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YSaC, Vol. 264: The suck runs deep with this one.

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Free Chickens

Have 520 chickens-must get off the property IMMEDIATELY! I will NOT give the chickens to black people, I don’t like them! Sorry!
Call Fat Willie- (270)xxx-xxxx

This one was flagged almost immediately — what a surprise. And again, it was difficult to restrain myself from leaving in the phone number.

Jami (from DateWrecks) sent this one in, pointing out that the neighborhood in which this was listed is not exactly country bumpkin land; she says it’s a southern urban area. That’s rather a lot of chickens even if you ARE on a farm, instead of having them running around your three bedroom split-level ranch. I’m thinking Fat Willie might have had a run-in with Animal Control.

I can’t even make up a funny story in my head about this one. Not to perpetuate stereotypes or anything, but:

  1. Southern
  2. Racist
  3. Going by the sobriquet of “Fat Willie”

… the “asshat” tag is kind of unavoidable, isn’t it?

Comments

21 responses to “YSaC, Vol. 264: The suck runs deep with this one.”

  1. Monica Hamburg Avatar
    Monica Hamburg

    This has ad had to be posted on Craigslist by someone with a hate-on for the person at that phone number.

    Or so I choose to believe.

  2. Martha Avatar
    Martha

    Maybe in the statement ‘I don’t like them’, the ‘them’ refers to the chickens.

    I got nothing. People suck hard.

  3. kt Avatar
    kt

    seems counterintuative

  4. Jami Avatar
    Jami

    I bet they’re his neighbor’s chickens.

    And really, this area is like… URBAN. Not like split level homes in the ‘burbs – like lofts and live/work communities.

  5. Regina Avatar
    Regina

    I like (well, “like”) how he immediately apologizes for being a bigot. That’s the Southern chivalry you hear so much about.

  6. dogface Avatar
    dogface

    Seems that Fat Willie is doing all the work for us.

  7. cf Avatar
    cf

    Personally, i’ve always managed to fight the urge to start a poultry farm in my apartment…. although i do love omelets

    There’s definitely something sketchy going on.
    There arent many reasons to have 500+ chickens (or that high of a demand for them, i bet) and the rush to immediately drop them on any random person that will take them. I think is in a race against a District Attorney.

    And as far as bigots go, he is at least candid and polite.

  8. PrincessLuceval Avatar
    PrincessLuceval

    I wonder if these were cockfighting roosters? It fits. He’s a c*cksucker.

  9. cf Avatar
    cf

    ah-ha!

    “southern urban area” – Atlanta
    +possible cock-fighting ring

    Michael Vick strikes again.

    1. Christin Avatar
      Christin

      Actually, this post really confuses me, because I grew up in the area code 270: it’s the entire western half of Kentucky, some of which is VERY rural.

      On the other hand, I now have a 770 phone number, because I live in Atlanta.

      Was the area code changed from the original post? Because while 770 is Atlanta, 270 can be anything from Louisville, KY on down to some veeerrrrry rural bits of Kentucky.

  10. Colleen in MA Avatar
    Colleen in MA

    What a coincidence!! I have an empty coop that holds 520 chickens!!!!! Oh wait, I don’t do business with racists. I don’t like them! Sorry!

  11. CE Blog Avatar
    CE Blog

    Well, there is the grammatical ambiguity of construction. He COULD mean that he won’t give the chickens to black people BECAUSE HE LIKES BLACK PEOPLE and doesn’t want to burden them with unreasonable quantities of chickens. Or troublemaking chickens of inferior caliber. Or something. Ahem.

  12. kristen55 Avatar
    kristen55

    ‘Fat Willie’, huh? Sounds like a prank pulled off by some wanker to me.

  13. That person Avatar
    That person

    So…how come Southern=asshat?
    Just curious.

    1. Kiki Avatar
      Kiki

      That’s my question. Hey, guess what? I’m from Birmingham, Al. I’m white. I speak with an accent. I’ve never owned farm animals. Also, I’m not racist. Being a white person from the south doesn’t mean you’re racist. I’m so sick and tired of people assuming I hate every one who isn’t white because I’m from Alabama. I love the south and I love my hometown. Yes, there are racist people in the south, but lest anyone forget, there are racist people EVERYWHERE!!!!!! Quit picking on the south. It just pisses me off.

      1. drmk Avatar
        drmk

        I meant for all three of those things to be taken together, not individually. When combined, those three things = asshat. Some may contribute to the tag more than others.

      2. bd Avatar
        bd

        K, You may not be racist. but you’re clearly not too bright because you completely missed the point.
        Maybe you and “that person” should stop being so overly defensive and reread the posting.

        1. That person Avatar
          That person

          Overly defensive? I’m pretty sure I just asked a question. Even if we’re “not too bright,” at least I asked a (arguably) valid question, and Kiki responded with her opinion of a similar nature, instead of jumping the gun and calling people too defensive and unintelligent. Lighten up, kid.

      3. j Avatar
        j

        Sorry, “ain’t no ham…like Birmingham” has a point. I thought maybe a black person posted it. I guess it could be a joke, or the cockfighting ring thing- hispanic. The old ATL is an international city now and people from other cultures pretty much take their hating in stride.
        Thin Lizzy
        p. s. Some of my best friends are black-see
        “Things White People Like”

  14. dorfkal Avatar
    dorfkal

    I love how he says, “I don’t like them, sorry!”

    Awww, such a polite racist

  15. Hiyame Avatar
    Hiyame

    Here is my question: If you have over five hundred chickens, why would you care who they go to? If, as other posters have mentioned, you are trying to beat the courts and get rid of the chickens from your “cock-fighting ring/poultry farm in your apartment”, wouldn’t you be giving those things away to freaking anyone? That is some strong racism… “Sure, I’m going to go to jail if I don’t get rid of these things quickly, but I’d rather do that then speak with a black person for ten seconds.” And if he was racist, wouldn’t he assume that a black person would want chickens more than other people? That is the joke, isn’t it? Though, maybe that was why he mentioned them specificially. Maybe he hates all races and just doesn’t expect as much trouble from others… Hmm… So many questions, so few answers. Though, I think I need help that I’m putting this much thought into an old, bad, craigslist ad… Bah.

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