writes mike in provo, utah: “this is a letter my friend liz found on the windshield of her car during the time she was dating her now-husband. they framed the note, and now have it proudly displayed in their living room.”

related: a substance user and a player!

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ah, college. you’d think living in an all-girls dorm might solve problems like this…

but then you get…this. explains hannah in pullman, washington: “i live in an all-girls dorm, and guys aren’t allowed to use the bathrooms in the hall. the rule is they are supposed to be escorted out into the lobby…which is a apparently [...]

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at a recent wedding that allison in raleigh, n.c. attended, the bride asked that, instead of signing a guestbook, wedding guests write their wishes for the couple on fabric squares that would later be made into a memory quilt. when allison saw this one sitting on top, she couldn’t resist snapping a photo.

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our anonymous submitter was mildly amused when he noticed this little hypothetical how-to pop up in his facebook feed. but the real kicker, he realized, is that the one person tagged in the note happens to be (ouch) the notewriter’s current roommate.

adds our submitter: “to my surprise, the girl never commented on it, but i’m [...]

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earlier this year, emma in california was sharing a kitchen with three other girls. one day, out of the blue, one of her roommates posted this note. (warning: prepare to reexamine any preconceptions you may have about mormons, straight-edgers, and college-aged women in general.)

by the next morning, emma says, the note was promptly defaced, but [...]

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…well, you know how it goes.

meanwhile, in melbourne…

and in london…

…a saucy variation on a much-photographed placard from london’s soho:

but my favorite sign was spotted by nick at a backpacker’s hostel in rio:

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our anonymous submitter spotted this signage at a homemade water park somewhere near cherry point, south carolina.

related: and pull up your pants

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as far as post-coital “littering” goes, i’m guessing most dorm bathrooms have seen a lot worse than a pink t-shirt, no?

(and we certainly appreciate matt in greensboro, for snapping the photo.)

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our anonymous submitter in san diego got this text message from a friend, explaining: “it’s in reference to him hooking up with one of my friends on my couch. he’s hooked up with three of my friends to date. it’s bound to get around, ya know?”

adds our submitter: “there’s no safe way to respond to [...]

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when our saga begins, our anonymous submitter’s girlfriend was living in a tiny apartment in sydney, australia. due to space constraints, she was temporarily sleeping on what our submitter admits was “possibly one of the world’s shittiest sofabeds.”

but while the mailbox notes were presumably written first (based on the tone) they weren’t actually discovered until [...]

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our anonymous submitter lives in a 30-story condo building in chicago. her father works in the same building, and received this note in the suggestion box. “i found the letter slipped under my door one day,” she says. “my dad had put it there after reading it with his boss. i’m sure he’s damn proud [...]

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amy in seattle says her favorite part of the note is the children (please, think of the children!) but i was most impressed by the use of both “being effected” and “being impacted” in a single sentence. those loud, “vulgar-related” noises might, in fact, be the sound of english teachers around the world crying out [...]

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“is it doubly passive aggressive to use this site to convey this message? i am the creator of this note, and the photo depicts actual conditions. i would love to send a post of this to said roommate at work.” — flushpatrol in washington, d.c.

related: servicing over a half-billion people…each and every day.

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from the bay-area offices of yahoo! hotjobs…

those programmers…so literal-minded, sometimes.
(thiz onez fer u, slackferno.)

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found in a recycling bin in california.
(and yes, as veritas notes, most likely the product of a high school english class.)

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along with the mad bomber series, i’d say this note is one for the hall of fame. there are so many amazing elements here i can’t even pick a favorite.

related: care, it makes a difference

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from an all-girls floor of a boston university dorm…

ah, college. thanks to vicky in boston for submitting!

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one of these notes is from los angeles; one is from lexington, kentucky. can you guess which is which?

(thanks to eve in kentucky and natalie in l.a. for submitting.)

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