where do you suppose this “anomous” tampa, florida resident stands on the whole nature-vs.-nurture debate?
interested? here’s a free preview!
related: your to lazy
where do you suppose this “anomous” tampa, florida resident stands on the whole nature-vs.-nurture debate?
interested? here’s a free preview!
related: your to lazy
Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · crazypants · dubious scientific claims · exclamation-point happy! · florida · gloriously redundant · irregular capitalization · kids today · moms & dads · neighbors · spelling and grammar police · tampa · the lawn · unnecessary "quotation marks"
most drivers could easily identify these duct-tape wrapped shapes as the universal sign for “caution: crazy person ahead,” but our submitter in boston actually pulled over and parked in order to get a better look. up close, “the signs were even crazier than we thought,” she reports. “seriously, what happened to this guy?”
related: movin’ out [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · boston · crazypants · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks"
our anonymous submitter spotted this signage at a homemade water park somewhere near cherry point, south carolina.
related: and pull up your pants
Tags: crazypants · sex sex sex · south carolina · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks" · you know who you are
dealing with the rantings of your crazy boss or overzealous receptionist is one thing, but what do you do when your office’s resident passive-aggressive note-leaver doesn’t even work there? casey in san diego (a.k.a. the beloved runbarbara) says that’s the situation she’s found herself in at her job.
the offender, sandra, “has met me a total [...]
Tags: CAPS LOCK · bathroom · battle of the sexes · blitzkrieg approach · california · clip art catastrophe · crazypants · dubious scientific claims · exclamation-point happy! · gloriously redundant · office cop · party planning committee · san diego · spelling and grammar police · thx · toilet · unnecessary "quotation marks" · vomit · you call that punctuation?
“beware,” indeed: walking along “west 25th or so” in manhattan, this “work of art” was enough to make eric “personally” “shit his pants.”
tangential: the zagat history of my last relationship [the new yorker]
Tags: new york · not-so-veiled threats · unnecessary "quotation marks"
mishee was about to go ahead and just pay for that snapple…until she saw this colorful little note at a drugstore in sunnyvale, california. phew!
UPDATE: mishee (ever the overachiever) has returned to the scene to satisfy your curiosity about the signs behind the signs…and finds her snapple-drinking plans foiled in the process!
related: if it weren’t [...]
Tags: "helpful" advice · bathroom · california · sad face · silicon valley · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks"
my own neighborhood of park slope, brooklyn has high concentrations of dogs, babies, crazies and bloggers, which makes for a heady brew of incredibly well-documented passive-aggressiveness. certain notes (like this long-running series) show up in my inbox over and over again. i’ve gotten various iterations of this note from no fewer than six different [...]
Tags: apostrophe abuse · brooklyn · dogs · ellipses-crazed · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · irregular capitalization · park slope · saga · shit · unnecessary "quotation marks"
aarwenn from seattle found this note in her office’s cafeteria, which she says is a hot spot for bad writers with passive-aggressive issues. “of course,” she says, “here at Large Aerospace Company, a lot of us have ‘issues.’”
Tags: fun with euphemism · garbage · just wondering · office · seattle · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks"
this series of signs (all made by one person, and pinned up across an entire bulletin board) is among my all-time favorites. the glorious redundancies, the inappropriate quotation marks, the clip art — oh, it’s just too good.
(yeah, the last one is blurry. our anonymous canadian submitter apologizes.)
Tags: canada · cleaning · clip art catastrophe · music · noise · odor · office · office cop · privacy · spelling and grammar police · unnecessary "quotation marks"
this exercise in mass shaming is brought to us by rocky in san diego, who adds: “these are 5-year-olds playing t-ball.”
Tags: CAPS LOCK · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · moms & dads · money · san diego · unnecessary "quotation marks"
a doozy from our pals over at the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks.
Tags: moving/not moving · office · unnecessary "quotation marks"
…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.
Tags: columbia · excessive underlining · exclamation-point happy! · office · office fridge · sad face · spelling and grammar police · stealing · unnecessary "quotation marks" · whiteboard