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[surrey_sucks]

On Wednesday night, I was bored, had some spare time, and had a wave of inspiration, in addition to being a total loser, so I made a personal ad on Craigslist in the "women seeking men" section. This time, I decided to try a different approach, and post an ad that was a little different than the usual, "Hey, these are my interests and this is what

Comments

[timtwoface]

I don't see why that ad, of all things, would cause such a raucous that it would need to get wiped off the face of the earth. It's a shame too - brutal honesty should be a good thing, right?

[surrey_sucks]

It probably created a fuss because it was well-written, and I had standards.

I was going to write "ruckus" instead of "fuss", when I noticed that you had written "raucous". So I looked the words up, wondering if I was wrong in my spelling, and this is what I found:

raucous (adjective): making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise--raucous youths

ruckus (noun): a disturbance or commotion--a child is raising a ruckus in class

[timtwoface]

Oh dear, this doesn't put me in the illiterate category, does it? :p

[surrey_sucks]

Nah, don't worry. But we both learned something today!

[brunetteshades]

I thought that was bloody well written. I think they're all just pissed off because they obviously don't hold their own standards high enough to be more specific about what they want. Good job!

[surrey_sucks]

Thank you :)

As I mentioned, I got a lot of responses from people telling me how well-written and entertaining it was!

[brunetteshades]

It's entertaining because it's true! I find myself speaking up a bit more about things and, weirdly enough, I think it's your influence. In a good way of course.

[surrey_sucks]

I think it's your influence

Ha ha ha. I take that as a compliment :) Funny, but I have been known to have an influence on people, both people who I know and don't know!

[shadow_muffins]

That was all kinds of awesome. I wish they hadn't taken it down!

[surrey_sucks]

Good thing I saved it on MS Word!

[glowing_dragon]

You should post the responses you got in return! (I'm guessing you didn't save the responses on the site itself)

[surrey_sucks]

No, I didn't save the responses from the site. They're absolute crap anyway. I do plan on posting a few of the emails, however. But friends only, of course!

[glowing_dragon]

Oh, of course!

[surrey_sucks]

It was risky enough for me to post this publicly (hence screening the comments), but my cover was blown anyway.

[robbat2]

I have the feeling that all the good ads are flagged out of spite.

On the flipside, I guess I know why I failed now :-P.