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Yaoi Mistress ([info]ladyrogue) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2008-06-13 09:25:00
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Best Letter Ever
Over on the blog That Canadian Girl, a post appears about a friend of the blogger who recently drained a pond behind his new house and found a very odd letter. Many commenters find the humor in this, but then of course, there are those who find something to argue about. You'll find cries of "omg you destroyed the pond" and "shut up, it was for the children!" And of course, "your spelling sux!" Enjoy!

ETA: HTML fixed! *flies away*

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This is the thread where everyone can comment on the html
[info]snacky
2008-06-13 02:32 pm UTC (link)
You might want to fix it.

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Re: This is the thread where everyone can comment on the html
[info]entrenous88
2008-06-13 03:27 pm UTC (link)
\o/

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Re: This is the thread where everyone can comment on the html
[info]puipui
2008-06-13 05:26 pm UTC (link)
All it needs is a > just after the URL. *helpful*

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[info]aerobot
2008-06-13 02:59 pm UTC (link)
I swear to god I hope that letter is real, because that is the craziest thing I have ever seen.

It's almost as good as the back-in-time sense of entitlement. Because how dare this man do whatever he wants with his property, right? Obviously no one should make alterations to their house or yard ever, because OMG someone put work into that! You bastard!

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[info]msmanna
2008-06-14 12:06 am UTC (link)
My parents moved house when I was six month old. I'm now 37. But every time we drive past that house, my mother complains that one of the subsequent owners cut down a tree she'd planted in the garden.

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(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-14 12:35 pm UTC

[info]ru_debega
2008-06-13 03:14 pm UTC (link)
Passive-aggressive notes from the paaaast. Spooky.

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[info]wook77
2008-06-13 03:28 pm UTC (link)
The grammar nazi bitching about whinging versus whining is hilarious. I especially love when he gives the blog owner permission to utilize whatever word he/she/it would like. So kind of him.

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(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2008-06-13 03:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]iamnotyourmuse, 2008-06-13 06:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nonnyeve, 2008-06-14 10:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]diamonde, 2008-06-15 03:33 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nonnyeve, 2008-06-15 05:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cinnabar, 2008-06-16 08:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cinnabar, 2008-06-16 08:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]diamonde, 2008-06-16 01:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sharps, 2008-06-16 07:27 pm UTC

[info]alya1989262
2008-06-13 03:43 pm UTC (link)
I love the person suggesting to tell your kids there's a shark in the pond if you don't want them to go in there. That's... that's much better than removing the pond. D:

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(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-13 03:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]willywanka, 2008-06-13 03:59 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-13 04:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]doomsday, 2008-06-13 05:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]willywanka, 2008-06-13 08:23 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]plazmah, 2008-06-13 04:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-13 05:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]skeleton_key, 2008-06-13 08:01 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]obsidianwolf, 2008-06-13 08:07 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]nekoama, 2008-06-14 07:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]obsidianwolf, 2008-06-14 07:22 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]beckyh2112, 2008-06-16 12:19 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]nekoama, 2008-06-16 01:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]spudsey, 2008-06-14 05:34 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jedi_dwh, 2008-06-13 09:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]insanityprelude, 2008-06-13 10:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mercorir, 2008-06-14 09:47 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-14 12:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mercorir, 2008-06-15 03:30 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2008-06-14 01:34 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]jat_sapphire, 2008-06-14 01:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mercorir, 2008-06-15 03:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]greenling, 2008-06-16 08:45 am UTC

[info]willywanka
2008-06-13 03:57 pm UTC (link)
Now, stop whinging or your head will fall off!

If only it were true. Though it might cause a bit of the mess, as well as a safety hazard.

I'm sad there's no mosquitoes/West Nile wank. WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE MOSQUITOES/WEST NILE? They think about you, infected.

