January 22, 2006

Robert
FOUND by Chris Baker in Melbourne, Australia
My friend saw this on a wall on a Friday night right after Robert had put it up. He looked at my friend rather confused as to why he was taking the whole poster and not just a number. But the thing is, we were lucky to get a complete picture because the next day as I walked down the street nearly every number had been taken. So either Robert now has a "girlfriend housemate" or that Friday night he received a lot of drunken prank calls. One can only wonder.
Matt in OK
Maybe this was a prank pulled on Robert. This reminds me of some shit my friends would pull on me.
+ January 18, 2007 10:27 AM +
Marie in C-ville, VA
Well, if it is legit, one has to admire his chutzpah!
+ January 22, 2007 01:38 PM +
Dave in new haven
those aussies are soo full of themselves!
+ March 04, 2007 09:47 PM +
a stranger in cognito
Talk about advertising one's desparation...
+ March 07, 2007 03:55 PM +
Jess in Brunswick, Melbourne Australia
Dave - sheesh, Id hate to hear what you think of Americans then!
Jeez... you people need to get out of your comfort zones a bit! This find is gold, Jerry! Gold!
+ March 20, 2007 11:20 PM +
Jenny in Maine
Can you mail order Girlfriend/Housemates?
+ April 22, 2007 12:09 AM +
Sara in In the office doing thing I'm not supposed to be doing
Looks like Rick forgot one thing.....to put the per hour amount he's planning to pay.
+ May 10, 2007 02:30 PM +
Sara in In the office doing thing I'm not supposed to be doing
Looks like Rick forgot one thing.....to put the per hour amount he's planning to pay.
+ May 10, 2007 02:52 PM +
orinoco womble in wimbledon burrow
Shades of the Stepford Wives!! "I'll have a Girlfriend/Housemate, please, with a side order of Maid of All Work...."
+ June 21, 2007 08:27 AM +
Cate in the Garden State
what's going on in the picture? it's robert...in front of a big hexagon?? strange.
+ July 26, 2007 04:02 PM +
Edie in Denial
A vest and mom jeans, what woman could say no?
+ July 31, 2007 01:23 PM +
Alice in the concrete jungle
looks like the dharma initiative is recruiting again...
+ September 26, 2007 05:52 PM +
Desperate Cynic
OK, Robert. Hook your thumbs in your gingerbread-man jeans, put your good leg forward, and hide your waistline and butt with a long vest. Good. Now use a low camera angle to make yourself look taller than you are. Describe yourself as an "artist" instead of saying, "You'll need to pay the rent for both of us, because I don't have a job." Oh, and pose in front of a couple of examples of your art.

+ September 28, 2007 08:55 PM +
chopstix in chop suey
He's got sort of a David Cassidy thing going on, doesn't he?

The face on the mask behind him looks just like him. That's a little odd.
+ November 02, 2007 10:19 PM +
Night in gale
At least he's an equal opportunity loser.
+ November 03, 2007 12:10 AM +
Marie in C-ville, VA
I think he really is an artist b/c of the beautiful and carefully done lettering.

But he seems to be VERY much out of the past! Literally. He should have been this age in the 60s, where more people had lover/housemates.
+ November 05, 2007 07:23 AM +
lily
Actually this Robert, the visual art teacher of Melbourne university. He been to the same college he is teaching at and while looking trought old university picture for a project, some students found this old odd looking picture of Mister Thompson. Robert is his name. He is particulary loved along student and they decided to play a little prank on him by hanging arround a fake poster where he is looking for a housemate GF. They had tons of fun making this joke, and the monday morning, they had to face a midly angry M.Thompson, but it totally have worth it... right?

This is directly from the 60's ... i swear... this cant be recent... I mean ... come on >.>
It GOT to be a PRANK, because if not, i want to meet this person... i wish i had hafl his guts lol
+ December 06, 2007 02:59 AM +
Peace in Luv
The font is very 1960s. Interesting.It was made and displayed recently ?
+ December 25, 2007 04:42 PM +
lost in america
this guy isn't robert, he's paul mccartney, i swear.
+ December 27, 2007 10:41 AM +
X-mas in Hell
Alice--that's just awesome..
+ January 06, 2008 03:09 AM +
its boring in my cubicle
this is oddly creeping me out. anyone else?
+ January 26, 2008 10:02 PM +
Steve in Somniac
Hey, Robert has rifled my wardrobe!
+ February 21, 2008 06:09 PM +
Jolie in The Jelly
Hmmm...
I need a housemate and desire a boyfriend, so maybe I should try something similar:-P I bet the respondents would be real keepers!
+ February 22, 2008 09:09 AM +
Sherrise in nowhere NEAR robert
What careful lettering.. I bet he's a neat housemate. I'd love to find if he ever found anyone, and if it came out of the ad!! I hope it wasn't a joke!
+ July 29, 2008 04:41 PM +

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