Entries Tagged as 'pittsburgh'

raging against the little guy

October 20th, 2009 · 187 Comments

Kellye from Huntsville, Alabama spotted these notes posted on boarded-up diner during last month’s G20 summit in Pittsburgh.
Explains Kellye: “The broken windows were caused by a few rowdy anarchists/drunk college kids from Oakland who apparently missed the mark in their defiance of the man. Since the vandals represented only a very small cross-section of protesters [...]

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Tags: heart · note wars · pittsburgh · raging against the machine · spelling and grammar police · starbucks

just another picture to burn

January 21st, 2009 · 75 Comments

our anonymous submitter in pittsburgh says this note was sitting atop a copy-room filing cabinet — and a stack of 50 or so identical print-outs of the jo bros. “guess someone in the office is on team taylor swift!”

related: let’s not mince words
extra credit: taylor swift’s passive-aggressive swipe at joe jonas [youtube]

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Tags: ex drama · office · office supplies · pittsburgh

the right to bear fruit

August 27th, 2008 · 168 Comments

three u.s. cities where nature-lovers might want to keep their hands to themselves:
1. austin, texas

2. macon, georgia

3. pittsburgh, pennsylvania

(thanks to don in austin, elizabeth in macon, and jasmine in pittsburgh for risking the wrath of some devoted gardening/second amendment enthusiasts to document these warnings.)
related: no “questions” asked

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · austin · blame it on the crackhead · exclamation-point happy! · georgia · macon · neighbors · not-so-veiled threats · pittsburgh · plants · spelling and grammar police · stealing

Stop! In the name of clip art.

April 15th, 2008 · 80 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 · bathroom · boston · clip art catastrophe · exclamation-point happy! · gloriously redundant · neighbors · office fridge · pittsburgh

eats, shoots and leaves

November 18th, 2007 · 167 Comments

joey in pittsburgh spotted this one on the campus of carnegie-mellon university. now that’s the thanksgiving spirit!

meanwhile, a different version of this photo floating around shows what appears to be a copy-edited version. ain’t punctuation grand?

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Tags: garbage · pittsburgh · you call that punctuation? · you're like so going to hell