YSaC, Vol 562: It’s astounding…
2010 January 30
Free Riff Raft
6×6 riff raft
about 2 yds
call for details
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Thanks, Megan!
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Exactly what it says on the tin.
Not.A.Lion!
Want a Not.A.Lion t-shirt AND a Llama-nun's Prayer mug? How about a Cat Math mousepad? Of course you do!
All are now available as t-shirts and other things! (The llamanun mugs contain the YSaC group prayer on the back.)
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In case anyone ever checks. I just saw this ad and missed everyone here. Enjoy! https://lasvegas.craigslist.org/pho/d/nellis-afb-womans-feet/7164431024.htmlDecelerate Spoon on YSaC, Vol. 1800: So long, and thanks for all the bees.
Wow, it’s amazing to finally find this site. I’d say I’m late in getting here, but I know I’m right…Decelerate Spoon on YSaC, Vol. 1243: A little hard of herring.
I thought this joke smelt, but this guy really knew how to drop the bass. And it flopped around everywhere…
BEST. YSaC. EVER!
Ahem. Sorry. I have Ritz OBrien’s autograph! EEEEEEEE. *tries to control fangirl* Your mission is a failure! EEEEEEE!!!
I love you windrose. Let us elbow bump ;D
*bump* Thanks, Lara, I needed that!
Frank-n-Furter it’s all over.
Your mission is a failure, your lifestyle’s too extreme.
I’m your new commander.
You are now my prisoner.
We return to Transylvania.
Prepare the transit beam.
+ lots and lots, if I could 🙁
“you now are my prisoner”
I just f****** my sister.
You can smell my finger!
(Yeah, I’ve been to more showings of RHPS than is healthy. I even considered joining the floor show cast.)
Wow. I wonder how you sail a riff raft? Is it down the river of nights dreaming?
and you have to do it slow morpheous, slow, let the sun and light come streaming
As woman of a certain age (ahem) and I sew, I think this person may be giving away a trim called “rick rack”. It is sold by the yard, like most cloth goods, hence the “2 yards”. No, wait, “6×6”? Okay, could this person mean a Chris Craft?
You might be on to something, Beverly. Perhaps 6×6 is supposed to mean that it’s six feet long. Which would be exactly two yards.
Only one question remains: How did this person manage to aquire said Riff Raft without ever realizing or utilizing its actual name?
You can get all kinds of things at the Yee Oldy Rot Iron, Armwa, Halaween Cosotum, Mine Hors, Wench, Chase Lunge, Chanderlier, Blinder, Ottoman, Raccoon Plague, Tiger Print, and Riff Raft Owtlet.
All for not much Manet, too.
Bianchi, this is right next to the Meme shop, isn’t it? Yee Old etc. is just more specialized.
Yeah, if you mean “Meems Or Uss.”
It’s down on 2cnd Avenew, right?
is that in downtown Ish?
Bianchi, when’s your birthday?
ROFLMAO @ “about 2 yds.”
But I agree, this might be fabric of some kind…?
You don’t have to be that old (*thinking, “hmmm, I’m not that young any more myself”*) to know what ric-rack is. Regardless, I think you may be on to something (though I’m likewise slightly puzzled about 6×6, because that’s some awfully big trim … maybe it’s home decor fabric?). I’ll confess that having the ad properly deciphered depresses me slightly, as I was hoping to offload my neighborhood riffraff via CL, even though I was slightly puzzled about how to measure it by the yard. Is that in reference to their height?
Ah Lola, thanks for that. I never think of myself as old until I have it thrust in my face (like hearing U2 songs on the classic rock station). My mother used to make all of my clothes until 3-hrd grade. In one class picture I’m sporting a powder blue polyester pant suit with white ric-rack trim.
christina, my mother sewed quite a lot of my clothes too, until she went to work full time. Ric-rack was definitely involved. If I weren’t an only child, I might suspect you were my sister. As for old, I had a birthday last weekend, and am finding myself constantly redefining “old” based on my current age (e.g., 25 years more than whatever I currently am), though anyone I know who is that age or older and is cool is not old. Just “older.” 😉
Ladies, I must join you in the old-enough-to-remember-ric-rack sewing club. My mother sewed as well and taught me how to do the same. I still have (somewhere deep in storage) a square fabric “purse” I made as a brownie scout . . . yellow, green and pink flowered fabric with small green ric-rack as trim and large green ric-rack as the shoulder strap. The height of style . . . no? I was so proud. Fortunately, ric-rack had gone out of style by the time I made my first wedding dress. Otherwise, taffeta and ric-rack would have ruled the day. Egads.
I really do wish that I had inherited my mother’s talent with a sewing machine. I’m okay at hand sewn crafts but give me a bobbin and I’m a thread covered teary mess in seconds. The one item I do take a little pride in is my coffee cup sleeves and I have a sudden urge to go pick up some ric-rack trim for my next batch.
