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YSaC, Vol. 317: I’d go to see “The Droors”, wouldn’t you?

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Chest of Droors and a big fake Plant

I put this out after the garbage man came by so it will be there for you. Out in the alley, a white chest of droors, but a couple droors are missing, otherwise, it’s made of real wood. There’s also one of those big fake Ficus Trees you see in almost any North Dallas apartment living room corner.
[address] …. The street is a cul-de-sac and the house is on the circle.

I’ll try to delete this as soon as it gets picked up, or if you’re on your way, send me an email and I’ll take the post down. It’s 2:32pm.

This is my lucky day! A chest of droors with a couple droors missing and a generic fake ficus tree like everyone else in the world has! I’ve hit the suburban-classy decorating motherlode! (Well, okay, I’m still looking for that French Prudential chest of droors — that will be the pièce de résistance.)

Sarah sent this one in saying, “I am shocked that someone could be so illiterate.” She obviously hasn’t spent a lot of time on this blog yet, so let’s help her feel better — at least it wasn’t chester droors. Nobody could ever make that mistake, right?

chester droors,9 droor dresser and mirror – $250

All Medium oak, Great condition, Moving must sell, I live in moore oklahoma my name is MARK give me a call at xxx-xxx-xxxx no emails please
(A GREAT DEAL AT 250)

Oh. Never mind. That didn’t exactly make things better, did it?

I’ll be over in the corner weeping at the demise of the English language if you need me.

Comments

32 responses to “YSaC, Vol. 317: I’d go to see “The Droors”, wouldn’t you?”

  1. Amy H. Avatar
    Amy H.

    /facepalm “…otherwise, it’s made of real wood.” Were the missing “droors” made of fake wood? But a big KUDOS for the author of this ad for actualy using the proper form of “it’s.”

    1. Courtney Avatar
      Courtney

      And “you’re.” S/he also spelled cul-de-sac correctly. How the heck does that happen?

  2. Linnee Avatar
    Linnee

    If it were a French Prudential chester droors, I’d put it in my dinning room.

    1. Chaos, NC Avatar
      Chaos, NC

      I’d put mine next to my holy Table and Chairs.

  3. Courtney Avatar
    Courtney

    Is it a dialect thing? How do they say “drawer” in the southwest (since the posts are from TX and OK)? Maybe it sounds like “droor.” Not that that is any excuse…

    1. kt Avatar
      kt

      or like me, i saw “draw”

      1. Courtney Avatar
        Courtney

        Yes, I think that’s very strange. In fact, it drives me nuts. lol. But, if you were selling your dresser, would you list how many “drawers” it has or how many “draws?” That’s more important, IMHO.

    2. Jackie Avatar
      Jackie

      I’m originally from Maryland. I’ve always pronounced it “droors”. I’ve known how to spell it since about first grade, though.

    3. One Moving Violation Avatar
      One Moving Violation

      I’ve lived in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. I have never heard drawers pronounced drawers (draars) like it is spelled. Always droors (droars). But whenever I pronounce certain words like they are spelled, I get a look of confusion or derision.
      Such as Tremonton, UT, I say it as it is spelled and nobody knows what I’m talking about.
      They all pronounce it Treemont. So, the “on” at the end is silent? You mean that city in Louisiana is called Bat Rouge? I’ve lived in M-tana, Oreg and Rent, Washingt? And don’t get me started on “How’s yer Dago?” I usually respond with, “That’s not very nice and that’s “Italian” and I don’t have one.
      Huh?
      So what a wino?

  4. Tisha_ Avatar
    Tisha_

    I’m from Oklahoma (I am actually about 5 minutes from Moore, OK – where the 2nd post is from) and I say it more like “drores”… but I do realize that it’s not SPELLED that way!

    Just had to post, to make sure everyone knows that not everyone from Oklahoma is an idiot.

  5. dissimilitude Avatar
    dissimilitude

    LOL @ “chester drawers” — when my mom was young (sometime in the late 50’s or early 60’s) she had a job for a while doing office work for a finance company, and part of her job included typing up handwritten lists of personal property (presumably because that’s what they were financing). Her boss used to list dressers as “chester drawers,” which always cracked her up. Maybe Mark is his grandson or something.

