YSaC, Vol. 307: They have their own Society, you know.

2009 May 20

Comfortable overstuffed chair w/audubon – $30


We’ve had this in our enclosed deck and it’s in good shape with no tears, no odors, smokers or cats around. It has a drip stain from a storm that some water got in from but will clean up very nice for any room. xxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com

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This endangered species of audubon was preserved thanks to the efforts of the National Audubon Society. Please remember them with your philathropic donations, because if audubons go extinct, where will we put our feet? WON’T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE FEET??

Sorry, but this is a cause I believe in very strongly, as you can tell. I’ve seen firsthand the devastation that losing a species of audubon can create, and I don’t want this to happen to the rest of the civilized world. SAVE THE AUDUBONS!

And if you’re not interested in saving the audubons (because you’re a TERRIBLE person), perhaps you’d be interested in this?

Free couch and 2 automans


free couch little stained…i usually just put a blanket over it…i got it for free on CL so i just wanted to return the favor. Two matching automans as well. Cannot deliver or help load.

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Maybe free automans will tug at your heartstrings enough. No? My god, people, what do I have to do to get through to you?

[Thanks to Roz and Amanda for submitting these listings!]

49 Responses leave one →
  1. 2009 May 20

    The last item missing from my collection is the EXTREMELY rare French Prudential Audubon. It’s a very elusive creature that can often be found lurking near large herds of Dinning Tables. And on another note, does that picture of the couch make anyone else dizzy?

    Adores: 3
  2. 2009 May 20
    joe permalink

    “little stained…i usually just put a blanket over it…” Other times, I don’t. Hence the stains.

    Adores: 9
  3. 2009 May 20
    Nathan permalink

    I think this stems from a confusion between an ottoman and the Autobahn. Perhaps he was trying to sell two German highways?

    Adores: 1
  4. 2009 May 20
    jackie31337 permalink

    Not that ottoman makes much more sense, despite being the correct word. I’m tempted to call people up and ask if they mean Ottoman as in the empire or the thing you put your feet on.

    Adores: 2
  5. 2009 May 20
    Colleen in MA permalink

    I’m just relieved they didn’t call that chair a sofa.

    Adores: 0
  6. 2009 May 20
    Lizzy permalink

    As long as it’s not free automatons, I’m in. Robots scare me.

    Adores: 5
  7. 2009 May 20

    You know this reminds me of a great story about American ornithologist and artist John James. You know the guy. His effort to catalog every species of bird in the United States resulted in the publication of The Birds of America (1827-1838), a collection of 1,065 life-size engravings of birds found in eastern North America. It is considered a classic work in ornithology and in American art.

    I should really tell you all about it sometime.

    Adores: 1
  8. 2009 May 20
    T-Bone permalink

    Both pieces of furniture look like they have been on the front porch of a frat house.

    Adores: 1
  9. 2009 May 20
    Some chick permalink

    And I thought “Chair and Atomin in Great Shap” was bad….

    http://syracuse.craigslist.org/fuo/1175546845.html

    Adores: 0
  10. 2009 November 18

    i went to wikipedia.com to see what’s the joke with audubon (I’m german) and not just was that cleared up, thanks to wikipedia I now know how* “autobahn” is spelled in english. made my day, thanks!

    by the way, you’re spelling “autobahn” wrong then. I mean, you don’t say “audomadic dransmission” either, do you?

    *there once once was a german game show, called the “Knoff Hoff Show”, the name referring to the wrong literal german spelling of “Know How”. only one example how obsessed we germans were with correct and wrong english spelling & translation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4bnk8c29qw

    Adores: 0
  11. 2009 November 18

    … but … but … but no one spelled autobahn wrong?

    Adores: 0
    • 2009 November 18

      sorry, my fault. i meant “pronounced” instead of “spelled”. the joke’s on me for wrong translation here.

      Adores: 0
  12. 2011 March 20

    They’re imported from Contemporania. The Contemporanians developed that style back when Contemporania was part of the Audubon Empire.

    Adores: 7
    • 2011 March 20
      Angel permalink

      Istanbul was Contemporania.
      Now it’s Istanbul, not Contemporania.
      Been a long time gone, Contemporania.
      Now it’s Audubon delight on a moonlit night.

      Adores: 6
      • 2011 March 20

        Au-dub-on: The gold button on an audio panel that replaces one sound with another.

        Antithesis: Au-dub-off

        Adores: 5
      • 2011 March 20
        CapnMac permalink

        TMBG ftw

        Adores: 0
  13. 2011 March 20

    I had a bad case of Audubans once. Took some Imodium and it cleared right up.

    Adores: 4
    • 2011 March 20
      Windrose permalink

      Only once? That surprises me.

      PS — Many thanks for the addition to our family!

      Adores: 2
      • 2011 March 20

        I didn’t even know he was pregnant…

        When is the babby shower?

