You Suck at Craigslist

YSaC, Vol. CXCVIII

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Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie – $65

Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark Hello there. It is 16x. I think it is also lightscribe. The Lacie brand is one of the best products specializing in macs but also work with pcs. Call Mark xxx xxx-xxxx. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. Thanks, Mark

I am posting on Craigslist, in a city different than the one you are in now. I am posting my text, and I am going to post it again and again until the words of the post run together so that any semblance of meaning, with perhaps the exception of my phone number, is destroyed. What you will read, then, are the words of my post over and over and over. I regard this activity not so much as a demonstration of a Craigslist post, but more as a way to sell a LaCie Lightscribe 16x DVD+/-RW.

Explanation (of my obscure reference — I can’t help you with his!) is here and here.

Incidentally, I’m quite amused that one of the tags for the recording in the second link is “exactly what it says on the tin”.

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29 responses to “YSaC, Vol. CXCVIII”

  1. Martha Avatar
    Martha

    I’ve wondered where that statement comes from since the first day I came here. Is it pulled from a product or something?

  2. katiekawaii Avatar
    katiekawaii

    I was a little curious before, but now I’m just insanely curious: what’s up with “exactly what it says on the tin”? Where did that come from? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!

  3. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    In a nutshell, it means that what you see is what you get.

  4. drmk Avatar
    drmk

    Yup. I figured the name of the blog was description enough. I think it’s a phrase of British origin — at least, I’ve heard my British friends say it far more frequently than anyone else.

    1. tigprincess Avatar
      tigprincess

      It was used on The Apprentice recently. One candidate was asked to sum himself up without using any management phrases or analogies or whatever and said “I am exactly what it says on the tin” Classic.

    2. D "New Here, / In A Way" DM Avatar
      D “New Here, / In A Way” DM

      Ahem…

      http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

      In which You Suck At Craigslist is mentioned under “Web Original.”

      Warning: If you haven’t been to tvtropes.org, make sure you’ve got hours to waste down the rabbit hole. You’ll need them.

  5. Rebecca_J Avatar
    Rebecca_J

    Bahaha. Consider your commentary “more than adequate.”

  6. Logan Avatar
    Logan

    Ronseal woodstain. It does exactly what it says on the tin. The phrase has been used for Ronseal’s slogan since 1994 in their ads in the UK.

    I love how “Mark” posts that message hundreds of times then says “Willing to do computer work”. I’m not gonna pay him if he does the same task 100 times in a row.

  7. Sister Lyle Avatar
    Sister Lyle

    Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead. Sparky: Apply force directly to the forehead.

    1. Dave and Ferret Tribe Avatar
      Dave and Ferret Tribe

      adore adore adore adore adore adore adore adore adore

    2. Smedley Avatar
      Smedley

      And… Thank you very much for the earworm.

  8. ghostcat Avatar
    ghostcat

    I don’t need any computer repairs done, but due to a recent storm I am looking for a ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER ROOFER

    1. Sister Lyle Avatar
      Sister Lyle

      Here’s one!

      1. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        Point of fact, that’s a Woofer. A Woofer. A Woofer. A Woofer.

  9. Dave and Ferret Tribe Avatar
    Dave and Ferret Tribe

    Hello there. I am also looking for some cash today. Willing to do some computer work fixing, upgrading, troubleshooting etc. As you can see, I am very good at using control-C and control-V.

  10. D "Repetition for / Dramatic Effect" DM D "Repetition for / Dramatic Effect" DM D "Repetition for / Dramatic Effect" DM D "Repetition for / Dramatic Effect" DM Avatar
    D “Repetition for / Dramatic Effect” DM D “Repetition for / Dramatic Effect” DM D “Repetition for / Dramatic Effect” DM D “Repetition for / Dramatic Effect” DM

    This ad is a commentary on society’s obsession with and reliance on technology. What happens when something goes wrong? We delegate so many tasks to the machines, one wonders if we’d even know what to do if they all stopped working. Would we just be stuck in an endless loop? Thankfully there are people like Mark to fix what needs fixing. This ad is a commentary on society’s obsession with and reliance on technology. What happens when something goes wrong? We delegate so many tasks to the machines, one wonders if we’d even know what to do if they all stopped working. Would we just be stuck in an endless loop? Thankfully there are people like Mark to fix what needs fixing. This ad is a commentary on society’s obsession with and reliance on technology. What happens when something goes wrong? We delegate so many tasks to the machines, one wonders if we’d even know what to do if they all stopped working. Would we just be stuck in an endless loop? Thankfully there are people like Mark to fix what needs fixing. This ad is a commentary on society’s obsession with and reliance on technology. What happens when something goes wrong? We delegate so many tasks to the machines, one wonders if we’d even know what to do if they all stopped working. Would we just be stuck in an endless loop? Thankfully there are people like Mark to fix what needs fixing.

  11. Sister Lyle Avatar
    Sister Lyle

    Someone go smack the record player. It’s skipping again.

    1. Spaceman.Spiff Avatar
      Spaceman.Spiff

      Whazza ‘record player’?

      1. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        It’s something we old people talk about. Back in our day, style of thing.

  12. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry. Hello there. I’m a pretty bird. Meow! Come here, come here. Got water? Got apple? Got cereal? I’m sorry.

    1. Sister Lyle Avatar
      Sister Lyle

      I’m guessing this is a fairly normal conversation in the Windy Household.

      1. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        Sometimes there are random pauses at various points, and sometimes another parrot will pick up while the other rests. They have some kind of union, I guess.

    2. ghostcat Avatar
      ghostcat

      I find it funny that they have learned to say “I’m sorry.”

      I bet the birds meowing tends to freak people out.

      1. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        The TAG is the one who meows, and we just got her a week ago. If she doesn’t get attention with the meow, it gets louder and snarlier. It just cracks me up. Our footless CAG is the one who says she’s sorry. We think the previous owner may have accidentally knocked Bo off wherever she was hanging in the cage, and would say “I’m sorry!” Now every time Bo falls herself, she will say I’m sorry. Sometimes when we leave the room at night, she starts saying “I’m Sorry!” like she thinks she did something wrong and it made us go away.

        Oh, translation of aviculture terms: TAG = Timneh African Gray, CAG = Congo African Gray. The TAGs are smaller, a bit more skittish, and have dark maroon tails instead of the bright red tails the CAGs have. Oddly enough our TAG is more tame than either of our CAGs.

  13. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Irregular Fractal is in the box today, and well deserved, but we had so many great comments yesterday that I want to call them out for Honorable Mention:

    Accident.
    Dave and Ferret Tribe.
    HamCan.
    Innana.

    Thank you all for playing, your lovely parting gifts are in the mail!

  14. funky "eMonkey" monkey Avatar
    funky “eMonkey” monkey

    All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Today is my last day of work for a whole freakin’ week, I rock so many balls. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

  15. D "Wait, That's / Not Right" DM Avatar
    D “Wait, That’s / Not Right” DM

    HEEEEEEEEEEERE’S MONKEY!!!

  16. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    IF, I didn’t mean to neglect your Punchity Punch Punch, but I seem to make myself too tired to punch on Saturday nights. I apologize. Do forgive me.

    Good Morning, Ronseal!

  17. Aaron Avatar
    Aaron

    He he he… 🙂 Gotta love spam machine failure.

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