You suck at Craigslist, Vol. III

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In the last three days, someone has posted the same hideous “lion and giraffe” pictures three times, with increasing hilarity.

Listing #1:

lion and giraffe – $30


Date: 2008-08-16, 8:30AM EDT

these are really expensive pics, u can go look at them in the finger hut magazine from last year, they cost about 300.00 new. i want 30 for the set.there 3 foot long and 3 feet wide, very nice. email me if intereted

Point 1: Um, that’s not a lion.
Point 2: It doesn’t matter how much you paid for them.
Point 3: The “finger hut magazine” is a sure indicator of high quality. It’s right up there with the Lillian Vernon catalog.
Point 4: 3 foot long and 3 foot wide, huh? So they’re square, is what you’re saying? Okay.

Listing #2:

giraffe and lion pic – $35


Date: 2008-08-17, 9:09AM EDT

these are very expensive . they were bought last year through avon there cost about 300.00 dollars new there about 3 feet long and 2 feet wide, sell the as a set,thats how they were bought, pleas email me if intterested

Point 1: Still not a lion.
Point 2: So you’re relisting them, and asking MORE than your original listing?
Point 3: Oh, they were bought through Avon?
Point 4: Now they’re 3 feet long and 2 feet wide.
Point 5: Sell as a set? Would anyone really want just one of those?

Listing #3:

giraffe and lion pic – $35


Date: 2008-08-18, 9:23AM EDT

these are very expensive brand new, they were bought last year but never used, they were bought from avon, i want 35 for the pair of them . there about 4 feet long and 3 feet wide . please email me if interested

Point 1: STILL not a lion.
Point 2: Never used? Um, they’re wall hangings, right? They’re hanging on a wall in the photo, right?
Point 3: Now they’re 4 feet long and 3 feet wide.

Seriously: Not A Lion. And if you paid $300 for those …

Comments

57 responses to “You suck at Craigslist, Vol. III”

  1. D Avatar
    D

    “But they are three feet long and three feet wide,” he said. “Look.”

    He held the lion picture that looked curiously like a tiger vertically and said, “Three feet long, and…”

    He then turned the picture on its side.

    “Three feet wide! Oh, wait. It’s four feet wide.”

    1. drmk Avatar
      drmk

      His disciple nodded. “Surely you are wise in the ways of measurement.”

  2. Monica Hamburg Avatar

    OK, I actually started to cry when I read “STILL not a lion”.

  3. Valerie Avatar
    Valerie

    Oh my gosh, This is my favorite thing I’ve seen on herer.

  4. valerie's mom Avatar
    valerie’s mom

    You s— at leaving comments. That’s h-e-r-e. But you’re a great kid for showing me this!

  5. Alcoholic Synonymous Avatar
    Alcoholic Synonymous

    Ha! Valerie’s mom had to take her to task for her spelling, but can’t bring herself to spell out the word, “suck.” What a cute mom!

  6. Valerie Avatar
    Valerie

    yeah mom is cute that way…

  7. Josh Avatar

    I have when people say, “I paid $x for this” or “It cost $x new.” Like you said — doesn’t matter. A $40,000 car turns into a $30,000 as soon as you drive it off the lot.

    1. polluxdc Avatar
      polluxdc

      That’s awesome — “A $40,000 car into a $30,000 as soon as you drive it off the lot.” A $30,000 what, head of cabbage, pink flamingo…I guess it depends on the car.

  8. Josh Avatar

    That should say “hate,” obviously.

  9. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    I was just wondering, any chance it’s finally turned into a lion? Cause you see I’m reading this months later, and who knows? It could happen.

  10. may Avatar

    hahahahahahahahahahaahaha !!!

    Fantastic!

  11. kelli Avatar
    kelli

    It turns into a lion at night, but the picture was taken during the day obviously.

  12. Kitty Avatar
    Kitty

    Okay, this is seriously the best one I have seen yet. I am laughing so hard.

  13. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    If you squint really hard then it almost looks like a lion.

  14. […] YSaC, Vol. III — this is the post that made me decide to start the blog in the first place. This one was local-ish to me, and since I was checking Craigslist every day I was able to see this ad come up each day with the changes, each more ridiculous than the last. […]

  15. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    This one is still my favorite.

  16. Ellie Jordan Avatar

    This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Ever.

  17. […] At least I thought it was. I mentioned YSaC the other day, and here is another one of my finds: Lion and giraffe wall hangings! (I could not stop laughing about this. Granted, it was late, but still. Too […]

  18. neuralstatic Avatar
    neuralstatic

    so if you hung them in different rooms, their dimensions would be 3foot x 52foot.

  19. Jenna Avatar
    Jenna

    Oh great, you have me laughing so hard at work I am crying!

    LMAO

    I will turn to your site in lieu of wine and xanax…which I take while admiring the lion wall hanging I just bought…and the more I drink the more it looks like a… oh crap!

  20. Amy Avatar

    But look… he eventually learned how to spell ‘interested’…. yay!

  21. Caro Avatar
    Caro

    Has no one yet pointed out that the giraffe and the not-a-lion are native to different continents? I wonder when Fingerhut/Avon is going to offer cheesy matching wall hangings of a giraffe and a koala.

  22. kaylie Avatar
    kaylie

    beyond hilarious. this is my favorite one. this is actually the first thing I’ve commented so far just because this post is so epic. love it :]

  23. Phoenix Lomax Avatar

    …and really, Avon and Fingerhut are where you want to get your home furnishings. Those would coordinate wonderfully with my “Classic Hollywood Monsters” collector plates.

  24. Wings Avatar
    Wings

    I just want to point out, for those who are interested, that over one year later…

    Still. Not. A. Lion.

