chris in providence brings us this show-stopper from the computer science department at brown university. my head is still spinning a little bit.

meanwhile, in lake forest, california…

related: the nerd’s guide to passive-aggressive behavior

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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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jen in tallahassee, florida found this posted on the fridge in her synagogue’s kitchen. “we’ve tried many things to prevent missing food from this refrigerator,” jen says. “we’ve even installed a lock so that only certain people with keys can get into the refrigerator…and yet, the problem continues.”

related: the PANtheistic approach

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daniel is montreal says his dear grandmother sent him this card in the mail for his birthday. the front of the card (which didn’t scan very well) says: it is not what is visible on the surface but what is deep inside that sustains us.
well, says daniel, “that and guilt.”

related: dear grandma — thanks, i [...]

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today’s post is dedicated to the dirty minds in the department of double entendres. (hey there, commenters!)
this first note, as spotted by dana in san francisco, needs no further introduction.

next up: michelle in orlando says this note posted on the employee mailboxes at the theme park where she works. “our uniforms include a vest made [...]

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based on this note — found by matthew at his share house in london — i am citing jane with a serious “misuse of mixtape” violation. (and “by the way,” talk about burying the lead!)
jane, minxes like you are what keep the seth cohen/landry clarks of the world pining away for the unattainable summer roberts/tyra [...]

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k, so, we’ve all seen a million notes like this…

(check out that sad little orphan S!)
 
 
 
…but it actually takes a real mother to poke a hole in that logic.

related: your mother doesn’t work here. or here. or here.

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shortly after the birth of her new nephew (a.k.a “gee-gee-boo”, liz in waltham, mass. received this note (channeling grandmothers everywhere) from the precocious 7-year-old daughter of her other sister. writes liz: “i love that she is simultaneously trying to guilt trip me into having a kid while not-so-subtly hinting that baby g should move up [...]

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one lazy sunday, when our anonymous submitter in minneapolis spotted this bit of graphity on a wooden bridge at a park, “at first i thought it was sweet in a sad kind of way,” he says. but then he kept finding more — “on benches, picnic tables, even trees, and they got progressively more insane.”
and [...]

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while returning a long-lost battery charger, kaitlin’s dad echoes the sentiments of parents with adult children everywhere.

meanwhile, sarah in greenville, s.c. shows the downside of giving in to parents’ nagging for unfettered access.

related: why you should not be facebook friends with your parents

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writes our anonymous submitter: “this was sent to my 6-year-old step daughter by her grandma. the birthday present in question was a pack of writing paper and $5 american. we live in canada.”
(the “did you get…” pretense combined with the oh-so-subtle post script is so classic “passive-aggressive grandma” that i cannot even handle it. bonus [...]

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writes dan in seattle: “i work at a federal hospital and often ride my motorcycle to work. there is another hospital employee that also does so, and we usually park in the same area. space is at a premium —especially around this woman and her self-proclaimed 10-foot-wide protected parking bubble. another time she left me [...]

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this note — spotted by erik in a breakroom at northwestern’s medill school of journalism — takes me back to my days as a bright-eyed young reporter cheerfully slaving away at my college daily, where the grizzled old alumni “mentors” working at the times or the globe always seemed to have the same advice: that [...]

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this note appeared on the whiteboard in whitney’s dorm room the day after she got in a fight with her roommate, ashley, and accused her of using her friends. the note was written by ashley’s cousin, angela, and while addressed to “ash,” seems more directed at the room’s other resident.

related: facebook, a place for frenemies

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a busy working mom in austin, texas got this little love note on her blackberry from her sixteen-year-old son. (michael is his friend, by the way,  not the craft store.)

in the end, our submitter adds, he didn’t take the bus after all. total bluff!
related: friends don’t lie 2 friends

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writes matt in los angeles: “i went to get some of the 2% milk i keep in our communal work fridge for my coffee, and BAM! — front and center was this lovely.”

related: and i’m singing “uh oh” on a friday night

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you decide: which masterpiece is most worthy of the lisa frank award for the most artistic expression of repressed rage?
is it exhibit a, from a hip-hop retail store in california?

exhibit b, from an american college dorm?

or exhibit c, from a shared apartment in guelph, ontario?

oh, and ladies? as you busy yourself with your construction paper [...]

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travis’s bud josh — a cable guy in delaware — snapped this photo while out on a repair call.

meanwhile, elaine in california is wondering if phil makes housecalls, too.  “i always get up and open the blinds in the morning to let the light in,” she says. “as soon as my roommate gets up, she [...]

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two target customers for lisa frank’s new line of movie tie-in stickers — coming soon to the hot topic/urban outfitters near you!

(above, from colorado. below, from california.)

related: do not kiss on someone else’s kiss
extra credit: the legend of casey™ and caymus™

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here’s to crass commercialism!

(and kisses to jennie and her boarding school bud michelle for the valentine!)

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