The weirdness of Freecycle
Feb. 1st, 2009 05:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
girlyswotI'm moving (again) at the end of the month, which means I have a flat full of furniture to dispose of. None of it's worth much. Quite a lot was given to me, or bought from the charity shop or similar. It's serviceable but not pretty. So I've joined freecycle, to give away whatever I can.
It is mindboggling to see the kind of stuff people are offering/requesting. Here's a selection of just some of the weirdest:
Offered:
2 pairs of tinted prescription contact lenses
2 sticks of lard
Wee foot rest
40 pillows
Green Shields Stamps (remember those?)
Wanted:
Mystical ornaments
RAF badges (no timewasters, please)
Used tennis balls
Oil tank
Broken Sony PSP
Scottish specials:
Shinty stick
Bagpipes
Accordion
Highland dancing kilt
Not to mention the livestock: kittens, puppies, gerbils, ducks...
Nor the woman looking for a boat in any condition (wreck preferred) to get her husband out of the house when he's home from the Navy.
It is mindboggling to see the kind of stuff people are offering/requesting. Here's a selection of just some of the weirdest:
Offered:
2 pairs of tinted prescription contact lenses
2 sticks of lard
Wee foot rest
40 pillows
Green Shields Stamps (remember those?)
Wanted:
Mystical ornaments
RAF badges (no timewasters, please)
Used tennis balls
Oil tank
Broken Sony PSP
Scottish specials:
Shinty stick
Bagpipes
Accordion
Highland dancing kilt
Not to mention the livestock: kittens, puppies, gerbils, ducks...
Nor the woman looking for a boat in any condition (wreck preferred) to get her husband out of the house when he's home from the Navy.