More from our favorite P.F.D.B.

A carton of Kool to our pal Coll in humble thanks for this smokin' photo.

At the corner of Lasher and ladder.

Fake rock

Loyal reader and number one contributor Kimmie C. sends this in from the Catskill mountains, where real large rocks abound. This fake one in front of a stone wall creates a rich narrative of life in this modern world. A $2,000 U.S. savings bond goes out to Kimmie to thank her for sending in this real pic with snazzy writing.

Dude! I got a Dell!

The Curatorial Committee weighs in

After what seemed like a marathon meeting of the curatorial committee (thank god for the mojitos), our curatorial focus was formalized. Free stuff signs. Hugs are not stuff. They are not junk. They are wonderful gestures in interpersonal relations. Anybody remember Leo Buscaglia? The hug doctor? We're posting this sign, snapped on the streets of Woodstock by reader/activist Donna F., but will not be posting any others. So don't even try sending in your photos of people offering free back rubs, free foot massages, free kisses and other sundry free gestures. We won't post 'em. It's against our curatorial focus and now we know it. So there. A 6 of Bud Longnecks to Donna in appreciation.

How to win points with the missus.

If only this couch had been available around Mother's Day.

A banner day for free

Yesterday we went to a yard sale up a long driveway near our house. A driveway we'd never even noticed before. The free boxes started down toward the bottom and continued right up to the top, where a little converted auto shop was home to two older people, I forget their names, who were, as you might guess from all the stuff they were giving away for free, very sweet. One of the free signs even used some rarely seen lower case "e"s, bringing to mind ee cummings, which you probably know stands for Edward Estlin. Doesn't "a box of free" just sound like something he might have written?

That's my missus heading up and holding hands with our boy. She's the apple of my eye 95 days out of 100 and so this poem by ee cummings, "i like my body when it is with your body":

i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite new a thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body. i like what it does,
i like its hows. i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones, and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz
of your electric fur, and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh . . . . And eyes big love-crumbs,

and possibly i like the thrill

of under me you so quite new

Reader Coll P.F. writes in with a bunch of pissy comments about how the previous post didn't mention the pola effect (by which I assume he means polarizing, but who knows) and how the sign was actually on 212, not out Wittenberg way. Duly noted. Ooops! I guess I got your address wrong, too! I'll just hang on to that case of port myself. Sorry, Coll P.F.D.B.!

Reader Coll P.F. sends in this lovely lovely shot from down Wittenberg way. A case of Quinta do Noval, Nacional, Vintage Port - 1996 is on its way to him as our little way of saying "obrigado!"

"Don't take that picture!"

When you're doing weird stuff like taking pictures of free signs, sometimes it makes people nervous. Today, the guy who owned this sign didn't want me to take a picture of it that showed the house in the background because he was afraid that it would be misconstrued as a sign giving a very nice house away for free. Hmmm.

A whole table of free

One from Patch

My pal Patch has a lovely little iPhone which took this lovely little picture. A case of Leffe Blonde goes out to him in appreciation.

Reader/photographer Josh G. sends in this fab pic, adding to the archive and schooling me on how important composition is. A case of '68 Chateau d'Yquem is on its way to Josh as our small way of saying "good work"!!

Fillet of free

Yum.

New sign old spot

There was a sign here before. Maybe someone stole it. This one has replaced it.

How about you pay me?

That's the only offer better than free that I can think of.

4 for one

And smiley faces for all my friends, even.

Can't find a Sharpie? Use your computer.

Two cases of Cristal and $1,000 savings bond go out to Kim C. for sending in the first computer printed 'free' sign. Keep up the good work Kim!

That roasting pan looks pretty good

Kim C. wins a bottle of '47 Cheval Blanc for sending in this sign.

Out Wittenberg way

This much stuff requires two colors of ink.

More from Kim C.

You gotta love this one.  It's poorly locked to to the mailbox and looks as if someone had tried to set it on fire.  Nice.  Another case of Cristal to Kim C., unless she wants Dom Perignon this time.

Kim C. sent this in from Red Hook, N.Y.

Congratulations to Kim for being the first guest poster.  A case of Cristal is on its way to her as a small token of our gratitude.

Found with Alice

It is, perhaps, a sub-genre of the free sign; or maybe just a related genre but however it fits in,  free stuff sales copy is always nice to find.  They're the few words that step up when "free" just isn't enough.

Blue paint, Lake Hill, NY

Mo Mem Day signage

And maybe my favorite free sign so far: spelled out in masking tape and nailed to the post with decorative nail covers made from Miller High Life bottle caps.  High class shit here.

Memorial Day weekend.

The mother of all yard sale weekends. The official kick off of yard sale season.

Super free

Monday morning free

Another from Woodstock, N.Y.

Signs that say "free"