There’s the typical New York City note…
And then there’s the Willamette Valley way…
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…and then there’s the glass half-full approach.
February 1st, 2012 · 47 comments
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Good God, Lemon.
January 31st, 2012 · 52 comments
Our submitter spotted this unusual sales pitch while driving in Livermore, California. (“The dealership sucks, the car sucks, but it’s for sale if you want to buy it!”)
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No Dumping Zone
January 30th, 2012 · 40 comments
To me this sounds suspiciously like an episode of The League, but Stephen from Cherry Hill, New Jersey claims his daughter recently caught him heading into the bathroom “for a little sit-down,” laptop in hand. When five-year-old Rosie asked why Daddy was bringing his computer into the fecal mist zone, he replied, “Multi-tasking.”
A few minutes later, Rosie slipped the following note under the door. (The drawing had already been done earlier.)
Translation: What are you thinking Dad? That’s a horrible thing to do.
Can you really argue with her?
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Gas Boys: the Salonnières of Central New Jersey
January 29th, 2012 · 29 comments
My friend Brooke said the doors at this New Jersey gas station were covered with notes, but this one in particular caught her attention.
(I particularly enjoyed the suggested topics of conversation. Kinda softened the tone a bit compared to this version from Toronto, no?)
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Tony Q69: Never Forget
January 26th, 2012 · 48 comments
Jen in Astoria takes the Q69 bus to work every morning, so she’s quite familiar with the infamous Tony. “I hadn’t seen them in some time,” she says, until catching a glimpse of this beauty just a few days ago. (“Apparently,” she adds, “the chick is still pissed.”)
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Astoria…
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Signed, The Doorman Freezing His Ass Off
January 25th, 2012 · 33 comments
Thanks to Kenny from San Francisco for introducing me to the work of my new favorite doorman.
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Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
January 24th, 2012 · 59 comments
Shaun in Austin spotted this mysterious complaint in the men’s room at his office. (Apparently all of the males employed there are very, very sensitive.)
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Got game?
January 23rd, 2012 · 32 comments
While perusing the magazines at Barnes & Noble, Shelly found this bit of divine snark affixed to the latest XBOX magazine.
Haterz still will hate, I guess?
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Hey, I was saving that for later!
January 22nd, 2012 · 17 comments
…because if you are saving the contents of your nose for an afternoon snack, feel free to use to office walls for that purpose!
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Daddy dearest
January 19th, 2012 · 25 comments
Writes Virginia in Sumner, Washington: “Going through a box of old photographs in the attic, I found this birthday card I gave my father when I was five or six. I was a terrible child.”
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