The weirdness of Freecycle

[girlyswot]

I'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.

Comments

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

How do you decide whether an ornament is mystical? It just makes me think of dreadful pewter wizards and unicorns holding multicoloured crystals.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

I fear that is exactly what she wants:

I am looking for any mystical ornaments/pictures from fairies, unicorns to dragons, if any one can help me out it would be great as i have loads of space for things of such beauty :) every thing will be very
much appreciated.

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

If I had any, she could have all mine and welcome.

(I do have a much-treasured dragon which was a present from my D&D players, but it's not pewter.)

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

How could you bear to part with things of such beauty? *rolls eyes*

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Do you think she could be another one trying to force her husband out of the house?

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

LOL! There's something ominous about the 'lots of space' to put them all in. I wonder what those shelves used to hold...

[crumplehornedki.livejournal.com]

does this mean you got the job you were applying to? where are you going now - The Old Shed finally?

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

No, and no. My life is way more complicated than that.