Tuesday, September 23, 2008

A new Feature:

Starting today, I'm going to have little updates from time to time about the crazy things I see on my local "Freecycle" bulletin board, because these are way too funny not to discuss in an open forum. Of course, no names will be used, even though many of these people probably need to be pointed and laughed at. :-p

I call this: FreePsycho.

Today's entry is just, well, odd:

OFFER: odd offer-used kitty litter
Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:08 am (PDT)
Not sure if anyone can use this. I thought I would see for maybecompost or something else. Have not a clue-I got lots of it. Got put in a trashcan and got a big bag of it.Let me know or else I will throw it out..

First of all, I'm glad that the poster acknowledges that USED KITTY LITTER is an ODD thing to offer. I mean, I would be far more worried if the person thought "Hey - got some turded up litter, think I'll give it away!" was a regular, ordinary thing to do. Makes you really wonder what that type of person would give as a Christmas gift, you know? But I am concerned as to WHY they were apparently hoarding it into a trashcan - unbeknownst to them - until there was a BIG bag of it! As far as I know, kitty litter is good for: Keeping ice off your sidewalks and driveways, Cleaning up oil spills, and catching your cat's waste. All of these generally require that the litter start out CLEAN.

Of course, if someone TAKES the litter, then they become a higher priority on the worry list...




3 comments:

Cheyenne said...

That reminds me of something I read in the paper. A how-to column had published helpful hints to get rid of old medication. One involved putting it in kitty litter...I can't remember why, now...all I remember is a reader writing in very distressed because her cat had eaten the medication and was acting all funky because of it. She didn't think it was appropriate to get rid of medication via the cat. Whatever the procedure, I'm pretty sure that she didn't follow it. I love both those cakes!

tracyp said...

HEY! I'm so sorry that I haven't been to your blog in forever.. so I LOVE the giraffe cake, I would like to put my cake order in for next month! Your daughters name is so beautiful and I love reading your random thoughts... OH! and so you feel more loved I added you to my list of people I like! So now I will check your blog all the time.. I'll be like a stalker!

Rachael M. said...

Cheyenne -

Believe it or not, the worthless dog is often caught with her head in Sully's box, happily munching away at it's contents. So the medicine disposal would be really bad here. LOL

Thanks for the props on the cakes :-D

Tracy -

Um, you've been busy. Please don't apologize! Glad you like the giraffe cake! If I could figure out how to get it to you without it showing up a blobby, sloppy mess, I'd send it right away! Oh, and stalk away!