I have to be honest — the DCist staff was about 95 percent sure that the Craigslist ad for a 16-cat Dupont sublet which we featured yesterday afternoon was a fake. And that was well before I received an email from one “Fred Decatt” (get it?) last night, claiming to be the poster and asking me to be “more receptive and tolerant of cat enthusiasts such as myself” in future posts. Of course, by the time another reader forwarded us an email exchange in which the photo to the right was proffered as a photo of Bitnum, one of the cats listed in the ad, well, the inauthenticity of the ad was pretty much a foregone conclusion.
Adventures in Craigslist is a whenever-we-find-something-interesting series in which we dive headfirst into the vast complexities of the Washington region’s Craigslist. Today: that’s…a lot of cats.
I don’t use the term “cat lady” loosely. It’s actually kind of offensive, and The Simpsons has really cornered the market on the joke. But sometimes, the moniker just seems totally appropriate. For example: when applied to the kind of person who places an ad on Craigslist for a Dupont Circle sublet which the new occupant will have to share with 16 cats while the original renter is in Denmark attending a cat convention.
You know the crazy cat lady that often appears on episodes of The Simpsons? The one who’s always screaming gibberish and throwing cats at others? Apparently she and her ilk have a thing for the region. NBC 4 is reporting that 86 dogs and cats were removed from a Stafford Suffolk, Va., home where a married couple lived with their 12-year-old son. So bad were the conditions in the house — none of the animals…
On the day following the D.C. Council’s second and final endorsement of a smoking ban in bars and restaurants, we can expect plenty of media coverage of the public’s reaction. Are residents pleased to be smoke-free, or nervous at what consequences may lay ahead for the hospitality industry? According to a WJLA headline, which really scooped the competition, “Patrons Have Mixed Opinions On D.C. Smoking Ban.” Hell, we could have told you that. Just read…
