Entries Tagged as 'utah'

If you could summarize BYU culture in one note…

February 7th, 2010 · 91 Comments

At least a half-dozen submitters (including Spencer, Kelsae, and Mark) would pick this one — from a pizzeria in Provo, Utah.
“For those who don’t know, “lower kingdoms” comes from Mormon theology, where they believe that people are sorted out into three kingdoms instead of the traditional heaven and hell option,” Kelsae says.
Adds Spencer: “There’s a [...]

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Tags: beverages · jesus · restaurant · utah · you're like so going to hell

“piece out our imperfections with your thoughts”

November 1st, 2009 · 328 Comments

Writes Mike in Provo, Utah: “This is a letter my friend Liz found on the windshield of her car during the time she was dating her now-husband. They framed the note, and now have it proudly displayed in their living room.”

related: a substance user and a player!

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Tags: "helpful" advice · MYOB · have a nice day · neighbors · sex sex sex · unsolicited feedback · utah

smug alert

April 27th, 2009 · 272 Comments

The car you drive can say a lot about you as a person.

Sometimes…too much.

(Thanks to the eagle-eyed Russell in Madison, Wisconsin; Alyssa in Pleasant Grove, Utah and Samantha in Lexington, Kentucky for the documentation.)
related: So if I start selling drugs I can drive an Escalade, too?

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Tags: car · kentucky · lexington · utah · wisconsin

all i want for christmas

December 16th, 2008 · 61 Comments

writes monica in salt lake city, utah: “the hip abduction machine has been broken at my local gym for almost the entire year. the powers that be claim it will be fixed ’soon,’” monica says, but it looks like one fellow gym-goer decided to take up the issue with an even higher power.

related: evidently, yes

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Tags: gym · holiday spirit · salt lake city · utah

the book of cubicleism, article iv: “the laying on of hands”

November 2nd, 2008 · 143 Comments

anthony in salt lake city, utah was a little perplexed when the new lady sharing his cubicle put this little number up. odder still, he says, “is the fact that this particular wall was originally my half — she took everything i had on that end and moved it to the other side.”
says anthony: “apparently [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · exclamation-point happy! · jesus · office · salt lake city · touching · utah

in other words…move it along, grandma!

October 22nd, 2008 · 62 Comments

both of these signs would have gotten their points across perfectly well in just a few words…but the true passive-aggressive always knows how to convey his or her true meaning with just one more choice phrase.
exhibit a) from paula in logan, utah:

exhibit b) spotted by my pal brooke in savannah, georgia:

related: that means you, edith

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Tags: lOWERCASE l · old folks · plants · pleasantries as afterthought · savannah · utah

there are only 10 types of people in the world…those who remember to bathe regularly, and those who don’t.

September 24th, 2008 · 200 Comments

“neumont is a strictly computer-science college located on the second and third floors of an office building,” writes jared in south jordan, utah. it’s therefore a point of pride for neumonters that out of several hundred CS students, “there are [only] a few who seem to forget to shower for a few weeks at a [...]

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Tags: hair · hygiene · thanks (but not really) · utah

To be young

February 14th, 2008 · 60 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day, kids!

(Thanks to Ron in West Jordan, Utah, who found this note taped to his front door.)
related: wake me up? wham!

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Tags: kids · spelling and grammar police · spurned lover · utah

think ya used enough dynamite there, butch?

January 23rd, 2008 · 69 Comments

but…but…it’s cold out and you’re so close to all the really good gifting suites! perhaps a swarovski-crystal-encrusted-organic-sea-kelp loofah would change your mind?

(thanks to dan m. in park city, utah for snapping the photo.)
related: but He took the wheel

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Tags: more aggressive than passive · park city · parking · utah

These walls are NOT soundproof.

December 18th, 2007 · 136 Comments

Jared says this sign was posted in both the men’s and women’s restrooms at his office in Salt Lake city, Utah. “It seems that someone does not like hearing people ‘pushing,’” he says.

related: Are you there, Margaret? God, could you be any more disgusting?

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · eww · excessive underlining · noise · office · privacy · salt lake city · that shit is disgusting