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(no subject) - [info]plazmah, 2008-06-13 04:43 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hxmxcrashtrap, 2008-06-14 03:44 am UTC

[info]doomsday
2008-06-13 04:02 pm UTC (link)
I wish that as a child I'd thought to put a note like that under every sandcastle I ever built. That would've shown those sniveling sandcastle destroyers!

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[info]meagenimage
2008-06-13 05:51 pm UTC (link)
For the frakking children! must keep the children safe!

sheltered little beasties won’t know what to do when adversity comes.

Yeah, don't you hate it how everything has to be kept "childsafe" these days? It should be the parents' responsibility to OH WAIT.

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(no subject) - [info]zing_och, 2008-06-13 10:18 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]insanityprelude, 2008-06-13 10:29 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]insanityprelude, 2008-06-13 10:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]shaysdays, 2008-06-13 11:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - puritybrown, 2008-06-14 01:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]shaysdays, 2008-06-14 03:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2008-06-14 01:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]duowolf, 2008-06-14 09:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cottonsocks, 2008-06-18 09:40 pm UTC

[info]limyaael
2008-06-13 06:16 pm UTC (link)
Yes, we all know the risks of children drowning UNATTENDED in a swimming pool or other body of water. Should these parents ever decide to actually sit down and learn what parenting means, they may discover that once they have children, they are not supposed to go traipsing off to whatever party or social gathering or whatever they wish to do.

Yes, because God forbid that anyone who's a parent do anything but hover obsessively over their children, screaming in alarm if they run around corners or bounce up and down on trampolines. Babysitters don't exist, and relatives willing to take care of the children are tools of the devil.

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(no subject) - [info]effingzombies, 2008-06-13 06:39 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]willywanka, 2008-06-13 08:26 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]vasher, 2008-06-13 09:11 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]daughterofhelen, 2008-06-19 09:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]doomsday, 2008-06-13 06:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2008-06-14 04:13 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]caffeine_fairy, 2008-06-17 10:45 am UTC

[info]drakyndra
2008-06-13 06:45 pm UTC (link)
Maybe it's because I live in Australia, and thus am used to seeing OMG IF YOU DON'T FENCE OFF YOUR WATERFEATURES YOUR KIDS WILL ALL DIE! messages all over the media, but I'm more than a little shocked that people are criticizing someone for putting his children's safety first.

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(no subject) - [info]silrana, 2008-06-13 08:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]msmanna, 2008-06-14 12:10 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]re_weird, 2008-06-14 07:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]dragonfangirl, 2008-06-14 05:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hobbitsexual, 2008-06-14 12:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2008-06-14 02:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sevendeadlyfun, 2008-06-14 06:15 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2008-06-14 11:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sevendeadlyfun, 2008-06-14 01:58 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cinnabar, 2008-06-16 08:45 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-14 12:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ms_treesap, 2008-06-14 01:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-14 01:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ms_treesap, 2008-06-14 01:56 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]papervolcano, 2008-06-14 03:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]ms_treesap, 2008-06-14 04:10 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]madam_marozi, 2008-06-14 03:37 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-14 06:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2008-06-14 11:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]sevendeadlyfun, 2008-06-14 02:00 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-14 06:15 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]platedlizard, 2008-06-16 03:59 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladylauren, 2008-06-14 01:36 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]hobbitsexual, 2008-06-16 11:09 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]ladylauren, 2008-06-18 06:07 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]hobbitsexual, 2008-06-18 06:16 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]sevendeadlyfun, 2008-06-28 05:35 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-14 12:58 pm UTC

[info]hallidae
2008-06-13 07:00 pm UTC (link)
I like where Jose completely misses that Spelling Nazi referred to him/herself as that before the blog owner ever did, and goes on the attack. Way to show your reading skills there.

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[info]obsidianwolf
2008-06-13 08:05 pm UTC (link)
I sit here trying to figure out the mindset that leads to leaving such a note.

Worryingly I think it's starting to make sense.

Good thing I have no plans to put a pond in my own yard.

