Entries Tagged as 'wisconsin'

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

a little bit of psycho-therapy

June 8th, 2008 · 65 Comments

“this is from my shrink’s office,” explains our anonymous submitter in wisconsin. “ironically, I was going to them to help me resolve issues with my spouse’s passive-aggressive tendencies.”

can’t you just feel the repressed anger in the sudden drop-off in punctuation?  (after all, if you’re not gonna use three exclamation points, why bother?)
related: perhaps it’s time [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · money · shrinks · wisconsin · you call that punctuation?

(they match the plastic slipcover on the futon)

May 7th, 2008 · 131 Comments

our anonymous submitter lives in what she says is a typical college apartment, one that is “not decorated according to any theme.” and yet, in a transformation a college freshman taking lit 101 might describe as “kafkaesque,” one of her roommates has been replaced by your [fill-in-your-own-ethnic-stereotype-here] grandmother.

adds our submitter: “these weird towels wouldn’t dry [...]

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Tags: a matter of taste · bathroom · smiley · university · wisconsin

over and over - the warning (passive-aggressive remix)

February 21st, 2008 · 146 Comments

laid back? i’ll give you laid back. in fact, i’ll spell it out for you: janice will break your legs.

(thanks to peter in milwaukee for documenting — you’re my number one guy!)
related: be informed, homeland security will be

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Tags: crazypants · milwaukee · pure poetry · say wha? · smoking · spelling and grammar police · you call that punctuation?

no bread and circuses! but maybe an ice cream social?

November 15th, 2007 · 161 Comments

“our CA (community advisor) posted this friendly note on our bathroom door,” says our submitter, a college student in milwaukee.
the dorm residents — apparently a libertarian-minded bunch — were pissed about frequent CAD (common area damage) charges for putting recyclables in the trash instead of the mandatory recycling bin. they took a break from ranking [...]

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Tags: awk abbrev · group bitchfest · itemized list · money · more aggressive than passive · raging against the machine · university · wisconsin