This time of year, as the University finishes up, it’s quite common to see furniture and other stuff out at the curb: it’s a way of letting folks know it’s free for the taking. But this is the first time I’ve seen folks giving it a test-sleep first. Yes, they are sound asleep, and this was at 11 AM yesterday. And on a very busy street (W.11th at Garfield). So what’s the year and make of this fine curbside sofa? Here’s a closer look to help you with the identification.
Anybody recognize that sofa? The sleepers? I wish I could sleep half that well, even in my dark and quiet bedroom. Cars were whizzing by just a few feet away.
Here’s how it looked from a bit of distance, when there was a break in the traffic to get a clear shot. Gotta’ love Eugene…
Rolling with Molly.
That must have been one heck of a party the night before. I wonder if they come with the free sofa.
College couches… fortunately they cannot talk for what they have seen cannot be unseen.
I’ve seen “sleeper sofas” advertised, but this gives the term a new meaning…
Maybe they were couch surfing… and it was easier to rid the house of the couch … and they just didn’t want to go. maybe tomorrow, but not today, sleep the light away.
there’s got to be a morning after, and this is it.
i’d say the couch in 1994 at best.
That’s one way to get rid of house guests…
The side by side shoes are the only things neatly arranged.
Time to start a new mini-series… Curbside Couch™.
Sofa so good
Sofa King ridiculous… (say it out loud)
Been hanging out with your school’s bad boyz, I see.
Detention is for them to sit and study – not teach the Principal new phonetic tricks.
Probably “performance art”.
Certainly “drunk and disorderly.”
I am not sure what the right of way is in Oregon, but since that is private lawn space I image the cops wouldn’t be able to arrest on drunk disorderly without a complaint.
“Drunk and disorderly,” AKA “Public Intoxication,” is a misdemeanor in just about every municipality in the nation. If you’re gonna get wasted, you’re expected to do it behind closed doors – or at least a privacy fence.
2014 Dacia Sandero in left-hand drive.
It wouldn’t be rude to hold a cold mirror under their noses for a moment or two…
Obviously that furniture is probably for free/pickup, but it is quite common to have furniture on the lawn/porch here in the south. I have even seen people throw tarp over a sofa in the yard when it rains then uncover it afterwards. Since porch sitting/yard activities are a substantial social activity, if you are out on your porch or yard it is quite acceptable for you to walk up to someone and strike up a conversation off the street. Quite often if you are a known neighbor or a friend, you will be plied with tea or lemonade and maybe even a tasty treat. Especially in the older neighborhoods like mine, where sidewalks are prevalent and on a nice day are clogged with people and animals, you will be labeled an outsider if you at least do not wave or acknowledge someone from afar.
Trouble with “outside” furniture that’s been outside more than a few hours….it attracts vermin.
I mean, other than the obvious louses on top of the cushions. Mice and rats…LOVE to burrow in. And if you then load up and take it to the rec room…they’ve got a new home!
My “college town” was Kent, Ohio. There was a city ordinance prohibiting upholstered furniture on outdoor patios or lawns. Health ordinance. Yeah, you’d occasionally see a sight like this…but generally it ended with a couple uniformed minions of the law escorting the sleeping beauties to more private quarters.
Free bedbugs anyone?
When they wake up, will they remember how they got there?