mw and I also stopped into partners & spade, a retail shop cum gallery space in the east village that acts as a front of house for andy spade's consulting/marketing company. there's always something amazing going on in the back of the store: this time, they were baking mini cakes and assembling macaroons in a built-in industrial kitchen as we wondered around the perfectly curated old books and vintage microphone stands.
in one of the many drawers we found boxes of tiny cards that simply said "stop talking". it made us both laugh out loud. aren't there so many times you wish you had a box of these handy? or that it wouldn't be completely offensive to actually hand them out?
you can find the originals here (thanks, e!). and since etsy never disappoints, there's a similar set available via the ironcurtainpress.
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they are the best! i've seen them from here:
http://www.seteditions.com/stoptalking.html
not etsy - but still.
I wish I could hand out those cards at work sometimes! (I'm a librarian!)
This is hilarious! When my son went to England to visit my sister and brother-in-law ... they sent him back with a coaster that said "blether" with the definition of the word. Although they enjoyed every minute of his visit, they said there were times when he just would NOT stop talking! (he was about 10 at the time.)
How wonderfully tactful! I can only imagine how many of my coworkers would hand these to me! Great find!
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