The Best of Columbus Craigslist

Craigslist, how I love thee. Over the years, you have connected me with great jobs, cheap stuff, and weird people. Not to mention the hours of reading entertainment. And although the official Best of Craigslist is priceless, my constant strolling through my own local CL, somewhat overlooked next to the bigger cities, has produced some worthy entries as well. So I present, the most recent best of Columbus Craigslist.

Get a piece of the rock...

Large limestone boulder big enough to prevent large trucks and semi-trucks from going where ever you don't want them. This is at the end of my driveway, placed there by the previous owner. It is about 40"x28"x36" and probably weighs about two tons.

It is waiting for my wife to crash the car into it.

You come and get it and haul it away- anytime is good [link]

Because many have been the times I've desperately needed a hunk of rock approximating the size of a small mountain and the first thing I thought of was, "Of course! I'll go look in the free section of CL and see if anyone is giving one away!"

To the man with the wicked hairstyle eyeing my crotch, who noticed I was staring at you, and then winked at me all in about 3 seconds as I was getting out of my car to go into Sam's club:

Hey.
I was the guy with shoulder length hair covering one eye, black and white scarf, hobo glove on the left hand with the skull ring, if you noticed.

I just wanted you to know...

What the hell? [link]

From the Missed Connections section, which practically amounts to an obsession to me. Seriously, it's better than reality TV.

Desperately seeking King Size mattress, boxsprings and frame.
You know how sometimes ya just need space to sleep......

Please no gross stains, or anything that the CSI crime lab might find interesting. [link]

It's also worth noting the title of the previous post is, "Please save my relationship!!!!"

In today's social climate, we're bombarded with facts, figures, statistics and logic. Where, I ask you, is the mystery? The wonderment? The success of such films as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Harry Potter, and From Justin To Kelly says to me that we're all just aching to bring a touch of enigma into our worlds.

And friends, I can offer you just that.

What we have here is one Whirlpool Super Capacity 465 electric range, which worked admirably well - until the day it didn't. I, being the fairly poor cook that I am, thought the oven was just rejecting my offering of garlic Texas Toast - as well it should have. I have no business trying to prepare such a sumptuous feast. But the stove continued to give the cold shoulder to my far more gastronomically skilled boyfriend, and at that point I had to face the fact that our stove was permanently on strike.

Here's where the mystery comes in - is it the stove which is broken, or is it the electrical supply? Your guess is as good as mine. We'll know for sure on Thursday when our new stove arrives - but wouldn't you like to cash in on a possible steal ahead of time? Maybe stoves are easily fixed. I wouldn't know. Our landlord has no interest in finding out, and, as we're renting, I don't care enough to put any energy or money into this problem. I am not, however, above trying to profit mildly from it. Clearly.

So, bring the childlike innocence and wonder back into your life today! Buy this possibly broken stove! Maybe it'll work like a charm. It's fairly new (I believe the landlord said 4 years), and we didn't use it much. And it's clean! And I'll clean it again before you buy it! Just ... you know, get it out of my house. [link]

The only thing I wish is that there were more follow-ups on Craiglist. I'd love to know if this got picked up, and, if so, by whom and why.

you email me -- a word, a phrase, a sentence, a paragraph, a rant, a question, a quote -- and then i write a response inspired by your words. it's that easy. go ahead and try it. you know you want to. inlcude your name (or what you want me to call you) and your blog/website address if you want linked.

get creative!

check out the site (http://www.bombtheworld.blogspot.com/).

thanks for your help. [link]

I just think this is kind of interesting. Check it out.

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