Comments on: Flea Market Fail

By: attorneys

attorneys — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:15:20 +0000

disturbing and disgusting.

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:27:45 +0000

I dont think those are fleas

By: Andra

Andra — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:36:29 +0000

Haha! I’ve actually been there! I only live about an hour away from the town that the STD flea market is in!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:20:43 +0000

haha thats funny my mom worked there it’s located in springfield missouri

By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:01:56 +0000

wow… is this picture taken in springfield, missouri? i used to live there… and i always made fun of that sign.

By: I_dont_have_a_name

I_dont_have_a_name — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:00:19 +0000

VACHETA! what does the scouter say about the number of booths?

By: s.s.Awesome

s.s.Awesome — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:07:54 +0000

flea markets are these junk stores where u buy broken things

By: Hutch

Hutch — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:49:55 +0000

Springfield Trade Days…STD.. Located in Springfield MO, Been there.

By: doubleG

doubleG — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:00:45 +0000

and “bolhapiac” in hungarian language
pronounciation: bolha pee-ats

try “microsoft sam”

By: ersatzcure

ersatzcure — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:09:09 +0000

Whoops, reading throught the posts I guess that’s not what STD stands for. -shrug- That’s just what I’ve always been told.

By: ersatzcure

ersatzcure — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:02:54 +0000

Oh god, I live in the town this is in. xD It’s Springfield, MO. It’s stands for South Trade District but I have always laughed at it…

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:21:20 +0000

w2g springfield! I live here and im so glad we r finally known 4 something other than being close 2 Branson. It’s kinda like a joke around here, like, it stands4 something else, but no 1 really cares, cuz evn the owners dont mean it like its supposed 2 b. And now instead of the show me state, missouri shudb the VD state

By: Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:14:23 +0000

STD- sexually transmited disease

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:37:13 +0000

i drive by that place on my way to skool almost evrday, and almost evryday i wonder “Where the heck did they come up with STD??? OF ALL THINGS!” but its funny at least

By: tom

tom — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:50:42 +0000

NO it does NOT !!! It stands for Springfield Tool & Die which is where the original one opened

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:44:05 +0000

FYI. S.T.D stands for Springfield Trading Depot. It’s located in Springfield, Missouri, and there are four of them.

Just thought you might want to know

By: chris artigues

chris artigues — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:21:50 +0000

i live like 3 blocks from that store

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:45:24 +0000

I live in Springfield too,…. it’s called STD because it stands for Shop ‘Til (you) Drop. Poor choice either way….. Also there are STD East and STD West stores too… haha

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:06:24 +0000

lol, this place is in Springfield, Missouri, USA

The billboard behind it used to be for Cox Health Care System,
For years it read “Cox. Where Babies Come From.”

By: PW

PW — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:07:13 +0000

NEXT TO LAST!
I dare you to comment.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:00:46 +0000

Yeah, it’s actually in Springfield, MO. I’m from St. Louis originally but I used to travel there often

By: Kriptyq

Kriptyq — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:47:07 +0000

This place is in southern Missouri… I’ve been there a few times… It’s a great place… But it is sorta like a local joke.. Yet they haven’t changed the name… Rofl.

By: Revolutionary

Revolutionary — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:42:50 +0000

I have seen and been around flea markets my whole life. I have never seen any of the items you mentioned in my entire life at any flea market, no matter how podunk the town has been.

flea markets are large buildings with anywhere from 25-1000 “booths” basically a cubicle. Each booth is rented out to an individual who has items to sell. These items range anywhere from household, collectibles, BNC products, avon, antiques, etc.

I bought something once at a flea market for 2.00 and resold it for 3800.00 trust me you can find a lot more than “rotten produce”

By: tom

tom — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:11:38 +0000

it stands for Springfield Tool & Dye

By: fail judge

fail judge — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:33:36 +0000

FAIL

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:26:24 +0000

Dude, lol, these are in the town where I go to college and there are like five of them. Way to go Springfield, MO

By: Kati

Kati — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:12:03 +0000

lmfao, what’s the other one? *lurks*

By: Kati

Kati — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:10:38 +0000

I live right near one of these – Springfield, the land of the venereal disease flea markets! Surprisingly, you can find some pretty good stuff there.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:08:31 +0000

I live here! There are actually five of them around town. (These are in Springfield, Missouri.)