    Hope springs eternal…

    1. Heather Avatar
      Heather

      I also like how the price increases with the last post. The pictures started out at $30, but then the person listing changed the price to $35 when they didn’t sell…? Is this some kind of weird Craigslist psychology here, you know: increase the price in order to increase the perceived value? Nah, I can’t give them that much credit.

  25. pixie721 Avatar
    pixie721

    I don’t see what the problem is. Of course that is a lion. It isn’t a white lion, like the one that mauled Roy, but it is clearly a lion. Y’all are blind.

    I am baffled by the measurements, because I need to know if they apply to each picture or to both pictures together. I also need to know why they keep changing. Are these magic wall hangings?

  26. Leela Avatar
    Leela

    maybe he figured out how to spell interested, but he still couldn’t figure out they’re vs there.

  27. Kate Avatar
    Kate

    This is hilarious. Absolutley hilarious. I love this website. 🙂

  28. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Guys guys guys, this is very simple. It all goes along with furniture physics. There’s a theory that the Universe is constantly expanding! This obviously helps prove that fact, since there is definite exponential growth in these “lyin’ (lion)” pictures.

    I’m sorry, that last pun was unnecessary..

  29. DMarie Avatar
    DMarie

    The comments are as funny as this post – thanks for making me smile on such a crappy day at work.

  30. Rachel Scantland Avatar
    Rachel Scantland

    Wow, just confirms why our country is in the shape it is in. Can’t see, spell, measure, or calculate! Wonder where they’re from?

  31. peenk Avatar

    I would gladly pay 300 for these..

  32. Legion, for we are many Avatar

    Finger Hut?!?! Do they even SELL stuff for $300? When I was in college many years ago, I ordered a set of knives from them for $19.95. Fine cutlery, they were not. And who they hell buys paintings from Avon? Perfume, nail polish etc. okay, but….

  33. Genesee Gatewood Avatar
    Genesee Gatewood

    If the TIGER turns into a lion occasionally, I’d pay about 15.

  34. qualityleashdog Avatar
    qualityleashdog

    Hah! I remember Fingerfuck, and my mom’s trials and tribulations with them! No, these pictures don’t actually retail for $300, but the lister must be accounting for the interests and fees the average customer would accumulate while in the process of paying for them, which will wind you up near $300.

    Anyone else have the Teddy Bear with a Blue Ribbon pattern for dishes or linens when they were a kid? Heartwarming, no?

    1. wanda Avatar
      wanda

      i am actually collecting the teddy bear set now and i am obsessed with it

      1. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        Wanda, have you tried an ad on Craigslist? Just a thought.

  35. Angel Avatar
    Angel

    i really couldnt stop laughing…. hahahaha this is some hilarious s*** hahahaha

  36. Chris Avatar

    Since when is name-dropping AVON a selling point?

  37. anonymouse. Avatar
    anonymouse.

    duh. those are Moravian lions. the uncultured call them tigers. … or maybe it’s a liger, after all you can’t see all of it..

    1. D / DM Avatar
      D / DM

      @anonymouse,
      Indeed. From those paintings, I have absolutely no idea whether that animal has skills in magic.

    2. lvocean11 Avatar
      lvocean11

      I think that’s a “moron”ian lion… I’m still torn between actual CL postings and comments not sure which are funnier! : )

  38. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    I’d like to buy the giraffe wall hanging! Where can I buy this? (Other than Fingerhut and Avon, of course.)

  39. Astrognash Avatar

    SOMEWHAT OFFICALESQUE PROCLAMATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ASTROGNASH

    COPYCATTING Windrose’s proprosal on You suck at Criaglsist, Vol. I, and

    MARKING that Windrose’s proposal was both great and wondrous,

    RECOGNIZING this posting as a historical landmark to be preserved for all time, as the originator of one of YSaC’s most prominent and famous “meme”s,

    WE HEREBY DECREE this posting to be the 42nd wonder of the world, right before Ringo Starr’s nose, and right after LMGTFY,

    on this, the Twenty-Sixth day of April, in the year Two Thousand and Ten of our Lord Llama-Nun.

    Again, we apologize for the crossing out. The Congo is no better at China than this, really.

  40. Evan Avatar
    Evan

    I had tears coming out of my eyes by the second listing

    1. Jen Avatar
      Jen

      Wait till you get to the mine hores – they’ll have tears coming out of all _sorts_ of places!!

  41. texjoy Avatar
    texjoy

    I think I’ll wait a few more days…when they grow a little bigger

  42. […] commenter over on YSaC, where they have this meme that reaches way back to the early days of the site that deals with folks on CraigsList selling things with tigers on them and calling them lions. I […]

  43. Nor Avatar
    Nor

    Isn’t that a zebra?

  44. Kati Strong Avatar
    Kati Strong

    I’m literally laughing out loud, and hoping I won’t wake my husband up while I do.

  45. no exam term life Avatar

    Thanks for sharing your info. I really appreciate your efforts and I will be waiting for your next post
    thanks once again.

  46. becky Avatar
    becky

    6 years later and this is still my favorite.

  47. Mercy Vetsel Avatar

    This post is hilarious if not a bit sad.

    I went to Fingerhut.com, searched for “Wall Art” and then sorted on price, high to low. Similarly tacky paintings sell for $500. For just $34.99/month you can get a canvas print of “Wild Wing ‘Winter Retreat’ Deer Canvas Wall Art”.

    So I’m picturing someone buying crappy $500 prints ON LAYAWAY. There is not a happy story behind that transaction…

    I guess we have another example of a commonality between the upper and lower classes — wasting money on artwork of highly dubious value.

    Mercy

  48. nici Avatar
    nici

    Dollar General has the same pictures for $5 – $8 each. Similar frames, too.

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