Well, maybe all you need is a little perspective.
Kelly in Dallas spotted this notice at a metaphysical bookstore in Lewisville, Texas. Apparently, she says, the last time the fridge was defrosted, “they discovered several owl carcasses that were being stored there by the store’s resident Native American healer guy.” (Be careful, this fridge scares easily.)
![DO NOT Approach Refridgerator [sic] with knives, screwdrivers or other sharp objects. NOT for carcass storage Thank you!](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3421414012_bd3b822bbb.jpg "DO NOT Approach Refridgerator [sic] with knives, screwdrivers or other sharp objects. NOT for carcass storage Thank you!")
Meanwhile, Belinda assures us that both bunny and cow parts were indeed claimed by her coworkers before the boss’s deadline. (“Only in Wisconsin!” she says.)
If you’ve ever seen the TV show Mythbusters, you won’t find this fridge note from their set too surprising…
But Becky in Portland, Oregon was definitely surprised when she discovered the warning on the hospital breakroom’s freezer door wasn’t a non sequitur.
related: The bathroom-stall booger epidemic
95 responses so far ↓
#1
Kate
Human body parts are okay as long as they are noodle-free.
Also, please guard the modesty of your bananas and let them retain their peels whilst chillin’ in the freezer.
Apr 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm rating: 90
#2
Cyclotron
I like how they felt the need to post an addendum to the MythBusters one.
Apr 25, 2010 at 6:30 pm rating: 90
#3
brian t
I’m pretty sure that I’ve seen that same “Human Food Only” sign on the Mythbusters show i.e. I think that is the actual sign from a fridge there. The noodles & body parts line might relate to a segment in which Grant used noodles in a mold to simulate a human brain …
Apr 25, 2010 at 6:32 pm rating: 90
#4
FeRD
Why do people who keep gross things in the freezer ALWAYS place them directly over the ice cube trays? Do they have to thumb their noses at gravity, too?
Apr 25, 2010 at 6:39 pm rating: 90
#5
Scott
Not quite sure is wrong with storing beef or rabbit in the fridge though. In fact that is generally where I store most meat.
Apr 25, 2010 at 7:01 pm rating: 90
#6
Escape Goat
#1: “Double negative. Mr. Sharpy, I say we’re a go. Approach with caution!”
Apr 25, 2010 at 7:03 pm rating: 90
#7
H for Toy
Do not approach refrigerator with knives, screwdrivers or other sharp objects. It is afraid of them, and we are tired of getting calls asking if our refrigerator is running. Thank you.
Apr 25, 2010 at 7:24 pm rating: 90
#8
Some one else
Unpeeled banana in freezer = massive pain to peel.
Apr 25, 2010 at 7:30 pm rating: 90
#9
rinni
I read quickly and thought the handwritten note on #2 said “What’s wrong w/ some poop!??” Didn’t realize what it really said until I read the mouseover text.
Apr 25, 2010 at 8:07 pm rating: 90
#10
Canthz_B
What’s wrong with some people? Can we store some people parts in there?
–Jeffrey Dahmer
Apr 25, 2010 at 8:35 pm rating: 90
#11
Melanie
The only thing gross about those unpeeled bananas is that they’re just sitting there, exposed to the air and whatever funk is on the shelves. Put those puppies in a Ziploc!
Apr 25, 2010 at 8:50 pm rating: 90
#12
Matthew
That reminds me of this picture of the microwave I took at work:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/suomynona/3060457265/
The Peeled Bananas in the freezer made me laugh out loud…
Apr 25, 2010 at 8:56 pm rating: 90
#13
farcical aquatic ceremony
frozen, peeled bananas…must be some witches keepin’ their toys @ body temp, eh?
; )
Apr 25, 2010 at 8:57 pm rating: 90
#14
Denny DelVecchio
I’ll go with a true story.
Several years back someone at work, let’s call her “Lonelybatshitcrazy,” found a dead bird outside of our building, brought it in and stored it in the freezer all day until she could bring it home.
And then the real fun began, I suspect.
Apr 25, 2010 at 9:48 pm rating: 90
#15
infant tyrone
Only in Wisconsin ??
Can’t be true.
C’mon, now…
If Wisconsin were the only place with rabbits,
upscale Easter eggs would be made out of sharp cheddar.
Apr 25, 2010 at 9:55 pm rating: 90
#16
Muse
A pathology lab worker at a hospital once showed me an entire gangrenous human leg stored in their fridge. Fortunately, the fridge wasn’t used to store food (not as we think of it anyway).
Apr 25, 2010 at 10:13 pm rating: 90
#17
Having Fitz
So exactly where is Buster supposed to store his Lean Cuisine Garlic Ballistics Gel? Is he supposed to just leave it out in the sun, or do they expect him to go hungry all day?
Apr 25, 2010 at 11:53 pm rating: 90
#18
Blogmella
How can someone’s peeling skills vary so much, in the space of two bananas?
Apr 26, 2010 at 1:39 am rating: 90
#19
mamason
That rancid pig tongue was fucking delicious.
Apr 26, 2010 at 2:26 am rating: 90
#20
Foxy J
I came into work one day to find my boss closing the breakroom freezer and saying “Oh, there’s a dead owl in here, so don’t be alarmed.” He had seen it get hit by a car on his way into work and he stopped to pick it up, thinking he might save it. When it died en route, he decided to preserve it in case one of the many local nature organizations wanted to study it.
