# Creepy (or downright disturbing) souvenirs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782 "2005-11-12T23:45:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/21 "2005-11-13T17:40:13Z")
When I was in Rome, I wish I’d bought this godawful piece of kitsch I saw in a tourist shop. A full-color close-up photo of (an actor portraying) Jesus hanging on the cross. It was covered with one of those gratings that shows a different picture if you tilt it at a different angle. If you tilted this picture, it showed Jesus’s eyes opening and closing. Just the audiovisual aid for Good Friday services. Open eyes: “Into thy hands I commend my spirit.” Tilt, close eyes: “Uhhh…!” ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/22 "2005-11-13T18:35:29Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Psh. My mother, for some unfathomable reason, buys those Jewish memorial candles in bulk and uses them to light up/keep bugs away from the deck in the summer as she sits out there and reads at night. > > **Miller** , your mom is awesome. Those candles are supposed to last 24 hours and they are cheaper than scented ones. I myself buy Shabbat candles when they go on sale at the supermarket for emergency purposes. I think a box of 72 costs about two bucks. Robin ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/23 "2005-11-13T18:53:18Z")
From Haiti: a carved-wood figurine of a naked beggar wearing a barrel. When you lift the barrel, a prodigious portion of the male anatomy springs up. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/24 "2005-11-13T18:56:06Z")
> [@Stark Raven Mad](#): > > My dad carries his kidney stones around with him in a pillbox. For luck or something. My mom has her gallstones in a vial in her bedside table. She originally planned to have them mounted on jewelery, but never got around to it. The nurses told us that many patients want to keep kidney and other stones. Back To The OP Many gulf states sell shellacked aligator and cayman heads. I’ve got a five inch long specimen my sister brought back from her honeymoon in New Orleans. I’ve also got some dentures. When my great Uncle Max died, he left behind some spare dentures. His neice thought that with my tendency to odd craft projects and elaborate Halloween costumes, I might want them and that Uncle Max would want me to have them. Initially, I found the idea disturbing. Then, I decided that she was right. One of these days, I’m going to get some friends over here and make a killer snowman. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/25 "2005-11-13T18:57:57Z")
Well my dad has an album entitled _Marching Songs of the Third Reich_, performed by the Herman Goerring Chorus. It includes such lively ditties as “Marching Through Poland” and “Bombs Over England”, performed in jolly fashion to the accompaniment of a hearty oom-pah band. One of my roommates in college told me about his great-grandmother, something of a legend in his family. Like her cousin Bonnie Parker (of Bonnie & Clyde fame) she was a hellraiser during the Great Depression. One of her husbands (the third one, I think) decided to claim his husbandly “right” of a little nookie one evening when she was most definitely not in the mood. During the ensuing struggle she grabbed a hatpin – one of those seven-inch long steel types – and jammed it in the back of his neck, killing him instantly. For whatever reason, probably along the lines of “he needed killin’”, she never faced charges for the incident. Incidentally, the family still has the hatpin. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/26 "2005-11-13T21:59:35Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > My mom owes a genuine, powder-blue baby coffin. I think she plans to incorporate it into the nativity scene she sets up in her front hall every Christmas. Away in a casket No crib for a bed The little Lord Jesus Looks awfully dead The cattle are lowing The Lord has turned blue “Pray for resurrection” The cows softly moo. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/27 "2005-11-13T23:14:57Z")
Ha, ha! I wonder if **Miller** ’s mother isn’t planning to use it in an Easter display – maybe something using a remote-controlled, animatronic Jesus figure rising from the coffin…? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/28 "2005-11-13T23:45:59Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Away in a casket > No crib for a bed > The little Lord Jesus > Looks awfully dead > > The cattle are lowing > The Lord has turned blue > “Pray for resurrection” > The cows softly moo. **BWAAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAHAAAHAAA!** **Case Sensitive** you just bought yourself a one-way ticket to hell and I’m ridin’ right beside ya for laughin’ so long and loud over this. 😃 I have an aunt who has pictures of her oldest son in his casket in her parlor. Those pictures were taken in 1962. I don’t think anybody has been in her parlor for years. It’s just so creepy. Little framed photos of my cousin all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/29 "2005-11-13T23:49:27Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I myself buy Shabbat candles when they go on sale at the supermarket for emergency purposes. I think a box of 72 costs about two bucks. And, they’re Kosher! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/30 "2005-11-13T23:53:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > And, they’re Kosher! Perfect for Pat Robertson-demanded disasters! Robin ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/31 "2005-11-14T00:07:36Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Perfect for Pat Robertson-demanded disasters! I am reminded of the Orthodox prayer “thank you for making me a man” which is interpreted by Conservatives as “thank you for making me a Jew” and by Reform Jews as “thank you for not making me Pat Robertson.” ;j ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/32 "2005-11-14T00:38:38Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > From Haiti: a carved-wood figurine of a naked beggar wearing a barrel. When you lift the barrel, a prodigious portion of the male anatomy springs up. :rolleyes: My grandmother and her second husband had one of those. I think it was lost when their house burned down. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/33 "2005-11-14T00:58:02Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > My grandmother and her second husband had one of those. I think it was lost when their house burned down. What a shame. 😛 :dubious: Robin ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/34 "2005-11-14T01:09:23Z")
My dad is a big-game hunter who mounts his “souvenirs.” :rolleyes: He mounted a deer butt mounted on the wall . . . bad enough, but where the anus was they’ve installed an electric pencil sharpener ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/35 "2005-11-14T01:29:45Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > My dad is a big-game hunter who mounts his “souvenirs.” :rolleyes: He mounted a deer butt mounted on the wall . . . bad enough, but where the anus was they’ve installed an electric pencil sharpener ☹ Too bad it was a deer instead of a puma - then you could say it was a cat-ass trophe. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/36 "2005-11-14T01:31:01Z")
I have a small envelope in my desk in which are my last two wisdom teeth to come out. I have every intention of having them made into cufflinks one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/37 "2005-11-14T03:09:36Z")
(Bolding mine) > [@Johanna](#): > > A full-color close-up photo of ( **an actor portraying** ) Jesus hanging on the cross. Yeah, those tourist traps always cheap out and get the merchandise with the actor instead of the _real_ Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/38 "2005-11-14T03:49:27Z")
Well, my great uncle has an Ushanka. He picked it up in Korea…off the head of a Chinese guy at Chosin. Well, actually, I think it’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![deevee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@deevee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deevee)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/39 "2005-11-14T03:58:05Z")
I have a penis gourd from New Guinea. Loads of fun getting people to guess what it is. They usually guess right thinking they’re just being funny. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782/40 "2005-11-14T04:12:44Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Many gulf states sell shellacked aligator and cayman heads. I’ve got a five inch long specimen my sister brought back from her honeymoon in New Orleans. When I was a kid, my maternal grandparents went to South America and bought me a wooden letter opener that had the head of a baby caiman as the grip. One of my great-uncles fought in New Guinea during World War II and brought back a Japanese flag that he claimed he took from a soldier who lay dead on the battlefield. The flag was marked with some Japanese writing which (as far as I know) has never been translated, despite occasional expressions of determination to “find someone who reads Japanese and can tell us if these are names of the dead man’s buddies, inspirational slogans, or whatever”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-or-downright-disturbing-souvenirs/330782.md?page=3)