writes an anonymous submitter in houston: “a neighbor in my building put up an obama yard sign on the door of her apartment around the time of the texas primary. when it disappeared, i assumed she took it down herself.” then up went this note — a cheerful bit of propaganda that oh-so-subtly disproves all [...]
Entries Tagged as 'neighbors'
the audacity of theft
June 6th, 2008 · 150 Comments
Tags: CAPS LOCK · houston · neighbors · politics · rainbow-colored · spelling and grammar police · that's illegal
the parking class
May 22nd, 2008 · 70 Comments
this lovely little exchange from seattle comes to us via the ever-brilliant dan savage at the stranger. it reads a bit like a “SAHM vs. WOHM” faceoff on urbanbaby, with blessedly fewer acronyms.
(more backstory and larger versions of the photos over at the slog.)
related: there’s hertz…and there’s “not exactly”
extra credit: “not that kind of gay” [...]
Tags: neighbors · oh snap · parking · seattle
stop! in the name of clip art
April 15th, 2008 · 78 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 [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · boston · clip art catastrophe · exclamation-point happy! · gloriously redundant · neighbors · office fridge · pittsburgh
really, it’s the canadian thing to do
March 27th, 2008 · 102 Comments
is posting a “polite” sign for the neighbors passive-aggressive? “perhaps,” says the washington post.
perhaps this portland resident could learn a lesson in politeness from our famously good-natured neighbors to the north? or, um, maybe not.
(photos from guy in toronto, via jerrold!)
related: boston, a place for friends
but who’s counting?
March 16th, 2008 · 74 Comments
writes an anonymous new yorker: “our neighbors hate us because we are the youngest in the building. thus, any malfunction that occurs in the building results in notes directed towards us. and yes, this note was a follow-up to another note (seen at left) also directed at us.”
happy st. patrick’s day, kids!
related: infinite note project
Tags: "helpful" advice · a little patronizing · kids today · neighbors · new york
infinite note project
February 15th, 2008 · 87 Comments
faydra in gainesville, florida lives in an apartment complex she describes as “a step above dorm living” — 85 girls total, all of them coming and going at all hours. faydra’s next door neighbors kicked things off (with the most frightening clip art extravaganza ever) and things devolved from there. in chronological order:
related: a fancy [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · clip art catastrophe · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · florida · neighbors · noise · rebuttals · smiley
where angels fear to spit
February 13th, 2008 · 70 Comments
from an anonymous heathen in washington, d.c.:
related: it must have been a pretty big bite
Tags: bold underlined italics · d.c. · exclamation-point happy! · neighbors · smoking · spelling and grammar police · spitting

