Where was my kaboom?

February 28, 2005 7:44 PM

[x] ok to transmit this posting into outer space (via space.craigslist.org)
posted by loquacious (9 comments total)

Little early for April Fools, no?
posted by arto at 8:29 PM on February 28, 2005

Craigslist already has plenty of space cadets. This is the logical next step.

What happens when aliens arrive and base their appearance on the 'ideal' men and women posting in m4w... hee hee hee.
posted by anthill at 8:57 PM on February 28, 2005

If the first thing aliens receive from Earth is craigslist, they will immediately destroy us. And they will be right.
posted by thecaddy at 10:37 PM on February 28, 2005

If they don't end up buying a pair of used skates first.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 10:49 PM on February 28, 2005

I hope they keep putting the "it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests" disclaimer in, because the last thing earthlings need is intergalactic spam.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 8:12 AM on March 1, 2005

like all craigslist buyers, the aliens will show up after the item's already sold. they'll also try to barter with string, cd's, and other random stuff out of their ship.
posted by edmo at 9:35 AM on March 1, 2005

goodnewsfortheinsane: Yeah, the 'no spam' checkbox is right above the 'ok to send to space' checkbox. I was posting something to the free section when I discovered this.

edmo: I've never tried to sell anything on CL, but I've had plenty of luck getting free stuff and buying the occasional item. But I'd hope aliens would have something more interesting than string... though, alien string might be kind of interesting.
posted by loquacious at 11:12 AM on March 1, 2005

Maybe that would be those superstrings I keep hearing so much about.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:08 PM on March 1, 2005

This is the perfect opportunity to send goatse to the Martians.
posted by fungible at 12:15 PM on March 2, 2005