Archive for September, 2009

“No Additional Photos Provided,” sez the listing.
“No additional photos necessary,” sez I.

(Found By: Rob & Elle C. And hellloo, Nevada! Could this really be your first Lovely Listing?)

But… but… look at it! The house is only two inches high! Who the H-E-double-hockeysticks is supposed to live here, the Borrowers?

(Found By: Sharon G)

Je suis désolée! I read that there is only one pissoir left in Paris. Next you’ll be telling me that they don’t play accordions on every street corner any more, and that little street urchins no longer carry home Père and Mère‘s wine bottles and baguettes. Fortunately, this apartment is available, and it has so much of that atmosphère! Who can resist it? And unlike the old vespasiennes, it has plenty of habitabilité — and a flush toilet. Not much else, but it does have that toilet. And a radiator.

(Je don’t speak a word of French beyond what I’ve picked up from Hercule Poirot, so pardon if I wrote something atmosphère. Mercy buckets!)

Found By: Rene

So lately I’ve been really really really into playing Lego Star Wars on the Wiiiii. Every night I stick the kids in their beds and then go blast apart barrels *kapow kapow kapow* and Jedi the Stormtroopers’ helmets (yes, “Jedi” is a verb) so they’re backwards. Love it. But I don’t want my kids to watch me play, because it’s all *kapow kapow kapow* and they’re little. Plus I’m usually muttering obscenities and they already have a sufficient supply of those at hand.

But they’re curious, and they’ll creep out of bed to try to watch Mama try to kill Jar Jar Binks. I need to find some way to keep them in their room at night. Some little parenting tip…

No, I have no idea what made me think of that. Why do you ask? Anyway, here’s a photo from a listing. Tum te tum…

Found By: Billie K

Dude. Check it out. The weirdest thing ever is going on here. You see? You see it? So bizarre: the toilet paper is hung on the shower stall door. Crazy!

There might be something else wrong here, too.

(Found By: Mikael V)

“Okay, guys — on the count of three, we’ll pounce! One… two…”

Found By: Colleen

Enough of the gray! Are you awake yet? I SAID, ARE YOU AWAKE YET?

Man, even the house knows this is Too Much Color. Look in the top photo: it’s shedding the green wallpaper in an attempt to restore some calmness.
Found By: Gina Y

And now… a little something gray for your Monday morning. Just easing you in to the week. Take your time.

Found By: Jeanne C

Oh, Chair, I’m glad to see you’re finally getting some help. You’d sunk so low…

(Found By: Sean J)

Yes, you might think it would be difficult to get your kids to fall asleep if they had a bedroom as awesome as this one. Boing boing boing from bed to bed, right? But no. Because they know that if they’re bad little boys and girls, they get taken to sleep in this room:

Not a peep, I tell you, not a single peep comes from the kids’ room. Nighty-night!

(Found By: Colleen)