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Maybe you dated a midget entomologist?

OFFER: Ladybug Coat for a Small- to Medium-Sized Dog(!) I know, what’s funny about that.  Wait for it . . . Not sure why we have this; we’ve never had a dog. The possibilities are endless, and mostly all weird.

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You know how this ends, right?

Recalling the whole bit about wanting to not take up space in a landfill, does this person know what happens to the item they have when it reaches a landfill? Or, for that matter, their yard? OFFER: unused bag of … Continue reading

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Should this be incinerated?

I’ll admit, there’s nothing particularly wrong with Freecycling this item, mine is more a complaint for the person who found the need to write it in the first place. Plus the person who bought it. And anyone who ever saw … Continue reading

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Maybe it’s a USB microwave

As you can imagine, most Freecycle list owners prefer to keep their lists from becoming Wish Lists, so they tend to limit WANTED posts to one per user per week or so.  Somehow I don’t think lumping a bunch of … Continue reading

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Burn baby burn

Quick, what comes to mind? Offer: “feather ring” Some sort of unusual adult toy? (Please, don’t let them be “used”)  No worries, it turns out a “feather ring” is neither a marital enhancement nor some sort of avian accessory for … Continue reading

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Process of Elimination

In a normal process of elimination, you end up with the best option by eliminating the lesser ones.  This exercise is sort of the opposite. We’ll start with something useful and then see how much of the usefulness we can … Continue reading

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AWESOMENESS, Part 3

This one earns the Awesome tag for the most convenient Freecycle offer ever.  Easy on the giver, easy on the recipient. Well done: Offer: Door/Welcome Mat From Crate and Barrel. Stripes are a little faded but it works just fine. … Continue reading

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Truth in Advertising

What we need are more creative uses for long-expired foodstuffs. Continue reading

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Over at the Frankenstein Place

I’m almost ready to go buy a pitchfork just so I can ask him what he needs it for: WANTED: Pitchfork – ANY CONDITION And I DO mean any condition! In three separate requests he asked for torches, villagers and … Continue reading

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Handy if the space-time continuum is breached

May of 2010 found this offer: OFFER: 2009 calendar of Georgia O’Keeffe prints Approximately 7x7in. Old calendar. One color illustration print for each month. For a Georgia O’Keeffe fan. I can think of a lot of times when a 2009 … Continue reading

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