Entries Tagged as 'australia'

listing in now magazine’s adult classifieds: $70. revenge?

October 6th, 2008 · 72 Comments

…well, you know how it goes.

meanwhile, in melbourne…

and in london…

…a saucy variation on a much-photographed placard from london’s soho:

but my favorite sign was spotted by nick at a backpacker’s hostel in rio:

related: the whore of west babylon

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Tags: "customer service" · australia · canada · melbourne · rio de janeiro · sex sex sex · toronto

everyone: shut it.

September 22nd, 2008 · 86 Comments

“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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Tags: australia · elevator · jesus · opening/closing · saga

like nails on a keyboard

August 7th, 2008 · 268 Comments

nicole in australia says this note was left on her coworker’s computer. “we work in a fairly small office and no one will own up to putting the note there,” she says — not that they disagree with the sentiment.
think about it, though. which is worse: the click-click-click of long fingernails on a keyboard, or [...]

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Tags: australia · hygiene · office · on behalf of everyone

bleak house

July 31st, 2008 · 215 Comments

“a few years back i was living in a halfway house in canberra where theft from the communal kitchen was a common problem,” writes alex in australia. “one morning we woke to discover that the fridge had gone missing.” (the coffee in question was stolen from a cupboard, but apparently the owner thought removing the [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · actions speak louder · australia · canberra · fridge · money · questionable logic · roommates · stealing · you call that punctuation?

franger al fresco

July 26th, 2008 · 118 Comments

geetha in sydney says this note appeared in the shared dining room the day after the city’s gay mardi gras. the best part? “a few people admitted the condom might be theirs, but nobody would take credit for the note.”

related: dearest roommate

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Tags: roommates · seattle · smiley · stealing · sydney · visual aids

you’re not fooling anyone

May 2nd, 2008 · 74 Comments

this note was posted in the girls’ toilets at a college dorm in canberra, australia.

later, this note was slipped under the doors of everyone on the floor.

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Tags: RA · australia · bathroom · canberra · hair · shower · university · your mother doesn't...

not to name names, but…

March 18th, 2008 · 83 Comments

world-renowned troublemaker troy mcclure forwards this e-mail from his department’s secretary in sydney.

no big deal, you say? take a second look at the addressee list. (yes, jonathan, i’m talking to you.)
related: just in case you didn’t catch the sarcasm

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Tags: "accidental" "borrowing" · dishes · overzealous secretary · sydney

this is not positive communication

February 6th, 2008 · 76 Comments

this series comes to us from an anonymous office worker in sydney, australia, who explains: “despite our multi-million dollar profits, some people in our office are really attached to our company’s bottom line.”

UPDATE: the saga continues!
related: excuse me, i believe you have my stapler

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Tags: money · office supplies · saga · sydney

happy new year!

December 31st, 2007 · 45 Comments

(and much love to robin in sydney!)

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Tags: drizzunk · holiday spirit · spelling and grammar police · sydney

passive-allergic

November 4th, 2007 · 337 Comments

“okay, so i’m not sure if i’m in the wrong on this one,” says melanie from sydney. “i have a long haired cat who sheds a lot, so i just used to pick up the bits of fur and throw them out the window.” (um, right, of course.) melanie continues: “i’m on the third [...]

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Tags: actions speak louder · australia · cats · neighbors · questionable logic · sydney

down and dirty down under (dear)

October 12th, 2007 · 133 Comments

when our saga begins, our anonymous submitter’s girlfriend was living in a tiny apartment in sydney, australia. due to space constraints, she was temporarily sleeping on what our submitter admits was “possibly one of the world’s shittiest sofabeds.”

but while the mailbox notes were presumably written first (based on the tone) they weren’t actually discovered until [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · australia · awk abbrev · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · neighbors · noise · saga · sex sex sex · spelling and grammar police · sydney

um, rene hall?

August 30th, 2007 · 98 Comments

meric spotted this sign in melbourne while going to the launderette a few doors down. the bizarre thing, says meric, is that it’s in a shop window. “i have no idea what kind of dastardly person would steal poor dave’s bananas but every time i walked past it i laughed so much a little bit [...]

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Tags: australia · bananas · beverages · coke · food · melbourne · not-so-veiled threats · revenge · stealing · virginia