# Golden Girls Chia Pets? Is this for real? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 20, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402 "2018-12-20T03:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/1 "2018-12-20T03:25:12Z")
Watching Jeopardy, and on comes an ad for Golden Girls Chia Pets (Bob Ross, Too!). I thought it was a gag. šŸ˜• Sadly, its not: [https://chia.com/chia-golden-girls/](https://chia.com/chia-golden-girls/) :smack: ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/2 "2018-12-20T03:32:14Z")
I CANā€™T UNSEE IT! Thanks, a heap, Gato! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/3 "2018-12-20T03:34:49Z")
I created this post just to wreck your world, **Burp**! Mission Accomplished! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/4 "2018-12-20T03:39:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I CANā€™T UNSEE IT! > > Thanks, a heap, Gato! The Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses! They do _NOTHING!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/5 "2018-12-20T04:48:25Z")
Ooh. Santa I want a Bob Ross one, please! ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/6 "2018-12-20T05:06:38Z")
I saw a Jerry Garcia chia one time, pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/7 "2018-12-20T05:10:26Z")
Chia Pets ARE gag gifts regardless of who or what they depict. I mean, Chia Spongebob? Chia Obama? Why not Chia Golden Girls? ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/8 "2018-12-20T05:55:47Z")
As time progresses, my baldness is becoming more apparent. Iā€™m considering a full scalp Chia transplant. With a tiny hedge trimmer and watering can, Iā€™ll be good to go. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/9 "2018-12-20T06:32:08Z")
Iā€™m waiting for the Weird Al Chia Pet. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/10 "2018-12-20T06:41:48Z")
Director Rian Johnson bought one. Heā€™s not got [a green thumb](https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/1070124210951995395), it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/11 "2018-12-20T07:20:04Z")
Iā€™ve always thought chia pets look creepier than all get-out. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/12 "2018-12-20T07:29:08Z")
Hereā€™s a REAL ad for Chia Pets. And, 20 years later, one for Chia Obama. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2y3iV8Q-QHE/hqdefault.jpg "The Original Chia Obama") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y3iV8Q-QHE) There was an SNL parody of the Chia Head, as a (what else?) baldness remedy, but it doesnā€™t appear to be online. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/13 "2018-12-20T12:01:30Z")
Somewhere thereā€™s a person who, when they want to look at their ChiaHead at night, claps their hands. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/14 "2018-12-20T13:33:04Z")
Ah, crap. I wish youā€™d posted this in time for me to have it here by Christmas! My daughter loves the Golden Girls (and Bob Ross). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/15 "2018-12-20T13:36:19Z")
I got a Bob Ross chia head for Xmas last year. Funny, but it never really comes out like the picture on the box. My results were near identical to this: [https://i.redd.it/clugi461do801.jpg](https://i.redd.it/clugi461do801.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/16 "2018-12-20T14:17:00Z")
Why not Golden Girls Chia Pets? Itā€™s certainly not out of line with what theyā€™ve done in the past. Hereā€™s a list of their old products: > **[Chia Pet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Pet)** > > Chia Pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair. Moistened chia seeds (Salvia hispanica) are applied to a grooved terracotta figurine. > The Chia Pet is marketed by Joe Pedott and produced by San Francisco, California-based company Joseph Enterprises, Inc. He originally developed the idea for Chia Pets after visiting Mexico and seeing Oaxacan artisans using sprouted chia seeds in the... This year I bought a Cthulhu sculpture and a package of Chia seeds, taped the package of seeds to the top of the box, and put ā€œChia Petā€ logos I copied from the internet all over the box, so theyā€™d have a Chia Cthulhu. I think it looks better than this mash-up someone else created, because my Cthulhu looks brooding and evil, not wide-eyed and cute: [http://www.thelovecraftsman.com/2011/03/forget-chia-pets-now-you-can-buy.html](http://www.thelovecraftsman.com/2011/03/forget-chia-pets-now-you-can-buy.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/17 "2018-12-20T15:01:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Iā€™m waiting for the Weird Al Chia Pet. This really does seem like a No-Brainer. > [@DCnDC](#): > > My results were near identical to this: [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://i.redd.it/clugi461do801.jpg) Oh! The Humanity! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/18 "2018-12-20T15:06:31Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > My results were near identical to this: [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://i.redd.it/clugi461do801.jpg) Unhappy little treesā€¦unhappy little treesā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/19 "2018-12-20T15:15:36Z")
I normally donā€™t condone the use of tactical nuclear weapons, butā€¦ . ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402/20 "2018-12-20T15:16:30Z")
Iā€¦I want thoseā€¦omg. For real I want them lol. I can put them with my Golden Girls[prayer candles](https://www.etsy.com/listing/263352641/patron-saints-of-miami-set-of-4-dorothy?ref=shop_home_active_13&crt=1)ā€¦ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-girls-chia-pets-is-this-for-real/826402.md?page=2)