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.

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what to do after you’ve already written your daily letters to the editor, your congressman and the local weatherman, and you’ve still got hours to go before the early bird buffet? well, you turn to the classifieds!
reports dyah in houston:  “a guy at school advertised his garage sale in the houston chronicle, and received this [...]

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rachel in victoria, b.c. found this somewhat puzzling bit of anthropomorphism (stairs have feelings? really?) posted in the elevator of her residence building.  adds rachel: “my favourite part is ‘your bum will love it.’ no better way to guilt trip people into ’saving energy’ than by insinuating that they’re fat!”

related: hey, fatty

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says corrine in los angeles: “i walked into my friends’ building and saw these posted ALL OVER.” (trifling much?)

related: come get some

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need another sign we’re officially in a recession? how ’bout three?
    
 

related: “no” questions asked

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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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our anonymous submitter sneakily snapped a photo of the whiteboard at a friend’s house in urbana, illinois.

related: oh sweetie, i love it when you talk dirty!

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as this sign from a montgomery, alabama breakroom shows, “PopCorn Users” remain one of the most persecuted groups in the workplace today.
 
related: bizarre pardoning accident

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this note from a “friendly neighbor” was put through the mailslot of dan’s apartment in the heart of south philly. says dan: “i wanted to put ‘thanks for the advice!’ on the door in response, but thought better of it.”

as infuriating as the note was, “i do love how they phoned in the underlining on [...]

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when sheena in austin spotted this note on her neighbor’s front door, she couldn’t help but wonder: “if your doormat has sentimental value, maybe it should be hanging on your wall instead of sitting on the ground?”

related: wrath mat
extra credit: sentimental value: clothing stories from ebay

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this masterpiece is a gift from the collection of zedral (morgantown, west virginia, 2008). the original installation also includes a trail of small arrows pointing customers toward the register, along with multiple post-it reiterations along the way.

related: ceci n’est pas une note passif-agressif

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most drivers could easily identify these duct-tape wrapped shapes as the universal sign for “caution: crazy person ahead,” but our submitter in boston actually pulled over and parked in order to get a better look. up close, “the signs were even crazier than we thought,” she reports. “seriously, what happened to this guy?”

related: movin’ out [...]

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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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writes bibs in tacoma, washington: “my sophomore year in college, i was placed in a campus house with six other girls i didn’t know. to say the least, we did not really get along, but we made a chore chart so we would all at least have a semi-clean house to live in.” at [...]

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while paying his old office a weekend visit, jimsu from katy, texas didn’t catch the original note (or, perhaps, conversation) that precipitated this huffy screed from the mailman…

…but he did spot the follow-up from the office smartass.

related: this is why your postal worker is disgruntled

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originally unearthed from outside the hallowed conde nast cafeteria in july, 2001, this digital-age relic provides a quaint look back at those halcyon days among the new york media elite — back when gawker was still just a glint in nick denton’s eye, young anna wintour acolytes were still stuck in the induction phase of [...]

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omg, ramekin drama! (from san francisco, natch…)
(click to enlarge!)

related: #54 kitchen gadgets [stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.org]

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to quote chris anderson responding to milton friedman: “a free lunch doesn’t necessarily mean the food is being given away or that you’ll pay for it later — it could just mean someone else is picking up the tab.” indeed, craig in new york offers this example of the negative externalities that [...]

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faydra in gainesville, florida lives in an apartment complex she describes as “a step above dorm living” — 85 girls total, all of them coming and going at all hours. faydra’s next door neighbors kicked things off (with the most frightening clip art extravaganza ever) and things devolved from there. in chronological order:

related: a fancy [...]

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tina is los angeles didn’t have any problem with her roommate’s friend couchsurfing at their apartment for a month, but both she and her roomie started to get irked when the friend started inviting other friends to stay over — and then kept doing it, even after the roomie expressly asked her not to. “the [...]

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