Entries Tagged as 'iowa'

You’re not wrong, Walter

July 13th, 2009 · 129 Comments

Writes Justin in Iowa: “This was written by a coworker of mine last winter, and covers three sides of the tissue box. The tissues are long gone, but the box was apparently worth saving, and remains on the desk five months later.”

The full text: I had a cold/cough & I decided to buy some Puffs [...]

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Tags: illness · iowa · money · office · sharing is caring

Facebook schoolyard smackdown

April 1st, 2008 · 104 Comments

“Vet school is a sea of studying, testing, drinking and most of all: DRAMA,” reports an anonymous vet-to-be in Ames, Iowa.
Of course, as New York magazine reports this week, Facebook is taking run-of-the-mill classroom sniping to a whole new level of micro-bitchiness. If you have the patience (or the Adderall) to follow it, our submitter [...]

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Tags: facebook · group bitchfest · iowa · kids today · saga

if we give up our exclamation points, the terrorists win!!!

January 30th, 2008 · 62 Comments

“the tiny sioux city, iowa airport had a jaw-droppingly comprehensive intro to what one could or could not take on board a plane,” reports timoni in san francisco, including actual sample-sized bottles of toiletries taped up, show-and-tell style. “the corker, though, was this vehement note near the end (which, yes, had a plastic QUART-SIZE BAG!!!!!!!!! [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · airport · apostrophe abuse · exclamation-point happy! · sioux city · spelling and grammar police

Dr. Freud’s Salon Scatologica

September 30th, 2007 · 99 Comments

Presenting, for your analysis, this anonymous contribution from a hair salon in Bettendorf, Iowa (pop. 32,394). For the scatologically inclined vandal (and for Putz’s owner) the unconscious issues at play appear to be anything but borderline. College psych majors: care to address which stage of psychosexual development is associated with passive-aggressiveness?

related: I can’t stand this [...]

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Tags: dogs · freudian shit · iowa · office · rebuttals · shit

This room is protected by the Constitution

June 7th, 2007 · 76 Comments

This isn’t just a note — it’s a work of art. And it’s about 100 shades of amazing.
I’ll let Rich explain: “I had a party at my house once in college, and one of our roommates who was going to be gone was really scared that someone was going to sleep in his bed. so, [...]

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Tags: "helpful" advice · TLDR · excessive underlining · iowa · more like crazy · not-so-veiled threats · questionable logic · roommates · touching · university