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..but the Craigslist ad says everything is FREE...!

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
11,003
149
The Cleft of Venus
If it's on the intrawebs it just has to be true!!!

:twitch:


http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_032408_news_craigslist_hoax.1ffb2c9c.html


On his way home he stopped a truck loaded down with his work ladders, lawn mower and weed eater.

"I informed them I was the owner, but they refused to give the stuff back," Salisbury said. "They showed me the Craigslist printout and told me they had the right to do what they did."

The driver sped away after rebuking Salisbury. On his way home he spotted other cars filled with his belongings.

Once home he was greeted by close to 30 people rummaging through his barn and front porch.

The trespassers, armed with printouts of the ad, tried to brush him off. "They honestly thought that because it appeared on the Internet it was true," Salisbury said. "It boggles the mind."
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
41,366
13,470
Portland, OR
There was a story like that here. Some kids posted an add on CL about trashing an "abandoned" house only to find out the new owners hadn't moved in yet.

When the owners showed up, every window was busted, all the appliances were gone, it was both funny and sad.
 

Arkayne

I come bearing GIFs
May 10, 2005
3,738
15
SoCal
I've got this itching feeling that CL will have to change the way they do business. I hate hearing stories like this. :(
 

Echo

crooked smile
Jul 10, 2002
11,819
15
Slacking at work
So do you guys think they will figure out who placed the ad? That person has to be pretty nervous right about now, as their prank turned into national news.
 

I Are Baboon

The Full Dopey
Aug 6, 2001
32,451
9,560
MTB New England
You've got to be ****ing stupid to show up at a house and just take stuff. People caught with this guy's stuff should be arrested for being dumb.
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
41,366
13,470
Portland, OR
So do you guys think they will figure out who placed the ad? That person has to be pretty nervous right about now, as their prank turned into national news.
I know when it happened here, they just started with the email addy and moved to the IP address used to place the ad. It's not like you can just post whatever you want on CL without being at least somewhat traceable.
 

ire

Turbo Monkey
Aug 6, 2007
6,196
4
everything posted on the Internet isn't true? Ceiling cat isn't watching me masturbate?
 

Wumpus

makes avatars better
Dec 25, 2003
8,161
153
Six Shooter Junction
Oregon Man Says He's Pregnant


BEND, Ore. -- An Oregon man is five months pregnant, according to a national magazine.

Thomas Beatie, who used to be a woman, appeared in the most recent issue of The Advocate, a magazine for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender readers, Portland, Ore., television station KPTV reported.

Beatie wrote the article, which includes a picture of him while he was 22 weeks pregnant. According to the story, he went through a sex change, but decided only to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy.

Beatie was able to keep the reproductive organs he was born with. The article said he stopped getting the injections and was able to get pregnant.

Beatie, who lives in Bend, wrote he was once pregnant with triplets, but the pregnancy was life-threatening and he lost the fetuses. Now, Beatie said he and his wife, Nancy, are expecting a little girl in July.

In the article, Beatie described some of the challenges he and his wife have faced -- they said doctors won't treat them. The couple met 10 years ago and Nancy is not able to have children.

He wrote in The Advocate that their situation "sparks legal, political and social unknowns."

The couple were out of town Monday and unable to speak with the station.
 

DirtMcGirk

<b>WAY</b> Dumber than N8 (to the power of ten alm
Feb 21, 2008
6,379
1
Oz
I wonder if I put up a "Internet site prime for free stuff" on CL if it would work.

However, I gotta say this is a pretty good way to fire sale smite someone you've got issues with. I have several people around who I think might be getting a visit from the CL devotees soon.

Anyone know how to bounce IP addresses a few dozen times?
 

swoody

Chimp
Mar 25, 2008
51
0
Chicago, USA
I hope the person who made that post gets caught and beaten.

I did pull a little prank on a couple friends of mine with the help of CL though. I put a couple posts up for free gay porn, and one for free "personal massagers" (still new and in boxes :) ) on the site, and put my friends' numbers down for the contact info. I couldn't help but laugh my ass off when I was hanging out with one of my buddies and his phone rang. It was the 15th person to contact him about gay porn that day!! :D
 

ire

Turbo Monkey
Aug 6, 2007
6,196
4
Oregon Man Says He's Pregnant
....
The local news stations have been trying to get independent confirmation on this story. They showed a picture of him, before he was a him, and she wasn't too pretty.

It was kinda funny, the news stations went to businesses around this guys business in Bend and were asking employees if they had seen him and if he looked pregnant....most of them were floored by the news, it was funny

<edit> on the upside maybe all of these stories about the freaks here will discourage people from moving to Oregon :)
 

BigMike

BrokenbikeMike
Jul 29, 2003
8,931
0
Montgomery county MD
I hope the person who made that post gets caught and beaten.

I did pull a little prank on a couple friends of mine with the help of CL though. I put a couple posts up for free gay porn, and one for free "personal massagers" (still new and in boxes :) ) on the site, and put my friends' numbers down for the contact info. I couldn't help but laugh my ass off when I was hanging out with one of my buddies and his phone rang. It was the 15th person to contact him about gay porn that day!! :D
I would have beat your ass!

but since it wasn't me, good prank!