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Life can feel pretty routine sometimes. Wake up, grab a coffee, get through work, make dinner, repeat. Most of the time, we barely pause long enough to notice what’s going on around us.
Thankfully, some people aren’t content with letting things stay that boring. They find ways to shake things up—leaving behind witty notes, signs, and random messages that make you do a double take and, more importantly, make you laugh.
Scroll down to see some of the funniest ones caught in the wild and posted online.
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#1
Passing The Baton
UKGrandad 2 months ago
I want the 'Pop Goes the Weasel' music (the tune used in most Jack-in-the-Box toys) played at my funeral just to add a bit of tension.
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
I have a clown scheduled for my funeral. And it's gonna be an open bar.
Janine Hunt-Jackson 2 months ago
Oh, I LOVE this! If I were being buried, I'd want someone to do this!
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#2
Some Kids Note Got Confescated And The Teacher Started Giggling
#3
Came To Work Today And Saw This Note On The Bathroom Door
Zana Tarsi 2 months ago
Oh my god the amount of times this happened to me… people please listen to this it is TERRIFYING if you are on the other end
Tabitha 2 months ago (edited)
Seriously. Try the handle once to see if it opens, and if it doesn’t, it’s safe to assume it’s occupied, so walk TF away and find another bathroom if there is one, or just wait until the person inside is finished. FFS. They would extend that courtesy in their own home, you’d think, unless of course they’re the type who frantically tries to break the door down when their SO/child/roommate/guest just wants to take a s**t in private.
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It goes without saying that anything that makes us laugh or even crack the slightest smile is time well spent. Laughter relaxes the muscles, eases stress, and releases feel-good hormones. What’s not to love?
The tricky part, of course, is that humor is subjective. What’s hilarious to one person might fall flat for another. And while most of us know that laughing is healthy, you may not realize that the kind of humor you use can actually say a lot about your wellbeing.
#4
Not Same Truck
#5
What I Got In My Fortune Cookie Today
Brian Droste 2 months ago
This just brought an idea into my head. Make fake fortune cookies called Not Fortune Cookies with funny sayings on them like this.
#6
Creative
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
Animals eating stuff thrown into cages is the major cause of unnecessary surgery in zoos and animal parks. ANIMALS DIE FROM THE STUFF THROWN IN THEIR CAGES. KNOCK IT OFF.
Back in 2003, psychologist Rod Martin and his colleagues created the Humor Styles Questionnaire to explore how humor connects to mental health. It breaks down how we use humor in daily life into four styles: affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, and self-defeating.
Depending on which one you lean toward, it might reveal something about your personality and even your mental health.
#7
This Wet Floor Sign At The Toronto Aquarium
#8
Wrong Turn
Doug Moyer 2 months ago
I asked for walking directions to a small beach on Patmos Island (Greece). Google took be down what eventually became a large, overgrown drainage ditch. I finally found a place where I was able to scale the wall, cut through someone's yard (with their approval - they were watching me fascinatedly...) and get to a road. Took that the rest of the way. Thank you, Google... Picture6-6...cd32a6.jpg 
Tabitha 2 months ago
Google will also sometimes take you all the way around the corner to get you across the street. In other words, it has ignored short routes in favor of longer ones, or had you go a couple blocks too far and turn around, as if the original car missed a turn and now their mistake has become an official part of the directions.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
I taught my kids directional awareness. My daughter and SIL were on a trip to the UP(Mich) with friends and got off I-75 for fuel. Pulling out of the drive of the C Store the guy driving turned the wrong way, which my daughter pointed out. He said "Yeah, yeah Magellan." Drove about 5 miles and had to turn around....Google turn by turn strikes again.
WubiDubi 2 months ago
Just been to Europe and a major town completely re-did their one way system directions, and Google car (which I assume auto reads road signs) will be back in 5 years. I am sure lots of crashes have resulted.
Jrog 2 months ago (edited)
Google has a program for towns to self-report major road updates or request corrections. Most cities do so when they have roadworks done.
