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HILARIOUS ad in the personal ads in a newspaper I read

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  • Soleil_lune
    Soleil_lune Posts: 1,247 Forumite
    pawsies wrote: »
    Reminds me of this

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoW-zgKGnDI

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::T:T

    Wasn't that the advert that ended...

    "NO DOGS!" :D
  • Callie22
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    The filleting fish requirement is a bit oddly specific. I bet he's an angler :)
  • theoretica
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    He says he has a good sense of humour and the ad is being talked about as hilarious. The question is whether he did this on purpose as an example of GSOH and for someone looking it might be worth finding out.
    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
    Lewis Carroll
  • sillyvixen
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    theoretica wrote: »
    He says he has a good sense of humour and the ad is being talked about as hilarious. The question is whether he did this on purpose as an example of GSOH and for someone looking it might be worth finding out.

    i showed this to my other half, and he thinks add is displaying his GSOH, and is tounge in cheek, and he finds it funny.
    Dogs return to eat their vomit, just as fools repeat their foolishness. There is no more hope for a fool than for someone who says, "i am really clever!"
  • ladeeda
    ladeeda Posts: 199 Forumite
    I have decided the ad is tongue in cheek, and that the fish filleting requirement is merely to keep down the 'application' numbers :). He slipped up by not mentioning how smart he is though, so not for me. Pity as I can not only catch the fish, but I can clean it on the river bank, light a small safe fire & cook it too....

    the one that got away... :rotfl:
  • flora48
    flora48 Posts: 644 Forumite
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    Best ad I ever came across was in the personal column of a town newspaper, reading simply, "Boring old f**t seeks similar."
  • ladeeda
    ladeeda Posts: 199 Forumite
    flora48 wrote: »
    Best ad I ever came across was in the personal column of a town newspaper, reading simply, "Boring old f**t seeks similar."

    I would respond to that....
    :rotfl:
  • seven-day-weekend
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    It reminds me of the ad that the old farmer put in after his wife died: 'Farmer, looking for woman with tractor. Please send photo of tractor'.
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  • seven-day-weekend
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    ladeeda wrote: »
    I thought it was quite a funny ad :) and he's kind (well says he is) I like kind men.
    What do GSOH and WLTM mean?

    Good Sense of Humour and would Like To Meet
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  • pulliptears
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