YSaC, Vol. 1575: Brrm Brrm Brrm BRRM!

2013 August 9

VALENTINE SPECIAL – $45


BACKPACK LEAF BLOWER, GAS POWERED, AND NEARLY NEW. SHE WILL LOVE IT, OR SO WOULD A HE. REDUCED TO $ 45.; COST $ 150. LAST FALL.

This just worked out terribly, don’t you think? It’s not that the recipient didn’t like the leaf blower. The large, noisy, stinky, gas-powered leaf blower. No, the problem is that she loved it.

“Honey, look what I got you for Valentine’s Day.”
“Oh, wow – it’s JUST what I wanted. This is amazing!”
“So, how about we go upst..”
*BRRROOOOMMMM, BRRRMM BRRM BRRMMM BRRMMM BRRRRRMRRMRMMMM!!*
“HONEY, DO YOU HAVE TO USE THAT NOW?”
“WHAT??” (BRRRNBNBNMMMBMBRBRRMRMRMMBMBMRMMMM!!)
“I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO SNUGGLE!”
“YES, I THINK IT’S A GREAT GIFT TOO, THANKS!”
“THAT’S NOT WHAT I…”
*BRRMBMRMBM BMRMRMBMRmBMRM BMRRMM!!!!*

Of course, this is all just idle speculation.

DAN AT ###-####

Er.

Thanks for the post, Lynnette!

28 Responses leave one →
  1. 2013 August 9
    PrincessLuceval permalink

    “Leaf me alone, you rake!”

    I’ll show myself out.

    Adores: 9
  2. 2013 August 9

    And that’s why you were looking for a more comfortable couch on Craigslist. The rest is Interwebs History!

    Adores: 1
  3. 2013 August 9

    Wow, the box is at capacity today! And Full Box is my Crowded House cover band that IF rejected. *sigh*

    Adores: 1
  4. 2013 August 9

    I’m single and alone, so I always wait to buy my leaf blowers until the day after Valentine’s Day. Home Depot always has a big shopping cart full of the unsold ones, and they’re marked way down.

    Adores: 11
    • 2013 August 9
      nojazzhere permalink

      “VALENTINE SPECIAL-$45”
      She will love it..nearly new…
      Also available…radial arm saw…ginormous screen TV…bass boat rig…large collection of porn DVD’s…wife’s just not very romantic or sentimental. Maybe you’ll have better luck….Dan at ###-###-####

      Adores: 5
  5. 2013 August 9

    “I’m sorry, honey, I thought you said you wanted a blower for Valentine’s Day. You shouldn’t mumble next time.”

    Adores: 19
  6. 2013 August 9
    SilvaNoir permalink

    It’s better than a woodchipper full of chocolates, I suppose

    Adores: 3
    • 2013 August 9
      zero.nada.none. permalink

      I don’t know,SilvaNoir, in my experience a compost barrel full of chocolate will send most women swooning…don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it.

      Adores: 3
      • 2013 August 9
        CapnMac permalink

        if your compost is making people swoon, you may need to add potassium, teenaged virgin tears, and a good forking to reduce the ammonia outgassing.

        Adores: 2
        • 2013 August 9
          nojazzhere permalink

          Capn…. I find if it’s full of chocolate, it leads to a good forking…in spite of my outgassing.

          Adores: 3
  7. 2013 August 9
    CapnMac permalink

    Last Fall

    Somehow I doubt this with seem a divine comedy.

    Not without invoking Hieronymus Bosch as a hallmark card illustrator.

    Hmm, or are we to apply Sr Alighieri to this as an endlessly-repeating, ever-worsening cycle spiraling deeper and deeper into a Perdition of our own making? Where is that Webb’s Wonder cabbage . . . ?

    Adores: 1
    • 2013 August 9
      CapnMac permalink

      [gahk! pre-coffee speelink–please substitute “will’ for “with” in the first line, above[/back to regularly scheduled programming]

      Adores: 0
  8. 2013 August 9
    Zippy Slug permalink

    Somewhere in here, there’s a joke about giving a woman a Valentine’s Day gift that does the blowing for her. . .

    Adores: 5
  9. 2013 August 9
    HamCan permalink

    I wonder if it runs in reverse…

    Adores: 3
    • 2013 August 9

      Just what the world needs, another sucker.

      Adores: 4
      • 2013 August 9
        CapnMac permalink

        [slightly o/t]
        I recently learned that the fellow who anchored “ponzi scheme” into our language was also the same fellow who made selling bits of Florida swamp land to the gullible into a meme.
        P.T. Barnum is proved right again.
        [/sucker o/t]

        Adores: 1
  10. 2013 August 9
    Demon Duck of Doom permalink

    That’s sweet, but I was really hoping for one of those pipe snake cameras.

    Adores: 1
    • 2013 August 9

      Every year for Christmas I would ask Santa for two things; a pony and a Dremel tool. I eventually got the Dremel tool, but I’m still waiting on the pony.

      Adores: 1
      • 2013 August 9
        nojazzhere permalink

        Ghostie…Ronald Reagan recommended digging into large piles of pony poop to find said pony. Have you tried that?..maybe you could use the Dremel….be optimistic!!!!

        Adores: 3
  11. 2013 August 9
    Irregular Fractal permalink

    Dear Sparky,

    The accepted Male Privilege culture counterpoint to Valentine’s Day is Steak and Blowjob Day, occurring precisely one month later.

    Please note the spelling.

    It is not Stake and Blow Job Day, which is the accepted pre-Arbor Day celebration, occurring precisely one month earlier to prepare your yard and garden.

    Mulch Love,
    IF

    Adores: 5
  12. 2013 August 9
    limelolly permalink

    Yay for power tools!!

    I love blowing le….

    Uh, what I mean is, it’s so much fun to see the swirling….

    Oh, come’on guys, this is hard!!

    dammit

    Adores: 7
  13. 2013 August 9

    I can picture the scene now.

    Their first Valentine’s Day together. Her anticipation – jewellery, perhaps lingerie. She’d settle for flowers and chocolate of course, after all it’s the thought that counts. She’s prepared a delicious meal, champagne is chilling in the fridge.

    “Happy Valentine’s Day, darling. I bought you a gift. It’s a leaf blower. You know, for your yard. I bet you didn’t even know you needed a new one.”

    Thirty seconds’ extremely tense silence.

    “Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. Darling.”

    Adores: 1
    • 2013 August 9

      I would like to amend this to read, “Thirty seconds of extremely violent mauling.”

      Adores: 2
  14. 2013 August 10

    Who’s that snarking in the box? C””J, ghostie, One! Good Job! Punchity Punch Punch!

    Good Morning, Home Improvement Fans!

    Adores: 0

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