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nottheactualphoto 2 months ago
Even if you don't use Google, you use Google.
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This Billboard Is Pretty Famous In Our Town For The Things It Says
BrunoVI 2 months ago
How's this for ironic? Florida has the best higher education system in the nation, and #2 best education overall. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education It's simply where the most stories about crazies come from because of it's "sunshine" laws requiring police transparency, its attractiveness to people pulling up roots, the massive influx of poor people (but yet a homelessness rate that's a small fraction of California's), its status as a gateway for d***s, and it's full of f*****g crocodiles, alligators, panthers and all manners of exotic, scary bugs.
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So, what do these styles actually look like?
Affiliative humor is the most universal. Think jokes or memes meant to bring people together and make everyone laugh. Sharing a ridiculous Bored Panda meme with a coworker or bantering with your friends are perfect examples.
#10
My Husband Is In The Process Of Redoing Our Lawn. He Recently Began K*****g Off All Our Grass. I Didn’t Want Our Neighbors To Think We Were Neglectful Homeowners, So I Made A Sign
#11
Finally An Honest Motivational Banner
#12
Utah Has Its Issues, But It’s Traffic Signs Are Top Notch
Tabitha 2 months ago
This depends on the situation. If I have been sitting in traffic for a long while, and someone who just got in their car five minutes ago tries to cut the line and bully their way in front of me, no way. Unless they’re an ambulance, cop car, fire truck, or it’s obvious there’s a woman in active labor, or someone very ill, or someone badly injured in the passenger seat, they can go back to the end of the line and wait just like the rest of us have had to. Sorry if that ruffles any feathers, but please take note that I said emergencies are an exception, while impatience or entitlement are not.
Self-enhancing humor is about laughing at yourself and finding levity in life’s absurdities. It’s often a healthy way to cope with stress.
Imagine telling the story of walking into a glass door because you thought it was open while laughing at yourself afterward. That ability to turn an awkward or stressful moment into something amusing is classic self-enhancing humor.
Aggressive humor, on the other hand, is laughing at someone else’s expense. It often takes the form of sarcasm, teasing, or criticism.
#13
First I Was A Pebble
Janine Hunt-Jackson 2 months ago
And a rock feels no pain, and an island never dies. Until Global Warming obliterates it...
#14
Can I Sign This Twice?
Janine Hunt-Jackson 2 months ago
Me too! That's what to do when your electronics are stodgy. Time to reboot before it disappears.
#15
Out Of Order Escalator Sign At My Local Shopping Centre
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 2 months ago
The great thing about escalators is that they're never actually broken. They're just temporarily stairs.
Scott Rackley 2 months ago
"Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience." - Mitch
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Auntriarch 2 months ago (edited)
If course, but this sign is for the benefit of the eejits who will stand around at the top like lemons bleating "but it's not moving"
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Tim Douglass 2 months ago
Once again, do not treat broken escalators as stairs. Depending on what is wrong putting weight on them can cause them to more, dropping you at dangerous speed to the bottom. If someone is working on them at the time you may also injure them. If the sign says don't use, then don't use them!
Then there’s self-defeating humor—the art of putting yourself down to get a laugh or gain approval. It’s the kind of humor used when someone makes themselves the butt of the joke, sometimes as a defense mechanism if they’re being targeted by others.
Most of us use a mix of all four styles, though we often lean more heavily on one. And while laughter is generally good for us, some humor styles are healthier than others.
#16
Of Course This Would Be In A Science Room
Mel in Georgia 2 months ago
E=mc² - E stands for energy. m stands for mass, or the quantity of matter in an object. c stands for the speed of light in a vacuum, a very large constant (approximately 186,000 miles per second or 300,000 kilometers per second). c² (c squared) is the speed of light multiplied by itself.
