Secrets of the City

No big loss. Most of the postings (I heard) are from the police, anyway. The “undercover” police. LOL

OTOH, was there ever much outcry whenever someone used the weekly papers’ back page listings to commit heinous crimes?

Won’t this just drive the whores into the personals section?

Won’t this just drive the whores into the personals section?

Where they should be…

I don’t go to Craigslist. Do they allow advertising for any other illegal activity?

maybe the bartering section?

It works both ways and you can always put it to song, too:

My Handy Man (Ethel Waters)

Whoever said a good man was hard to find,
Postively, absolutely sure was blind;
I found the best that ever was,
Here’s just some of the things he does:

He shakes my ashes, greases my griddle,
Churns my butter, strokes my fiddle;
My man is such a handy man!

He threads my needle, creams my wheat,
Heats my heater, chops my meat;
My man is such a handy man!

Craigslist is great. After I bought my house, I got rid of a ton of stuff that was left there simply by taking a picture, and posting a free ad on craigslist.

Although it would make more sense if someone were advertising their, uh, service:

Handyman (Jimmy Jones)

Hey girls, gather round, listen to what I’m putting down.
Hey babe, I’m your handy man.
I’m not the kind to use a pencil or rule, I’m handy with love and I’m no fool,
I fix broken hearts, I know that I truly can.

As long as they don’t destroy my only hope for not dying alone, missed connections.

Also, I think erotic services will all just move to the “free” section. Or the jobs section.

I think your last Tweet about your “jumbo cupcakes” qualifies as porn, Bixby.

@justbob: Now, there’s a thought … Craigslist bake sale listings: “Hot muffins! Sweet cakes! French pastries!”

Bixby, I’ll make sure you don’t die alone for 300 ‘roses’

Don’t do it Bix! Baker will send over some of his thugs to ‘whack’ you…

There’s the new MNSpeak/SOTC demographic.

We had less gangsta thugs when Rex was here.

Go ahead, punk! Reach for that strap and I’ll pop a cap!

What ever happened to personal responsibility? If we’re all supposedly adults why can’t we participate in adult activities? Are we now in a nanny state? Sounds like Saudi Arabia, and Iran legislating morality.

Yes, that’s exactly what it sounds like. OMFG, you’re going to get stoned to death by our government for using Craigslist inappropriately.

@Bixby: I think the removal of the category has less to do with illegal sex between consenting adults than it does with the recent spat of murders committed by a fringe element of psychopaths.

But if crime prevention is the goal, a few other Craigslist categories should be reviewed. There are plenty of stories about about robberies and such being committed via Craigslist “free” listings, too.

I’m just sayin’.

It’s very hard to get outcall erotic services from Craigslist in the general vicinity of the Wisconsin Dells. Just what I heard.

@g_rote: I dunno, I hear there are some pretty freaky people over at Circusworld. At least that’s what the word on the street in the Dells is.