YSaC, Vol. CXCVIII

2009 February 1
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by drmk

Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie – $65


Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark

I am posting on Craigslist, in a city different than the one you are in now. I am posting my text, and I am going to post it again and again until the words of the post run together so that any semblance of meaning, with perhaps the exception of my phone number, is destroyed. What you will read, then, are the words of my post over and over and over. I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a Craigslist post, but more as a way to sell a LaCie Lightscribe 16x DVD+/-RW.

Explanation (of my obscure reference — I can’t help you with his!) is here and here.

Incidentally, I’m quite amused that one of the tags for the recording in the second link is “exactly what it says on the tin”.

29 Responses leave one →
  1. 2009 February 1

    I’ve wondered where that statement comes from since the first day I came here. Is it pulled from a product or something?

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  2. 2009 February 1
    katiekawaii permalink

    I was a little curious before, but now I’m just insanely curious: what’s up with “exactly what it says on the tin”? Where did that come from? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!

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  3. 2009 February 1
    Courtney permalink

    In a nutshell, it means that what you see is what you get.

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  4. 2009 February 1
    drmk permalink

    Yup. I figured the name of the blog was description enough. I think it’s a phrase of British origin — at least, I’ve heard my British friends say it far more frequently than anyone else.

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    • 2011 September 17
      tigprincess permalink

      It was used on The Apprentice recently. One candidate was asked to sum himself up without using any management phrases or analogies or whatever and said “I am exactly what it says on the tin” Classic.

      Adores: 1
    • 2011 September 17
      D "New Here, / In A Way" DM permalink

      Ahem…

      http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

      In which You Suck At Craigslist is mentioned under “Web Original.”

      Warning: If you haven’t been to tvtropes.org, make sure you’ve got hours to waste down the rabbit hole. You’ll need them.

      Adores: 2
  5. 2009 February 4
    Rebecca_J permalink

    Bahaha. Consider your commentary “more than adequate.”

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  6. 2009 July 30
    Logan permalink

    Ronseal woodstain. It does exactly what it says on the tin. The phrase has been used for Ronseal’s slogan since 1994 in their ads in the UK.

    I love how “Mark” posts that message hundreds of times then says “Willing to do computer work”. I’m not gonna pay him if he does the same task 100 times in a row.

    Adores: 5
  7. 2011 September 17

    Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead.

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  8. 2011 September 17

    I don’t need any computer repairs done, but due to a recent storm I am looking for a ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER

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  9. 2011 September 17

    Hello there. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. As you can see, I am very good at using control-C and control-V.

    Adores: 5
  10. 2011 September 17
    D "Repetition for / Dramatic Effect" DM D "Repetition for / Dramatic Effect" DM D "Repetition for / Dramatic Effect" DM D "Repetition for / Dramatic Effect" DM permalink

    This ad is a commentary on society’s obsession with and reliance on technology. What happens when something goes wrong? We delegate so many tasks to the machines, one wonders if we’d even know what to do if they all stopped working. Would we just be stuck in an endless loop? Thankfully there are people like Mark to fix what needs fixing. This ad is a commentary on society’s obsession with and reliance on technology. What happens when something goes wrong? We delegate so many tasks to the machines, one wonders if we’d even know what to do if they all stopped working. Would we just be stuck in an endless loop? Thankfully there are people like Mark to fix what needs fixing. This ad is a commentary on society’s obsession with and reliance on technology. What happens when something goes wrong? We delegate so many tasks to the machines, one wonders if we’d even know what to do if they all stopped working. Would we just be stuck in an endless loop? Thankfully there are people like Mark to fix what needs fixing. This ad is a commentary on society’s obsession with and reliance on technology. What happens when something goes wrong? We delegate so many tasks to the machines, one wonders if we’d even know what to do if they all stopped working. Would we just be stuck in an endless loop? Thankfully there are people like Mark to fix what needs fixing.

    Adores: 4
  11. 2011 September 17

    Someone go smack the record player. It’s skipping again.

    Adores: 5
    • 2011 September 17
      Spaceman.Spiff permalink

      Whazza ‘record player’?

      Adores: 3
      • 2011 September 17
        Windrose permalink

        It’s something we old people talk about. Back in our day, style of thing.

        Adores: 1
  12. 2011 September 17
    Windrose permalink

    Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry.

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    • 2011 September 17

      I’m guessing this is a fairly normal conversation in the Windy Household.

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      • 2011 September 17
        Windrose permalink

        Sometimes there are random pauses at various points, and sometimes another parrot will pick up while the other rests. They have some kind of union, I guess.

        Adores: 2
    • 2011 September 17

      I find it funny that they have learned to say “I’m sorry.”

      I bet the birds meowing tends to freak people out.

      Adores: 2
      • 2011 September 17
        Windrose permalink

        The TAG is the one who meows, and we just got her a week ago. If she doesn’t get attention with the meow, it gets louder and snarlier. It just cracks me up. Our footless CAG is the one who says she’s sorry. We think the previous owner may have accidentally knocked Bo off wherever she was hanging in the cage, and would say “I’m sorry!” Now every time Bo falls herself, she will say I’m sorry. Sometimes when we leave the room at night, she starts saying “I’m Sorry!” like she thinks she did something wrong and it made us go away.

        Oh, translation of aviculture terms: TAG = Timneh African Gray, CAG = Congo African Gray. The TAGs are smaller, a bit more skittish, and have dark maroon tails instead of the bright red tails the CAGs have. Oddly enough our TAG is more tame than either of our CAGs.

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  13. 2011 September 17
    Windrose permalink

    Irregular Fractal is in the box today, and well deserved, but we had so many great comments yesterday that I want to call them out for Honorable Mention:

    Accident.
    Dave and Ferret Tribe.
    HamCan.
    Innana.

    Thank you all for playing, your lovely parting gifts are in the mail!

    Adores: 2
  14. 2011 September 17
    funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

    All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Today is my last day of work for a whole freakin’ week, I rock so many balls. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

    Adores: 5
  15. 2011 September 17
    D "Wait, That's / Not Right" DM permalink

    HEEEEEEEEEEERE’S MONKEY!!!

    Adores: 1
  16. 2011 September 18
    Windrose permalink

    IF, I didn’t mean to neglect your Punchity Punch Punch, but I seem to make myself too tired to punch on Saturday nights. I apologize. Do forgive me.

    Good Morning, Ronseal!

    Adores: 1
  17. 2011 September 22
    Aaron permalink

    He he he… 🙂 Gotta love spam machine failure.

    Adores: 0

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