Friday, December 19, 2025

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I’m calling ITT Tech. It’s time they establish a course for translators for the MLS. Often the listings I see are so wacky I have to read them several times…yet sometimes they take on a life of their own.  It’s like listening to Dame Edna Everage – I scratch my head and wonder why the absurdity is actually starting to make sense to me! Am I crazy?  Don’t answer that, please – just enjoy the fun:

What Language Are You Speaking?

“Seller died. Truss sale.” (Just what we all need – used jock straps…)

“House has been Retro Flit” (House in West Hollywood, I presume.)

“Just pantsed lower area” (Did you fill in the “cracks”?)

“Nice lunch – arrive rearly!” (Uh, are we coming or going…and are we still in West Hollywood?)

“Close in 30 days – big bogus!” (Overexposure on the Disclosure. )

“House w/ beautiful dessert views” (House overlooking the pie display at Marie Callender’s.)

Are You High?

“Twilit Open – wine plunch reception. (Apparently the plunch is already flowing…)

“Good solid re-built rancher with bonus” (Well hot damn – give him my number!)

“Come see this very apeeling home” (Are you selling a house or a banana?)

“Please use probing form” (What do I look like – a gynecologist?)

“Guests have privates exit” (Hmmm – I think that’s called a zipper.)

Perhaps You Should Quit While You’re Ahead

“Hot new liesting” (Thank you, Speedy Gonzales.)

“Nice duplex with new sliding” – (Litigation location proclamation?)

“Buy before reduction and save money” (With that logic, you could work for the government.)

“Needs paint but is nice infernally” ( I’ll alert Dante.)

“Nice bungalow – must double upp.” (Deal ‘em pal – it’s Bungalow Blackjack!)

Put Down Your Martini and Go Home

“Nice greenhouse w/ horniculture specimans” (Uh, I think that covers most the men in Los Angeles.)

(Thanks for all reader contributions to this week’s laugh fest!)

Gwen Banta
Gwen Bantahttps://www.LAhomesite.com
I wear several hats: My mink fedora real estate hat belongs to Sotheby’s International Realty on the world famous Sunset Strip. I’M not world famous, but I've garnered a few Top Producer credits along the way. I also wear a coonskin writer's cap with an arrow through it, having written a few novels and screenplays and scored a few awards there, too. (The arrow was from a tasteless critic.) My sequined turban is my thespian hat for my roles on stage, and in film and television, Dahling. You can check me out in all my infamy at LinkedIn, LAhomesite.com, SherlockOfHomes, IMDB or you can shoot arrows at my head via email. I can take it.

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