YSaC, Vol. 1108: Metal as anything.

2011 October 26

CRAP METAL


Old 3 wheeler and some car parts.Call-GONE-for list of stuff.SORRY IT IS GONE.

Crap! Metal!

I was hoping for carbon fiber, or maybe reggae. But no, all we have is all this dadgum metal lying around! Oh, wait, it’s gone. Rats. Now I’m sorry it is gone.

Thanks for the link, f4b!

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  1. 2011 October 26
    Lola permalink

    My first thought when I saw the header was, “Hey, buddy, nobody’s going to take your Poison, Skid Row, and Cinderella cassette tapes from 1989 if you talk about them like that. Have some sales savvy, Sparky!”

    “Wait, it’s gone? Guess I was wrong!”

    After I read the part about three wheels and realized it wasn’t a musically-related I still wanted to know how it got away so fast.

    Adores: 4
    • 2011 October 26
      LimeLolly permalink

      All the metal may be gone, but not his Rock N Roll.

      Adores: 4
  2. 2011 October 26

    Crap Metal and Old 3 Wheeler are IF’s cover bands for Cradle of Filth and REO Speedwagon.

    Adores: 11
    • 2011 October 26
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      There’s a neighborhood here in town called Reo Town (for historic reasons). They’ve recently erected a HUGE sign at the neighborhood border IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, and I can’t help but belt out a verse of, Can’t Fight This Feelin’ every time I drive by.

      I really think they should just go the extra mile and rig up a loudspeaker to do the same.

      Adores: 6
  3. 2011 October 26
    CoffDrop permalink

    Gone? With the wind? Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn………..

    Adores: 5
  4. 2011 October 26

    Now Sparky is just bragging – you don’t see me posting ads on CraigsList for all the crap (both metallic and non-metallic) I don’t have anymore.

    Adores: 8
    • 2011 October 26

      Hell, I couldn’t list the crap I don’t have anymore if my life depended on it! In fact, I can’t remember the crap I do have, which explains the three half-empty bottles of ketchup in the fridge right now.

      Adores: 15
      • 2011 October 26

        Same here. I just cleared out the spice rack last night when I couldn’t sleep. Who needs THAT much oregano?

        Adores: 7
        • 2011 October 26

          Probably the same person who could use the three partial bottles of cinnamon I found last time I cleaned out mine.

          Adores: 7
        • 2011 October 26

          I think my count of half-used vanilla extract totals 5 now…

          Adores: 6
        • 2011 October 26
          funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

          When Hubby Monkey and I first combined households we had a combined total of 6 bottles of mustard. We ate a lot of potato salad and bologny sandwiches that first year. Ah, memories.

          Adores: 5
  5. 2011 October 26

    I can’t help but thinking GONE is the name of the sparky selling the crap metal (and is apologizing for being himself). Call Gone for list of stuff. Sorry, it’s Gone! Oh, that Gone… always posting the darndest of listings and talking in the third person.

    Adores: 8
    • 2011 October 26

      …. if Mindfield were here, he’d make up a story with some guy named Gone selling metal.

      Now I have a sad.

      Adores: 8
      • 2011 October 26

        *hands Sister the remainder of the tissue box and fluffy pillow*

        You’re going to need these.

        Adores: 5
      • 2011 October 26
        CapnMac permalink

        And, I’d read “Gone” as the Romangi form of “gHo^né” and spend hours contemplating the possible Nihongo puns such a name might have, and not hit the “Submit Comment” button near soon enough for the rest of the gang to make Hyacinth “BOO-Kay”japes and satires…sigh.

        Adores: 0
    • 2011 October 26
      funky "eMonkey" monkey permalink

      Hey! That must be that uncle I never met! Anytime I ask Aunt Beulah about her husband, she just says he’s Long Gone and then curses and spits.

      Ah, and I see he’s into crap. Yep, now his nickname makes sense, she’d say “shit” a lot when talking about him.

      Adores: 5
      • 2011 October 26
        Bombdude permalink

        At least he was a Long Gone…

        Adores: 2
  6. 2011 October 26
    MandaB permalink

    I have not had coffee yet. As a result I find myself analyzing this. Was it a typo? Or was Sparky unfamiliar with the correct term? If he sewed something would he say he had some fabric craps left over? These are the questions that the non-caffienated brain struggles with today. Must locate snark, ASAP.

