In September, everywhere in Guelph is littered with couches and other household items that have been abandoned by students who are fleeing the city to teach english overseas, move back in with their parents, and otherwise move on.
It's awfully tempting to try these out. I have sat on about 13 couches over the last few weeks. Key criteria include:
-are there burns, holes, or other severe disfigurements?
-does it smell?
-is it relatively clean?
And if the first three seem okay, I sit down on it, and I think:
Why would someone give this up?
I, goaded by several friends, have adopted a sofa bed that's now perched in my livingroom. It is ugly, and smells, well, old. I haven't been brave enough to check out the mattress yet.
How come no one ever gives away bookshelves? I really need some of those.
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