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#17
Seagulls Freelancing, No Refunds
Brian Droste 2 months ago
I don't want to be picky but shouldn't the beginning of the sign read Once the food is given to you, not give it to you? I make mistakes quite often and not intentionally and I think I corrected all my mistakes until either someone up votes me or makes a comment on my comment I don't see it. Once I do I correct my mistakes.
#18
A Shot Of Espresso And A Free Puppy, What A Treat
Spidercat 2 months ago
I used to work in a pub in London that had a sign reading: "Unattended children will be given Red Bull and taught to swêar"
Janissary35680 2 months ago (edited)
Not a problem if the kids read it. ESPECIALLY if the kids read it.😄
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Beautifullybroken 2 months ago
When I worked at Disney World I used to say kids left unattended would be painted orange and used as traffic cones
detective miller's hat 2 months ago
I liked the one at my old hair salon the best: "all unattended children will be sold""
Saltypepper 2 months ago
At a restaurant ieaitressed at we had one that said unattended children will be sold to the circus
Uncle Schmickle 2 months ago
I once saw one along the lines of " Unattended children will be sold for medical experiments " Monty Python quote I think.
As you might guess, positive humor brings the most benefits. Julie Aitken Schermer, a psychological researcher at The University of Western Ontario, notes that self-enhancing humor is particularly powerful.
“People who engage in that type of humor can cheer themselves up by thinking about positive or funny events [and] experiences,” she told Discover Magazine. They are also less likely to show signs of depression, loneliness and poor relationships with others.
#19
This Sign Outside A Local Pub
#20
This Sign On A Vending Machine At My Work
Mike Rodrick 2 months ago
Capitalism is the evil that controls every facet of our lives.
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Debby Keir 2 months ago
Cos it's even worse for you than the *full fat* version. It tricks your body into thinking it's sugar, so you get all of the nasty side effects (and possibly cancer) without the so called pleasure. Just make low sugar/no aspartame/saccharine drinks in the first place.... (Grumpy Brit here)
#21
My Fortune Cookie Paper
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
My husband ĝot one the day before the Hugo ceremony that said he would win a large award. Guess what he read out to the crowd as an acceptance speech the next night.
By contrast, both aggressive and self-defeating humor styles can be warning signs.
“We find that those individuals are more likely to self-harm,” said Schermer. “Personally, I would argue that self-defeating humor is the most concerning style as it is also linked with loneliness and feelings of not mattering.”
Those with an aggressive humor style may not experience loneliness as much, however, since they rely on group dynamics in order to ridicule their peers.
#22
Cats Are Always Shady
#23
A Friend’s Note To Her Husband This Morning
Tropical Tarot 2 months ago
Actually involving people involving innocent people in any kind of kink is considered rude in the kink community. Consent is key.
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#24
My Dad Saw This Earlier Today. Had To Share
James Ward 2 months ago
I told my friends that if I win the lottery I will buy them a ticket so they can win, too!
That doesn’t mean that if you use more self-deprecating humor you’re doomed or in need of a diagnosis. Instead, it’s a reminder to pause and reflect. How do you process events in your life? Do you replay only the negative parts, or can you also find the absurdity and laugh at it?
#25
Taken In A Pretty Lofty Apartment
Nuku Nyara 2 months ago
I work at a casino hotel, it's usually not a dog (pets not allowed in hotel) or it's beer and not pee🤦
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#26
No Such Thing As Bad Publicity. Wally’s Pub Here On The Nh Seacoast, Brilliantly Seeing To It
#27
This Sign Outside An Animal Hospital
Auntriarch 2 months ago
They'd probably just get the border collie to do it even then
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They are the reason the earth can't possibly be flat. They would've pushed everything over the edge by now.
nottheactualphoto 2 months ago
It's not that they can't; they WON'T. Also, no thumbs.
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At the end of the day, laughter really does make life better—just try to use it in ways that lift you up rather than wear you down.
#28
Good Advice
UKGrandad 2 months ago
I saw some graffiti in a public toilet once that said "Don't drop your cig-ends in the loo / You know it isn't right / It makes them really soggy / And impossible to light".
