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selling ford truck – $1200

$1200 obo this has been a good truck for me but i have to sell it because i cant ever get to it with all of the bees around it they have been in and around it for almost 2 months now and i havent been able to get near 5 feet or else i get stung and im sick of it i still have welts from months ago stingings and i cant even get to work because i cant get to my truck so i have to sell it test drives at ur own risk i cant go with you too many bees 308

Sara and Geoff both sent this one in. Sara points out that apparently bee stings cause a lack of punctuation.

I really … just … wow. If anyone has always wanted a truck that has had thousands of bees living in it for months, here’s your opportunity.

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77 responses to “YSaC, Vol. 308: Let me tell ya about the birds and the …”

  1. corn flakes Avatar
    corn flakes

    So this guy lives somewhere that doesnt allow punctuation
    and doesnt have exterminators?

  2. Amy H. Avatar
    Amy H.

    *shudder* As someone with bad apiphobia (fear of bees) that pictue will probably give me nightmares. I also wonder why he didn’t bother to talk up any of the good points about the truck. “Low mileage. New tires. CD changer,” or whatever. He seems more concerened with convincing us to never, ever go near the thing. Great sales pitch!

    1. Kitty Avatar
      Kitty

      I have the same phobia!

  3. Manda Avatar
    Manda

    This is scary! It reminds me of a scene from the movie “The Secretary” in which one of the characters is found dead in their car and upon inspection a bee is seen crawling out of his mouth…totally creepy! For me this would never work however if you like raw honey this might be the truck for you!

    1. OF Clark Avatar
      OF Clark

      I did not see that movie!

  4. Colleen in MA Avatar
    Colleen in MA

    I’ll never understand it. A person has a computer, the internet, the knowledge of how to post ads and receive responses off of a community forum. BUT doesn’t know how to call an exterminator? WTF?

    1. kristen55 Avatar
      kristen55

      Yeah, hey, do you think there’s any other way we could deal with this? Other than having a truck sitting around swarmed by bees for MONTHS? Nope. Guess I have to sell it.

  5. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    Ha! This is my favorite yet, I think. The bees, the bees…

  6. dissimilitude Avatar
    dissimilitude

    Exterminator, beekeeper, maybe an exorcist? That many bees on a truck looks like some kind of biblical plague!

  7. woofless Avatar
    woofless

    My husband hauls beehives commercially on a flatbed semi truck (brings them to farms, etc for pollenation)….He’s got a bee-suit & he’s quite used to his own truck looking worse than that pickup. Given that fact, he thinks $1200 isn’t a bad deal for a pickup truck….LOL he says tell him where it’s at and he’ll show up in his bee suit for a test drive 😉

  8. MoxieHart Avatar
    MoxieHart

    What he didn’t reveal is that the truck is parked over Homer Simpson’s pile o’ sugar that he stole from Hans Moleman.

    1. corn flakes Avatar
      corn flakes

      I heart you

      1. MoxieHart Avatar
        MoxieHart

        Hee, thanks!

    2. Rachel Avatar
      Rachel

      First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women.

      1. MoxieHart Avatar
        MoxieHart

        Then an English guy pops out and steals your sugar when you doze off.

    3. Count Blah Avatar
      Count Blah

      The bees…! They’re defending themselves somehow…!

      1. JMeister Avatar
        JMeister

        The bees are on the what now?

  9. oi! Avatar
    oi!

    this is for you YSAC: do you offer some kinda reward or something for most ridiculous and/or destined not to work type ads?

  10. PrincessLuceval Avatar
    PrincessLuceval

    This has to be the most elaborately concocted story to get out of work. “Yeah, boss, I can’t come in, the bees are still there.”

  11. Lizzy Avatar
    Lizzy

    Hey, this same thing happened to a friend of mine, but it was wasps and a Porsche.

    1. corn flakes Avatar
      corn flakes

      It figures. Bees are more of a blue collar working insect.
      But those wasps are just so flashy.

