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Thursday, July 20, 2006

More unintentional humor... Excerpts from classified advertisements, collected from a variety of sources, all supposedly true.

Christmas tag-sale. Handmade gifts for the hard-to-find person.

Lost: small apricot poodle. Reward. Neutered. Like one of the family.

For sale: an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers.

Tired of cleaning yourself? Let me do it.

Dinner Special -- Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25; Children $2.00.

If you think you've seen everything in Paris, visit the Pere Lachasis Cemetery. It boasts such immortals as Moliere, Jean de la Fontain, and Chopin.

Wanted: Hair-cutter. Excellent growth potential.

The hotel has bowling alleys, tennis courts, comfortable beds, and other athletic facilities.

3-year-old teacher needed for pre-school. Experience preferred.

Dog for sale: eats anything and is fond of children.

Our experienced Mom will care for your child. Fenced yard, meals, and smacks included.

Girl wanted to assist magician in cutting-off-head illusion. Blue Cross and salary.

Wanted. Widower with school-age children requires person to assume general housekeeping duties. Must be capable of contributing to growth of family.

Semi-Annual after-Christmas Sale.

Auto Repair Service. Free pick-up and delivery. Try us once, you'll never go anywhere again.

2 Comments:

  • thanks, hilarious!

    By Blogger Gruk07, at 6:13 PM  

  • I'm glad you liked them. I plan to continue to occasionally post humorous stuff (mostly unintentional or absurd humor, which I think go well with my more serious posts). In case you didn't notice them, there were two other humorous posts in the archive:
    http://www.howtolive.org/2006/06/i-make-point-of-including-in-each-day.html
    http://www.howtolive.org/2006/07/couple-weeks-ago-i-posted-some.html

    By Blogger howtolive.org, at 8:07 AM  

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