There’s the Darwin Awards for people who hurt themselves doing stupid things, like getting hit by an SUV while playing real-life Frogger. And there’s the Slashie Award from Zoolander for the best “Actor/Model” (as opposed to Model/Actor—the distinction is important).
We should have the Craigslist Awards—awards for people who get up to crazy shenanigans using Craigslist. Actually, they’re the Craigslist You Don’t Need to Reproduce In Fact Please Don’t Awards, but Craigies for short.
And we have our first winner! Kevin Gaylor, 24, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, come on up and accept your award!
How did Gaylor win a Craigslist Award? It’s a lulu. He was evidently using Craigslist to find partners for extra-curricular activities behind his girlfriend’s back. Yep. Great guy.
He invited over a Craigslist acquaintance at 3 a.m. one evening/morning (I wonder what other things that girl’s done that might vie for a Craigy), but his girlfriend showed up right before the Craigslist honey.
Gaylor’s solution? He called the police and told them the girl was a burglar with a weapon. Ooof. Five police cruisers showed up, according to the Denver Westword.
The police obviously grabbed the girl (and probably none too delicately if the show COPS is at all accurate), but they soon realized she was innocent (well, you know…of a crime). I wonder what gave it away. Burglars don’t usually wear clear plastic high heels?
(I have no idea what she was wearing and she could be the sweetest girl in the world, but who meets a guy off Craigslist at 3 a.m.? To get “better acquainted,” according to the police report.)
Regardless, how was calling the police on that girl the only option with all the possible communication avenues available to Gaylor today? A quick text not possible?
But there you are. The first Craigslist Award given to Kevin Gaylor of Colorado Springs for being a total creep to both his girlfriend and his random online hookup while being a complete moron…and, of course, dragging poor Craigslist down with him. But that’s the nature of the Craigies.
Congrats, Kevin!
