# You Know You Want to: Post the funniest Craigslist ads you've seen lately
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 7, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806 "2010-11-07T17:53:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/1 "2010-11-07T17:53:30Z")
[Live Cheap in gentrifying Lawrenceville!](http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/roo/1988130069.html)
I’m not…really sure where to start with this one. Could it be the “I’m deeply in love with my girlfriend” part? Maybe it’s the fact that $300 for living in a _living room_ isn’t a great deal for the neighborhood, when you can easily find a room of your own for $350 if you’re looking. Maybe it’s the fact that they’re going back and forth between the “three quarter house and rehab, but still go out to the bar LOL”.
No, no, perhaps it’s the fact they wake up bright 'n early to make it to the Methadone clinic. :eek: Ohhhhh! Excellent! Where can I sign up for _this_ living arrangement!
Ah, screw it. The funniest part is the air conditioner in the bathroom.
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### Author:  [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/2 "2010-11-07T17:57:32Z")
I like the part that started out, “For those of you who don’t know, my gf Brandi and I are in luv.” As if this is a national news alert that most people would know about.
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/3 "2010-11-07T18:06:54Z")
[I would like to hire a skilled painter with creative vision into both the future and the mythological worlds. I would like a painting of a beast, or more precisely, a robot beast. Commonly known as a centaur. But what kind of cantaur? One that is part horse. PART ROBOT.](http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/med/2044974977.html)
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### Author:  [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/4 "2010-11-07T18:10:49Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#):
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> [I would like to hire a skilled painter with creative vision into both the future and the mythological worlds. I would like a painting of a beast, or more precisely, a robot beast. Commonly known as a centaur. But what kind of cantaur? One that is part horse. PART ROBOT.](http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/med/2044974977.html)
I laughed. 😃
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### Author:  [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/5 "2010-11-07T19:07:00Z")
I don’t use Craig’s List but I have a couple from the weekly county “Home Magazine” which serves a similar purpose in that I usually crack up at some poorly written ad.
For sale: White girl’s bedroom set.
For sale: Wedding dress used once. B.O.
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### Author:  [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/6 "2010-11-07T19:40:49Z")
**Tethered Kite** , that’s pretty awesome.
**Gestalt** , didn’t you like the methadone clinic part?!
**Jimmy** , I’m glad I clicked on it, since the best part is far and away “The working title of the painting is, ‘A Commentary and the Future…and Mythology’ but I’m fairly open to suggestions.”
Bahahahaha…who commissions a painting and then writes the title themself!?
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/7 "2010-11-07T19:40:50Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#):
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> [Live Cheap in gentrifying Lawrenceville!](http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/roo/1988130069.html)
Is the “no threesomes” clause standard?
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/8 "2010-11-07T19:49:41Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#):
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> Ah, screw it. The funniest part is the air conditioner in the bathroom.
Ha ha. That’s what I was thinking. Wait – is that mattress on the floor supposed to be where the person sleeps?
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### Author:  [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/9 "2010-11-07T20:05:13Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Is the “no threesomes” clause standard?
Listen, she’s just trying to put everything on the table guys!
> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> Wait – is that mattress on the floor supposed to be where the person sleeps?
If you think _that’s_ crazy (and it is), take a gander at **even sven** ’s roommate issue thread.
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### Author:  [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/10 "2010-11-07T20:24:26Z")
Is it normal for lesbians to mention their significant other all the time?
In my quest for hilarious ads on CL, I didn’t find much.
[A bit too specific](http://buffalo.craigslist.org/w4m/2045166637.html). Then again, I see online dating ads all the time where a woman is looking specifially for a police officer, fireman, or soldier, so why not?
[Self asteam](http://buffalo.craigslist.org/w4m/2045748404.html).
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/11 "2010-11-07T20:39:57Z")
Craigslist is very new to the UK and hardly anyone uses it. However, I did find this, allegedly in Oxford: [Goats for sale](http://oxford.craigslist.co.uk/rnr/1985784838.html). Clearly educational standards have slipped at the university.
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### Author:  [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/12 "2010-11-07T20:58:11Z")
[This](http://augusta.craigslist.org/m4w/2045129906.html) is pretty strange. The first part is all, “I’m seeking the love of my life,” and the second part is all, “Also someone to rake leaves and do my bookkeeping,” all while emphasizing “financial security” like it’s an arranged marriage. Which, it kind of is.