Rednose 1 month ago
Translated from a sign in the restroom of a German train station in the 80s when public smoking was still allowed: "Inasmuch as we don't p**s into your ashtray, please don't throw your cigarette butts into the urinal."
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Legit Sign Post
#31
Rule Of Thumb
#33
Comforting Sign Board At A Corn Maze
Gourdeous 2 months ago
I got lost in a corn maze on my hen do, on a boiling hot day, with a monster hangover. 1/10 would not recommend. Luckily there was a bit of weedy corn we managed to break through to escape
UKGrandad 2 months ago
I assume that finding your way out with the help of a machete isn't allowed?
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There is a very easy way of navigating mazes. All you need to do is keep to one side; follow either the wall to your left or the one to your right. If your first turn is left, make every left turn, ditto for right. You'll go up every dead-end but so long as you always turn the same way you'll get through it without getting lost.
Floeckchen 2 months ago
...and don't mind those creepy kids. They are just hanging around. And no, we don't know where their parents are...
Brian Droste 2 months ago
I would not want to go into a maze like that because I know I would get lost. Possibly even with a map.
#34
Valentine's Day Discount
geezeronthehill 2 months ago
"Here's to our wives and lovers. May they never meet." Jack Aubrey
#35
I Pass This Everyday, Makes Me Laugh Everytime
Doug Moyer 2 months ago
My wife should have a note from me. Decorating is not her strong point...
Sooke Felis 1 month ago
My boyfriend owns a decorating company… I totally agree haha
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Husbands choosing anything decorative that goes in the house—-especially the stuff that’s expensive to remove—-should be accompanied by their wife, daughter, or mother. Prevention is nine-tenths of the cure. The easiest way to stay out of trouble is to not get into it in the first place.
#36
The Sign In My Co-Worker's 2nd Grade Classroom
Michael Largey 2 months ago
When I taught, it was flood, fire, or a proof of Collatz's Conjecture.
Kim Gatlin 2 months ago
That's hilarious. I used to tell my daughter about little girl shrieking: only if you are being decapitated.
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Just Found This. First Accurate Fortune I’ve Ever Gotten. 👍🏻
#38
It Got So Bad They Had A Sign Made
Michael Largey 2 months ago (edited)
Some massage clients just seem to rub the staff the wrong way.
eric p 2 months ago
That's okay as long as the staff rub the clients the right way
Load More Replies... Lady Chelsea (LadyChelseaoftheVoid) 2 months ago
if they ask, just brandish some gardening shears
Zig Zag Wanderer 2 months ago (edited)
Funnily enough, I went for a massage once, and I just wanted a fricking back massage, because it hurt. Got a LOT of 'very close encounters' with my personal materials. Massage wasn't particularly good either.
#39
Obvious Sign Is Obvious
Teutonic Disaster 2 months ago
Not pictured, some fratbro in his lifted truck who thought he knew better. He's now 10 miles downstream.
ErrorCode404Sans 2 months ago
The whales when they swim by it --___________________________________________________--
#40
New Doormat
Lotekguy 2 months ago
Mine reads "IF YOU WEREN'T INVITED, OR MAKING A DELIVERY, YOU ARE FACING THE WRONG WAY".
ErrorCode404Sans 2 months ago
I have a sign that says "Beware of the owner they are insane and registered to own a gun. don't forget the dog either
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#41
Sign Above Urinal In China
Broccoli 2 months ago
These signs are everywhere in China (I’ve lived there). There are tons of poorly translated signs in these Chinese public bathrooms and a lot of them are quite unique and worth seeing. Some of them also have relevant graphics
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 2 months ago
This one seems to have been translated just fine. And has relevant graphics.
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You’d Think They Woulda Seen That Coming
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
So if Sylvia was such a great fortune teller, how come she never won lotto?
#43
Is This Fine Restaurant A Good Place For A First Date?
