Craig and his wonderful list

craigslist mannequin headThe good thing about Craigslist: It's a window into our fellow community members' wants, needs and aspirations. The bad thing about Craigslist: It's a window into our fellow community members' wants, needs and aspirations.

Good or bad, we'll let you decide...

"Last Sunday you were throwing up next to a dumpster and mumbling about Pearl Jam."

The birthday party games people play these days.

To the butcher: "Like you to show me your prime cut sometime."

She is blindingly hot, perhaps literally.

"I couldn't help but notice how Absolutly gorgeous you are!" Maybe it was just the vodka talking.

It's like the guy is just asking for a long-distance relationship.

"You were working on Saturday around noon and hands down were the baddest chick on the clock." (Little known fact: that is an actual metric used by HR.)

The unemployment rate kept them from meeting.

It's not often that "you've gotten older looking" is a compliment.

He won't forget her face -- and she has his fingerprints.

Yes, why would would an online offer to start a secret affair with the woman who serves you and your wife breakfast every Sunday be cause to "change the friendship."

What gets talked about at lunch in the GloFo cafeteria tent.

Lola is very handsome. And missing.

Random items available

For sale: 250 egg cartons ($40)

For sale: 5 antique hand choppers (which look they could chop off hands) ($75)

For trade: "one of a kind" custom engagement ring, for a bunch of tattoos

For sale: a cosmetology mannequin with eyes that stare right through you ($25)

For sale: a hand-painted hand fan ($20)

For sale: a 1958 wooden phone booth ($2500)

For sale: the sort of prom dress you probably wouldn't let your daughter wear ($275)


photo: Craigslist item "Cosmetology Manequin with stand"

Comments

" Woof. " Too funny.

It's like a bad episode of Portlandia. Can't make this stuff up!

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