Entries Tagged as 'u.k.'

water, water everywhere

August 7th, 2007 · 39 Comments

notes rayya in canterbury, kent: “informing the building landlord about a sticky tap would probably have been a more sensible move than guilt-tripping the female staff into feeling responsible for global water shortages!”

it doesn’t end there: says rayya, “not only are we responsible for global water shortages but we’re breaking people’s limbs.  the ‘please’ […]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathtub · danger · guilt trip · u.k. · water

pencils goeth

August 6th, 2007 · 43 Comments

this note comes to us from an archaeological dig in the u.k. (roman silchester, to be precise), where our submitter says the planning team was quite worried about the writing instruments going the way of ancient rome.

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Tags: pencils · stealing · u.k.

a limerick

July 31st, 2007 · 41 Comments

back in 2006, austin in london didn’t feel like confronting his roommate about the masses of hair that were clogging the bathroom sink. instead, he wrote him this special poem.

adds austin: “my roommate never actually said anything about the note, but he did clean the drain out by the time I’d arived home…so I assume […]

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Tags: bathroom · london · post-it · roommates · sink

to each his own microwave

July 19th, 2007 · 84 Comments

paddy in belfast sends us this series of shots from his office kitchen, where several of his coworkers have taken their frustrations with microwave cleanliness into their own hands.
it all started when one day, a microwave appeared bearing this note:

…but SDT wasn’t taking any chances.

later, a second microwave appeared, complete with its own note:
…which prompted […]

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Tags: belfast · europe · kitchen · microwave · office · spelling and grammar police · u.k.

what michael moore didn’t show you in sicko

July 11th, 2007 · 26 Comments

annette in the u.k. calls this one “how to make toast in the nhs.”

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bread · butter · danger · dishes · exclamation-point happy! · office · toaster · u.k. · underlining