When I got home yesterday, I decided to import the "Electronica" section of my music collection. More on that later, but for now you can know that after the first 10 minutes of listening to the pulsating beat, I decided a beer would taste mighty fine. And with all the dancing I was doing, I downed that beer pretty fast and popped another one. A few beers later, and running on an empty stomach because I'd only had some carrots and an apple all day, it occurred to me that putting a personal ad on Cr@igslist would be a fantastic idea. Based on that logic, I think we can pretty safely say that I was drunk. Fired up with Liquid Courage, I posted a little ad that I thought was honest and funny, and sat back to see what would happen.
As it turns out, that ad got flagged this morning and was removed. I'm not entirely sure why, but after doing some investigation, I believe it is because someone thought that I might not be real. Annoying, but what-the-eff-ever. In the meantime, I'd bagged about 6 responses. 2 of those were obviously just cut-and-paste messages and I doubt either of those guys even read the posts they respond to before sending their little form letters. 1 was a married guy (ew). 1 was a guy who politely asked if I would be interested in dating someone who's fifty-four. And one was this guy:
and his response to my ad was as follows:
"Hi. You caught my interest. I am curious about what you look like. I want to see what you consider a 4 or a 5 on your scale. Some people look down on themselves more than what other do. Let me be the judge of that. I hope you don't think this sounds to wierd to you. To me, a little extra weight is not that bad. I prefer a little extra than real skinny. Hope to hear back from you."
Now, I opted to go ahead and reply (despite some reservations) with a couple of pictures of me, and then here is his response to that:
"Thanks for the pics. You are not quite what I was looking for. Sorry about that. I hate saying these things but I feel its better than to just not answer at all. Good luck with your search. "
So for the record, I am not what this guy is looking for. Fine by me, but dag. I especially like the irony that he pointed out "a little extra weight is not that bad". Heh.
Wow. I didn't notice the embroidery on his shirt on my first viewing. Are you sure this is even a real guy? Who would send out a picture like that?
ReplyDeleteI think when people ask for your picture, you should also do the black bar. Heh. If they don't get it, they're OUT!
I'm calling this a Skeeve Code Orange.
ReplyDeleteAnd not just because he's wearing orange either.
that guy is disgusting, and it looks upon first glance like he's wearing his inmate on patrol clothes.
ReplyDeleteGross. Is that a mustache? Love the bar over the eyes.
ReplyDeleteAlso, something that's fun is to post a *fake* personal on CL just to see the responses you get.
ReplyDeleteI suggest starting with something simple like "SWF bl/bl, 6'3", 165lbs, iso SBM under 5'. Please include picture with reply."
Not that I've ever done this. I'm just saying.