Craigslist

For a century now Craigslist.com has been a website devoted to the sterilization of the american consumerism spirit. Some have used craigslist all their lives. Others, when asked about craigslist, look at you and tell you they have a cousin Vinny who used Craigslist back in 1973 and sold an old box of crayons but had a bad experience. Still others have a sister who bought a box of crayons and fell in love with the seller, Vinny, and had to break it off when Vinny started harrassing her at work over the shipping costs for the crayons. And still others buy and sell all the time on craigslist and are the foremost authority on the scammers you come across on craigslist. The scammers will tell you that they're just misunderstood and they really do have a brother that just took a job in London and they are really tired of people not believing that they just want to surprise their brothers and are willing to pay extra for shipping and would never abuse your paypal account. The people at paypal will tell you they are not really based out of Mymbawbe and their African/Phillipean/Asian accent is common in West Texas and you're just being paranoid. So basically, everyone is a liar and pervert so deal with it. But I digress.... Craigslist was invented by a guy named Steve who knew a guy who knew a guy who had a cousin named Vinny who had a box of crayons but couldn't sell them on Ebay because his account was closed down. The account of his account being shut down had something do do with an incorrect credit card number which wasn't authorized because he tried to use 4 digits for a security code instead of three. (Vinny might be good with cars but his dyslexia doesn't help him out when he gets scroogled.) So Vinny was stuck with the crayons and couldn't return them to Target because he lost the receipt. The gal at Target knew Vinny from his Ebay profile picture and she was still mad over the whole security code issue. So, out of the depths of consumerism hell a website was born. Now, because of dial-up modem connections being so slow Craigslist took forever to become the household profanity it is today. But, as we all know from our experiences with child-proof caps on our aspirin bottles, frustration leads to name recognition and profanity. But I digress... So Steve, setting up his shop in his mother's garage (she still is not allowed to park her own car in the garage but Steve does occasionally open the garage door because of the gasoline smell) and continues to this day answering all those nasty emails he receives when a brother doesn't receive the right car being shipped to London. Steve will never divulge the true identity of Craig but the police know his first name and the investigation continues. Craigslist is now a multi-trillion dollar enterprise and Steve now has 4 garages throughout the tri-county area in operation 24 hours a day every six days a week. Steve gets really tired but luckily the help is really cheap in the Phillipines. Will Craigslist be around forever? That question is as old as creation itself but probably isn't as interesting. And Steve is actually older than 46 but takes a lot of formaldehyde with his cornflakes. My name is Rueuhy and I approve this blog.