  6. Fraulein N Avatar
    Fraulein N

    I like that this person acts like (s)he’s doing you a huge favor by putting this piece of crap out after the garbage man came. Yes, I’m sure you did it juuuuust so “it will be there for [me].”

    1. Meredith Avatar
      Meredith

      IOW, “I tried to throw this out and failed, so maybe somebody will want what I have already rejected as trash!”

  7. unfortunate names Avatar
    unfortunate names

    I’m glad to know if I wake up, confused, and there is a big fake ficus in the living room, I can reasonably assume I’m in Texas.

    1. LimeLolly Avatar
      LimeLolly

      At least North Dallas area, anyway.

  8. LimeLolly Avatar
    LimeLolly

    Droooorrrrssss.

    Zombies are coming for yours. Fake ’em out with real droors.

    1. ghostcat Avatar
      ghostcat

      But I need those droors to store my antique Crisco in! I’ll give the zombies these tubs of vintage cereal instead.

  9. Dave and Ferret Tribe Avatar
    Dave and Ferret Tribe

    Bah. I’m working on a chester droors made out of fake ficus.

  10. One Moving Violation Avatar
    One Moving Violation

    Maybe I’m not all that well travelled, but I have never seen an alley behind a cul-de-sac. Is this only in Dallas, Texas?

  11. One Moving Violation Avatar
    One Moving Violation

    Mai naim es Won.
    Ai emma gud boi.
    Ai haf mai verry oan innerness an gno hao ta yewzit.
    Ai cun poasta addon Crags List.
    Ai cun cella chest of drawers wuth eeeeeee’s.

    Edd it! Chest of drawers, hao dewai speel dat?

  12. HamCan Avatar
    HamCan


    Chest of Droors and a big fake Plant
    Doo-da, Doo-da
    I put this out after the garbage man
    Oh, de doo-da day

    Couple droors are gone
    It’s made of real wood
    I bet my Mom wants the ficus tree
    Somebody get it for me

    Oh, 9 droor dresser and mirror
    Doo-da, doo-da
    Moving must sell, I live in moore
    Oh, de doo-da day

    Couple droors are gone
    It’s made of real wood
    I bet my Mom wants the ficus tree
    Somebody get it for me

    Sometimes they just write themselves…

    1. Chaos, NC Avatar
      Chaos, NC

      Is it possible to give bukkit-lodes of doors at once?

      (Please let there be a pink quilt as my Gravatar, oh mighty Lama-Nun)

      1. Chaos, NC Avatar
        Chaos, NC

        Awww, nope, but at least I get a nin-gee-star.

        1. Windrose Avatar
          Windrose

          Chaos, the quilt squares are handed out randomly by the log in program, and our Blessed Llama-nun, MBBUH, could not grant your wish. However, you could search for an image of a pink quilt, go to Gravatar.com and make that your personal image. 8) It takes a little time before it shows up here so be patient. And welcome!

  13. Demon Duck of Doom Avatar
    Demon Duck of Doom

    This makes me sad. Chesty Dror’s fifteen minutes of internet fame may be spent, but that’s no reason to leave him out in the alley behind the cul-de-sac.

  14. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Ficus on the storm,
    Ficus on the storm,
    In cul-de-sac was thrown,
    In Moore, OK, was it known,
    In an alley all alone, like a big fake plant at home,
    Chester Droors will claim his own.

  15. Sir Lord Baron von Vaderham Avatar
    Sir Lord Baron von Vaderham

    I challenge Mark to a fight to the death!

    1. LimeLolly Avatar
      LimeLolly

      Death of what?

      Ego, Brain, Cell Phone? Because, Mark’s already lost.

  16. Missing_Droor Avatar
    Missing_Droor

    Phew! Thank-you Mark, for specifying that the house is on the circle… in the cul-de-sac! I don’t think I could have found it otherwise! Oh wait, the chest of droors is in the ALLEY? Where can I find that?!?!

    1. LimeLolly Avatar
      LimeLolly

      Champs Elysee.

  17. Windrose Avatar
    Windrose

    Hammy, Sunday is over, go chase a ball! Punchity Punch Punch!

    Good Morning, Furniture Barn!

  18. Hanna Fate Avatar
    Hanna Fate

    I always thought chester droors came with a “mirrow”, not a mirror.

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