34 am rating: +9
#12
snee
trashcan? art studio? hospital? life choice center? soapbox?
looks like a wall to me.
Dec 3, 2008 at 2:03 am rating: +6
#13
Canthz_B
It actually is a hospital psych ward. They just tell them it’s an art studio so they’ll shut up and do their finger paintings.
Dec 3, 2008 at 2:43 am rating: +41
#14
Holiday Djinn
I have seen quite a few art studios. I have seen quite a few trashcans. I still cannot tell the difference. If you wait around long enough at both, you can probably score a bj and drugs.
Dec 3, 2008 at 7:09 am rating: +32
#15
Wade
I had the same problem in second grade art class.
“This is not an ashtray! If you think it is… wait. It is an ashtray. Never mind.”
Dec 3, 2008 at 7:30 am rating: +16
#16
Debris Blanc
After re-thinking his life chices, Oscar The Grouch moved from a back alley on Sesame Street to Greenwich Village and started a small art studio where he created and sold post-modern cubist collages made from discarded soup cans and Saran Wrap. But every time he tried to go to bed and take a nap after a hard day of collaging, he woke up covered in half-empty Starbucks latte cups and used condoms. It finally got to the point that he had to say something………..
Dec 3, 2008 at 7:38 am rating: +43
#17
Ti O
A Paris, je suis un artiste, dans le reste du monde, je suis une prostituée.
signé,
Courtney Love
Dec 3, 2008 at 8:14 am rating: +16
#18
Ti O
You’re putting trash in my performance art. Please stop upstaging me with your own installation.
Dec 3, 2008 at 8:16 am rating: +5
#19
0falcon8
give a hoot, don’t pollute!
Dec 3, 2008 at 8:45 am rating: 0
#20
0falcon8
would that note be considered a trashPAN?
Dec 3, 2008 at 8:56 am rating: +10
#21
T.U.M.
When I was walking to work this morning, I saw a note taped to a car parked at the next building. From a few yards away, I could tell it was written in bold, black Sharpie on orange construction paper. My heart fluttered in its bony cage – was I to have a PAN morning right in my own front yard?
I was crushed when the note turned out to be perfectly reasonable, sincerely polite, and impeccably spelled.
Dec 3, 2008 at 9:02 am rating: +18
#22
GhostWriter
This is not a trash can!
It is a huge talking Venus Fly Trap.
Dec 3, 2008 at 9:19 am rating: +3
#23
you suck at craigslist
There’s a saying around academia (or is that facebook?) … grad students aren’t bad people, they’ve just made poor life choices.
If the note writer and the responder are grad students, I think we may have just reached a moment of singularity.
Dec 3, 2008 at 9:22 am rating: +15
#24
biscuit
Uptight, superficial artists worrying about labels. Typical.
Dec 3, 2008 at 9:37 am rating: +1
#25
thirty six red
Depends. Have you seen any dead kittens in there?
Dec 3, 2008 at 9:49 am rating: +1
#26
zorinlynx
What was the note posted over? What was the item that the note writer thinks isn’t a trash can?
Without this valuable information, how are we to know just how hilarious this is???
Dec 3, 2008 at 9:49 am rating: +2
#27
Goldie
The random bolding mystifies me. Anybody else think this is a subliminal message?
This is not a trashcan! If you think it is you should rethink your life choices!
Clearly, the note author is telling us to “Thdehin ife” our choices, but I don’t know what it means.
Dec 3, 2008 at 10:01 am rating: +14
#28
Mishee
Why does everyone keep calling poor Ike a trashcan?!
Stupid! He’s Canadian!
Dec 3, 2008 at 12:05 pm rating: +1
#29
Dare
Please dispose of your PAN elsewhere. This is not a trashcan.
Dec 3, 2008 at 12:16 pm rating: 0
#30
Andy
Dude, I may be in art school, but I can tell the difference between a fucking note and a trashcan. Thanks.
trashcan: where I poop
note: what I wipe with
Dec 3, 2008 at 1:00 pm rating: +13
#31
aaa
Pssh, art studio, nothing! I’d like to see what happens in the bio labs when the bio majors make poor life choices.
Dec 3, 2008 at 1:41 pm rating: +2
#32
Pesky Email Forwards
Ha!
These notes seem worthy of being forwarded around to appreciative parties.
Dec 3, 2008 at 2:55 pm rating: 0
#33
Louis XIV
Je trouve toujours ceci interessant ces titres en francais lorsque rien ne l’evoque.
Dec 3, 2008 at 3:15 pm rating: 0
#34
Woman on the Verge
So are hospital, life choice center, soapbox, art studio and trash can the only choices? You have to admit, it is a very eclectic selection.
In all probability this was posted on the ladies room wall right under the sign reminding you not to flush your tampons.
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:08 pm rating: +1
#35
Woman on the Verge
Oh, CB, nice one….
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:12 pm rating: 0
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