Entries Tagged as 'boston'

stop! in the name of clip art

April 15th, 2008 · 76 Comments

like this phrase, there are a few irritating little pieces of clip art that keep popping up in submissions over and over again. hovering somewhere near the top of most-wanted list is this pouty little white-gloved dandy.
from the factories of pittsburgh…

…to the cube-farms of virginia, this perspiring misanthrope has been spreading his message of intolerance […]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · above and beyond · bathroom · boston · clip art catastrophe · exclamation-point happy! · gloriously redundant · neighbors · office fridge · pittsburgh

the sincerest form of passive-aggression

December 30th, 2007 · 45 Comments

laura in boston says one of the restrooms at her school is a real note bonanza. the inside of the stall features no fewer than four individual notes about proper flushing etiquette, and immediately outside the restroom are two (slightly contradictory notes) about proper door opening/closing procedure.

but what’s most interesting? how a couple of those […]

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Tags: bathroom · blitzkrieg approach · boston · meta · opening/closing · toilet

clip art crimes

December 16th, 2007 · 139 Comments

which clip art extravaganza is the most gratuitous? you be the judge!
is it this sign, from the virginia office of — of course — a major mobile carrier?

is it this little tea party of a sign from cambridge, mass.?

or is it this one, from, yes, a church restroom?

related: cubicle etiquette

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Tags: all clogged up · bathroom · boston · cell phone · clip art catastrophe · jesus · massachusetts · office · tea · virginia · you be the judge · you're like so going to hell

why-fi

November 7th, 2007 · 98 Comments

“apparently i needed to help pay for the growing internet bill,” says our anonymous submitter from boston. “this was the only way i was notified: no connection and a wireless LAN reprogrammed with a new password.”

but password-protecting your network is actually a relatively direct (and dare i say, more effective) approach compared to this…

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Tags: actions speak louder · boston · money · roommates

upon further reflection, screw you

September 1st, 2007 · 49 Comments

while jessica was a college student in boston, she lived in a five-person apartment with one friend and three strangers. jess says apartment issues were rarely (if ever– there was only one “meeting”) talked about directly (there was but one “meeting), but were instead handled through a series of “love notes” from anne, like this […]

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Tags: boston · cleaning · dishes · garbage · guests · not-so-veiled threats · vermin · water · your mother doesn't...