The local beach newspaper ‘for sale’ ads are a never-ending source of entertainment.
I came across this ‘ for sale’ ad —
These crazy five dollar and below advertisements always amaze me (and sadly enough, there is never a shortage of them). Especially when the prefix is a 944 number which is, for the most part, a semi-well to do beach community that doesn’t really have a low income section. So when I see something like this I get hit with a multitude of questions, and if I didn’t think this person might really be hurting — either financially or even worse — I would be tempted to call and ask one or more of the following questions —
“Dude, are you really hurting that bad that you need to take the time to sell one ankle weight in the paper for five bucks?”
“Are you joking?”
“So, how come only one ankle weight… where is the other one?”
“Do you happen to have a red one… I don’t really like blue…”
“Will you take two bucks? Okay 2.50?”
“How am I supposed to get a good workout with only one ankle weight? You’ve got to cut me a break on that point alone bro…”
“Describe to me exactly how sticky that Velcro really is.”
“May I just…send you five bucks to throw the thing away?”
“Okay, sounds awesome… but I am a one-hour drive away. Can you meet me half way? Like, at an REI store or something?”
Wild.
I do hope Obama’s ‘stimulus’ program will help this poor guy (or gal)…
It’s pretty amazing how much of a story can be created around ads like this. In college I took a writing workshop where someone submitted a “story” made up of a succession of advertisements along the lines of: “Wedding Dress — Never worn!”
Oh wow…that is an awesome idea. You could come up with all kinds of fiction ideas from these things. It really is like a secret snapshot into someone’s world -it reveals a lot. Like, “Hi, I love smooth jazz, walks on the beach and long talks…and, you wanna buy my ankle weight?” Uh, oh…