That's pretty funny!
Maybe a chest? like a hope chest?
In some languages, the word is the same.

That is really strange. Maybe a cedar chest?

Well -- that ad certainly gives new meaning to the old phrase "Sleep like the Dead"!!!

heeheeheehee :)

Jan

You must live near me, saw that ad this morning.

ClT, I live in Pataskala, just outside of Columbus, Ohio. I always look at the CL lists that are up to a maximum 3 hour drive away as you never know what you might find.

Teacasts you made me LOL. Graywings and homemaker, could be. I didn't realize that coffin had other meanings in different languages. See you learn something new everyday.

Coffin just means trunk. The word is still used for shipping containers today. Nowdays most people associate 'coffin' with a burial casket. I've seen the word coffin used for little wood boxes that sit on top of dressers for jewelry and mementos.

Dilly, thank you for the lesson because I thought casket. LOL

I swear you can't make these things up..........Anyone need a dead xmas tree that was cut weeks ago and only lost "a few" needles?!?!? There is a great suggestion to use it for funeral wreaths. Ya always want to be prepared for that and not caught short notice! Don't fall off your chair at the suggestion to replant it and "save it". I hope these people don't live near me.

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**Free real x-mas tree only cut 3 weeks ago.**

"Its possible to replant these thing as ive seen it done!This is a balsam and very few of the needles fell off.Some people could make wreaths for funerals if needed.Or could cut it up and use for firewood.But I really think it would be best to try and save this thing."

Here is a link that might be useful: CL Ad For Dead Tree

My goodness! Unbelievable!

I am pretty sure it would have raised an eyebrow or two at my house but indeed, coffin was often referred to as chest, even today I see in some European ads, jewelry chests referred to as a coffin.

Love the tree ad. I try to be gracious and understanding of my fellow citizens, really, I do, knowing that I am not always the sharpest knife in the drawer myself, but sometimes people are just TOO STUPID!
There. I feel much better now...