old – $20
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Just to be clear – I haven’t redacted anything here. The text of the ad is, in fact, the word “text.” If brevity is the soul of wit, then this guy is clearly Stephen Hawking and Oscar Wilde’s illegitimate love child.
Thanks for the post, SD.
Can of Plato toys! – $3
Lots of different little plato toys!
Plato toys! Hooray! Finally, a way to teach children about one of the world’s greatest philosophers!
The toys obviously represent Plato’s virtues: justice, wisdom, courage, and moderation. (I’m going to guess that the dog doesn’t represent wisdom — it doesn’t look too bright.)
That would mean that the tin is Plato’s cave — which is particularly apropos, given that the point of Plato’s cave allegory is that the world of sensible objects is impermanent; what’s more impermanent than Play-Doh? (Unless you leave it out and let it harden.)
Thanks for the submission, pointyjess!
Another in the series of, “If you can imagine the misspelling of it, it’s already on Craigslist!” Today’s challenge: foosball tables. Quick, think of the strangest spelling imaginable of foosball. Now click to see what others came up with …
