Craigslist Ad: I Have One Idea and It's to Troll For Some of Yours

Some freelance writer was sitting around yesterday, Monday, right before the holidays, trying to think of something to pitch to magazines. He/she has nothing. He/she considers going on Help A Reporter Out to solicit ideas. That’s help, right? Maybe they should call their relatives back home. All they can mutter about is Sarah Palin. So it’s Craigslist to the rescue! Anonymous and on the ethical edge.

You decide: resourceful or desperate:

Ideas Wanted for News and Feature Stories
Date: 2009-11-16, 4:56PM PST
Reply to: job-zfbj3-1469237759@craigslist.org

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