Freecycling is the new awesome

If I lived in Brooklyn, I would probably be at this Freecycle event on Saturday, June 24. I love rummaging through other people's junk and getting amazing things for next to nothing, so the idea of getting to rummage for free is totally appealing.

Actually, we have our own freecycling that happens right here in our very own apartment building. There is a stoop by the doors where our neighbors have taken to dumping their old stuff before they take it to the Out of the Closet Thrift Store around the corner. We got rid of most of our kitchen chairs that way, and I will admit to finding a few good romance paperbacks and sweaters and things down there. So you can imagine how excited I was to see a big box sitting on the stoop on the way out today. Until I saw what it was.

a Karri-Potti?


The portable 100% self-contained fresh water flush toilet system? What on earth are you trying to unload on us, neighbor? This is no lightly used JCrew sweater that someone might actually want. This is a toilet. From the 70's, no less.


I didnt even check to see if it was used. You would be proud of me, roommate. I left that toilet right where it was.