Writes Sarah: “This note was written to me after I told my seven-year-old daughter to go to her room until she felt like being nice. I’m still trying to figure out what she really feels. Was it love mingled with regret…or slathering me with goodness in hopes of ending the misery in her room? Somehow [...]

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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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Today’s post is dedicated to the dirty minds in the department of double entendres. (Hey there, commenters!)
The first note, as spotted by Dana in San Francisco, needs no further introduction.

Next up: Michelle in Orlando says this note was posted on the employee mailboxes at the theme park where she works. “Our uniforms include a vest [...]

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Based on this Valentine — 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 Collettes [...]

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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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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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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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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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i recently returned from a few days in san antonio, texas, where my friend matt and i amused ourselves on the riverwalk with a competition to find the tackiest souvenir possible in each store within three minutes or less. (my first win: a “pooping armadillo” keychain.) when we entered this fine establishment, however, i had [...]

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“my friend katelyn’s roommate left her this note before she went away for memorial day weekend last year,” says monica in boston. “i love how it starts off so BFF-like…then takes a sharp left into passive-aggressive territory.”

adds monica: “while katelyn normally likes to avoid confrontation, i think this note pushed her over the edge. she [...]

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Zakir in Montreal came home one night to find his roommate, Tristan ferociously scribbling this note for his other roommate, Vincent.  Apparently, Tristan was baking cookies on Saturday night (aww) and when he turned on the stove, the entire apartment filled with smoke from the charred cardboard from Vince’s frozen pizza.
Says Zakir: “Vincent’s reply to [...]

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Thanks to Sarah for capturing this delicious little slice of life from her Christian college in Illinois. (Delicious like a quart of Starbucks Coffee Almond Fudge, not one measly little low-fat Frappucino bar.)

related: but He took the wheel

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one loverly lady in illinois found this note on the door of her dorm room after a long day of classes. (the identity of the note-leaver is still a mystery, as is the meaning of the phrase “dollar sign flower slams easily.”)

adds our submitter: “when we had our next floor meeting, i did the not-so-passive [...]

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brandy in york haven, p.a. forgot to put water back in the fridge, she says, “and my boyfriend likes his cold water.” yikes.

also note the list of tasks for brandy and her boyfriend at upper right. um, so much for challenging gender stereotypes at home, huh?

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cassie in orlando is preschool teacher, and brings us this note posted by the school’s director. “i cannot help but be in awe of her after this note,” cassie says, and i have to agree.

a classic, no?

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this note of course left by “the messiest roommate of them all,” says kate in boston.

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Jenny insists this note wasn’t just because the dude wouldn’t take her request for “Toxic.” (“The DJ really sucked!”)

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Such a perfect little hat trick at the end of this note (submitted by Laura in Baltimore) — the four exclamation points, the heart, the “thx.”

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