From Canberra…
To London…
To Washington, D.C….
…it seems like one thing everyone can agree on is the total obsolescence of print media.
(sigh)
related: Love, apt. #3
Entries from December 2008
What’s black, white and totally over?
December 11th, 2008 · 101 Comments
Tags: Australia · Canberra · D.C. · newspaper · pleasantries as afterthought
The rhyme that must be flushed
December 9th, 2008 · 196 Comments
Apparently, sayeth google analytics, the oh-so-clever phrase “if you sprinkle when you tinkle” is one of the most common search terms that leads people to this little website. (Sorry to disappoint you, folks — no cross-stitch patterns to be found here.)
So, um, yeah…I’m gonna go curl up the fetal position and die now. I’ll leave the textual analysis underlying the great “neat/sweetie” literary schism to you guys, k?
This one might be a little more home-spun, but I think the urine-colored highlighter and ellipses diarrhea really pushes it over the top:
If you want your mind completely blown, check out this international variation, from Jamaica:
And from San Francisco, the po-mo edition:
related: “Unattended children will be given espresso and a free puppy”
Tags: bathroom · CAPS LOCK · ellipses-crazed · high on highlighter · toilet
The rules for strip bingo
December 8th, 2008 · 61 Comments
Spotted in the basement of a New Jersey church where people play bingo all the time. Adds submitter Yamis: “I guess we know the demographics of the crowd.”
![IF YOUR [sic] COLD WEAR A COAT. IF YOUR [sic] HOT TAKE IT OFF. IT YOU GET HOT FLASHES WEAR LESS. -THE GENERAL](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2102/2375656525_b713cde49c.jpg "IF YOUR [sic] COLD WEAR A COAT. IF YOUR [sic] HOT TAKE IT OFF. IT YOU GET HOT FLASHES WEAR LESS. -THE GENERAL")
related: More like hardly working
Tags: CAPS LOCK · New Jersey · old folks · spelling and grammar police · temperature · your/you're
Reason #784 why you should never list your relationship status in your Facebook profile
December 4th, 2008 · 104 Comments
The icing on top here, says our submitter, is the second comment — the one from Billy. Why? Because, well, that’s the guy Slade just broke up with.
Adds our submitter: “Awkward pretty much sums it up.”
Tags: breakup · ex drama · Facebook · most popular notes of 2008 · oh no you didn't
I’m not a doctor, but I was an extra on ER once?
December 3rd, 2008 · 151 Comments
Jen says this liquor store in Chicago’s Lincoln Square is completely plastered with notes like these, but — vexingly enough — the guy at the register was such a hawk she was only able to snap a few photos. Happily, I’d say Jen scored a hat trick for insolence with these three.
Tags: blitzkrieg approach · cell phone · Chicago · irregular capitalization · obnoxious definition
Ceci n’est pas une poubelle
December 2nd, 2008 · 100 Comments
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
Tags: art · Austin · college life · garbage · oh snap · Texas