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Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]frequentmouse, 2008-06-13 08:27 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]hallidae, 2008-06-13 08:45 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]singe, 2008-06-13 09:32 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]hallidae, 2008-06-13 09:34 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]singe, 2008-06-13 09:39 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]kaen, 2008-06-13 11:21 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]shaysdays, 2008-06-13 11:34 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]kaen, 2008-06-14 12:00 am UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]shaysdays, 2008-06-14 12:10 am UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]insanityprelude, 2008-06-14 03:25 am UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]vzg, 2008-06-14 04:16 am UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]kaen, 2008-06-14 04:43 am UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]vzg, 2008-06-14 05:02 am UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]aerobot, 2008-06-14 01:07 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]kaen, 2008-06-14 07:50 pm UTC
I'm special! - [info]singe, 2008-06-13 09:45 pm UTC
Re: Note from the Gardening Underground - [info]insanityprelude, 2008-06-13 10:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2008-06-13 09:41 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]obsidianwolf, 2008-06-13 09:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2008-06-13 10:00 pm UTC

[info]naive_wanderer
2008-06-13 08:16 pm UTC (link)
Yes, how dare someone do whatever they want with something you built that you sold to them! (Or at least I'm assuming it was sold to them).

I can understand being miffed that your hard work is destroyed, but seriously. That note is creepy. xD

Also: how dare parents have the foresight to take precautions for their young children! Why, you'd think that the kids weren't in the parents' sight every second of every day! Now that's jut bad parenting.

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(no subject) - [info]cinnabar, 2008-06-16 08:34 am UTC

[info]singe
2008-06-13 09:37 pm UTC (link)
I wonder how many other notes are lurking on the property?

"How dare you replace the faux-marble laminate? I worked hard to put all these damn little squares in!"

"Well, well, well. Upgrading the kitchen sink, eh? You BASTARD!"

"May God smite you and all you love for re-grouting this bathroom."

I'd be SEARCHING for the damn things! Kids! Let's have a treasure hunt!

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(no subject) - [info]doomsday, 2008-06-13 10:22 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]singe, 2008-06-14 03:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]msmanna, 2008-06-14 12:12 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]singe, 2008-06-14 03:14 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2008-06-14 01:46 pm UTC
A big boy did it and ran away - [info]caffeine_fairy, 2008-06-17 11:28 am UTC

[info]isa
2008-06-13 09:38 pm UTC (link)
I am a bit surprised to find myself in the minority of those who don't find this creepy or obnoxious, but in fact hilarious. I totally want to start slipping notes like this into out-of-the-way nooks at construction sites and the like.

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(no subject) - [info]tangentialone, 2008-06-13 09:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]obsidianwolf, 2008-06-13 09:46 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]isa, 2008-06-13 10:13 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]yomikoreadman, 2008-06-13 10:16 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]beachlass, 2008-06-13 10:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]shaysdays, 2008-06-13 11:35 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]esther_a, 2008-06-14 12:31 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]obsidianwolf, 2008-06-13 11:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]gunshou, 2008-06-14 01:48 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]obsidianwolf, 2008-06-14 05:40 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]singe, 2008-06-13 09:47 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]yomikoreadman, 2008-06-13 10:14 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]midnight_hawk, 2008-06-13 10:49 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tofuknight, 2008-06-14 05:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]re_weird, 2008-06-14 07:02 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]midnight_hawk, 2008-06-14 08:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]darsynia, 2008-06-14 03:55 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]tofuknight, 2008-06-14 11:27 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]midnight_hawk, 2008-06-15 12:00 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cinnabar, 2008-06-16 08:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]cottonsocks, 2008-06-18 10:02 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]cottonsocks, 2008-06-18 10:03 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]beckyh2112, 2008-06-16 12:28 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]esseilte, 2008-06-13 11:52 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]esther_a, 2008-06-14 12:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]hobbitsexual, 2008-06-14 12:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]esther_a, 2008-06-14 12:44 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]fuzzybluelogic, 2008-06-14 01:56 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]midnight_hawk, 2008-06-15 02:37 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]vzg, 2008-06-14 04:20 am UTC

[info]julian_black
2008-06-13 10:01 pm UTC (link)
I'd leave a note like that.

