This dad’s personal ad ‘looking for a son-in-law’ went viral because it’s so unusual and begs lots of questions
Every so often you come across a personal ad in a newspaper which is just so very strange it makes you almost want to reply just to work out what the hell it all means.
This is one of those ads, shared on Twitter by Yvette Shapiro and, well, here goes …
Absolutely the strangest personal ad I’ve ever seen in @BelTel
Some kind of joke? pic.twitter.com/42Smsj2KbL— Yvette Shapiro (@yvetteshapiro) February 7, 2019
And all of these people appeared to agree.
“… sown his wild oaks”? Most own a forest??
— Susan Barnard (@mrssbarnard) February 7, 2019
Wow ….. absolutely scundered for her.
— Elaine Young (@ElaineYoung94) February 7, 2019
“She’s the youngest of a house full of girl” pic.twitter.com/GbU3rjVH7C
— AshClarke (@AislinnClarke) February 7, 2019
Think this strange ad needed a bit of grammar & spelling correction before it was published
— Yvette Shapiro (@yvetteshapiro) February 7, 2019
It’s perfect as is. A post-modern stream of consciousness poem evoking an absurd rural dystopia in the style of Flann O’Brien.
— AshClarke (@AislinnClarke) February 7, 2019
Yes! A glimpse into the “our wee country” psyche.
— Yvette Shapiro (@yvetteshapiro) February 7, 2019
Free to a good home, as long as it’s next door to “her friendly dad”.
— Yvette Shapiro (@yvetteshapiro) February 7, 2019
— Glenn Reid (@glenn_reid_) February 7, 2019
The Guardian’s film critic Peter Bradshaw had a question.
I'm trying to think which actor should play this guy in the film version https://t.co/JdP56IErQl
— Peter Bradshaw (@PeterBradshaw1) February 7, 2019
Brendan Gleeson
— molly izaga (@MollyIzaga) February 7, 2019
Colm Meany
Or more likely, John Goodman with a dodgy accent
— Ben Davies (@ben_benjamin3) February 7, 2019
Probably not Liam Neeson any more
— Chris Coates (@MulberryCoates) February 7, 2019