    Adores: 5
  7. 2011 October 26
    Windrose permalink

    I liked Old 3 Wheeler before they sold out. Now they just try to make everything sound like their big hit, “All This Crap IS Gone!”

    Adores: 8
  8. 2011 October 26

    Vanishing Phones is IF’s crap metal band.

    Adores: 2
    • 2011 October 26
      Irregular Fractal permalink

      It’s spelled VANishing Phönes, thank you very much, on the side of our custom Econoline. Be sure to check out the three-wolf tableau on the back doors, man.

      Adores: 6
  9. 2011 October 26
    Windrose permalink

    MandaB and Hannah are in the box! I feel like I’m repeating myself. Maybe they are tag-teaming us and we don’t even know it.

    Adores: 1
    • 2011 October 26

      Crap.

      Adores: 1
      • 2011 October 26

        Metal.

        Adores: 3
        • 2011 October 26
          Karmyn permalink

          Rock lobster?

          Adores: 5
        • 2011 October 26
          Irregular Fractal permalink

          There goes a narwhal!

          Adores: 2
    • 2011 October 26
      MandaB permalink

      Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock?

      Adores: 5
      • 2011 October 26
        MandaB permalink

        D’OH! This was supposed to be nested under Kamryn’s Rock Lobster comment. Sigh…

        Adores: 1
        • 2011 October 26

          You still get my geek crush today for it, Manda 🙂 Even if you’ve experienced nesting fail.

          Adores: 1
      • 2011 October 26
        MandaB permalink

        I feel loved! 🙂

        Adores: 1
  10. 2011 October 26
    Karmyn permalink

    Sparky, if you’re crapping metal, you might want to see your doctor. You should know better than to try to eat a motorcycle.

    Adores: 6
    • 2011 October 26
      Lola permalink

      It was just an accidental OD of Geritol! Honest!

      Adores: 2
  11. 2011 October 26
    kelli permalink

    Poor Sparky, just as he was posting this ad, his crap metal disappeared right before his eyes.

    Adores: 1
  12. 2011 October 26
    Irregular Fractal permalink

    See, there’s no SORRY in metal. I suspect this crap metal is just edgy country and western. There are lots of sorrys in c&w.

    Adores: 7
  13. 2011 October 26
    SpaceBug permalink

    All my saxophones are crap metal…

    …but only when I play them.

    Adores: 7
  14. 2011 October 26

    I got out of bed for *this*?

    ::grumble grumble crappy weather grumble::

    Adores: 4
  15. 2011 October 26
    TinyBallOfLight permalink

    My mom — who is a hoarder and frequent garage sale customer — would read this ad and say: “Oh, it’s gone. But now I want it.”

    It’s a good thing she doesn’t know how to use the computer I completely set up for her, or she’d really be in trouble. The internet opens up a whole new world of shopaholic possibilities for her. It’s better that she stays blissfully ignorant.

    Adores: 3
    • 2011 October 26

      She would be attracted to craigslist like a sparkette to flaming pudding.

      Adores: 6
  16. 2011 October 26

    Anyone else notice that the internet as a whole has been rather quiet today?

    Adores: 2
    • 2011 October 26

      It’s been a slow week. I blame gnomes.

      Adores: 4
      • 2011 October 26
        CapnMac permalink

        I spent 6:21 hours (383.9miles) driving today–it was good, it was necessary, but, it kept me from filling up the inter-tuubs to full today/

        Adores: 0
  17. 2011 October 26
    Ralph permalink

    When my house burned down, I had to provide a list of all my crap metal that is gone to my insurance company. There were hundreds of metal items alone, and I didn’t even list all the tools and hardware separately. The total list was thousands of items, and took months. I thought I was done with that exercise; I didn’t know I was supposed to announce it on craigslist.

    Adores: 5
  18. 2011 October 27
    Windrose permalink

    Hannah, MandaB, hope your day was enjoyable. Punchity Punch Punch x2!

    G’Night, Geoffrey!

    Adores: 0

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