A “moving sale” isn’t a sale that constantly moves. It’s a sale where the owner of the house is moving, or the business is moving, and things need to be sold. However, there are jokes.
“Tried to go to a moving sale but it was too fast :(” was posted on by angelo on July 4, 2021. “I tried to go to a moving sale just now, but I couldn’t catch up to it” was posted on Twitter by Kräcken on June 11, 2022. “I TRIED TO GO TO A MOVING SALE TODAY BUT I COULDN’T CATCH UP TO IT” (shown on a sign) was posted on Facebook by Indian Hills Community Sign on June 26, 2023.
Twitter
angelo
@angeelio
Tried to go to a moving sale but it was too fast :(
11:20 AM · Jul 4, 2021
Twitter
What Nat Says Goes🧘🏾♀️
@Nat_SoCold
I wanna have a moving sale, but I don’t have no where to move to😂😂
1:46 PM · Apr 19, 2022
Twitter
Kräcken
@Kr8cken
I tried to go to a moving sale just now, but I couldn’t catch up to it.
2:33 PM · Jun 11, 2022
Twitter
💜✨ White Light ☀️💜
@ilove11WL
I wanted to go to a moving sale but I could never find it 🙃
9:56 PM · Jul 24, 2022
Facebook
Indian Hills Community Sign
June 26, 2023 at 12:25 PM ·
(The following text is shown on a sign.—ed.)
I TRIED TO GO TO
A MOVING SALE
TODAY BUT
I COULDN’T
CATCH UP TO IT
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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