Saturday, April 18, 2009

Sleep with the fishes, kid


Like most parents, I sometimes -- no more than ten or twenty times a day -- think I'm royally messing up my kids through my incompetence. But then I look at this listing, found on Foute Huizen, and I realize that so long as I'm not deliberately and painstakingly inducing nightmares in my kids I'm probably okay.

Friday, April 17, 2009

It's German for "love of the mirrored, flocked wallpaper"


Smoooooth. From the pink bidet to the slightly charred chandelier, this says "Waldeslust!" all over it. Not that I have any idea what "Waldeslust!" means, but really, it says it all over it:

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Ahhhh, room to stretch



Brilliant! As a tall person, I say it's about time we had toilets that gave extra legroom.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

I've got listings that jingle jangle jingle



I walked off the dusty street and through the swinging doors of this house, hoping for a drink to sooth my parched throat. The piano player stopped playing, the bartender looked up from the mug he was wiping, and everyone at the card game turned to stare.

"Howdy, boys," I said. "I'm just a Realtor, passing through town. I don't mean to bother nobody. I'll just leave my card and move on."

(Found by Mandy.)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Included: black, white



Househunter Lorena was sent this listing by her real estate agent as a potential new home. She didn't say, but I'm presuming the Realtor looks something like this:

Monday, April 13, 2009

No, not New Zealand this time



Ahh, Monday.


(Found by Dara.)

Sunday, April 12, 2009

The hook is for the rope bridge through the tiny door


"I said I wanted crown molding on the ceiling, Leroy! Crown molding, not... Oh, never mind, I'll get used to it."