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YSaC, Vol. 268: If it’s Saturday, it must be French Prevential Day!

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FRENCH PREVENTIAL FURNITURE

About 6 months ago i bought a Beautiful french prevential 3 piece living room set, hardly sat on, tags r still on… but now i need to sell the set, so serious callers only please… 🙂
ask for elizabeth, xxx xxx xxxx, also matching marble tables n capidimonte lamps from italy

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I guess if you’re going to have French Prevential furniture, you have to have ‘capidimonte‘ lamps to go with it. Because it’s not classy otherwise. (Okay, full disclosure: no, I didn’t know what a capodimonte lamp was either, but I knew enough to look it up!

You know what else is classy? Leaving the tags on your furniture for six months. Minnie Pearl would be proud.

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But wait, there’s more! (Of course there is.)

French Prevential Queen Bedroom Set – $550

Dark Wood. Queen Bed Frame, two nightstands wih drawers, and a dresser with mirror.
$550 or best offer.

Call Eunice (u-nis) (xxx)xxx-xxxx 10am-7pm

Thank goodness she let us know how to pronounce her name, because wouldn’t it be horribly embarrassing if you got a name wrong in a public place? Like, say, the name of the style of furniture you’re trying to sell on, say, Craigslist? Yep, that would be terribly embarrassing. Good thing she was thoughtful enough to prevent us from making a similar mistake.

Comments

33 responses to “YSaC, Vol. 268: If it’s Saturday, it must be French Prevential Day!”

  1. Sarah Jane Avatar
    Sarah Jane

    we should all call her and pronounce her name different
    u-nice
    e-nis
    e-nice

  2. Michelle Avatar
    Michelle

    I had to google prevential and look at the “did you mean?” to figure out it was supposed to be provincial. Humanity IS doomed.

    1. drmk Avatar
      drmk

      Michelle, you must be kind of new around here. Check out the French Prudential tag; this is an ongoing thing!

  3. kt Avatar
    kt

    so does the French Prevential Queen Bedroom keep the French out of the bedroom? i must invest immediately

  4. Tyler (tie-lerrr) Avatar
    Tyler (tie-lerrr)

    But does the French Prevential set have the tags still on the pieces?

  5. candace Avatar
    candace

    Damn, I was hoping for some more French Prudential pieces to go with my dresser, but alas…

  6. Brunogirl Avatar
    Brunogirl

    I must be the only one thinking how great it would be to have built in birth control with my bedroom furniture. Maybe the hideousness would prevent the act altogether – either way, I think this is perfect for illiterate singles.

  7. PrincessLuceval Avatar
    PrincessLuceval

    Can we mix and match our various French Prevential, Preventional, Prudential pieces? Or are they each a decorating period of their own?

    1. Zed Avatar
      Zed

      You can totally mix them – they’re all from the Yesteryear Period (although Prudential is on the cusp of Yore) so they fit together beautifully.

  8. LALIA Avatar
    LALIA

    it’s called PROVINCIAL!!!!!
    I’m annoyed with all the bad french

    1. drmk Avatar
      drmk

      Um, we know. That’s the joke.

    2. Dave and Ferret Tribe Avatar
      Dave and Ferret Tribe

      It’s spelled provisional! Sorry, I’ve got work on the brain.

    3. Windrose Avatar
      Windrose

      Wow, if Corey was a woman once, this would be she.

      1. Grampdaddy Avatar
        Grampdaddy

        [Lalia] It’s not COREY!!!!!
        I get annoyed when I get bad French, too. [/Lalia]

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

        And it’s not spelled “Lalia”, it’s spelled “Layla”! DAMN WOMAN!

        I’m probably just shouting a ghost, aren’t I?

        Hey Grampdaddy, you know what they say: Even when it’s bad French, it’s still French.

        1. Grampdaddy Avatar
          Grampdaddy

          and that’s why The Man says “LayyyyyyLaaaa, got me on my knees. Layla, beggin’ darlin’, please…”

  9. SR Avatar
    SR

    Perhaps it was the “prevential” nature of this listing which prevented you from putting a close paren at the end of your first paragraph? Pedantry power to maximum! 🙂

    1. drmk Avatar
      drmk

      http://xkcd.com/859/

  10. Sister Mary Rudabaga Avatar
    Sister Mary Rudabaga

    French Preventional furniture is okay, I guess. But I really would prefer something along the lines of Contemporanian Cliche.

    1. Dave and Ferret Tribe Avatar
      Dave and Ferret Tribe

      But do you still have the tags on so that we know it’s real Contemporanian Cliché and not some knockoff? If so, please call Dave (D-ay-v).

      1. Sister Mary Rudabaga Avatar
        Sister Mary Rudabaga

        But what if I want to call you Shirley?

        1. Windrose Avatar
          Windrose

          Shirley Knott!

  11. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    I’d love to buy the living room set, but it would clash with all the Danish Moodren I already have. Sorry.

    Signed,

    Windrose (whindd Rooooooseeeee)

    1. Sister Mary Rudabaga Avatar
      Sister Mary Rudabaga

      That’s not phonetic! I don’t know what to call you! *panics, runs into the wall, passes out*

      1. Windrose Avatar
        Windrose

        *sigh* We’re going to need another *checks name* Sister Mary Rudabaga!

      2. Grampdaddy Avatar
        Grampdaddy

        Clean-up on aisle 4, snark lounge….

      3. Grampdaddy Avatar
        Grampdaddy

        That’s not phonetic!

        What the heck do the Phoenicians have to do with bedroom furniture? I’m confused.

        Grampdaddy (yddadpmarG)

    2. Dave and Ferret Tribe Avatar
      Dave and Ferret Tribe

      I’ve done my dining room in Trey-Mo-Darren.

      1. Grampdaddy Avatar
        Grampdaddy

        Are Trey and Mo Bobbie’s brothers?

  12. Bianchi Sound Avatar
    Bianchi Sound

    *Goes to French Prevential well*

    *Lowers bucket*

    *Raises bucket*

    Nope, nothing left…

  13. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    How many yaks would a yak shaver shave if a yak shaver could shave yaks?

  14. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    LimeLolly, you wanted to know what’s wrong with you. Well, darling, maybe you’ve had one too many of these: Punchity Punch Punch!

    G’Night, Gallia Transalpina!

    1. LimeLolly Avatar
      LimeLolly

      Whut? I was in the box?

      Why don’t I remember this weekend? Windy, did you have a prevential glove? And… this explains the knot on my forehead.

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