Entries Tagged as 'san francisco'

oh, she said it.

April 30th, 2008 · 121 Comments

ellen in san francisco says this note is but the latest development in what has become a toilet paper-thin relationship with her passive-aggressive roommate. it started two months ago, she says, when her roommate “decided after six months of sharing that i was no longer allowed to use her toilet paper. i should mention that […]

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Tags: bathroom · money · paper product fairy · san francisco · smiley

notes white people leave

April 3rd, 2008 · 194 Comments

omg, ramekin drama! (from san francisco, natch…)
(click to enlarge!)

related: #54 kitchen gadgets [stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.org]

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Tags: meta · moving/not moving · san francisco · underlining

je comprends…moi non plus

March 10th, 2008 · 249 Comments

marc in san francisco spotted this at a restaurant in the haight called all you knead (have fun with those puns, kids). i can certainly empathize, but after reading some of the reviews…well, maybe there’s a reason the tips aren’t so great.

related: a friendly tip from your waitress

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Tags: "helpful" advice · a little patronizing · french · restaurant · san francisco · tourists

stop, hammertime

February 26th, 2008 · 82 Comments

so, after seeing this note from daily piglet in columbia, south carolina:

and this one, from anna in providence, rhode island:

and this doozy from an anonymous san francisco office worker…

is it any wonder that this photo from afroswede’s flickrstream (and others) came to mind?

(meanwhile, over at bethany’s “blog”…u can touch this.)
related: can i lick […]

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Tags: blitzkrieg approach · exclamation-point happy! · providence · san francisco · south carolina · temperature · touching

i know where she lives

January 3rd, 2008 · 125 Comments

margarita spotted this note in the window of a laundromat in san francisco. honestly, she says, “i’m more afraid of a vindictive, threatening neighbor than a laundry ‘theif.’”

related: no, that’s not the british spelling

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Tags: laundry · neighbors · san francisco · spelling and grammar police · stealing · warning