chris in valdosta, georgia came home last halloween eve to find this friendly reminder taped to every mailbox in his quiet little cul-de-sac. (”it’s a little worse for wear,” chris explains, “because i ripped it off and stomped it on a few times before scanning it.”)

the underlying message, interestingly enough, actually isn’t all that different [...]

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jen in tallahassee, florida found this posted on the fridge in her synagogue’s kitchen. “we’ve tried many things to prevent missing food from this refrigerator,” jen says. “we’ve even installed a lock so that only certain people with keys can get into the refrigerator…and yet, the problem continues.”

related: the PANtheistic approach

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carmen in washington, d.c. says she and her roommates suffered for months at the hands of this “crazy, obsessive-compulsive who made our lives miserable.” by the end of the fall semester, carmen says, the house was a near-war zone, and the girl finally moved out. “around the time she was packing up her things, we [...]

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(thanks to graham in cambridge, mass.)
related: i can has guilt trip?
extra credit: pope’s easter message mostly passive-aggressive guilt trip

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complaining about how stores put up holiday decorations earlier and earlier every year is neck-and-neck with the over-or-under toilet paper debate for the title of “most tiresome pet peeve kept alive by syndicated newspaper advice columnists and lite-fm morning djs.”
but if you want to get into some seriously self-righteous shit, just bring up “those people [...]

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just a humble suggestion for 2009…

(spotted by charles in minneapolis)

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“my family moved out of the house we grew up in seven years ago, and our old neighbor sent us this christmas card,” writes gloria in los angeles. (gloria herself seems to have made a particularly strong impression…)

meanwhile, in providence, r.i., jessica’s aunt seems to be doing her best to put the “x” in “x-mas.”

related: [...]

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writes lisa in orlando: “my 8-year-old daughter was concerned about all the pictures of santa portraying him with a whip. she wrote him this letter thinking he might appreciate her helpful advice on taking care of his animals.”

related: no girls allowed

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writes alex in denver: “last year, my roommate luke got frustrated that our undecorated tree was still sitting in the basement on christmas eve. we decided to get retribution by moving the tree into his room.”

happy hannukah, everyone!

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sarah from san fran was taking a little stroll in berkeley, california last december when she saw a house that clearly belonged to the “more is more” school of holiday decorating.
you know the type: “giant candy canes, red bows, lights, even one of those life-sized plastic snow globes that blows confetti snow all around inside [...]

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writes monica in salt lake city, utah: “the hip abduction machine has been broken at my local gym for almost the entire year. the powers that be claim it will be fixed ’soon,’” monica says, but it looks like one fellow gym-goer decided to take up the issue with an even higher power.

related: evidently, yes

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happy thxgiving, everyone!

related: it takes a “genius” to come up with a potluck theme like this one

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spotted by lange from cambridge, mass. while campaigning for obama in new hampshire. says lange: “decided against bugging them with our political spiel. (we assumed they were obama supporters anyway.)”

meanwhile, corporate belt-tightening isn’t going over so well with the office grunts this halloween.  “this was the response to the environment/holiday committee’s lack of halloween candy [...]

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now you must face the evil bitchy consequences.

related: pumpkin with a death wish

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you gotta love my grandma cookie — she’s always looking out for my figure!

(this is why the seder calls for the drinking of four cups of wine.)
related: too many
extra credit: our stomachs, ourselves [heeb]

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“not long before i left my previous job writing reviews of video games, i got this little gem from someone involved in the production of a game i didn’t exactly care for,” alex says. “game-makers bitching about reviews is nothing new, but rarely do they do it with as much sarcastic flair as this one [...]

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writes jake in los angeles: “at home for christmas (in greenville, s.c.) i mentioned in passing that i would ‘try’ to make it home for easter, which is what most southern refugee children with guilt complexes tell their doting mothers even though both sides know said child has no intention of showing up to hide [...]

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while other passive-aggressives plow through post-its with wild abandon, the caretaker of kale’s building in winnipeg has a more economical style.

p.s. vetta, i think the only thing that would make me love this note more is if your postscript began with “i wish…”
related: and what’s your christmas wish?

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(and much love to robin in sydney!)

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as we’ve seen this week, notes re: the neighbor’s constantly barking dog often end up being less passive-aggressive and more out-and-out aggressive. but as matt noticed, this san francisco resident was able to put a festive holiday spin on the old not-so-veiled threat.

related: oh, the irony 

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