jack in baltimore spotted this notice at a maryland chinese food restaurant with a $7 all-you-can-eat sushi buffet.  (overall, a pretty good deal, jack says…if you’re comfortable the idea of eating “discount” raw fish.) but while most all-you-can eat buffets make their margins by filling you up with a bounty of cheap carbolicious fare, that [...]

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nick in florida was in his car one day, when he “pulled up at a light, looked to my left, and immediately started laughing.” he quickly pulled out his iphone, snapped a photo, then get stepped on the gas before daddy dearest could get out and beat the crap out of him.

meanwhile, lisa in maryland [...]

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though the issue might not be top of mind for sophisticated and urbane readership of this website, let this serve as your warning: should you find yourself in, say, fayetteville, arkansas (like melissa, a california transplant currently attending the u of a) you’ll soon realize how important it is to lay down the law with [...]

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our anonymous submitter in takoma park, maryland says her roommate/landlord is constantly leaving little post-its and e-mails for the other roommates, but i think these two have a bit of yum-o synchronicity.

related: the first thing i did when i woke up

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in the office kitchen, expecting your coworkers to wipe up the spatters from their exploded hot pockets seems like standard enough microwave etiquette. and a ban on charred popcorn and leftover tuna casserole? eh, fair enough. but this note — from an anonymous office worker in baltimore — is the kind of thing that leads [...]

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many offices, it seems, are a regular disneyland of what only appear to inanimate objects. the evidence? from frank in san francisco, a talking sponge:

from amy in annapolis, a talking toilet:

from ben in san antonio, a talking door:

and then there’s my favorite – from an anonymous submitter in washington, d.c. – a talking (and walking) [...]

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vida says her friend in baltimore received this note from “his pathologically lying roommate.”

it’s a little hard to read, but the (genius) last line says, “if not possible we’re moving and you can stay.”
so: team joe? team asa? or too tough to call?

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(from an anonymous submitter in maryland.)

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from amy in ocean pines, maryland, who explains: “i have had a problem with the people i live with (namely my husband and sister) who do not understand the concept that a dryer full of lint is a fire hazard [!!!]“

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such a perfect little hat trick at the end of this note: the four exclamation points, the heart, the “thx.”
the first of many from laura in baltimore.

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