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Toronto appearances on the best of Craigslist
Every couple months, I'll devote about a half hour to catching up on the best of Craigslist. For those unfamiliar with this reading material, these are entries on Craigslist -- be they ads, rants and raves, missed connections, etc. -- that have been nominated by readers for wider distribution based on any number of factors, including humour, nastiness, oddity or pretty much anything else that the community finds compelling.
Because these entries are gathered together for pleasure more than any practical consideration, the best of Craigslist features listings from various cities all collected together in one long list. Although Toronto makes appearances every once in a while, as is the case with most other cities, they're few and far between.
But, as I was reading last night, I decided to satisfy my curiosity by looking specifically for those posts tagged "tor." This isn't hard to do, of course, and the results were, not surprisingly, good for a few laughs. So, to save others the search time, I've collected some good ones below, spanning the last two years or so. I've skipped those that were labeled Toronto but that didn't really make any reference to the city. It's a shame there aren't more visuals, but these are certainly worth a perusal nonetheless.
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It doesn't deserve to be here.
It deserves a punch in the face.
LOLOLOLOLOL......so true...Realtors are so f****g lazy!!!!
Either way, I'm pretty sick of people giving more consideration to the well-being of house pets than they do to actual human beings. By all means, these animals deserve our love and attention, but so do other people.
And then you read at the bottom of the 4 paragraph description that it's 'female only'.
Why the fuck can't they put that at the top and save us all the time?
And ask a landlord or a well-balanced person, places run best with a 50/50 mix.
"Abandoning" = no. "No longer being able to care for" (which I had actually said, thanks) = yes. In fact, one example I made was that the owner might literally be DEAD, which, yeah, is probably pretty justifiable.
Imagine, some friendly old woman dies, leaving behind this cat who a neighbour or loved one then takes to the shelter on her behalf. Not exactly impossible. Also not really worth getting worked up about enough to post an entire essay on Craigslist. But what do I know?
Of course, there could have been a good reason for that, eg, lost job and had to move to a cheaper place or something.
Are you really the author? Fantastic! This is a brilliant piece. It made my day when I read it.
I hope you make some money from that creative grey matter.
>>Actual human beings get plenty of attention. There are infrastructures and laws, flawed though they are, to protect and support people. There is nothing equivalent for pets. We do have a responsibility to look after domesticated animals, because the system won't.
I used to work at a clothing store on Queen Street near Spadina that sold socks and underwear. One day this man pulled up and parked his car in front of the store and came in and asked for the owner. My boss goes back with him to his car and I watch the man open up his trunk and show my boss some t-shirts with Israli soccer teams logos on them. My boss shakes his head and comes back into the store and says to me, "Katie, you're from a small town, right? Remember Biway? That's the guy who used to own it."