Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Pointless Item

I was searching on www.craigslist.com to find an extremely dumb, pointless item with absolutely no value and I found something called a giant lawn ornament. All it entails is a large blue backhoe attachment deal that looks like it had broke sometime in the late 40's. It is just the front end of an old farm equipment scooper. Some of the descriptions include: Have a neighbor who pisses you off?, Put it on the property boundary, that way he will have to look at this every day.
Need a place to tie the dog to for the day? He'll never move this thing.
When you have your 4Th of July BBQ, This is a great conversation starter. You can brag how you will strip it, paint it, and how well this thing will work after you put all that work into it.
A lovely place to hang your tarp! Makes a unique cooler for that 4Th of July party or trellis for those rambling briar's. Bragging rights - yup, worth mentioning twice.
It weighs between 1000-1500lbs. It also includes many F.A.Q. Here is what the seller had to say:

Q: Can u load this on my trailer?
A: No my wife is a wimp. It will have to be partially dismantled. I have a loader that can lift approx 500-700 lbs.
Q: Can u hold this for a couple of months till I decide I don't want it?
A: NO; 1st person to arrive gets it.
Q; Do u think my wife will be pissed if I came home with this?
A: No The only thing about this that will upset your wife, is that she did not find it first, that way she could surprise you.
Q: Would you be able to deliver this fine piece of equipment?
A: SURE; why not, if you like, I can also dismantle it, strip the paint off it, repaint it, lubricate it, deliver it, reassemble it, and make sure it is in fine working condition, all for a GEE, THANKS ALOT MAN.

I had a big kick out of this attempt to sell such a shitty item, I mean honestly is this a joke? There is no one on god's green earth who would ever want to buy this. Ha ha it is absolutely ridiculous. Oh yeah I forgot to mention that it is FREE! if the guy tried to put a price tag on it he would have to be extremely greedy or straight up senile.

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