I live in an area where there are more owls to “study,” both living and dead, than there are in your average spooky movie. Why he thought they would be interested in this one I have no idea, except that he was not from this area.
Having said that, I am not from this area either but you don’t have to live here for very long to know that the locals (and the contract workers from the neighboring state) will eat ANYTHING, including roadkill. These are the people who asked me, when I came in cursing because I had hit a deer (damaging my car) on my way in to work, if I picked it up and put it in my trunk for future use. So if you have any kind of dead wildlife, regardless of its method of demise, the breakroom freezers at any business around here are not the best hiding places for them.
Apr 26, 2010 at 5:56 am rating: 90
#21
Luna (the other one)
For the first 2 years I worked at a veterinary clinic, we only had one fridge. It was not unusual to have your sack lunch right next to a urine sample, bag of blood, or animal body part. Just about the time I finally started to get used to it, the health department did an inspection. Funny thing – apparently that’s against code.
I’m betting most of these signs have more to do with fear of fines than fear of nasty stuff in the freezer.
Apr 26, 2010 at 7:35 am rating: 90
#22
claw71
I sometimes think that those Native American Healer Guys use their status as a convenient excuse to get away with crazy shit. Like the time my Resident Advisor, who was 1/8th Apache, cleansed my spirit by sodomizing my innocent freshman ass. I don’t care if the lube was sage-scented, that’s not how you smudge somebody.
Apr 26, 2010 at 8:13 am rating: 90
#23
sleeps
Does Dwight Schrute work in office #1 or 2?
Apr 26, 2010 at 9:27 am rating: 90
#24
Canthz_B
I hate to get all technical, but two bananas is NOT a gross.
Apr 26, 2010 at 10:10 am rating: 90
#25
shwonline
Meanwhile, at Zombie Labs:
HUMAN FOOD ONLY
* No Ballistics Gel
* No Experiments
* No Infectious Materials, Pathogens, Cytotoxins
* No Broken Glass
* No Rancid Pig Tongues
* Human Body Parts Filled with Noodles – OK!
Apr 26, 2010 at 10:22 am rating: 90
#26
claw71
Nobody ever really warmed up to the office fridge. He never really had much to say and his cold demeanor didn’t help. Nobody had a real problem with him, everybody thought he was cool enough but he would spend most of the day in the break room humming quietly to himself. When ever somebody got him to open up he could be downright icy.
What they didn’t know is that this refrigerator had been through a lot. Most of the appliances you find on craiglist have a story to tell, but this eggshell colored GE was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and would fly off into wild hysterics whenever it was approached with edged objects.
It started when this fridge was deployed in a national muffler and brake shop. As we all know these shops are generally staffed by people who think they’re mechanically inclined but often lack the skills to perform anything other than rudimentary parts replacement. That doesn’t stop them from getting creative.
One day this fridge was doing a dandy job keeping sandwiches, sodas and the occasional 12 pack of light beer cold when suddenly its in-door water/ice dispenser stopped working. Instead of calling a certified technician out to do the work, the manager decided he could fix it. After three hours of rough surgery with improper tools the manager replaced the brass water pump, that had been gummed up with lime, with an electronic fuel pump intended for a Ford F-150 with the 351 Cleveland V8. This seemed to work but the voltage didn’t match and shortly thereafter the compressor shorted out. Once again the manager went to work with his brutal tool kit, this time replacing the factory spec compressor with something off of an obsolete window air conditioning unit. Racks were replaced with crudely welded shelves, and insane amounts of industrial epoxy were used to attach them. The high gloss eggshell finish was applied after the corporate office mandated the refrigerator be replaced with a HotPoint in accordance with SOP. It clashed with the handles.
The fridge didn’t even know it was being replaced until one day some doped up hippies came in, handed the manager $30 and a quarter bag, and strapped the fridge to the roof of a Plymouth Reliant K.
Yeah, this fridge had issues. And it was best to let him live in peace.
Apr 26, 2010 at 11:18 am rating: 90
#27
oi
The first note is like bunch of nonsequiturs thrown together in medley of instructions.
don’t approach freezer with sharp objects, not for carcass storage the next should be freezer is down with pneumonia.
Apr 26, 2010 at 11:46 am rating: 90
#28
jaywalke
Who the f*** took a big bite out of my owl and then put it back?
Apr 26, 2010 at 1:16 pm rating: 90
#29
Foxy J
Also, I don’t know what gets on my nerves more, people who add an extra D when they spell “refrigerator,” or people who leave out the D in “fridge.” I had a roommate who was always leaving us notes about the contents of the “frig” and it made me snicker every time.
Apr 26, 2010 at 1:32 pm rating: 90
#30
Blogmella
It must have taken a while to collect “several” owl carcasses. I mean, it’s not as though they hang around in flocks.
Apr 26, 2010 at 2:50 pm rating: 90
#31
Signe
Yikes… Carcasses in the fridge… Eww.
But the peeled banana in the freezer thing, nothing wrong with that. We do that all the time at home, so we can put them in a blender to make delicious ice creams and smoothies!
Apr 29, 2010 at 2:18 am rating: 90
#32 On the next episodes of Hoarders… | PassiveAggressiveNotes.com
[...] Please remove the rabbit carcasses from this freezer [...]
Apr 6, 2011 at 7:58 pm rating: 90
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