Synopsis: 'I needed that ham. Really needed it.' 'I pay the rent. What do you do?' 'I hate you more than life itself.' Flatsharing - it's not for the fainthearted. It doesn't matter how friendly and considerate everyone is to begin with, something always goes wrong. Food gets stolen. Loos get blocked. Sleep gets broken. Unmentionable things happen in the living room. At times like this there's only one thing a flatmate can do: write a note. Acclaimed designer Oonagh O'Hagan has collected together over 120 notes in one hilarious and endlessly entertaining package. Ranging from the sweet to the dirty to the downright furious, they will strike a chord with anyone who has ever shared their home with another person. Especially if they stole your ham.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - A Great Idea for a Present
This is one of those books you can pick up and dip into now and again when you need a good belly laugh! It is full of supposedly real and original notes left for and by flat mates - the author provides some background information and a commentary on each one. Most of the notes are laugh out loud funny, some of them are quite sad and poignant, some of them are downright disgusting.
This book would make an ideal jokey present.
Rating: - A must for anyone who shares a house!
A friend of mine recommended this to me, so thought I'd give it a look. A perfect loo book! I'm sure at least one of the stories in here will ring a bell for anyone who's ever house shared, especially if you have ever been a student.
A good giggle...
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Rating: - Hilarious!
This book is really, really funny. The raw emotions expressed in the form of handwritten notes are just astounding. This makes me glad that I have never experienced flatsharing! And now I am really tempted to start copying these notes and leaving them in other people's homes...
Rating: - Can anyone else see themselves in the notes?!
This book is totally fantastic!! I sat cringing at some of the notes as I could actually see myself writing them, particularly the 'I REALLY needed (insert household grocery)'note! Nothing worse and when you tell other people who don't flatshare about the trials and tribulations of trying to guilt trip your slobby housemate into washing up THEIR dishes they look at you as if you need a life - which you do except your so busy trying to climb over someone's pile of dirty washing you can't get out to have one!
Rating: - Rubbish
I find it really bizzare that everyone found this funny. 'I lick my cheese' is the funniest one. A few others are ok but not a good book overall