YSaC, Vol. 205: The finest, handcrafted Italian French furniture.

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An update! Qu’elle surprise … for some inexplicable reason, some French Prudential furniture that was listed earlier on Craigslist did not sell (mon Dieu!), so they’ve dropped the price and are trying again.

french prudential corner china closet – $300


1 corner china closet ,french prudential

call any time #xxx-xxx-xxxx

french prudential furniture set – $4000


For $4000 or best offer you will be getting 4 piece sofa set ,3 piece table set,a small bar stand,two lamps,1 big mirrow . that’s a 11 piece set .all french prudential al italian made,it could be sold seperately or togethere

call any time #xxx-xxx-xxxx

It’s nice to see that some things don’t change, including a complete disregard for common rules of punctuation and spelling, n’est-ce pas? However, we now find out that French Prudential furniture is made by some Italian named Al.

And I’m kind of liking the word “togethere”. It implies that everyone in a group is all in the same place, and is somewhere else … over there. They are togethere. It is, how the French say, le mot juste.

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17 responses to “YSaC, Vol. 205: The finest, handcrafted Italian French furniture.”

  1. candace Avatar
    candace

    I heard that Al makes the best FrePruTalian mirrows, and I can’t wait to get one!

  2. jill Avatar

    Maybe people are hesitant to hand over $4000 to someone who can’t even work a comma. I’d email the poster, but that might ruin the fun!

  3. Kris Avatar
    Kris

    A “mirrow” just sounds sooooo cute. I want one!

  4. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    That is the French-Italian way of spelling “mirror.” Everyone knows that! ;-P

  5. Baron von Rochester Avatar

    No, no — “togethere” is “together” with an appropriately Prudential French accent. “To-ge-thairrr.” You know.

    1. lmaocol Avatar
      lmaocol

      OMG!! I did not know there were any ‘French Prudential’ teacher’s about! Your lesson has caused me to use up 2, nay, 3! tissues in mopping up my tears of laughter!!! -see name-

  6. Obélix Avatar
    Obélix

    Sapristi! I am French and I don’t even know what French Prudential furniture eez! It must be like French Dressing, not French at all. Pas du tout du tout du tout…

    Au fait, zhere eez no apostrophe in “quelle”. 🙂
    Merci!

    1. Steph Avatar
      Steph

      I was just about to say that! I’ve taken French for the past four years of high school (well, okay, it was two years spread over four), and by now, I should know where the apostrophes go and do not go!

  7. waj Avatar

    My first thought was that perhaps they meant to suggest that the furniture was “Alitalian-made”.

    After all, who makes better French Prudential furniture than an Italian airline?

  8. LALIA Avatar
    LALIA

    ok first of all .. there is NO SUCH THING as French ” prudential” furniture … Prudential is a INSURANCE term …

    1. drmk Avatar
      drmk

      You’re new here, aren’t you?

      1. kolkata Avatar
        kolkata

        not just new here but in the insurance field too!!

  9. kolkata Avatar
    kolkata

    …mind the use of ‘a’ …. as in ‘a insurance’….literature anyone?

  10. emesis Avatar
    emesis

    Is no one else bothered by the fact that this china closet only has 1 corner? How is that even possible? I guess it could be a tear drop shape, but how would it balance? Is it like a Weeble? If so, can you still store things in this closet? Unless you glue the china to the inside, won’t it get broken when the closet wobbles but doesn’t fall down?

    1. isaac Avatar

      Maybe it’s a like a Mobius hutch. Or a Klein armoire.

  11. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    Fantastic! I always wanted an French made object crafted by an Italian named Al. The one who submitted this add must really be one of two things, Drunk or stoned. I vote stoned!

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