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Post by Tara on Feb 1, 2005 12:17:16 GMT -5
What's the weirdest object that you own/once owned or was given to you? I cannot think of one at the moment, but I'm sure in time it will come to me. But the more I think, I don't think I've had a strange object.
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Post by PhantomsPandora on Feb 1, 2005 14:02:09 GMT -5
Hmm well I can tell you a commonplace object that was weird because I received it as a gift..
For christmas one year from my grandparents I got a loofah sponge thingy and a bible. I don't know why, I was thinking that maybe I'd get some bath stuff to go with it, but no, just one of those loofah things...
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Post by Tara on Feb 1, 2005 14:19:29 GMT -5
I didn't know what a loofa was. You're right, that is a strange combination to get as gifts.  |
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Post by moonchain on Feb 3, 2005 12:06:54 GMT -5
You people don't know strange. My mother is REALLY INSANE. She is always sending me the weirdest things. Like, Sophomore year of college, she sent me a box that had (among other things) a really long piece of string and piece of cotten that had legs and eyes glued onto it (to look like a sheep). Then this Christmas I got a really, really bad movie (Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever) merely because Ray Park was in it, a book that I have never even heard of merely because there was a cat on the cover and she thought that would interest me in reading it, and a set of salt and pepper shakers that were a) nonfunctional (bottoms keep falling off), and b) looked like KKK hats. Why did she send me the shakers? No real reason. She couldn't use them, so she gave 'em to me.
CRAZY!
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Post by Tigress on Feb 3, 2005 20:33:43 GMT -5
Oh moonchain, that sounds exactly like my mom!  I get the absolute stupidest things from her. Just this Christmas I got a singing Spice Girls barbie doll, a little man made out of yarn (complete with the googley eyes), a little book of children's stories and a singing dog stalking. She's just lucky I have a good sense of humor. |
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Post by Earthen Child on May 9, 2005 13:58:16 GMT -5
I love hoarding useless crap! I've got bits of cell phone, a car rear-view mirror, some ball-bearings, the mangled remains of a miniature scooter, part of a shopping cart, bits of lumber and building supplies, screws, nails, PVC Pipe, irregular shards of plastic, empty lighters, broken pens, old ink-pads, bits of wire and string, broken jewelry, and a really impressive chunk of Iron that appears to have broken off from a vaguely circular device.
That chunk of iron sems to be the weirdest thing I own.
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Post by Tara on May 9, 2005 16:14:58 GMT -5
What do you guys do with all that weird stuff? Where do you put it?
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Post by Earthen Child on May 9, 2005 17:25:39 GMT -5
What do you guys do with all that weird stuff? Where do you put it? Mostly it just lies around, because I collect compusively. Sooner or later though, I end up finding a use for the stuff. Sometimes I just need a weight, or something to hold something else in place. Sometimes I need an improvised door-knob, or hammer, or a cutting edge. Sometimes I just feel like turning some useless crap into art. You never know when you'll need some odd object until the oppurtunity arises. |
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Post by Tara on May 10, 2005 7:06:41 GMT -5
Just like the quiz said, you really are a gnome. ;D
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Post by Earthen Child on May 10, 2005 9:09:44 GMT -5
Just like the quiz said, you really are a gnome. ;D You're damn right I'm a gnome! |
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Post by Tigress on May 10, 2005 20:50:31 GMT -5
A toilet gnome?  |
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Post by Earthen Child on May 10, 2005 20:59:30 GMT -5
A toilet gnome? No. Just... No. |
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Post by Earthen Child on May 10, 2005 21:10:58 GMT -5
Anywhoo, allow me to explain my latest acheivement.
First, my new weapon. Half a broom-handle for the handle. A lot of tape to form the head. Then pennies, lots of them. More Duct tape to keep them spread evenly. Presto, I have a mace.
The next one I'm even more proud of. I found a skate-board walking home today, so I took it home. Using a hammer and screw-driver (both scavenged off the street) I broke it apart. The front half became the base, and the back half was split vertically, and one half went on each side of the base. Duct tape was used to hold them in place. I then broke a black, plastic pipe in half, and lined the pieces horizontally to prevent the sides from flopping. More duct tape to hold them in place, and completely stabilize the whole thing. So that I can wear it on my arm, a length of chain (leftovers from a home renovation I passed on the way to school) was broken into smaller bits. One length formed a handle, another is an arm strap. I attached them by clipping the sundered parts to the pipes.
And now I have a practice shield, to go with the make-shift weapon. This is a manifestation of the miracle of mindless hoarding.
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Post by ophelia97 on May 19, 2005 14:04:56 GMT -5
;D I love this thread!
One year at Christmas, somebody gave me blue lipstick (as a serious gift), and another year I got a jar of pickles as a joke gift.
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Post by Tara on May 19, 2005 14:23:01 GMT -5
Hey! I knew someone who got a jar of pickles as a joke gift for their birthday! lol Be happy you're not the only one.
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