It’s been proven time and time again that advertising in the Classifieds section of a local newspaper is a great way to reach thousands of Canadians every week. At Community Classifieds, we’ve also provided our readers with some tips on how to maximize the effectiveness of their classified ad by following some simple, yet effective, rules of thumb. What happens when people don’t follow these suggestions? What happens when people don’t read over their adverts before submitting them? The following examples come from real, printed classified adverts throughout North America. As you will see, the result of poorly written adverts can sometimes be extremely funny!

But remember: one of the benefits of using communityclassifieds.ca is that our specialist team can help you to construct your classified ad and double check it via phone or email before publishing. This helps to ensure that your advert won’t end up on a list such as this!

Our favourite funny classified adverts:

“3-year old teacher needed for pre-school. Experience preferred.”

“Dinner Special — Turkey $2.35; Chicken or Beef $2.25; Children $2.00.”

“For sale. Three canaries of undermined sex. Great Dames for sale.”

“And now, the Superstore-unequaled in size, unmatched in variety, unrivaled inconvenience.”

“Pony for sale. Looks like small horse. $900. Call 780…”

“Math Tudar needed for Intermediate Algebra, needed ASAP! Call 812…”

“Turkey for sale. Only partially eaten. Eight days old. $23.00 obo.”

“Is your grammer letting yous down? Private tuition available.”