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YSaC, Vol. LII

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COOL WEIRD TREASURE

tried to have yard sale last week, rain…
have been a collector of old cool stuff for years, making my escape to warmer climate, it all must go. i’m not selling a lot of furniture so if that’s what you’re looking for you might want to skip this yard sale. but if you are looking for a black madonna print, a vintaqge silk wedding kimono, an 80 candle candelabra, bull horns, victorian steamer trunk, old mirrors, stained glass, vintage marrionettes, etc, etc, etc… stop by. all yard-sale priced, not ebay priced!

You know what’s weird in this listing? Not the black madonna print, not the 80-candle candelabra, not the bull horns. (Okay, maybe that’s a little weird.) No, the really weird thing about this listing is the dog wearing the vintage silk wedding kimono.

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41 responses to “YSaC, Vol. LII”

  1. D Avatar
    D

    That’s not a dog in a vintage silk wedding kimono. It’s a vintage marionette dog in a silk wedding kimono.

  2. wraith Avatar
    wraith

    Aw it’s good to see she got the traditional Japanese themed wedding she wanted. It’s just a shame her owner is making her sell her wedding dress.

  3. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    I’m especially interested in the etc, etc, etc …

  4. NotMyName Avatar
    NotMyName

    Why is the dog’s eye yellow? I mean, I know some pictures give you red eyes, but I’ve never heard of yellow before…

    Weren’t Zul’s eyes yellow, come to think of it?

  5. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    Anyone else notice the pink table, the chair and the basketball in the background all look to human-scale with that dog? I’m no expert, but I though dogs like that were little beasties, not people-sized.

    So, rather than the weirdness of this listing, or the blue whatever-it-is (ashtray? Novelty cocktail glass?) in the foreground, I will spend my night stressing about a race of dogs, as big as people, which will take over the world and force unfortunate kitchsy fashion on us all.

    1. SilvaNoir Avatar
      SilvaNoir

      that’s definetly an ashtray

      I actually did write comics about a world full of canine-people in clothes that had the whole earth to themselves when I was younger. heh….

    2. CapnMac Avatar
      CapnMac

      Hmm, maybe it’s Texas, maybe it’s from knowing too many folk with Great Danes, Mastiffs, wolfhounds and the like–but 100-130# dogs are pretty commonplace to me. Far more so than 15-20# lap-creatures.

  6. Dave and Ferret Tribe Avatar
    Dave and Ferret Tribe

    I’m getting married in the morning!
    “Woof woof,” the bridesmaids all will bark.
    Pull out the stopper!
    Let’s have a whopper!
    But get me to the dog-run park!

  7. Artsy Computer Geek Avatar
    Artsy Computer Geek

    Maybe it’s time to redo the snark lounge. This seems like the perfect opportunity. First we can get some etc, etc, etc… and the 80 candle candelabra and go from there. I’m skipping the vintage marionettes, I know they are possessed. We’d come into the lounge one evening and those things would be dancing around all by themselves.

    1. LurkRealClose Avatar
      LurkRealClose

      Actually, marionettes dancing by themselves in vintage silk wedding kimonos might be just the thing we need to class up the snark lounge.

  8. David:) Avatar
    David:)

    Even dogs can find their soulmates!

    And what better way for them to dress up?

    1. Jen Avatar
      Jen

      what better way for them to dress up?

      Um, any way?

      1. SilvaNoir Avatar
        SilvaNoir

        My dog is a nudist (well, other than her collar). Most dogs are

  9. HamCan Avatar
    HamCan

    vintage marrionettes

    “But Geppetto, I said boy not Borzoi!”

  10. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    At first I thought it was this dog:

    http://bergerpicardclubofamerica.com/blog/?page_id=16

    But I keep thinking there is a different breed that is more exactly what I’m thinking of. I’ll be back later after some research.

    1. Angel Avatar
      Angel

      Looks like a briard with a trimmed face, or some sort of giant schnauzer mix (has to be rather large in order for the kimono to not engulf it.)

      1. CapnMac Avatar
        CapnMac

        There are a number of “child-sized” wedding kimono out there, too. Some of those are for bridal part membership/attendance, some just for that Japanese sake of making things in miniature.

        True bridal kimono is about three layers ‘deep’ too, not including juban or cloaks/outerwear. Would have about three different obi, as well, outer one being around 60cm wide.

      2. Sister Lyle Avatar
        Sister Lyle

        Yeah, I’d say probably a Schnauzer/ Airedale mix. It’s got the Airedale coloration with the Schnauzer coat. Given it’s clothing, I’d hazard that there must be some Shiba Inu in there as well.