My mother hated to sew but did it for reasons of economy. Last handmade thing I remember having (aside from my wedding dress) was a brown top with half-inch red rick-rack outlining a large square yoke. And I wore it in public. Boy.
As far as age goes, everything I mentioned above took place before your parents met.
Texchanchan, my parents met in the mid 40s. So I know the Great Depression influenced a lot of their habits and outlooks. My mom didn’t sew, but she always had a sewing machine. My sister and I dabbled, but I mostly did Halelween costumes and SCA garb.
I’ve often wondered how to get the riff raft out of my neighborhood. I get tired of them lurking about and causing trouble. Guess I should sell them on Craigslist! Who knew?
Perhaps you’re meant to lure them into the raft with strategically positioned baggies of oregano and boxes of donuts, and once they’re in you slam the entry gate shut, whereupon it will lock automatically (since it’s evidently purpose-built for this sort of thing) and then you just give the whole thing a shove and it sails off down the street taking your unwanted riffraff to destinations unknown (what do you care, they’re gone, which is the main thing, right?)
“…strategically positioned baggies of oregano and boxes of donuts” FTW.
Or, as Chef would say, “That’s tree fiddy!”
Lareina, what’s the code for an oregano break?
350. As in, “bake at 350 for 20 minutes.”
Damnit. Move above comment down here for continuity purposes.
Huge thanks to our Llamanun for the latest addition to the shop.
My wish list is growing by the day, now I want the Not.A.Lion. shirt AND I also simply have to have the Llamanun mug with the prayer on the back.
*goes to make doe eyes at hubby in the hopes he’ll get his wallet out*
I went to my hubby, too. My birthday is in a few weeks. I cut and paste the Not.A.Lion shirt and said, “Women’s, Small.” 🙂
Mines not till March and I don’t think I can stand to wait that long. I’m already picturing reading the Llamnun’s prayer with my morning coffee while wearing a Not.A.Lion. shirt.
You have no idea how honored I feel that people not only want to but are eager to wear my art 😀
Silva, you have talent, and to those of us like me who don’t have any it is an honor to have YOU here.
Aren’t hubbys wonderful? Mine’s promised me a t-shirt too, but I might have to pay for the mug myself. I might have to take the mug out to starbucks, just to see if anyone notices the prayer…….
given that a month ago I saw a construction worker walking down the street wearing a t-shirt that read “Jesus is a C*%t”, and he wasn’t subjected to a stoning, I don’t think anyone will yell at me for the mug.
I’m gonna have to save my pennies and get me a mug. I want to show my parents that all they money they spent on my degree in writing finally paid off.
You sound suspiciously like one of my children. *furrows brows and squints at the monitor*
Wow, this is amazing. I have no idea what this person is selling.
At least you can take it for free.
Sure hope that whatever it turns out to be, it matches the red table.
About 2 yards would be just right for making a tablecloth for the red table, too. I think it’s a match made in heaven.
is it just me? I have no +1 options for anyone again today, even those who are currently on zero.
Is this an overspill of the effects of the evil Cat Math from yesterday I wonder?
Must be the cat math. I failed cat math, therefore I have all my little red +1’s.
Dev, I didn’t have them when I first logged in, then suddenly they appeared! It was a Miracle! Our Llamanun will be cannonized for this one. 8)
still none here, maybe a log out and cache clear is needed?
Give it a try. 8)
When I was having problems like that, it had more to do with cookies than with the page cache. I recommend removing all YSaC cookies and restarting your browser.
yep, logged out, cleared cache and history and that seems to have worked.
Another Miracle! We must follow the Llamanun and listen to her teachings!
Ottoman.
I’ve got the +1s but very, very few REPLY buttons. Hmmm.
Well, obviously my other problem today is that my comments appear in unexpected places and, therefore, make no sense. Uh, yay, that’s why my comments make no sense. That’s it.
At least it’s not a Rick Roll. Those things are sneaky.
They also don’t taste very good. ’80s pop artist pastriess tend to get a little stale after a while, even if you keep them stored properly.
I’ve been field testing a couple potential replacements for Rick Rolling (that is so 2007).
Do not click this.
Or this.
you do realise of course, that now you’ve said not to click on those everyone will? Or was that your evil intent all along?
For the love of all that is holy, do not, I say again, do not click those links.
Dev, what I meant was that someone whose job appears to consist solely of shouting “It’s a trap!” should have let us know before an innocent party such as yourself clicked on it first … that way you’d not have needed the brain bleach. 🙂
Comment strangely out of order … this should go below.
By the way, the second one starts playing half way through, is it supposed to?
*goes off to find the bleach again*
I spent a good three minutes figuring out how to do that. I wouldn’t do it frivolously.
I disagree, I think those were a bad three minutes. +_+
You did warn us Graham, but you should have put a biohazard symbol on it too.