Anthony Elmore 2 months ago
Reminds me of a restaurant we have around here. Sam & Ella's. The food is much better than the name implies.
Lee Gilliland 2 months ago
There used to be a Tex-Mex place just outside Lackland AFB that read "Eat here and get gas" and every. Single. Family attending graduation had their pictures taken with the sign.
#44
Read The Sign. Or Don't
#45
My 8-Year-Old Cousin Put This Note Up On Her Bedroom Door
#46
Found This In My Local Carpark Today. Perfect 10
WubiDubi 2 months ago
Given the actual logic behind having the sign, it's: rescue workers, take your time and check other vehicles first.
Mike Rodrick 2 months ago
Given the number of children who die in hot cars, perhaps the sign should be on the dashboard.
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This Sign At My Local Orthodox Church
Tabitha 2 months ago
And destroy entire unique cultures, and make native languages become extinct.
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Kim Gatlin 2 months ago
Well, some types of con artists and criminals would be all for that
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Good To Know
detective miller's hat 2 months ago
My mum is a realtor and I've been trying to convince her to put this on her for sale signs for years.
Tabitha 2 months ago
Actually, realtors DO have to tell all prospective buyers whether a house is reportedly haunted. That allows the buyer to decide for themselves if they want it, and relieves the realtor of any kind of lawsuit by buyers who weren’t told and who experience strange goings on in the house, which trigger PTSD and other issues that weren’t pre-existing before moving in.
#49
Life With Coffee Is Good
#50
Sign On A Garage On My Street
#51
Found This Is Hanging In The Doctors Office
#52
Sign Me
Elmo 2 months ago
The loot they drop is sugar. Trust me, I know, I'm a type 1 diabetic.
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PrettyJoyBird 2 months ago
Do use freah sugar cane sticks they are weapons
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#53
Teacher's Note For Us Summer School Custodians
T.M.P Janssen 2 months ago
Honestly, having a whole classroom for yourself for streaming is fun. Two friends and I used to do that in one of those windowless rooms at university. We had it all, did it a few times with snacks and such, until a janitor found us in our freetime using uni stuff and told us off. Those lamps for the projectors are super expensive as it seems.
Geoffrey Scott 2 months ago
Which is why, several times, I had to turn off the ceiling projector in the same classroom several times after school. IT guy: " Those bulbs are REALLY expensive".
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ErrorCode404Sans 2 months ago
I'm a big Percy Jackson fan, soo... MR.D?!???! DIONYSUS??? HE'S MY FAV GOD, FOR HE HAS WINE
#54
My Life Is A Lie
#55
Can’t Deny The Similarities Are Uncanny
#56
My Best Friends April Fools Prank
#57
My Fortune Cookie From The China Buffet
Kimberly Bass-McCandles 1 month ago
I know!!! My husband and I are at CC'S Pizza and the total bill for 2 was almost $25 Dollars! It used to be about $12... AND, the food isn't the same or as good...
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Had a buffet restaurant in my hometown. Can't remember the name because we all called it "Stop & Stuff".
#58
Just Moved In And Bought This Sign…finally Feels Like Home
#59
He's Trying Hard
Pseudonym For An Author 1 month ago
Poor kid (age doesn’t matter everyone is a kid in some way)
#60
Just This
#61
This Sign Seems To Be A Little Redundant
#62
So…what Constitutes “Minor”?
Paul C. 2 months ago
I was once waiting to check out of a hotel and an obnoxious guy was berating the young lad behind the counter, about something he had no control over. For some reason the guy took a swing at the lad, who swayed back and dodged it. The lad then stood up! He was 6 foot 6 inches/ 2mtrs and built like the proverbial brick outhouse. I've never seen a man reverse up so quick. I laughed out loud.
#63
In My Defense
#64
Rejected
#66
Which One Of You Did This?