        1. Windrose Avatar
          Windrose

          No, that only indicates the dog’s dresser was a Shiba Inu.

  11. Smedley Avatar
    Smedley

    I’m more worried about the beady little eyes upper right of the basketball.

    1. SilvaNoir Avatar
      SilvaNoir

      it’s a ninja!cat

  12. Sister Lyle Avatar
    Sister Lyle

    Does the jug below the light-blue turkey thermometer come with moonshine already in it? Or do you have a distillery for sale, too, so I can make my own?

  13. CoffDrop Avatar
    CoffDrop

    A KIMONO Toshio Nakae

    Feeling myself tied to
    some deep wonder,
    I tie several strings,
    fasten the obi tightly and look in the full-length mirror.

    Feeling myself tied
    with some bewildering bond,
    I fold many times over the psychological folds of womanhood
    which is linked to motherhood.

    I wrap my cold and burning body
    with infinite tenderness and warmth,
    while the man-woman relationship and four-season cycle
    have passed over the unchanging woman’s pleasure –

    and I found myself on that day in the fragrance of spring
    when he embraced me in my long-sleeved kimono
    showing yellow daffodils along a running stream.
    He gently praised my twenty-year-old petals.

  14. tigprincess Avatar
    tigprincess

    one light in the darkness gives us hope.
    two lights in the darkness give us confidence.
    three lights in the darkness gives us triangulation.
    four lights in the darkness gives us .. you get the picture
    so, kids, what does an 80 candle candelabra give us?
    Yes – a nutter!
    QED

    1. Smedley Avatar
      Smedley

      Three lights on a match equal headshot from a competent sniper, too.

  15. jg Avatar
    jg

    bullhorns calling a black madonna
    to a warmer clime
    making my escape, i don my silk kimono and place my
    stained glass candelabra in a steamer trunk

    it all must go

    – e. e. sparky

  16. Addicted Reader Avatar
    Addicted Reader

    I would only want to buy a silk wedding kimono if it’s been worn by a dog, so this is perfect!

  17. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Smedley, You’re such a flamer! Punchity Punch Punch!

    G’Night, Sicily!

    1. Smedley Avatar
      Smedley

      I need stronger refrigerator magnets.

      Oh, and:
      OOOOWWWWWW!!!!11!!!!

      That’s not fair, giving a guy a shot down there!

  18. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? 8)

    1. Dave and Ferret Tribe Avatar
      Dave and Ferret Tribe

      I know, right? One minute, I was having a fun time at the party, and the next, I woke up under the pink table with a pounding headache, dressed like this. Someone is going to pay.

      1. Lizzi Avatar
        Lizzi

        That just means you had a REALLY good time

      2. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        Dave, I think you had to pay in advance for that one.

    2. One Moving Violation Avatar
      One Moving Violation

      * quickly puts vintage silk wedding kimono inside victorian steamer trunk*
      *slams lid*

      Wha? Umm… Nothing, nothing at all! and umm, this isn’t what it looks like. Really. Umm, this isn’t mine. Honest! I don’t know how it got here. It’s umm, well… I gottagobye!

      1. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        Sure, you have a birthday, and all of a sudden things go wonky on the site. Coninkydink? I think not!

        1. One Moving Violation Avatar
          One Moving Violation

          Why thank you Windrose.

  19. Lizzi Avatar
    Lizzi

    Wait a minute….what if that dog is stuffed and Sparky wants to sell it too? Oh Sparky, no.

  20. Brer Fox Avatar
    Brer Fox

    “a vintaqge silk wedding kimono”

    Ooh, I just noticed that there is a cue in vintage. Why did the poster put it there? Was it because (s)he was thinking of the word antique while typing? I have a typothesis. (S)he accidentally hit the cue key at the same time as the a key. But I digress…

    What I was going to comment on was…OH NO! I FORGOT! IT WAS FUNNY! IT WAS HILARIOUS! I WOULD GO SO FAR AS TO SAY IT WAS…quaint. And now it’s just GONE!

    (sigh) Fame is a fleeting thing, and I almost had it. (double sigh)

    1. Windrose Avatar
      Windrose

      *skritches Brer between the ears* There, there, it’s okay. What comes around goes around. You’ll wake up at 2 am screaming it at the top of your lungs.

    2. Tankerbell Avatar
      Tankerbell

      A thousand doors for “typothesis”.

  21. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Dave and FT, your labors of snark got you into the box! Now go enjoy a day off! Punchity Punch Punch!

    Good Morning, Worker Bees!

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