YSaC, Vol. 1383: I would ewalk 500 emiles.
2012 November 14
Ted sends this:
crossbow for sall or trade – $250
i thank its a barnet comes with the cocking string and 3 arowes red dot site whould like to sale or trade for a gun,golfcart,fourwheller that type of stuff send pics of your trade or be erased thank you emile for pics
Holy cow! I have to send a picture of my trade items or I’ll be ERASED? Is that what really happened to Rory? It’s not that he was absorbed by a crack in time caused by the explosion of the TARDIS – no, he just took too long trying to decide what category encompasses guns, golf carts, AND four wheelers, and was summarily removed from time!
OK, I’d better get on this then… What’s do these items have in common? What TYPE are they? Wait.. no… I have it! They’re all
I prefer Emile for pics. His lighting is so flattering. He makes my golf cart look ten pounds lighter.
If Sparky wants a gun,golfcart,fourwheller he’s going to have to trade more than a crossbow, or else be vaporized.
Wow. I suspect that Billy-Ray-Cletus’ bolts all have suction cups on them.
And that BRC is 9 or 10 or so.
Otherwise the fail in this beggars imagination.
For one, the name brand, Barnett (with both “t”) is emblazoned on both limbs of the crossbow. Also, people who buy crossbows are very keen on details, like stock length, and, much more importantly, “draw weight” (that amount of pull to heave the limbs back when the string is nocked).
A crossbow is a relatively simple machine, too, so selling a $500 or $600 full-stocked 60# for $250 suggests what, on Antiques Roadshow, are called “condition issues.”
What BRC wants in trade is a bit telling, too. A “for trade” four-wheeler worth $250 is a bit like a $250 BMW sedan–you are very likely to get exactly what you paid for.
Ok, a $250 golf cart is not too far out of line, a bit like buying a $2500 Ford Escort–working, but will not be quite so ‘cool’ for slinking about the woods wit’yer buddies as might be imagined.
Perhaps lil’ BRC’s crib ought not have been downwind of the meth or oxy fumes for quite that many years.
Aw, hail, dangit, lookit, I kleen dun ferget these: [corey][/corey]
You’re assuming he actually owns it. If it’s not actually BRC’s, that might explain why he can’t remember what kind of crossbow it is. Boy, won’t his dad be mad when he sells it.
1. You will send pics, or you will be deleted.
2. I might or might not trade a gun for a crossbow, but I’d walk emile for a Camel.
Capn, you beat me to it. This guy wants to trade what he values at about $250 for products ranging from $100 (military surplus Russian WWII rifles) up to $12,000 (brand-new Polaris 4X4, don’t know price of golf cart). I get the impression he would’ve liked math just fine in grade school if not for all those pesky numbers.
Geeraidskull in the hollar mighten been too dang diff’cult fer ol’ BRC . . .
You can get the old three-wheel golf carts for $200-500.
Four-wheel GC run $400-800 and up.
Now, there is a relatively new market in 4×4 & off-road golf carts (aka golf cars).
This includes lift kits, mud-grip tires, and the like.
None of which you much trade for Uncle Cletus-Billy-Ray’s half-broke crossbow.
Doubly so if this is a cheap knock-off copy of one of the toy-like crossbows that retail for $49.95, and that, brand new at the wallymart.
After the collapse of the small, relatively unknown Crossbow Mafia, Tony “The Eraser” Villano tried to clean up his act and go into Craigslist resale. However, his first attempts at making “a hard sale” were less than stellar.
I would like to declare here and now that I am not the Lara of the crimson crustacean. We appear to have another Lara in our midst. I welcome her. I will also let her know that we will be associated with each other because I used to post as Lara. *wave* So neither of us should say anything too stupid. Just mildly.
I have a feeling that Sparky’s knowledge of technology means he uses a pink rubber eraser to erase people off of his computer screen.
Sounds like the Pink Pearl Facial they offer down at Etta Mae’s Thai Massage Parlor & Office Supplies Emporium. Guaranteed to erase all those fine lines and wrinkles or you get a free box of paper clips and fancy soaps.
This will be the perfect Beesmas gift for someone! But my emile is so slow, I hope Sparky doesn’t sell or trade this before my pics get there. I thank I put my fourwheller out in the barnet.
Wouldn’t a fourwheller be very overwhellming?
Naw, I’ve handled that before. It’s just whelming.
“Crossbow for Sall” is the new, post-apocalyptic reboot of the classic children’s book “Blueberries for Sal”
‘Mitter here.
The fact that he didn’t know the brand marked on the crossbow and spelled the name wrong (plus fear of erasure) were what moved me to submission, though all the other sparkiosity is charming, of course.
Secretly, I was really hoping you were Ted Nugent. But, you sound so, I don’t know, sane. Sigh.
I’ll try to do better next time. If it helps any, I did click on the ad because I thought a crossbow could, potentially, be an awesome thing to have.
It would be a useful thing to have on hand if the streets are ever filled with shambling horrors, like in the event of a zombie apocalypse or the release of another Twilight movie.
I’m sorry. I’ve been in the corner all morning thinking about cocking strings and red dots in arow. Please come back tomorrow, maybe I’ll have it erased by then.
Hey, BRC says the red dots are at a site?
I know what site the blue dot goes on, so where does the red one go?
(<teehee> she said “roostering string” <teehee>)
“Erased”, heh. This guy is so clueless. Everyone knows the technical term is “derezzed”.
I’d like to thank all of the little people….. Barnet for the cocking string, Emile for pics, and of course my parents for not erasing me when they had the chance.
But will the red dot site arowes kill a weeping angel? I don’t want to be sent back to the turn of the 20th century.
Crossbows for sall or trade
String to let…it’s not frayed.
No gun, no whells, no carts
I want those–maybe some smarts
Ah, but..two hundred fifty bucks
Buys cocking, 3 arowes red dot site
I thank its a barnet, alright
King of the ad.
Somehow I really doubt Sparky’s cocking string could arowes my red dot site even once, let alone 3. Just sayin’.
Ralph, let’s pretend it’s morning, okay? Punchity Punch Punch!
Good Morning, Cock and Bull!