Odd things you bought as a child

[guest]

The first things I worked chores for and bought with my own money were air pistols. A G-10 and a S&W 910 replica gas powered pistol. The good old days, just before Dunblane and long before 9/11, when a lad could walk into a gun shop (yes, they used to have those in England) with his dad and walk out with a realistic looking replica air pistol. When he and his friends could run around their street or the woods near their house firing them at squirrels, birds and each other without anyone caring, and the thought of an armed police unit being called wasn't even a remote possibility. Good times.

And this was around 1993, before @Torque’sHeadBump is in asking me if George Formby had had his first hit yet

 

[Jenna]

WWF action figures, the two I started with were Vader and the Ultimate Warrior. Mom got em at a yard sale for probably 25 cents for the duo. Eventually Vader's arm fell off and Warrior got decapitated because I played with them so much. Then both guys died IRL.

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

The first thing I ever bought with my own money was a lava lamp. I won $50 and all I wanted was a stupid lava lamp.

 

[alkiefuck2]

A stupid skateboard, thps made it look so easy and I couldn't even ollie sniff

The first things I worked chores for and bought with my own money were air pistols. A G-10 and a S&W 910 replica gas powered pistol. The good old days, just before Dunblane and long before 9/11, when a lad could walk into a gun shop (yes, they used to have those in England) with his dad and walk out with a realistic looking replica air pistol. When he and his friends could run around their street or the woods near their house firing them at squirrels, birds and each other without anyone caring, and the thought of an armed police unit being called wasn't even a remote possibility. Good times.

And this was around 1993, before @Torque’sHeadBump is in asking me if George Formby had had his first hit yet

Lol BB gun fights were the best

 

[Africa.com]

Mad Magazine. Every month. And every once in a while one of those big collections they would have of classic bits.

 

[Dog Eater]

I didn’t have my own money until I was 14, I spent it all on fast food and bacon.

 

[aRTie02150]

The first thing I ever bought with my own money was a lava lamp. I won $50 and all I wanted was a stupid lava lamp.

Do you remember the color?

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

Do you remember the color?

Red. The lamp itself was black and pointy like a rocket or a bullet.

 

[aRTie02150]

Red. The lamp itself was black and pointy like a rocket or a bullet.

That's a cool combination.

I only had a generic silver lamp with boring green lava.

 

[Libby Son Of Loin]

This kid Renzo in 8th grade took a whole sheet of printer paper and balled it up and kept it in his mouth and filled his mouth with water from his bottle until the paper was saturated enough and threw it extremely hard at ceiling above him. I remember the ceiling tile moving up from the force but the paper ball stuck and we all laughed for a solid 45 seconds uncontrollably. Pencils followed.

The orchestra practice room had this ceiling that was so fucking high, like basically if you took out the floor of the 2nd level, and there were a bunch of pencils stuck up there.

 

[Toast]

My phases in middle school were:
1. Pogs - man those were dumb
2. Magic the gathering cards - collected but still never learned to play
3. I think YoYo's were popular for a week

While it isn't in childhood, i bought a legit 2 handed sword for $400 when i was 21 or 22. This was peak recession when i couldn't afford it.

 

[Voscabulary]

I remember begging mum to get me some random cologne after I saw an ad for it in a magazine where some lad got swarmed by really hot women. 9 year-old me was fawkin horny

 

[chocolatehellhole]

I spent a huge chunk of my bank account and summer work savings on a badass decked out gas powered offroad GoPed scooter with a bunch of aftermarket parts on it, like a jacked up dune buggy version of the electric ones you see in cities nowadays. I was young, but mostly everyone i hung out with was my brothers age or a few years older than me. So i got like one winters worth of use out of it by the time the next summer rolled around, a lot of my friends were getting their licenses and cars and my scooter ended up rusting away in the back of the garage and my friends picked on me for being a faggot.

I had a fat asian friend of mine crash my GoPed and he had to be airlifted to a hospital. He exchanged his mother's codeine syrup for the opportunity to use it. Good times.

 

[chocolatehellhole]

A stupid skateboard, thps made it look so easy and I couldn't even ollie sniff

Same here, I could never do anything but a pop shuvit. I bought a snakeboard in retaliation so I could just jump and hit those rails like a fag.. only downside was you're literally strapped to it so when you fall, you bust your ass instead of the board just running away from you after bailing.

 

[Nana's stent]

this i actually bought fucking queer

 

[Juschippinyababe]

I spent every cent I received or earned on hockey cards.

Me too. It's not odd if you played to be honest witcha. Was a good avenue to trade and get the players cards ya wanted

 

[KaNAMBLA Harris]

Pokémon cards, baby

 

[aRTie02150]

Me too. It's not odd if you played to be honest witcha. Was a good avenue to trade and get the players cards ya wanted

There's a Chris Chelios rookie card somewhere in my parents garage. He signed it for me in 1999 at a Bruins and Red Wings game and actually said "that's an old card." as he signed it.

He was my favorite player.

 

[alkiefuck2]

this i actually bought fucking queerView attachment 156207

Good album, fuck the haters