February 23, 1886

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1886, the London Times published the world’s 1st classified ad. It said, “Distinguished gentleman of means looking for a jemmy Judy who knows how to put Nebuchadnezzar out to grass. I do possess a lobcock chinkstopper that is known to satisfactorily complete a commodity. If you are a bushelbubby, I may be interested in gamahuche if you can huffle the bagpipe. Look for Jack in Whitechapel.”

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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One Response to February 23, 1886

  1. Reginald Podsnapper says:
    February 25, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    Well, dash my wig! Sounds like this bricky fellah’s up for a bit of tot-hunting. I bet anything a dirty puzzle is what he’s after, and perhaps a glimpse of Cupid’s kettle drums. He’s sure to get the morbs though, once he knows there won’t be any crinkum-crankum.

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