        Adores: 5
        • 2011 March 20
          Windrose permalink

          I think we have to hand wash, and line dry.

          Adores: 2
  14. 2011 March 20
    CoffDrop permalink

    Ode to a chair by Sabrina F Ahmad

    Oh Chair
    sitting there
    empty and bare…

    Are you waiting for somebody to sit on you?
    Are you missing someone who’s not there?

    To the travel-weary tourist stuck on a plane
    You’re a sight he never wants to see again
    To the tired journeyman, you’re a heaven-sent gift
    Just looking at you gives his spirits a lift.

    Chair, do you enjoy being sat upon
    day by day
    by people who don’t care?

    Chair, you’re a mystery
    Or maybe a part of history
    A symbol of authority
    An object of utility…

    Or…then again, maybe just a chair

    Adores: 4
    • 2011 March 20

      These particular chairs probably have a very strong ode.

      Adores: 1
  15. 2011 March 20

    “i got it for free on CL so i just wanted to return the favor.”

    A rarely used meaning of the word ‘favor’, indicating a heartfelt and lasting curse on you, your family, your friends, their families, neighbours, pets and anyone else within a 20-mile radius of that couch.

    My spellcheck doesn’t like ‘favor’ and suggests favour, faro, Fargo, farer or Faber.

    Adores: 6
    • 2011 March 20
      SisterLyle permalink

      But not ‘flavor?’ Peculiar.

      Adores: 2
      • 2011 March 20

        Presumably it’s to do with UK English… the extra ‘l’ would be a step too far.

        Adores: 1
    • 2011 March 20

      Fargo, huh? So this is the couch the wife was tied to before they fed her to the chipper?

      Adores: 2
    • 2011 March 20
      CapnMac permalink

      Ah, another case of “haunted raptor syndrome” perhaps?

      Adores: 1
  16. 2011 March 20
    Windrose permalink

    I was right, that does look rather odd in the box.

    Adores: 1
    • 2011 March 20

      This post intentionally left blank.

      Adores: 0
      • 2011 March 20
        Artsy Computer Geek permalink

        Hammy — Congratulations!!! You once again proved that silence is golden.

        Adores: 0
        • 2011 March 20
          LimeLolly permalink

          Man mastered the gift of silence.
          Woman mastered the art of frying pan upside the head.

          I think we know who wins.

          Adores: 4
        • 2011 March 20
          Adores: 2
        • 2011 March 20
          LimeLolly permalink

          Nope. It’s the cat.

          The cat always wins.

          Adores: 1
        • 2011 March 20

          Me? OW!

          Adores: 0
  17. 2011 March 20

    Rub audubon,
    Three hens and a capon,
    And how do you think they be?
    They’re butchered, and baked,
    The drumsticks they take.
    Turned out, tasty all three.

    Adores: 6
  18. 2011 March 20

    You know, when I was on the bring on my teens, I loved Automan. It was short-lived, but its Tron-esque theme married with the buddy cop genre appealed to both my love of action and all things geek.

    Now I can get not one, but two Automans. Free! I don’t know if I really have the room for a pair of Chuck Wagners in my apartment, but I think I’d be willing to make it work, just as long as I don’t have to take them for walks too often.

    Adores: 0
    • 2011 March 20
      SisterLyle permalink

      They’re difficult to house train, but it can be done. Just remember to be firm when they have accidents and let them outside as soon as they start whining.

      Adores: 1
      • 2011 March 20
        Artsy Computer Geek permalink

        I thought they squeaked???

        Adores: 0
        • 2011 March 20
          SisterLyle permalink

          Depends on the breed.

          Adores: 0
  19. 2011 March 20

    But will they match the decor in my moderm apartment?

    Adores: 3
    • 2011 March 20
      SisterLyle permalink

      That’s the beauty of moderm decorating! The less things match, the closer you are to achieving true modermism.

      Adores: 1
      • 2011 March 20

        Moderm beauty is only skin deep…

        Adores: 2
        • 2011 March 20

          So I should decorate with skins?

          Adores: 3
        • 2011 March 20

          Yes, Leotard skins.

          Adores: 2
        • 2011 March 20
          Jen permalink

          Is a leotard a spotty not.a.lion that has to use the safety scissors and sit in the corner at playtime?

          Adores: 4
  20. 2011 March 20
    Windrose permalink

    Hey, isn’t it the equinox today? Hey, Vernal, know what I mean?

    Adores: 0
    • 2011 March 20
      Vernal permalink

      Say no more, say no more! Eh?

      Adores: 1
  21. 2011 March 20

    Weren’t the automans an early enemy of the Doctor? Plastic flowers still creep me out.

    Adores: 2
  22. 2011 March 21
    Windrose permalink

    Hammy. P-p-p!

    G’Night, Haiti!

    Adores: 0

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