And I'd be laughing my ass off as I wrote it--as I suspect the person who left that note under the pond in 2003 did.

Come on--"snivelling pond-destroyer?" "I hope your head falls off?" That's pretty lulzy stuff.

Then again, I used to work in construction, and did a lot of remodeling gigs. During demolition on jobs I'd occasionally find anonymous "Easter eggs" left by the original builders or subsequent remodeling crews. That inspired me to start leaving my own, for future demolition crews to find.

(It's sort of the building trades' ultra-lo-fi version of [info]lol_meme, now that I think about it.)

On one really godawful master bath remodel I put a note behind the medicine cabinet, thanking a future demolition crew for tearing out all my hard work because the customers had far more money than taste and such a grotesque bathroom should never have been allowed to exist in the first place. That was in Hillsboro, CA in 1992, so chances are very good somebody's long since found it on a subsequent remodel...

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(no subject) - [info]frequentmouse, 2008-06-13 10:06 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]danceswithelvis, 2008-06-13 10:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]mary_mac, 2008-06-14 10:11 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]wook77, 2008-06-14 09:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]caffeine_fairy, 2008-06-17 11:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]daughterofhelen, 2008-06-19 09:51 am UTC

[info]insanityprelude
2008-06-13 10:41 pm UTC (link)
Actually, since I went into almost i_wank mode about playgrounds... Dug this metaquotes post up. Happy childhood memories ahoy!

XD I remember in fifth grade, we'd get yelled at for playing a game where we tried to fit as many people on the slide as possible (and this was a metal slide, tall enough that it initially invoked my fear of heights) without anyone being pushed off the end. There was a lot of squealing and bracing ourselves when one of the fat kids would be coming down...

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[info]hobbitsexual
2008-06-14 12:29 am UTC (link)
That seriously is the best letter ever.

But OMG. Once again I've been confronted by the overwhelming stupidity and obnoxiousness of people.

Also, as an Aussie, I always thought 'whinging' and 'whining' were two completely separate words, meaning something similar but not exactly the same. For example, I use and have heard others use, the expression: 'Having a whinge and a whine.'

*wants to punch the Amero-centrism of the person who insisted it was respect for spelling Nazis to spell it the American way*

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(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2008-06-14 02:32 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]jupiterpluvius, 2008-06-14 07:21 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]squeakytoy, 2008-06-14 07:59 am UTC

[info]drazzi
2008-06-14 02:16 am UTC (link)
All I can think of to say is;

Listen, strange letters lying in ponds distributing lulz is no basis for a drowning children wank. Supreme wanking power derives from the childfree comms, not from some farcical aquatic letter.


Or something.

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(no subject) - [info]sevendeadlyfun, 2008-06-14 06:20 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]visp, 2008-06-14 04:09 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2008-06-15 04:42 am UTC

[info]rubymellon
2008-06-15 01:46 am UTC (link)
A wildebeest once bit my sister.

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[info]cinnabar
2008-06-16 08:38 am UTC (link)
Ah, you only think this is a wank about grammar ponds wildebeests! It is actually about something Much Bigger, as Gary helpfully points out.

City people? 
Get rid of the pond for the sake of the kids. 
Yes lets cover over all lakes, rivers and then the oceans.
 But first lets put a note under each one to get some web time when they are dug up in the future.
Great note.

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[info]orangecrush
2008-06-21 12:05 am UTC (link)
Do some of these JUST WATCH YOUR CHILDREN folks not realize it takes, like, three minutes for your kids to drown?

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(no subject) - [info]kinneas, 2008-06-26 10:48 pm UTC

  
   
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