Along with the Mad Bomber series, I’d say this note is one for the hall of fame. There are so many amazing elements here I can’t even pick a favorite.
related: care, it makes a difference
Entries Tagged as 'college life'
Which one of these is not like the other?
June 6th, 2007 · 48 Comments
Tags: cleaning · college life · dishes · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy!!!! · noise · odor · roommates · sex sex sex · whiteboard
Nobody wants to see that
June 6th, 2007 · 14 Comments
From an all-girls floor of a Boston University dorm…
Ah, college. Thanks to Vicky in Boston for submitting!
Tags: Boston · college life · grow up · pleasantries as afterthought · roommates · sex sex sex
studying up on bedside manner might not be a bad idea
June 5th, 2007 · 38 Comments
CC found this note in one of the study carrels at her large midwestern med school:
this was her response:
(she continues on a second page.)
Tags: college life · excessive underlining · Michigan · moving/not moving · smartass
There you go, bringing Him into it again
June 4th, 2007 · 38 Comments
What Would Jesus Steal?
(Thanks to Sarah at Greenville College (a Christian school in Illinois) and James in Beaumont, Texas for their submissions.)
related: Would Jesus steal jelly?
Tags: college life · excessive underlining · food · Illinois · Jesus · stealing · you know who you are
The Post-it Wars
June 4th, 2007 · 23 Comments
After receiving numerous “helpful tips” from her roommate at the University of Minnesota…
…Lydia decided to add a few “tips” of her own. (The large signs on the oven and the microwave were already there.)
related: Meet the world’s crankiest roommate
Tags: "helpful" advice · blitzkrieg approach · cleaning · college life · dishes · etiquette · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy!!!! · food · kitchen · microwave · Minnesota · rebuttals · roommates · sponges
When Ph.d.s get frustrated
June 3rd, 2007 · 115 Comments
Says Dave in New York City: “I love that this note contains a fairly detailed explanation of Lord Kelvin’s formulation of the second law of thermodynamics….and a helpful diagram!”
related: When you get down to it
Tags: "helpful" advice · college life · It's science! · most popular notes of 2007 · temperature · TL;DR · visual aids
CARE: it makes a difference
May 25th, 2007 · 21 Comments
This girl is like the archetypal freshman roommate, no?
From Megan in Charleston, who was not the slob that this note might suggest.
Tags: college life · dishes · excessive underlining · garbage · not-so-veiled threats · rhetorical question · roommates · South Carolina · whiteboard
Meet my new therapist: the cable guy
May 24th, 2007 · 10 Comments
Cindy and her friend had a falling out. The ex-friend then sent Cindy this message on Facebook. Something tells me this post isn’t going to be the olive branch that brings them back together.
Tags: "helpful" advice · college life · Facebook · frenemies · spelling and grammar police
How hazing rituals are born
May 22nd, 2007 · 12 Comments
Jimmy in Worcester brings this jaunty little note from the Lambda Chi Alpha House at WPI.
Says Jimmy: “The kid whose cookware was hidden ended up just leaving the utensils (tongs, spatula, etc…) wherever they were hidden and simply bought a new set. This forced the kid who originally hid them to find them again before they started to stink up the place.”
Just in case you needed another reason to pass on the Lambda Chis’ rush-week pancake breakfast…
Tags: college life · dishes · fratboys · kitchen · stealing · Worcester
Just in case you’re running on Central Time
May 17th, 2007 · 7 Comments
Tags: college life · excessive underlining · Michigan · noise
