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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ashley in richmond, virginia says this e-mail was sent to every single employee at her office. then,  “after thirty minutes, the sender attempted to recall it six times.” (that’s how you know she was SO SERIOUS.)

related: the classic all-staff e-mail

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before you embark on this visual road trip through from rural north america, remember: guns don’t kill possums. CELL PHONES KILL POSSUMS. (and potentially one-thumbed former sea captains.)

related: the right to bear fruit
extra credit: playing possum [awkwardfamilyphotos.com]

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shannon in new york saw this note posted on the fence of the nearby community garden while she and her roommate were taking her dog for a walk for.
the thought of a little old lady glued to her binoculars at 4 in the morning, this had them laughing for many prepositional phrases of time.

related: the [...]

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this restroom sign from baton rouge, louisiana manages to combine variations on two of the genre’s most irritating cliches — the rhyme that must be flushed and the clip art that must be stopped…with some additional ridiculous floral clip art thrown in for good measure.

and yet, somehow, this note manages to offend me even more. [...]

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no, it’s not really “passive-aggressive.” but this find — spotted by matthew in los angeles — is just too magical to keep to myself.
oh, and mishell, if you ever jog on down to austin and want to share a banana-free breakfast taco or tamale, let me know. (but let’s say 9:30, ’cause i have something [...]

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writes amy in canada: “part of my job (as a civilian employed by the canadian armed forces) is to install or repair network services out to remote areas of our training area. here are a few of the notes i saw while puttering around with my cabling and switches.”

happy (very) belated canada day!
related: (don’t?) wash [...]

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presenting the winner of the creative spelling (and spacing) of the year award, spotted by rob in the recently-painted elevator of his brooklyn apartment building.

it has a lovely lyric quality to it, no?
related: your are welcome to our home

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writes linda in austin, texas: “this note popped up a few months ago on my downstairs neighbor’s door, but i didn’t take a look at it until now.” but how much longer will it be before she garners an invite from this gracious host?

related: why you don’t want to go to b-school, in two words

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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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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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writes desiree: “this is a note at the express (stamps-only counter) at a very busy post office in washington, d.c. they are apparently!! very!! uptight!! like everyone else in d.c. (myself included)!!”

meanwhile!! in florida…

and! in los angeles!

related: ain’t that the gospel truth?

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“one morning last summer,” writes stephanie in illinois, “my brother and i arrived at the company where we worked to find these notes posted to the candy vending machine. (mind you, it was 8:45 in the morning.) apparently, the man who fills the vending machines — a.k.a ‘the candy man’ — had failed to restock [...]

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tara in vancouver organized a meetup for “progressive, radical and lefty librarians” at a place called subeez cafe. it wasn’t until afterwards — when she took a look at the contact sheet she’d passed around — that she realized at least one attendee was less-than-pleased with her choice of venue.
“they didn’t complain to me directly, [...]

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though the issue might not be top of mind for sophisticated and urbane readership of this website, let this serve as your warning: should you find yourself in, say, fayetteville, arkansas (like melissa, a california transplant currently attending the u of a) you’ll soon realize how important it is to lay down the law with [...]

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our anonymous submitter in cleveland found this note taped to the office paper shredder. “my first thought was, ‘wow, this person has issues deeper than the full shredder,’” he says.

related: especially deborah

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spotted in the basement of a church where people play bingo all the time, says yamis in garfield, new jersey, who adds: “i guess we know the demographics of the crowd.”

related: more like hardly working

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our anonymous submitter says this display is just one of many microwave missives his coworker has created. “someone tore it down and threw it on the floor once,” he says, “but she put it back up, laminated with heavy-duty tape.”

and of course, the art-imitating-life inspiration for this post:

related: to each his own microwave
extra credit: pam [...]

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spotted by randi in charlotte, north carolina, this one’s straight out of the michael scott playbook.

related: to the victor goes the bile

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today’s facebook friday submission comes from an anonymous onlooker in college park, maryland. (read from the bottom up.)

related: i challenge you to an emoticon-off!

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