It’s no surprise to anyone that Craigslist is filled with some really strange folks. Many of them have problems typical to all Internet users, such as an inability to use proper grammar, spell correctly or figure out where the Caps-lock key is at. Some are just complete assholes who like to rant and rave and cause problems in an effort to make their own lives seem more valid. Still others are just so incompetent that they have no idea what they’re talking about and, despite this, still choose to express their half-assed opinions to the world. But sometimes, you run across a post so utterly bizarre that you have to stop a moment and ask yourself “WTF just happened?”
These incomprehensible ramblings are sometimes about something, other times about nothing. Unfortunately, they end up so unintelligible that it’s often difficult to discern one from the other. A grasp of the English language appears to be at a complete bare minimum in some cases, so much so that I wonder if perhaps they’re using some sort of other English. Being American, I may not be familiar with the slang and speech patterns of other English speaking countries, so maybe I’m just missing it?
Whatever the reasons, these rare moments are usually good for a laugh and so should be savored, saved up and shared with the people you love. In this fashion, others may enjoy their own experience with this chaos. Here are two such posts that I’ve managed to track down during my months of doing the Craigslist Files. I’ve been keeping them in cold storage for a while and am now letting them out of the bag. Hopefully you get as much head-scratching action out of them as I did.
