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To ask if you collect anything that other people make fun of?

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babyno5 · 22/05/2019 17:42

I collect Emma Bridgewater and my friends and family royally take the piss!!
Anyone else collect anything that people find amusing/don't understand?

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babyno5 · 28/05/2019 14:35

Oh @Purpletigers that is a thing of beauty!! I've never seen them before 😍

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babyno5 · 28/05/2019 14:37

@CorBlimeyGovenor I'm sorry but that made me snort!! Your poor mum to find that out. I don't think I'll ever see a sugar cube in quite the same light again!! xx

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Icecreamcake86 · 28/05/2019 14:37

Cactus...i love them.

babyno5 · 28/05/2019 14:37

@Icecreamcake86 are you my sister in law? 😂

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Icecreamcake86 · 28/05/2019 14:41

😂😂 is your brother a prick? Cuz i could be 😂

Mumofazoo · 28/05/2019 14:45

Horses, only have 3 real life ones but I also love collecting paintings and statues etc

Toddlerteaplease · 28/05/2019 15:06

Cabbage patch kids. Though I don't buy them anymore, and sold some. Still got quite a few!

TwoleftUggs · 28/05/2019 15:47

I used to collect and frame empty Cadbury’s wrappers back in the 80s. Had a whole wall full of them and used to love going abroad on holiday and hoping to find something we couldn’t get at home. My collection was a source of great amusement for my family.
Now I collect Christmas themed Russian dolls, and also nativity scenes. A nativity scened Russian doll is a jackpot find Grin

thecatsthecats · 28/05/2019 15:53

I am at pains not to collect anything, because my mum had a few elephants - then it was all we or anyone else ever got her. First, she started saying no more elephants. Then she started returning to sender.

Mind you, I've accidentally inherited my dad's coin collection, which he inherited unwillingly. The new coins all get fed on to me now. I'm trying to pass it on to my husband!

babyno5 · 28/05/2019 18:04

@Icecreamcake86 no it's my DP's DSis and she would never say prick 😂😂. But because you do I want you to be my SIL and I'll happily buy you cactuses 🌵😂 x

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AliceRR · 28/05/2019 18:56

I don’t really “collect” but I love stationary and have a few (some fairly pricey) Filofaxes

tierraJ · 28/05/2019 19:26

Vintage cat ornaments by Goebel, Szeiler, Royal Doulton, Beswick & Philip Laureston

Vintage & Antique books, some are over 130 years old

New books on Ww2

Victorian & Edwardian & WW1 & WW2 photos & postcards

tierraJ · 28/05/2019 19:28

My family could laugh at my collections but they've now realised they're worth a lot of money!

Icecreamcake86 · 28/05/2019 19:36

@babyno5 😂 i love a good prick thats why i collect them..i talk to them and they dont talk back..unlike the biggest one 😉 x

PersonalClown · 28/05/2019 20:44

Lots of geeky figures.

I'm very proud of my resin Facehhugger and my Hot Toys collection.

I have Harry Potter, Avengers, Nightmare before Xmas, Star Wars, Lilo and Stitch and a few others.

Buttybach · 09/03/2020 12:00

@DavetheCat2001 I also collect Pyrex too!
Your collection is enviable!!

Mojo777 · 13/01/2021 02:28

I'd love to see your collection. @evilharpy I have some too.

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