Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Unintentionally hilarious headlines

I'm a member of my local FreeCycle group where we recycle each other's unwanted items to keep them out of the landfill. For example, I got a bedroom bureau/drawers with a broken leg, and turned it into tool storage in my garage by taking my circular saw and chopping off the other three legs (bwahhahaha!). Their software has an interesting trait: It chops off subject lines at a given number of characters. Leading to this subject line:

[SantaClaraFreecycle] OFFER: Microwaves, moving, children

Yeah, I think my Mom felt that way sometimes when my brother and I were growing up. Especially the day we burned down half the backyard and almost got the garage while testing our campfire-building skills, heh!

-- Badtux the Easily Amused Penguin

Posted by BadTux at 6/29/2010 07:34:00 AM
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous29/6/10 3:30 PM

    But is the microwave small enough that the children will fit into it?

    Yes, I do love my spawn. And yes, I'm counting down to the fourth week of August - start of the school year in SE Ohio.

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  2. Sungold29/6/10 3:33 PM

    Oh, that last comment was me, Sungold. Fucking identities - I seem to be turning into Sybil. Blogger doesn't like me anymore since I moved to WP.

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  3. BBC29/6/10 5:16 PM

    I've used Freecycle for years, mostly to pass things on but I've also gotten some things useful to me off of it.

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  4. BBC29/6/10 6:38 PM

    Especially the day we burned down half the backyard and almost got the garage while testing our campfire-building skills, heh! --

    What a lightweight, I almost burned down a house doing that in a closet.

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  5. Tengrain30/6/10 6:10 AM

    Freecycle will not accept my membership, so I am missing out on this rich vein of snark.

    My parents did move when I was at summer camp, BTW. I knew about it, but it still freaked me out.

    Rgds,

    TG

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