Dude tries to sell sofa on Craigslist, ends up with a wife.

All I wanted to do was sell my sofa. But there I was, down one of the steamier back alleys of Craigslist.com, browsing a section entitled "Los Angeles Casual Encounters." What I hadn't realized, however, was that Craigslist--and other social networking Web sites--had introduced that same kind of liquidity to our sex lives. Online, people are trading each other like baseball cards.

Along with the sofa I put up for sale half of the contents of my apartment, including a floor lamp, an outdoor grill and a folding chair. I was astonished by how quickly they sold. I was also astonished by the kind of people who turned up to buy them: girls, mainly. Attractive girls. Girls who had just moved to L.A. and didn't want to pay retail for what could end up being temporary furniture. I began to wonder if I should ask one of these Craigslist girls out on a date. I was newly single, after all. What could I possibly have to lose? If you could trade furniture and lewd acts on Craigslist--why not dates? Continue reading the full article at Forbes.com