the true price of free

Thursday, mar. 27, 2008   |   0 comments

Stephen has started reporting on what he finds crawling under that particular rock known as the free-giveaway section of Craigslist. Here's a stirring sampling:

"Ha ha! Crappy shelves and . . . wait, there's nothing funny about this. What's funny about a chair that looks like it's about to die of loneliness?"

And...

"Hi, how are you! We've decided this futuristic trigon of a cheese grater is either (1) too unsanitary (2) too dangerous, or (3) too useless for its intended purpose to allow it to stay in our home for even a moment longer. Right now, we've got it in the garage. But that's not quite far enough away. Do you want it?"

And...

"Retro Sofa poster, your piece of furniture is why god gave man fire."

Keywords he's felt compelled to use so far include broken, dangerous, dirty, ugly, unsanitary, useless, and old and busted -- it takes the true grit of genius to find the laughter in those defeated words. I bow to you, eyes shut respectfully, friend Stephen!