#67
This Help Wanted Sign In Scarborough UK
#68
Please Be Gentle
Auntriarch 2 months ago
You have won the internet today. Go and pick up your award and take it with you to the naughty step
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If Only They Had Asked A Single Teenager To Read This Before Posting It
Bruce Mardle 2 months ago
There's a short story by Robert Sheckley which he initially called "One Man's Meat".
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 2 months ago
I'm pretty sure they knew what they were posting. I knew what they meant and I'm certainly no teenager.
#70
Don't Be Like Kevin
Vicki Perizzolo 2 months ago
Kevin was also in the parks in TN where I was carving his initials into trees and fences...Kevin is an a$$hat.
#71
What Are You Preaching About Today?
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 2 months ago
And how science can be reconciled with biblical text.
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I Can Think Of Many Reasons Not To Drink From Them...reclaimed Water Is Not At The Top Of That List. (Sign Spotted In A Local Retailer's Bathroom)
Forrest McCanless 2 months ago
It's funny - rules say all non-potable water in piping must be labelled as such.
Elephant1831 2 months ago
Isn’t ALL water “reclaimed” ?? Saying I heard ages ago.: The water you are drinking has been drunk 7 times before…
#73
August, Our Condolences
Janine Randall 2 months ago
Always hated my August birthstone. I told everyone I'd take diamonds, but I never got those or my birthstone!
#74
My Girlfriend Sent Me This Picture Convinced Amazon Slipped Up
Auntriarch 2 months ago (edited)
Aww bless... She probably realised the second after she pressed send 🙄
#75
Rainy Day In Tallinn
Auntriarch 2 months ago
I think it's when they pretend it didn't come out of a packet
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#76
I’m Pretty Sure If Somebody Needed One It Would Be A Bit More Than An Inconvenience
#77
Not Sure If Traffic Control Or Nature Documentary
marianne eliza 2 months ago
I used to live in a town that had speed humps, lumps and bumps. At least the signs were paid attention to.
#78
Only In The UK Would They Need To Specify No Tea Bags Down The Toilet
Maggie Fulton 2 months ago
What worries me is that tea bags are apparently sanitary disposables.
Auntriarch 2 months ago
Apparently they are made of the same paper (wet strength).
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#79
Bathroom Fork
#81
Funny Doormat
#82
To Park, Or Not To Park? Now That Is The Question
#83
Girlfriend And I Use This Whiteboard On The Fridge To Leave Each Other Messages
Jedi Panda 2 months ago
Not sure if that is a dirty joke, or I just have a really dirty mind...
Der Kommissar 2 months ago (edited)
That Mother Hubbard poem that ends with " but Rover took over and gave her a bone of his own "
Cindy Brick 2 months ago
Anyone who doesn't understand this probably didn't get the significance of male and female plumbing parts at the hardware store, either...
#84
Good Caulk
Eastendbird 2 months ago
"🎵 A good caulk these days is hard to find 🎶 "... Feargal Sharkey? No? Anyone?
#85
Thought My Yard Sale Sign Might Be Enjoyed Here
#86
The More I Look At It, The Worse It Gets
#87
This Parking Sign At A Brewery
#89
Girlfriend Had A Rough Day At Work, So I Got Her A Cake!
#90
Mothman Is Real
detective miller's hat 2 months ago
My brother just got me the greatest bumper sticker I have ever seen: "Mothman ate my entire ąss at a Denny's!"
#92
Someone Put This On My Truck
ErrorCode404Sans 2 months ago
If Jesus ever came back i'm kidnapping him and going to force him turn all the water I own into alcohol
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Brian Droste 2 months ago
This might not be the proper place but I haven't seen any DIY projects on here in awhile. Like to see one again.
ImdaPrincesse 2 months ago
I seem to have lost my ability to laugh. None of these feel funny and that really makes me sad. The world has broken me
Brian Droste 2 months ago
This might not be the proper place but I haven't seen any DIY projects on here in awhile. Like to see one again.
ImdaPrincesse 2 months ago
I seem to have lost my ability to laugh. None of these feel funny and that really makes me sad. The world has broken me
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