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A recent NYC CL nanny search ad generated a flurry of media coverage, including this New York Times writeup. The mother of 4 who authored the ad is reportedly thinking book deal.

I don’t want someone who has a lot of theories on the right way to raise kids, because in the end, I’m just a woman doing my best. I’m willing to learn from you, or anyone, but not so much about how i should parent my spawn. teach me to knit. introduce me to yoga, the white stripes, russian literature or the best place to get a burger in the village at 2Am, but do not tell me to put star stickers on a good boy chart. stickers irritate me.

Dozen or so felines do not appear to be included:

Hmmm, wonder if there are any claw marks on this one?

Please don’t waste dirt’s time by emailing dirt and asking for more money.

DIRT isn’t here to subsidize your craigslist lifestyle.

Dirt just wants to be gone.

Purrrrfect for Burning Man!

And this craigslist user is generously offering free poison oak starts:

In a creative frenzy (?) to build what is inarguably an ass kicking machine, this craigslist user may have cut a few corners and forgotten to do a full patent search.

On the other hand, he does mention having 10 years experience, and patent #6,293,874 was not filed until january 2000, so perhaps there is applicable prior art.

Come to think of it, weren’t there some stooges back in the 30s working on something similar?

Presumably the hay bales in background serve as biofuel