I think Lareina was right. His warning to not click was a trap, and yet Admiral Ackbar is nowhere to be seen. So much for a timely warning.
Umm, so which would you say is worse?
I love the second one!
*pant*
Don’t taint the results.
can I taint the custard?
develish: I’m generally opposed to tainting anything.
Unless “taint the custard” is some sort of reference that I don’t get, like most of the comments today…
Excuse me Madam Lola,
I have been mistaken for many people in my time online, but always I feel it is important that I exert my individuality (as far as that goes when you’re hiding behind an avatar and a pseudonym) and point out that it was indeed I who mentioned a possible trap here.
*steps away so as not to be caught in said trap*
sorry Graham, I’ve been drinking for several hours and watching Shakespeare, so my mind is a little warped at this point.
All I can say in my defence is “it made sense to me at the time” lol
and the only thing I feel I can add to this that will make any sense to anyone is…….
HAMBURGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
*laments being a colonist and missing out on all the good British humour*
hang on, you have to be a COLONIST to appreciate British humour?
No, see… you have to not be a colonist… nevermind.
I did mention I’d been drinkin yes?
Me and sense parted company some time ago. *giggle*
I figured it was something like that…
Haha, Graham’s a colon-ist. That’s my rotten comment for today…yesterday…whatever. I’m going home now.
What does that even mean?
I thought that with a horribly juvenile mind like mine, you would have that one figured.
I’m just trying to figure out if you intended on a sexual or scatological meaning.
I didn’t know it was possible for a brain to hurt.
There’s a lot more where that came from.
Bring it.
I thought I’b better pop back in here and check on my drunk posting efforts.
Having done so, I’m now wondering what on earth custard had to do with anything. Ah the mysteries of alcohol fuelled posting.
Riff rafting away, riff rafting away
You know it’s about 2 yards or so, just right for riff rafting away
I know it’s 6×6, and I’m giving it away for free
Just be sure to call on the phone but please don’t dare email me
I said CL, it needs to go
My yard is so overflowing, I’m afraid the health department will show
Riff rafting away, riff rafting away
I love Simon & Garfunkel. And I am happy to say that this song will be stuck in my head all day.
Maybe they are really selling a Spindrift raft…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38408989@N03/4171145903/
That’s the ticket! 8) Y’know, I read your handle as HamCam the first time. And now I think a HamCam is something I really, really want.
Is the hamcam anything like a bacontini cam? I mean, they are part of the porkcam family, right?
Oh, hey, I have one of those:
http://mikehungerford.deviantart.com/art/Spindrift-127232746
Seen it. 8)
I love that we have another non-virtual couple on here, after drmk and dan. No, I don’t know why, but I find it amusing. Maybe it’s just that you’re both amusing. The idea of a Chthulhu/bird pairing amuses me as much as a llama-nun/ostrimu pairing.
I may just be easily amused.
Lola, I am glad we amuse you. We amuse each other too. You have your own amusing charm, let us not forget. 8)
I’ll have to get my partner to comment on here. He reads occasionally, but has never commented. We’re not as amusing as a llamanun/ostremu or cthulhu/bird couple though. My avatar is the girl hedgehog from the cursing hedgehog comic. Not sure what his would be.
I now have the Time Warp stuck in my head. I think I know what I’m watching tonight.
At Midnight? We’ll be over with the playing cards and the frankfurters! (Still Love your Mingo, SLizzy!)
And toast and TP and rice!
I’ll bring the meatloaf 🙂
And don’t forget to bring a newspaper, you know, for those rainy nights.
Can we come in costume?
*gets out stockings/garters/corset and starts to get ready, cursing the men who always show up in the same outfit but have better legs*
Its a damn shame that most of my generation would have absolutely no idea what you were talking about. I was born 10 years to late. 🙁
Laurelhatch, your FIRST Punch! Bring your card to the office, and we’ll do the Time Warp together.
Watch out for that pelvic THRUST, though.
For a split-second, I read that as bring your card to the orifice.
Ew.
you have a warped mind Isaac.
Perhaps even a time-warped mind.
All the more reason to do it again.
A well-deserved punch, Laurelhatch.
I feel obligated to tell you that I dance like a baboon after it’s had 12 too many of those bacontinis. But those were only to help it forget the sheer terror that is AP Catmath.
Mind the ‘t’, by the way. In the name, that is. I wouldn’t want to be forced to remove your ‘t’ keys, as you might be of the mind to replace the letter with, say, interrobangs. ‽‽ Fun, though…
Yo Laurelhatch, I’m real happy for you, I’mma let you finish, but Chthulu has the most easily misspelled name of all time. Of all time!
*facepalm*
Or would that be Ch‽hulu?
Where did that T come from??? My apologies, oh Pity One.
