Saturday, March 27, 2010

Funny Little Craigslist story

A while back I was looking for some chairs to stage a house we had for sale. I saw this fab set on CL and emailed the poster to see if I could buy them. Showed the hubby, but he hated them. Same old, I love it he hates it. Whatever. So here I am salivating over these chairs and table and china cupboard. Convince the hubby that with a little paint and some fabric , these chairs are exactly what we need. Being a sensible sort, he agreed. Put my walnut shield back chairs up for sale. Talked them up a bit and sure enough, off they went to their new home. That's' another story. Later.....
The lady selling the dining set emails and tells me that she has just sold the set to a "lady". She then tells me that since it was in the neighborhood and she has a van, she agreed to bring the set over to the "couple". She arrives and is waiting outside the apartment building and out comes this big back drag queen! All blond hair, red hot mini skirt, white go go boots and tube top. She says the lady comes up to her and says"Honey! Are you the lady with the dining room suite?" She says yes. She was so taken aback by this gal as she had never seen a real big black he/she in full makeup and wig.The buyer pulls the money out of her tube top and pays for the furniture. Next, out comes the lover. All in a fluster over the furniture. Also, in a big rush as they had a double date with another couple. She says this gal just picked up the dining room table like a feather, the lover grabbed the chairs , 2 per arm and off they went. She said not 5 minutes later down they came with another little friend. She says it was all she could do to keep from laughing out loud. This little scrawny guy/gal, with 2 days stubble and a badly fitting blouse, comes over and says with a sweet little lisp "I will take the other chairs". Stacks the chairs seat to seat and barely manages to carry them into the building. Meanwhile , the other 2 'ladies' pick up the china cupboard and carry it towards the building doors. When they reached the doors, they put the cupboard down, the blond runs over to the seller , gives her a big hug, grabs her husbands hand and shakes it all the way up his arm, turns back to the lover who , with a big smile on his face yells, Thank You Honey, and the 2 of them disappear into the building with the cabinet. She said she just stood there dumbfounded for a minute and then once they were gone, both she and her husband started to laugh so hard she found it hard to breathe. Ah, life in the big city. A story around every corner.

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