s in london says his flatmate was obviously exceedingly upset about his missing can opener. of course, this being england, the old “stiff upper lip” sometimes still prevails…sort of.

related: memorandum to the roommates

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katie in scotland says she found this note “stuck to a wall at about knee-height, right above a very sad-looking deflated palm tree and a bunch of deflated inflatable bananas.” unfortunately, katie says, “i have no idea what the back story is…but i would love to, especially as the note writer seems to be a [...]

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writes leslie in london: “janine was having some serious keyboard RAGE and posted this request to our office’s online help desk…which every single person in the company can see…including daniel.”

this post is dedicated to my cube-mate leah, who recently received a surprise “gift” — a quiet-touch keyboard — from our boss, which succeeded in making [...]

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our anonymous submitter lives in a university flat in the u.k. with four other guys. “three of us (myself, an american, and a brit) always take out the garbage and recycling when it’s our turn, but the two other international students seem to think it’s somehow beneath them. there must have been some unpleasantness while [...]

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our anonymous university student in cambridge, england found this note pinned to the door of his shared college house. “the guy who wrote it moved here from america about five weeks ago and is about eight years older than the rest of us in the house. he seems to be a nice guy, but has [...]

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alice in york, u.k. spotted this little work of art in the kitchen she shares with — yikes — fourteen other people.

now, you wizened old troublemakers might skim past this as a throwaway…but thanks to this month’s passive-aggressive notes gallery show at london’s kk outlet, little gems like this are — at least for a [...]

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writes toni in wales: ” i found these fightin’ words taped to one housemate’s cupboard. we’ve had some things go missing in the house, so i sympathise with their frustration. but the funniest part of this note, i think, is that this housemate had previously called a house meeting to complain about the other housemates’ [...]

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failed strategies in bicycle theft deterrence:
1. assuming the thief who stole your bike is schooled in italian neorealism; appealing to said thief’s desire to be one of the cool kids.

2. feigning empathy for said thief.

3. chiding said thief for his stupidity via a barely legible run-on sentence without double-checking “you’re” grammar first.

(grazie mille to nadia [...]

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when you live with six art students (like kate in london),  you might find that life imitates art more often than you’d like.

related: oxford drama

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how’d you like to be flatmates with dianne in london? cos i’m thinking there just might be an opening soon…

related: clarifying motion #2

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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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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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last year, emily in canterbury, england lived in a house with six other roommates — two guys downstairs, five girls upstairs. as is wont to happen in such circumstances, “we were originally all really good mates, but relationships deteriorated as the year went on,” emily says — “the boys thought the girls were too messy!”
one [...]

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rodti and laura elizabeth spotted these charming examples of local scottish color outside an internet cafe in glasgow’s west end.

meanwhile, a grocery story elsewhere in glasgow displays a similar plea for clemency…one that seems intended for a similar clientele.

related: blame it on coke
extra credit: buckfast tonic wine [wikipedia]
the worst toilet in scotland [youtube]

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this notice was spotted by tom from cambridge, england in “the tiniest little toilet in my college hall” — so tiny, he says, there’s “barely enough room to fit a dog in there if you tried.” (but a few raw steaks? perhaps!)

(massive canine infestation: sharing the stage with the light brown apple moth debacle at [...]

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writes michael in milton keynes, england: “i have an ex-service ambulance which i use as a van and i had parked it on the road round the corner from me for a couple of weeks.
“after two days i got a call from the town council’s abandoned vehicle unit. then i got a few calls from [...]

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marcus in leicester, u.k. found this stuck to the lid of the toilet by one of his housemates. “i’d understand if it was the seat,” he says, “but the lid?”

i’m with marcus, here — i don’t think this is some kind of dear abby “does the toilet paper go over or under?” type issue. is [...]

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i didn’t think i’d ever see a kitchen appliance more inappropriately anthropomorphized than this fridge, but i think this dishwasher note (from an anonymous submitter in england) dials the WTF-factor up to 11.

related: the passive-aggressive note has not been destroyed; it has been solved

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while waiting for the coffee maker to do its job, nickster2000 wandered over to the university notice board, where this musician-wanted ad caught his eye. he’s not a drummer, but says he considered ringing them up anyway. “i really need to know what was so bad about graham.”

related: i used to be your biggest fan
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spotted by doppelfrog at london’s paddington station…

related: water, water everywhere

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