  12. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    get this car away from me too many bees

  13. aniktwo Avatar
    aniktwo

    My grandfather was a beekeeper, and he often would go out to other people’s properties and “capture” their swarms. They are just looking for somewhere to live! This guy and his truck… LOL! Just call a bee person already!!

    1. kristen55 Avatar
      kristen55

      Around here there are people advertising on CL everyday to come remove swarms for free. After all, free bees when you’re a bee farmer is a pretty good deal!

      1. Beelover Avatar
        Beelover

        No it’s not. Containing a swarm of bees is a LOT of work. Yes, you get the bees (and the resulting products)… but, they may die just as soon as you get them situated in a hive. VERY few beekeepers will take care of your swarm for free!

  14. DC Avatar
    DC

    That’ll give you, er, bees.

    1. colleen Avatar
      colleen

      Is that a reference to Tim Curry in a perfumery?

  15. Fraulein N Avatar
    Fraulein N

    How does this even HAPPEN? That’s what I’d like to know.

  16. CE Blog Avatar
    CE Blog

    Yeah, big deal. Wear one of those beekeeper suits and walk away with the DEAL OF A LIFETIME.

    1. Russianwolf Avatar
      Russianwolf

      It’s a Ford, ain’t that good of a deal no matter what. 😉

      Now a Dodge Ram, I’d be all over it in a second.

  17. Amu Avatar
    Amu

    The best laugh I had in a long time! Thanks for posting!

  18. Jian Avatar
    Jian

    I like my women like I like my truck… Covered in bees! (With apologies to Eddie Izzard.)

    1. Cory Avatar
      Cory

      Oh thank you, that made my day. If no one else had made that comment I would have myself.

      1. Shawn Avatar
        Shawn

        I was scrolling through the comments to see if someone else had made this joke before I posted it myself. xD Well done!

        1. Black Ice Avatar
          Black Ice

          Me too! XD I do so love Eddie Izzard.

  19. Sarah Avatar
    Sarah

    But seriously I am going to end all my sentences with “too many bees.” I think this is a good idea too many bees.

    1. MoxieHart Avatar
      MoxieHart

      That’s funny too many bees.

  20. Rocky Avatar
    Rocky

    Maybe HE’s the exterminator, and all his exterminating stuff is in the truck?

    1. Kate S Avatar
      Kate S

      I know this bee post is old, but you just made my Tuesday, August 10th, 2009, Rocky.

  21. Jackie Avatar
    Jackie

    It’s the long awaited sequel to Snakes on a Plane: Bees on a Truck!

  22. TJ Avatar
    TJ

    Ok, so instead of calling a beekeeper or exterminator and paying a couple bucks, he would rather not go to work, risk getting fired, and lose so much money that he has to sell his truck?!!! That’s messed up.

  23. araispoetry Avatar
    araispoetry

    Best reason to sell a truck ever.

  24. Goobs Avatar
    Goobs

    My boyfriend had an old Honda that he wasn’t using and he left it out front in his condo complex. It sort of rotted there and eventually wasps built nests in it. Eventually the home owners’ association said he had to move it because the wasps were a hazard. He got around the wasp situation by donating the car to charity. They didn’t care about the wasps. I think he warned them ahead of time before they picked it up. I think. He got the tax write off, anyway.

  25. Callisto Avatar
    Callisto

    This is my new favourite post here. I’m reminded of that movie The Deadly Bees. You should superimpose the outlines of Crow, Mike, and Tom Servo on this photo.

  26. Vanessa Avatar
    Vanessa

    And no mention of even a year of make so you can’t blue book it.

    I’m curious how this will help his work situation. On the one hand, no longer having a vehicle too bee-infested to drive. On the other hand, no vehicle at all.