I’m thinking it’s “riprap” (broken rock and/or concrete), nominally 6×6″ chunks, 2 cubic yards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riprap
Eesh … need more coffee to get out of Corey mode …
Congrats! You beat me to it, Chthulhu. I was just going to post the info. Years of experience in construction will leave a person with tons of trivial information. *shakes head*
Thank you. Also “RIP Rap” is something I would like to see happen one day. 🙂
Rap isn’t aaaaaaaall bad. Just the stuff you actually hear on the radio is.
Official YSaC Business: Come on people! Go to the forums and register your birthday before someone else takes it! (just kidding, you can share bds if you like). I notice Graham T, Lareina, Isaac, and Bacontini not in there yet. And where are Cled and cj and libbysgirl? Come on, pengin, Karmyn, sosji, and Lurker of the North! And, ahem, dan.
In Soviet Russia, forum registers birthday in you.
May the lurker of the land of the area between the land of the cliffs and the land of the mountains register as well?
All are welcome, jd.
🙂
*furiously studies map, looking for cliffs and mountains*
She must mean central Maine…?
Complied, as requested. Um, thanks for not requiring the birth year!
Windrose, I read “you can share bds” as “you can share beds.” I’m not sure if that has more to do with my acceptance of CL speeling issues or the sheer number of “get a room” comments here lately.
Definitely better than sharing BVDs, either way.
Only if you want a virtual celebration on that day, jd. 8)
*bats lashes innocently* Whatever do you mean, Christina? Here, have a bag of oregano.
Ooh oregano! How’d you know that I’m Italian?
Ciao bella! I studied Italian for a semester. Love that language. Learned as much Italian in 4 months as I did in 2 years of Russian. Oy!
Gratzi! Sadly no one in my family speaks it because my grandmother and her siblings were encouraged to speak only English as not to be hasseled in school. I was fortunate enough to visit Rome this summer so I tried to learn, but with 6 years of French studies and a stop in Paris first I butchered everything I tried to say.
Wow, great response, folks! But I still think we are missing Ed Snyder, Archie, and many more! If you posted today you should go to the forums. If you posted any time in your life, you should go to the forums! 8) Thank you.
I tried to register but my email and/or ip address was flagged as a spammer. This might be due to the fact that I’m using a mobile device. I’m not sure if Sprint gives unique ip addresses. It might have been my [FEMALE TRAIT 1] though, I suppose. I’ll try again later using a computer.
Christina, thanks for the attempt. drmk often can smooth the way when she knows you experienced trouble in the forums. *wonders if this apple is shiny enough yet*
the apple can never be shiny enough, but all efforts with regards to shiny are appreciated
I have a bad cold, and almost choked to death laughing/trying to breathe after I saw this!
Please don’t. Can you imagine the death cert?
“Cause: YSAC.”
Hope you get better soon.
ROFL
Lola, cause of death: You Suck at Craigslist.
After seeing some of the CL posts submitted here,
I suspect that should be written on a great many death certificates.
Kinda like the Darwin Awards.
I had some riff raft in my life once upon a time. Both his measurements were about 6 vertically and about 6, um, another way. Turned out he was shy of 2 yds by about a load, too. So, I off-loaded him.
Man, I wish I had known you a year and a half ago. I could have used some lessons on that kind of offloading then.
I wonder if the poorly-written ads like this ever work. Would someone looking for “ric-rack” or “riprap” would even look at this ad?
After reading this YSaC post, I found a friend on facebook had posted this link:
http://perezhilton.com/2010-01-30-rip-torn-arrested
with the caption “Free Rip Torn!”
Which I automatically presumed was an homage to “Free Riff Raft!”
(it’s so obviously an homage to this ad, right? right? ok no.)
One Rip Torn, free OBO
apologies for my absence this evening.
I’ve been off subjecting by husband to a little culture in the form of the Royal Shakespeare Companies version of Hamlet, while at the same time indulging my own lustful thoughts with regards to David Tennant.
I will now go and attempt to scrub myself clean of said lustful thoughts (admittedly not very hard, but what you gonna do?)
*sigh* .. the more alcohol I have- the more these YSaC posts makes sense. I think I’ll start reading these at night, rather than after my morning coffee..
didnt riff raff open for vanilla fudge in 1970??? i’m a little hazy about those days…..
As a longtime RHPS performer, this post and the recent Rocky one both have me fangirl squee’ing. Thanks, Llamanun!
Let’s shop on Craigslist aga – ain!
It’s just a click to left!
My, we were a chatty bunch! So nice to reread comments of yesteryear. And, oh, how I miss those folks who were regulars but comment no longer. I hope they still lurk, at least. waves Hi!
CJ and me, BFF we be!
Snarking in the box
just fills us with glee!
Sorry, CJ, I’ll do better next time. Punchity Punch Punch! (Ow!)
Good Morning, Oh Rocky!