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January 15, 2005
Misspoken Ads
One thing I'm enjoying about all my forays into the land of bad website design, a/k/a realtors online, is the funny doublespeak and misstatements I find. The notorious "fixer-upper" is being replaced with "needs a little TLC", which I translate as "needs wrecking ball & demolition crew". "Secluded" in this neck of the woods translates as "need 4-wheel drive & winch to get there". "Wet weather creek" equals "prone to flash flooding". One ad even proudly proclaimed that you could pee off your deck without the neighbors complaining.
I am so not kidding.
But my favorite find of the week was in an ad for some undeveloped acreage, which boasted the property had "one sided fencing". Must be some new-fangled Mobius strip fence. That's no good. It would confuse the hell out of the dogs....and how would you put a gate in it?
Yes, I know what they meant. It still cracked me up.
Posted by Rita at January 15, 2005 09:52 AM
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I'd love to see that! It'd be a great thing to show to the neighbors. "Look, start here, walk all the way around the fence and...voila! You're now outside!." Go 'round one more time and you're back inside." The dogs would love it, plus it'd keep Mike amused for hours.
Posted by: Bob at January 17, 2005 10:36 AM
True, but it'd be a PITA to have to walk all the way around 5 acres every time you wanted to go in or out.
BTW Bob, forgot to tell you last night we were glad to see you weren't the West Memphis naked jogger.
; )
Posted by: rita at January 17, 2005 10:46 AM
Nope, not me. If I was though, even you two could've seen me. The light reflects quite brightly off my pasty-white computer geek skin. ;)
Posted by: Bob at January 17, 2005 01:26 PM
Stop it, you're scaring me.
; )
Posted by: rita at January 17, 2005 06:06 PM