YSaC, Vol. 315: Measure once, cut twice.
2009 May 28
ketchin and specality cabenits
Thanks for looking!!! I don’t have a specific cabinet for sale. But I have over 12 years experience in custom cabinets, and would like to talk to you about your cabinet needs. I can offer exultant quality at a very affordable price. No mater how large or small a project you have in mind. Email me for a free estaminet Thank you Joey
Anyone need a exultant specality cabenit for their ketchin? This guy would like to talk to you about your cabinet needs and provide an estaminet.
Based on this ad, I think he’ll get the size of the cabinet right three out of four times. The other times, he’ll swap the length and the width measurements.
“I have over 12 years experience in custom cabinets” and yet he cant spell cabinet or kitchen??? I find this a little odd but, maybe he has not experience with kitchens! Maybe he has 12 years experience making cabinets for the garage or medicine cabinets for the bathroom! Although with 12 years experience he should know how to spell cabinet in his sleep!!!
“estaminet” was my favorite part…
Those cabniets (sic) were so exultant they could barely contain themselves.
It’s like spell-check fail, but there is still no explanation for estaminet then.
Mater makes an appearance!!
Like ta-mater, but without the ta.
I wonder which flavor my estaminet will come in?
no thanks!
If (and I do mean if) those pictures are of work he’s done, he’s got some talent. It’s a hillarious posting, and should have been spellchecked, but good grammar and spelling does not equal good craftsmanship.
That being said… I’m not sure if I would contact him for my exultant ketchin cabinet needs.
Maybe he meant exultant, and he’s just overly enthusiastic about cabinets?
Honestly, the best carpenter I’ve ever met produced estimates and invoices that were indecipherable because of spelling and squirrely punctuation/capitalization.
Of course, he was also a burned out ex-hippy stoner guy. But he did really good work.
So who knows, maybe this guy is legit.
Yup, I’d say it’s entirely possible. Still, the ad is a disaster. He should have used spellcheck if he’s that lousy a speller–by now, he’s got to know.
“exultant” eh? fit for a king? hey hes got me convinced
“I have over 12 years experience in custom cabinets” and yet he cant spell cabinet or kitchen??? I find this a little odd but, maybe he has not experience with kitchens! Maybe he has 12 years experience making cabinets for the garage or medicine cabinets for the bathroom! Although with 12 years experience he should know how to spell cabinet in his sleep!!!
Somehow “estaminet” is the best part of that. It kind of sounds like some obscure type of cabinet. Maybe it’s a technical term, and we’ve underestaminetted this guy.
i think you’re right, it’s middle eastern i believe… with minurets!
Spelling Nazi though I am, I can still sort of forgive it when someone uses the wrong vowel or puts an “f” instead of a “ph”–these are the gaffes of someone who doesn’t have innate spelling skills but is at least trying. But “estaminet”?!?! Really? Shouldn’t any North American adult be able to sound that out and realize it’s nowhere close to correct?
You betray your own ignorance, sir. As all wealthy and cultured people know, an “estaminet” is a 18th century French cabinet renowned by nobility for its ability to make one feel better about oneself.
Tut tut, pish posh.
If I were Joey, I’d be grateful that such a skilled and master craftsman took time from his lovely classified ad to thank me.
According to Webster’s: Estaminet (Noun) 1. A small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and coffee.
But if this estaminet comes with cabinets, surely they will not be shabby.
Shades of THANK YOU TERRY! from PAN…
Yeah, he sucks at Craigslist, but not necessarily at carpentry.
And I have to admit right now, I don’t get the “three out of four” part of the post. I’m missing something.
Here’s a hint: the word cabinet appears in the post four times. Also, look at the type of spelling mistake he tends to make.
My favorite part is the photo of his masterpiece in the back of a filthy pickup truck filled with trash.