Entries Tagged as 'xoxo'

St. Patrick…the patron saint of Irish-Catholic guilt?

March 17th, 2010 · 71 Comments

“My mother-in-law is a devout Catholic,” our submitter says, “but my husband and sister-in-law do not hold the same beliefs” — much to the chagrin of their ever-guilt-tripping Mom. “We received this St. Patrick’s Day card addressed to my sister-in-law c/o my husband…even though she has her daughter’s address.”

related: theo(logical) fallacy

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Tags: god · guilt trip · holiday spirit · moms & dads · signed with love · xoxo

Sonic Boo

February 14th, 2010 · 102 Comments

As a Valentine’s Day gift to you all, I present you with this epic love story (which Teddie in Minneapolis discovered pinned to the bulletin board in his apartment building).
Teddie’s love note to this love note: “I love that this person (he? she?) used commas, ellipses, and possibly a semicolon, but no periods. I also [...]

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Tags: TLDR · ex drama · minneapolis · p.s. · runaway run-on sentences · spelling and grammar police · spurned lover · wtf? · xoxo · you call that punctuation?

Kiss your mother with that mouth?

November 12th, 2009 · 103 Comments

As Lachlan in Melbourne points out, for 4 and 6 years old these kids have pretty good writing skills (with the exception of that little “hyph:-colon”). But lawdy, kids today and their language!

Meanwhile, in Pittsburgh…

And in Philadelphia (as spotted by Tash, who is not a yuppie)…

related: the right to bear fruit

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Tags: family · fuck fuckity fuck fuck · plants · xoxo

Dear Grandma: Thanks, I guess.

July 8th, 2009 · 253 Comments

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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Tags: birthday · canada · martyr complex · ohio · old folks · p.s. · thanks (but not really) · xoxo

J-school today: from a dying medium to a dead horse

June 4th, 2009 · 119 Comments

This note — spotted by Erik in a break room 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:  [...]

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Tags: chicago · kids today · thanks (but not really) · university · xoxo

Tant pis, mon amie

November 7th, 2008 · 165 Comments

Writes our anonymous submitter: “Amie and I were friends since junior high. We had plans to go out for my 22nd birthday, but she canceled the day of. I said it was cool and that we should reschedule, and then I never heard from her again…until four years later, when she requested me as a [...]

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Tags: facebook · frenemies · mean girls · weddings and bridezillas · xoxo

the hot topic at this year’s warped tour

September 15th, 2008 · 161 Comments

spotted by christina in minnesota at the angels & airwaves merch booth…

can’t read the smaller writing? here’s a (blurry) close-up:

(as it turns out, christina says, this was an empty threat.)
related: the chav’s guide to sxsw

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Tags: minnesota · not-so-veiled threats · signed with love · tipping · xoxo

you might want to take a hard look at your washcloth first

June 5th, 2008 · 144 Comments

an anonymous submitter in portland, maine is currently chafing under one of the most common irritants of communal living: a roommate “who has never once bought toilet paper.”
she and her other roommate tried some of the more subtle manuevers in the passive-aggressive playbook — up to and including the ol’ hide-and-carry — to no avail. [...]

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Tags: all clogged up · bathroom · maine · paper product fairy · rainbow-colored · roommates · shit · toilet · xoxo

all i want is a room somewhere

November 19th, 2007 · 104 Comments

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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Tags: door-slamming · excessive underlining · heart · illinois · mean girls · signed with love · sleeping · thanks (but not really) · university · xoxo

You know he only became a DJ to get girls

May 23rd, 2007 · 17 Comments

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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Tags: "helpful" advice · excessive underlining · heart · music · xoxo