Entries Tagged as 'newspaper'

News bites

February 28th, 2010 · 80 Comments

Writes Jarrod in Australia: “This was published in the local newspaper where my sister is a reporter. On first observation, it doesn’t seem like much of a passive-aggressive note, but the backstory behind it is that the owner of the paper has been refusing to have the building sprayed for spiders, thinking it unnecessary.” The [...]

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Tags: kinda creepy · newspaper

My parents, the loan sharks

December 15th, 2009 · 90 Comments

Writes Josh in St. Louis: “In our university’s paper, during the first semester, parents can send in notes for their kids away at college to read. Most parents put something sweet, happy, and uplifting — ‘We love you, good luck, hope you’re well,’ that kind of thing.”  Josh’s parents, meanwhile…

related: no money, no trophy

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Tags: moms & dads · money · newspaper · pure poetry · st. louis · university

What’s black, white and totally over?

December 11th, 2008 · 101 Comments

From Canberra…

To London…

To Washington, D.C….

…it seems like one thing everyone can agree on is the total obsolescence of print media.
(sigh)
related: Love, apt. #3

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Tags: australia · canberra · d.c. · newspaper · pleasantries as afterthought

free markets, free people, free papers

October 19th, 2007 · 217 Comments

another doozy of an apartment manager note from oakland, california. our anonymous submitter wasn’t able to save any of those 14 notices, so it’s unclear if any of them were anything like this one.

related: love, apt. 3 

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · california · excessive underlining · guilt trip · landlord · neighbors · newspaper · oakland · obnoxious definition · stealing

Love, Apt #3

June 12th, 2007 · 26 Comments

(Spotted by Kyla in Regina, Saskatchewan.)

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Tags: canada · neighbors · newspaper · saskatchewan · signed with love · stealing