Entries Tagged as 'columbia'

pain (and disgust) at the pump

June 11th, 2008 · 117 Comments

just in case gas prices aren’t hurting you enough lately, tim from madison, wisconsin brings us this stomach-turning (yet impressively restrained) note from a petrol station somewhere en route to green bay.

meanwhile, tonya in oakland passes along a photo taken by a traveler brave/desperate enough to actual enter a gas station restroom somewhere in utah.

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Tags: "customer service" · columbia · excessive underlining · germaphobia · south carolina · toilet · wisconsin

I swear this isn’t some kind of stealth viral marketing campaign

May 29th, 2007 · 40 Comments

…but Hot Pockets are totally the car radios of the communal freezer.
Exhibit a: New York City

Exhibit b: Southern Oregon

Exhibit c: Washington, D.C.

Exhibit d: Oahu, Hawaii

Thanks to Beth at Columbia and DJ Shaggy for their help in uncovering this phenomenon.

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Tags: columbia · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · office · office fridge · sad face · spelling and grammar police · stealing · unnecessary "quotation marks" · whiteboard