Entries Tagged as 'thanks but no thanks'

did you send your mom a mother’s day card?

May 10th, 2008 · 72 Comments

“living with your parents while still in college has it’s benefits (saving money and all) but it also has its drawbacks,” writes laura in springfield, missouri. primarily…boundaries.
“my parents regularly grab my mail and put it in a compartment on a desk in our kitchen, which i don’t always check,” laura explains, and sometime shortly after [...]

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Tags: going postal · missouri · moms & dads · springfield · thanks but no thanks

who are you calling ocd?

November 8th, 2007 · 146 Comments

this just in: starving unborn children aren’t the only casualties of office fridge lunch thievery. as one anonymous new yorker reports, now the sick and the infirm are being picked off, too!

(thank you kindly? best wishes? hungry on the 12th floor, you kill me.)

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Tags: cleaning · exclamation-point happy! · food · guilt trip · ital overkill · new york · office fridge · questionable logic · rhetorical question · sarcasm · thanks but no thanks

we don’t want your ugly placemats

August 24th, 2007 · 98 Comments

damien saw this at the salvation army in seattle.
says damien, “the kicker on this one isn’t as much what’s said as what ISN’T said. this note clearly had a lot more to it that was — probably by a clearer head — snipped off.

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · seattle · thanks but no thanks