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No Goat Like an Old Goat – the 2-Legged and 4-Legged Varieties: Best of Craigslist
Also, toddlers not allowed and other dirty-book-store etiquette tips – for old goats and others.
Patch cared for some friends’ goats while they were on vacation once. They never stayed in their pens. Once, the nasty tempered billy goat made his way to the roof of the barn.
Patch didn’t mess with that and the friends didn’t report any missing goats and all ended well – or maybe they were as eager as this guy to unload a couple dozen goats.
“I had no idea raising goats would be this hard,” he posts, detailing the goats’ pillaging and plundering. “Nobody told me they were such good climbers.”
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He must be new.
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In West Des Moines, the sweetest man ever was eating at the Jordan Creek Town Center food court. The sexiest man ever had a tribal tattoo. And the most thick-skulled man ever posted this and this and this and this and this.
DISCUSS: Such a thin line. Clever or creepy? Tell us in the comments.
In Urbandale, it wasn’t just the Mexican food that was hot.
In Ankeny, keep on walking. Do not accept the massage. And be wary of accepting this missed compliment. And where have we heard this before?
In Waukee, is there an Echo? (Ignore the issues with homonyms. Confusion is epidemic on Craigslist.)
Somewhere around the Patches, bhye-bhye.
In Case You Were Wondering ...
Do not take your toddlers into an adult book store and other rules of conduct in porn shops.
The detective found it more suspicious that he still receives the newspaper at the door than about his botched naked backflip.
She’s a country girl, not an English major. Neither is he.
This parachute failed to open on the last jump, but it’s fully functional. Anyone willing to take that gamble?
And finally – wait for it – stop yer wallowing in it.
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