JohnyHachi6
JohnyHachi6 Reader
5/17/12 7:47 p.m.

People never cease to amaze me. Maybe one of you can figure this out. I just laughed a lot...

Link

"bum trock - $2500 (kennesaw)

i sale 3 bum trock 1 is brock transmition price 2500 2 is brock motor 2500 1 is good 55 ft price 12000 please call 404 992 4812 "

64chrysler300
64chrysler300 Reader
5/17/12 7:53 p.m.

Okay, that was migrain inducing....

ShadowSix
ShadowSix HalfDork
5/17/12 8:00 p.m.

Nothing amazing there, people that got through their lives w/out needing/learning to read are now trying to learn... on craigslist.

10 years ago you just drove down to the local paper and told the lady at the counter what you wanted the ad to say, no English composition necessary.

integraguy
integraguy UltraDork
5/17/12 8:10 p.m.

I think I should be scared, I understood the ad the first time I read it.

For those needing a "translation":

For sale, 3 bum(trashed?) trucks.

1st has a bum(bad?) engine

2nd has a broke(bad) transmission

3rd has a 55 foot (not all that great?) paint job.

jsymonds
jsymonds New Reader
5/17/12 8:14 p.m.

Okay, I give up--what was the search term you used? "motor"?

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/290/2/e/keep_calm_and_trock_on_by_ghostlykitteh-d48v5as.jpg

mikeatrpi
mikeatrpi Reader
5/17/12 9:56 p.m.

boom truck? Like a crane?

JohnyHachi6
JohnyHachi6 Reader
5/17/12 10:44 p.m.

In reply to jsymonds:

What? You mean you don't regularly search for keywords "bum, trock, and brock"?

914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
5/18/12 7:09 a.m.
Brock trock said: 1 is good 55 ft price 12000

I've heard of a 10/10 paint job and a car referred to as a 20 footer; but a 55 footer? Must be some looker!

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker UltimaDork
5/18/12 7:27 a.m.

Reply sent: English, motherberkeleyer. Do you speak it?

JohnInKansas
JohnInKansas Reader
5/18/12 8:02 a.m.
mikeatrpi wrote: boom truck? Like a crane?

Betcha. 12 grand for a 55 foot boom truck isn't all that stoopid. At least not in comparison to the rest of it.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill UltraDork
5/18/12 9:35 a.m.

55 foot trailer?

dump truck?

broke transmission?

RossD
RossD UltraDork
5/18/12 9:54 a.m.

I have my Nigerian accountant writings check as we speak.

bravenrace
bravenrace PowerDork
5/18/12 12:40 p.m.

Wait, what?

poopshovel
poopshovel PowerDork
5/18/12 1:04 p.m.

Kennesaw.

integraguy
integraguy UltraDork
5/18/12 1:19 p.m.

I guess I didn't get it after all...

bum = BOOM....who would have thunk it? I guess the "tip-off" was the 55 foot?

Keith
Keith GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
5/18/12 3:10 p.m.

A 3 bum truck is one with a bench seat in the front. A 2 bum truck has buckets.

Apis_Mellifera
Apis_Mellifera New Reader
5/18/12 4:16 p.m.

Who's the Boom King?

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