Odd things you collect
 

OK I'm bored at work, so I thought up a topic on here......

What type of stuff do you collect? Some people collect stamp, others its coins. Anything odd you collect?

For me, when I was younger I collected pencils. Not used ones, but new ones. And not plan ole fashion ones, but ya know the pretty and colorful ones that had designs or characters on it. I know a little odd, but hey that's why I started the thread. :)

Re: Odd things you collect
 

Lisa Frank collector?

Anywho I used to collect comics. I live in San Diego so I went to the International Comic Convention every year but it's gotten sucky now and on top of that the economy is making vendors stingy on deals.

I used to collect pogs too and play that until it got played out.

Pokemon didn't really catch on to me.

Magic the Gathering card game didn't either.

Now I'm just focused on finding and downloading as many drum and bugle corps divx that I can find on the internet. Very rare.

i guess you could say i collect cd's i have over 500, but i used to collect sports cards, now i cant cuz they're too expensive. i collect music videos on my computer and i try to collect phi delt memorabilia. oh yea, and i collect guitars, i only have 5 right now, but im workin on it.

Panda- where in SD are you from? im from there too and i go to UCI

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When I was younger I collected dolls, rocks, and stickers...which I still have a ton of. The oddest thing I did collect when I was younger were those Bazooka Joe comics--the ones that came with the wrapping in the gum. I had a whole box just full of those little comics!

I collect shot glasses from different states/places that I visit...got the idea from my ex-boyfriend who collects them. Along the same lines, I used to collect pins from different states, but I stopped doing that for some reason!

I also have begun to collect little elephant statues from different places I've been to...so far I have 3 from California, 1 from Hawaii, 1 from Acapulco, and a leopard and zebra print 1 that matches my current bed spread. I collect them since elephants are symbols for good luck.

i collect visits to steak n shakes and hooters in different cities.

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What a fun topic! Thanks for starting this thread.

I collect pencils, too, but one's from different places... all of my friends bring me back pencils from the cities around the world that they've visited!

I used to collect stickers, but I've definitely grown out of that. ; ) Now I have a few hundred sheets of stickers lying around.

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Annie.

I also collected stickers and to this day even though I am 30 years old I still can't imagine giving that sticker collection away-so I too have sheets of stickers laying around. I also collected rocks cars and bookmarks when i was younger. Now I collect shot glasses-I have about 70 of them and am working on getting all 50 states.

I collect turtles; it's a throwback from my college days. I have thousands; big turtles, little turtles, happy turtles, sad turtles, a diamond turtle brooch, crystal turtles, turtle barettes, a turtle change purse......I could go on all day :)

Also, I collect refrigerator magnets. I have a couple hundred; people have picked them up for me every place from Kansas City, MO to Amsterdam. I even have one from the Vatican!

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Shotglasses...my shelves are getting pretty full!

Coffee mugs-- and I don't drink coffee! I didn't intend to, but people keep giving them to me or I get them places. I've just given it up and started collecting them already. I don't use any other type of beverage container in my dorm room.

My favourites are my leaning "Torre Pedente di Pisa" mug and the rainbow one that my Gran used to make me cocoa in.

40 ounce bottles but my collection is rather small at the moment.

[In Order of Purchase]

Schlitz Malt Liquor “Blue Bull” (Wide)
Olde English 800
King Cobra
Magnum 40
Schlitz Malt Liquor “Blue Bull” (Small)
Country Club Malt Liquor
Mickey’s Fine Malt Liquor
Colt 45 Malt Liquor
Olde English High Gravity 800

My roomates and I are collecting Sobe bottles and putting them up on our shelves as decor.

Some of the stuff you guys collect is pretty interesting -- I like the pencils and coffee mugs. I should start making an effort to collect something. I've been thinking about collecting old clocks, but haven't really started. To me, that would be cool because I think they're neat, and my grandfather had a clock/watch repair/jewelry store after he came from Lithuania. I have an awesome old chiming clock from his old store, the really old kind run by weights.

The one thing I do collect, although I don't really make an effort, is fortunes from fortune cookies. I have a little urn that used to belong to my grandmother in my dining room, and for some reason I feel like I can't throw fortunes away, so I put them in there.

Heh, I also collect handbags. ;)

i used to collect disney figurines and snowglobes. i have hundreds. hopefully they'll be worth something one day. i think they will

valkyrie,

I also save those fortune cookie fortunes. I put them in my wallet, in my coin change area. My sister (biological) was doing it, I thought it was cool, so I started doing it. :)

I collect books and I am running out of room! I've had to donate a lot of them because my place was turning into a firetrap.

When I was little I used to collect thimbles, I forgot all about them until I went home last Christmas and found my precious collection in the basement. (I couldn't believe it survived my mother's regular purgings.) They were surprisingly sweet and now I have them back in my own home and they look great.