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### Author:  [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/13 "2010-11-07T21:09:05Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#):
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> Ah, screw it. The funniest part is the air conditioner in the bathroom.
Especially combined with this line from the ad:
> [@](#):
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> There is central air and heat which is INCLUDED IN THE RENT!!! You can’t beat that!!!
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### Author:  [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/14 "2010-11-07T22:04:19Z")
> [@Gestalt](#):
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> [This](http://augusta.craigslist.org/m4w/2045129906.html) is pretty strange. The first part is all, “I’m seeking the love of my life,” and the second part is all, “Also someone to rake leaves and do my bookkeeping,” all while emphasizing “financial security” like it’s an arranged marriage. Which, it kind of is.
“\* Please, I am not suited for someone who is a religious conservative.” 😃
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/15 "2010-11-07T22:08:02Z")
> [@Gestalt](#):
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> [This](http://augusta.craigslist.org/m4w/2045129906.html) is pretty strange. The first part is all, “I’m seeking the love of my life,” and the second part is all, “Also someone to rake leaves and do my bookkeeping,” all while emphasizing “financial security” like it’s an arranged marriage. Which, it kind of is.
Wait a minute, he’s going to extend me the umbrella of financial security but I have to put my own gas in the car?
I wish I could think of enough keywords to find this really funny Craigslist roomate ad that went around a while ago - it was all AWESOME and made me kind of want to live with the guy.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/16 "2010-11-07T22:22:22Z")
> [@Gestalt](#):
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> [This](http://augusta.craigslist.org/m4w/2045129906.html) is pretty strange. The first part is all, “I’m seeking the love of my life,” and the second part is all, “Also someone to rake leaves and do my bookkeeping,” all while emphasizing “financial security” like it’s an arranged marriage. Which, it kind of is.
That reads like a scam - the “poetic” line breaks. So I googled one phrase and got [this](http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=%22even+more+specifically+towards+someone+I+really+care+about%22) - same ad, all over the place. Wonder what the scam is?
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### Author:  [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/17 "2010-11-07T22:22:22Z")
> [@Zsofia](#):
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> Wait a minute, he’s going to extend me the umbrella of financial security but I have to put my own gas in the car?
Definitely a winner (if all the rest wasn’t enough to convince you)
“i am primarily attracted to exquisitely sensitive women. i adore femininity and all that comes with being a girlie-girl. i am an extremely sensitive male who is an “emotional builder/giver”, and i perform my best in a relationship with a woman who is seeking the love of her life to fill a “void” or internal need. I find it exciting and challenging to unravel the mysteries of a feminine mind.”
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### Author:  [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/18 "2010-11-07T22:25:59Z")
> [@Gestalt](#):
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> Definitely a winner (if all the rest wasn’t enough to convince you)
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> “i am primarily attracted to exquisitely sensitive women. i adore femininity and all that comes with being a girlie-girl. i am an extremely sensitive male who is an “emotional builder/giver”, and i perform my best in a relationship with a woman who is seeking the love of her life to fill a “void” or internal need. I find it exciting and challenging to unravel the mysteries of a feminine mind.”
Translates to: “I will smother the shit out of you, you will never go anywhere by yourself, and I will even need to know your very thoughts.”
Creepy.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/19 "2010-11-07T22:28:36Z")
And he’s got the acreage to bury you on!
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### Author:  [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2010, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-you-want-to-post-the-funniest-craigslist-ads-youve-seen-lately/559806/20 "2010-11-07T22:29:48Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> Ha ha. That’s what I was thinking. Wait – is that mattress on the floor supposed to be where the person sleeps?
Probably.
What I would consider minimal for living in a living room would be a particular [ikea sofa bed](http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80126091), set up with a wardrobe at the one end, and some wall mount cupboards above it, with locks on some of the cabinet work. [that particular sofa turns into a double bed, and there is a storage compartment internally for storing the bedding while not in use.]
Although I hate to admit it, the whole rehabbing while still going out drinking is a huge flag to me. Not having any personal locking private space really _really_ bothers me. I can not see this turning out well for anybody, to be honest.
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