    This is kind of off topic but a co-worker at an old job once got suckered into “car-pooling” with another office mate who lived near him. This plan immediately fizzled when he went to pick her up one morning and eventually gave up when she never appeared. She showed up at work later that day and sent him a note saying she had “temporarily gone blind” and thus wasn’t able to dial his number correctly (or find the front door I guess.) I thought that was the greatest excuse ever. I stand corrected and salute you, too many bees.

  27. Haley Avatar
    Haley

    Um…did no one realize..
    He said he wouldn’t test drive it with whoever comes to get it, because there’s too many bees.
    All it would take is a suit and a can of raid, and you’d have yourself a free truck.

    1. Clarence Avatar
      Clarence

      You are exactly correct, except that the truck is advertised for $1200, you simpleton.

      1. Traveler Avatar
        Traveler

        In fact, she got it perfectly right: if the owner is not going to be with you on the test ride, there is nothing keeping you from getting rid of the bees and taking the car on a very, very long test ride. Several years long, probably.

  28. Kit Avatar
    Kit

    It sounds like a great opportunity for someone who can wield a can of RAID.

  29. Duscany Avatar
    Duscany

    This happened to me once. I turned on my hose and sprayed them off from 25 feet away. Any bees that came at me I shot down with the spray jet. All the bees were washed up in five minutes. What’s the problem?

    1. lesismore Avatar
      lesismore

      this is the problem:

      http://www.metacafe.com/watch/899734/disappearing_bees_dying_off_colony_collapse_disorder_ccd/

  30. Elizabeth Avatar
    Elizabeth

    Why was the truck sitting so long that the bees were able to set up housekeeping?

  31. Clarence Avatar
    Clarence

    You all OBVIOUSLY missed the joke in this!!! LOL Come on!?

  32. Jeff Avatar
    Jeff

    BEADS!?!?!?!??!

    1. Sarah Avatar
      Sarah

      BEES!!! Bzzzzz!

      (I was just glad someone else thought of Arrested Development)

  33. Hiyame Avatar
    Hiyame

    I am terrified of bees, so this post made me do that “something is crawling on my back” dance for about ten minutes, and every time I think of that picture it makes me freak out again… I would do something entirely like screaming like a little girl and running away from that house and never returning, if this was in fact the sight that was outside of my window every day… Blech…

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  35. Tonya Avatar
    Tonya

    If it were me, I’d just set the truck on fire and be done with it. Or call an exterminator. I suppose it would depend on my mood and whether or not I happened to have a match in my hand….

  36. AestheticQuietus Avatar
    AestheticQuietus

    I want to know why the bee’s are still on it months later. I mean why would bee’s suddenly start hanging around his truck, and not leave for months. O_o;

    Anyways, loving the site.

  37. Pete Avatar
    Pete

    seriously, i almost want this thing for the novelty factor.

  38. Blasmeister Avatar
    Blasmeister

    I like my trucks like I like my coffee, COVERED IN BEES!

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  41. john Avatar
    john

    obviously these bees want to drive real bad

  42. LurkRealClose Avatar
    LurkRealClose

    Obo truck for sale
    welts in my mouth from the bees
    test drive at own risk

  43. Ryunyo Avatar
    Ryunyo

    Looks like a honey of a deal.

  44. New York Will Avatar
    New York Will

    OMG that’s unbelievable. I guess it’s even a little bit funny 😛

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  46. Some Guy Avatar
    Some Guy

    Somebody should send this truck to Nicolas Cage.

  47. Disarray Avatar
    Disarray

    “Sara points out that apparently bee stings cause a lack of punctuation.”
    -> I believe he’s swapped out ‘punctuation’ for ‘perforation’.

  48. Stephen Avatar
    Stephen

    “She’s a real honey of a truck!”

  49. Bryan Avatar
    Bryan

    My briefcase full of bees aught to put a stop to that.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYtXuBN1Hvc

  50. nici Avatar
    nici

    Hope he posted that to Farm & Garden – never know when someone is looking for a hive to pollinate the crops.

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