Entries Tagged as 'columbia'

pain (and disgust) at the pump

June 11th, 2008 · 118 Comments

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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Tags: "customer service" · columbia · excessive underlining · germaphobia · south carolina · toilet · wisconsin

i swear this isn’t some kind of stealth viral marketing campaign

May 29th, 2007 · 36 Comments

…but hot pockets are totally the car radios of the communal freezer.
exhibit a: new york city

exhibit b: southern oregon

exhibit c: washington, d.c.

exhibit d: oahu, hawaii

thanks to beth at columbia and dj shaggy for their help in uncovering this phenomenon.

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Tags: columbia · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · office · office fridge · sad face · spelling and grammar police · stealing · unnecessary "quotation marks" · whiteboard