Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
So after calling up the Salvation Army to come pick up a futon we want out of our house, and having to postpone the pickup a week due to unexpected hospital visit, the truck just showed up.
When the driver came to our door, he said, "We're picking up a futon, right?" I said, "Yeah." He said, "We don't take futons. Sorry."
We told them it was a futon over the phone. Why the hell would they even bother to send a truck???
Huh. I don't know how I feel about that. I mean, I don't like the image I see portrayed, but they're talking legislation (in Spain). That seems wrong, too.
Although I'm not sure about how I feel about government involvement, many governing bodies of various sports impose restrictions based on health concerns, so I think a case could be made that this is similar.
"We're picking up a futon, right?" I said, "Yeah." He said, "We don't take futons. Sorry."
So...he knew he was there for a futon, and thought it would be easier to tell you in person that they don't take futons?
What have they got against futons in the first place?
AVAST!!! Start preparin', ye scurvy dogs and wenches!
Talk Like A Pirate Day be only ONE WEEK away!!!
Yarr.
About the models, there was also this from last week, about "fat" models: [link]
We've just discovered the bitter civil war amongs Salvation Army employees - between the pro-futon and anti-futon factions.
Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
If I'm going to be in Paris, does that mean I have to talk like a French pirate?
There's evidently been a bit of problem with futons and mattresses and old sofas having bedbugs -- yes, actual bedbugs -- around this area, at least, to the point where it's not advisable to pick up stuff from the curb.
If I'm going to be in Paris, does that mean I have to talk like a French pirate?
No Jess, the "r"s alone would kill you!
There's evidently been a bit of problem with futons and mattresses and old sofas having bedbugs -- yes, actual bedbugs -- around this area, at least, to the point where it's not advisable to pick up stuff from the curb.
True, that -- I had to throw out a mattress a couple of years ago because of bedbugs (we had bedbugs before they were cool...everyone has them now...)
It just seemed like Sean's truck guy was specifically discriminating against futons, not soft furnishings in general.