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Burning Man Missed Connections: Better than Regular MCs.

Wed Sep 03, 2008 at 02:26:22 PM

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Burning Man has ended which means that Burning Man Missed Connections have started. Oftentimes the folly of the MC poster is their propensity for describing outfits that may be sported by half the Bay Area population at any given time: "You: medium height, brown hair, American Apparel shirt and boots." There's no danger of such mundane descriptions filtering out of the Playa.

"You were topless and in a white tutu," states one poster bluntly. (I actually suspect this could apply to at least 100 people.)

Another writes,"I in camoflauge pink party mini skirt, full brimmed hat, ray ban aviators and brown cowboy vest" while one man seeks a woman who wore "...a long dark dress on and a tiny illuminated lamp shade hat!" If any sentence has ever earned the giddy excitement of an exclamation point, it's that one. TINY. ILLUMINATED. LAMP. SHADE. HAT!

If six-year-olds utilized Craigslist to reconnect with school yard run-ins, they might write:"You gave my crying friend one of your dolls and showed me how to hug heart to heart..." But this was written by a 26-year-old.

One woman learned an important lesson about why you shouldn't bring your kids with you to the Black Rock City: "My son was standing behind me with his arms crossed and looking mean otherwise you would have gotten a lot more than just a kiss on the cheek. You are super hot!"

And finally, this curt missive called out a jerk named Justin: "You borrowed our tools to set up your dome and never gave them back. That is NOT the burning man spirit. Thanks for making us work twice as hard to bring the dome down, would have been nice to have our tools available. You are the biggest jerk!"

Way to bring the mood down, Justin. --Andy Wright

Category: Oh, Craigslist
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This is the Best Thing on Craigslist Today

Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 03:11:25 PM

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Yep, this poster has a "great" idea for you and three of your friends. It involves a chain restaurant that fetishizes a certain part of the female anatomy through a clever animal reference. Still not sure what it is? There are shiny, tiny, totally synthetic orange shorts involved.

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Oh Noes! New College Students' Work Going Into Dumpster?

Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 12:15:52 PM

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This post went up today in the Free Stuff section on Craigslist. Have any of you New College kids responded to get your stuff back?

-Andy Wright

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Rock, Paper, Unicorn.

Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 08:25:27 AM

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Scattered among the usual flotsom and jetsom of Craigslist Free Stuff- the Ikea wardwrobes, the scrap metal and wood made no more appealing by the application of an exclamation mark- was this seemingly blah offer of "Free Posters." But the post promised pictures after the jump and so I clicked, fully expecting to see another lame offering of redwood tree panoramas. Instead I was confronted with a foursome of awesome so bold, so perfect in its union, I immediately swore I would never doubt the Craigslist gods again.

Bask in its glory, after the jump.

Category: SF Oddities
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Jesus Walks Among Us but Does He Check Craigslist?

Mon Mar 24, 2008 at 08:13:44 AM

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The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held the 29th Annual Hunky Jesus Contest in Dolores Park on Sunday. The finalists included two puns, The Doublecross Jesus (two saviors strung up on two conjoined hot pink crosses) and the Hunky Cheese-us, a high concept trio of cheese themed lords. The winner, though, is pictured above in all his barely concealed glory: Michelangelo Jesus. You can't go wrong with the classics. Jesus' presence was felt all over the Bay Area this weekend, and at least two locals are calling out for him on Clist:

roller blading hula hooping jesus... - w4m - 25 (richmond / seacliff)hey you! Sorry I didn't say bye to you at the bunny meadow pisces party. really sorry actually.I was kickin' it with the green bunny and we chatted while you sat in a pile of hula hoops. I asked if you were wearing a picture of your mother...This isn't really my MO, but I can't stop thinking about your beautiful eyes and handsome face. I want to get lost in your eyes! You seemed like such a sweetheart and I wish I had said bye.So I'm throwing this into the universe! Find me! -xoxo,Emily
And then there's this lonely Berkeley cowgirl:
jesus man at gordo last night - w4m - 23 (berkeley)
You were handsome and sitting across from me. Between us was my friend, talking very loudly about religion and luna bars. I guess we were both talking loudly. I had on a red vest and cowboy boots. Gosh you had nice eyes. Never posted one of these before, but what the hay.
Apparently Jesus has some pretty compelling peepers. Will you forsake your children, Jesus? (photo from edwardoneill's flickr)-Andy Wright


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