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Best of craigslist
by Jon Brooks
Thu, May 31, 2007, 3:00 am PDT

We all know craigslist as the ultimate utilitarian site. Need a used laptop? Browse. Looking for a single professional male with no fear of commitment? Search (and search and search). But who knew the classifieds juggernaut also includes some of the most creative online writing this side of the blogosphere? Culled from the site's vast network and nominated by users, "Best of" features a host of posts to delight and entertain: "My cat is a free loader" chronicles an inter-species household showdown; "Celebrity Nail clippings for Elementary Math tutor" proposes a simple barter. And the missive "To the guy who had sex last night in front of my house" addresses a man who not only parked his Toyota in a forbidden zone, but committed some other illicit acts there, too. Other fine reading: "Ways to not write a resume," "To my dear unconscious friend," and " You smiled at me going into your colonoscopy." "I thought of you throughout my own colonoscopy. The technitian (sic) didn't interest me in the slightest."

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