By: KoryBing

KoryBing — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:38:37 +0000

Same here! I live just a few blocks away from STD Central, they are some of the best flea markets in town. The name is such a joke around here, it’s great to see this crop up on Failblog.

The STD stands for “Springfield Trading Depot”, in case anybody is wondering.

By: Emerald

Emerald — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:45:18 +0000

omgosh! This is right down the street from me!!

By: headfullobees

headfullobees — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:45:46 +0000

First off.. I live in Springfield, MO and love shopping at this particular flea market (they have great things for reasonable prices). Today I had the overwhelmingly joyous experience of telling the owners about their “internets fame”. They were sooooo confused. lol. They didn’t understand at all about why they would be on a fail blog or what a fail blog was. I told them it was because of the name. They were still confused. Sad sad. Of course they got mad when I chuckled at the fact that they didn’t get it and tried to explain and gave up. too funny.

By: Lizard

Lizard — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:29:26 +0000

Actually. This photo was taken in Springfield, MO. The STD Flea Market is the original buildign for Springfield Tool and Die, a tool manufacturing place. When the flea market took over, they just kept it as STD. And as most of you know, back in the day it was called VD, so STD wasn’t a point of interest until here recently.

I know it takes the fun out of it, but hey! Maybe someone learned something!

And by the way? A booth is a partitioned section for each seller where they sell their items. It’s like a room with only 3 sides.

By: Jmuss09

Jmuss09 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:25:24 +0000

What town is it in? I can tell by the sign to the left its from Missouri, but i cant figure out where. I live in MO and just want to make sure that its not a product of my town’s stupidity

By: Valerie Kelley

Valerie Kelley — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:24:05 +0000

Hey! This place is in my town! I’ve always made fun of the name.

By: DeweySurfer

DeweySurfer — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:19:02 +0000

Hey, if this is the one in Springfield, Missouri the side of the building is even more amusing… Their motto is “New, Used, and Abused”… LMAO

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:36:54 +0000

If it’s the “STD” market, shouldn’t it be a crab market instead of a flea market?

By: John

John — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:43:06 +0000

This is in Springfield, Missouri. There are a few locations and they play up their name big time. They have signs reading “the new, used, and abused.” and all of their ads on radio have some sexual innuendo. Good stuff there too.

By: Mabel

Mabel — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:34:22 +0000

Really???

I actually go to this very flea market all the time and I never knew that. I always wondered what S.T.D. stood for. At one time, they had some radio commercials for it where people would speculate on that. My favorite was “Spanking Tommy’s Dalmation.” LOL!

I think this is the one downtown. There are two of them.

By: tonerzz

tonerzz — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:47:39 +0000

i used to live in springfield and i never knew that. ergo, you are awesome.

also, the STD flea markets are actually REALLY AWESOME flea markets.

By: oe

oe — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:49:46 +0000

OMG I live not a mile from that store.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:57:07 +0000

EPIC

By: Eustace

Eustace — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:30:58 +0000

…and “pchli targ” in Polish.

By: Gone2thedogs

Gone2thedogs — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:58:52 +0000

I want to reserve a booth.

By: nicky fingers

nicky fingers — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:06:35 +0000

this flea market is in Springfield Missouri. i have been to this place several times. just don”t use the toilet. that’s how it got it’s name.

By: dog

dog — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:54:50 +0000

STD is more descriptive than STI, because the acronym STD refers to
the disease not anything else.

By: morgan

morgan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:01:21 +0000

std stands for sexually transmitted dieseses. LOL

By: Caitlin W

Caitlin W — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:59:27 +0000

Oh my god you beat me to it! I was planning on taking a picture of one of these in my hometown…in fact, I think this was from my hometown, judging from the fact that the signs in the background look familiar. Every time I drive by one of these places, I have a good chuckle.

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:10:21 +0000

I have been makin fun of those for years….cracks me up till this day!

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:17:54 +0000

This is in Springfield, MO. They have all kinds of stuff there. Pac-Man drinking glasses, samurai swords and throwing stars – you could spend a whole day discovering the most random stuff there.