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The Vicar of Glibly

Kerry — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:05:01 +0000

Spotted by George outside his local church in East London:

Good God, Lemon.

Kerry — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:35:26 +0000

Our submitter spotted this unusual sales pitch while driving in Livermore, California. (“The dealership sucks, the car sucks, but it’s for sale if you want to buy it!”)

DON’T STOP (being old and cranky)

Kerry — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:14:59 +0000

Kids today!!!

(Thanks to Robyn from Durango, Colorado for the submission.)

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My Other Kid Could Beat Up My Honor Student

Kerry — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:37:04 +0000

Writes Daniel in Oakland: “I love the tension between the ‘student of the month’ sticker on top and the totally passive-aggressive ‘every child is honored’ sticker below it.”

A little bump and slide

Kerry — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:37:12 +0000

According to our submitter, this car hasn’t been spotted in the path since.

related: BAD PARK YOU!

It’s my spot and I’ll park what I want to

Kerry — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:55:15 +0000

Kate in Melbourne caught a glimpse of this note from the street, and it looked so ridiculous that she snuck into the private lot to get a closer look. Adds Kate: “I imagine this person is quite popular with the neighbours.”

(By the way, Kate apologizes for the poor resolution of the photos; she only had her mobile phone with her at the time.)

extra credit: This kid parallel parks better than I do [youtube]

Sorry I hit your car, but whatever, it’s a tacky piece of crap anyway

Kerry — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:00:15 +0000

Explains our submitter in North Carolina: ”My friend walked out to the parking lot to find a big dent and a sticky note on her car, which still had some writing on it from her recent birthday.” And while the driver didn’t just dent-and-dash, the fact that he or she didn’t bother to leave a name/plate/policy number — just an entirely unnecessary postscript — made the whole situation a less-than-satisfying belated birthday surprise.

So NOT where I thought that one was going…

Kerry — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:34:27 +0000

Writes Stacey in Massachusetts: “The church around the corner from my house is famous for the little rants on their sign, but this one definitely takes the cake.” Obviously, texting while driving isn’t cool, but as Stacey put it: “For a church, it just seems a bit…hostile.”

Meanwhile, I just opened up the August issue of Texas Monthly to see this slightly more gently worded version…

related: Sincerely, God

extra credit: Church sign generator

Sure, blame it on the kids

Kerry — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:31:23 +0000

“My neighbor taped this note to my door,” says Valerie in Portland. “I don’t know who scratched her car, but I do know she could benefit from spell check.” (Harumph.)

Brake Check Reality Check

Kerry — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:41:12 +0000

Two words: Team Fletcher!

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And this is my fault…how?

Kerry — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:41:02 +0000

Okay, so I’ve gotta give Scott credit here. I know I’m not the only driver who’s had the frustrating experience of returning to your parked car to find some mysterious new dent or scratch with the perpetrator long gone and no note in sight. Or perhaps you’ve been on the other side of things, and justified not leaving a note because the idiot had parked too damn close or in an non-legal parking spot or whatnot.

And yet, says our puzzled submitter, “I was pulled fully into a parking space, well within the white lines, with space on both sides. Why does he try to ‘kind of’ make it my fault?”

(I’m guessing it’s because he’s “kind of” passive-aggressive.)

Of course, I’d say that’s still preferable to receiving a note from someone who’s “kind of” a total asshole…

Your parking job brings one word to mind

eerac — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:01:56 +0000

An anonymous submitter from Eau Claire, Wisconsin alerts us to an all-too-common scenario: An accusatory note was left on a friend’s windshield after her parking job was deemed inadequate. Alas, the friend was not even at fault! As our submitter dutifully explains, the car parked behind her actually arrived after she had parked, making it appear as if she had carelessly taken up two spots.

To avoid wrongful accusations, it’s sometimes useful to frame one’s critique in the form of a question. Dan of Dorchester, Massachusetts provides us with a prime example. According to Dan, the irate woman who left this note had discovered the offending vehicle parked in her spot at 4 a.m. the night before. Her only faux pas (if any) was that, upon making the discovery, the note-writer elected to honk repeatedly at the car, waking our submitter.

Finally, Sam in San Francisco sent us this delightfully succinct note, suggestive of a world where the middle man is no longer necessary, and all poorly parked vehicles conveniently identify themselves.

Less expensive (and more passive-aggressive) than having it towed

Kerry — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:23:49 +0000

For all practical purposes, the way New York City handles vehicles parked on the wrong side of the street…

…really isn’t that different from the strategy employed by this creative vigilante in Illinois. (As always, just click the image to enlarge.)

“Remove with warm water”?” Yeah…good luck with that.

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An old dog, up to the same old tricks

Kerry — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:25:51 +0000

One day, says Nancy in Arizona, her dad was getting in his car during his lunch break from Lowe’s (the home-improvement big-box store), when he found this note tucked into his door frame.

“He was surprised,” Nancy says, but instead of taking the contrarian approach, dear old Dad decided to humor the person and move his car one spot over. At the end of the day, he actually got a glimpse of the notewriter — a “rather old lady” who works as the store’s phone operator.

“We spent a lot of time discussing her possible reasons for wanting that specific parking spot back,” Nancy says — especially given that it doesn’t seem to have any particular advantage over the other 500 or so spots in the lot — but in the end, they just had to laugh.