# Things You Would Buy If They Sold Them **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431 "2000-08-15T14:31:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/81 "2000-08-20T23:02:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monster104 \* > \*\* > And even though they do sell this one, they are extremely rare…I want to buy an M1A2 Abrams Main Battle tank… > > Tom Clancy owns one. \*\* He does?! What the hell does he do with it? Where did he get it, ‘Tanks R Us’?! I think I would buy a woman. [Massive waste of space edited by slythe. Come on, people-I don’t mind an occasional dramatic pause, but a 1/2 hour intermission? Sheesh! 🙂] Oh wait, I did. ☹ [Edited by slythe on 08-22-2000 at 07:56 PM] ---
**Author:** ![bedhog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@bedhog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bedhog)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/82 "2000-08-22T00:50:17Z")
I would like to find tampons that can be disposed of in a septic tank. Well, you asked. ---
**Author:** ![Scribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Scribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/83 "2000-08-22T19:45:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bup \* > \*\*For Scribe: > > They sell Koogle still around here (suburban Chicago). > > I see it at my Jewel (Chicago grocery chain) all the time. \*\* Sigh…too bad I live in Canada. Well, if I ever hit the lottery, I can fly to Chicago, hire a cab, and madly run down the jams aisle. It often happens that American stuff doesn’t find its way into Canada. (like Nutter Butters cookies, Cherry Coke…) But…we have Coffee Crisp, Smarties, and Hawkins’ Cheezies, so there are compensations. I can empathize with the poster who loves peanut butter and chocolate ice cream. I was sad when my supermarker dropped their peanut butter/chocolate blend. However, about a year ago, they started carrying the Breyers Blend’s Reeses ice cream, which is a little expensive, but basically the same thing. Mmmmmm (Homer Simpson drooling noise.) ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/84 "2000-08-22T20:50:44Z")
Thought of another one today. Stale Wrigley’s Double Mint Gum that is hard enough to crumble when you first put it in your mouth. I don’t know why, but I like it better than the soft stuff. I wish I could tell which packs are old and which are the yucky fresh kind. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/85 "2000-09-17T16:04:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*egkelly \* > \*\*Remember the “Orgasmatron” - from Woody Allen’s movie “SLEEPER”. I f somebody could invent this, I would buy one! Sharper Image and all the catalogs would sell a TON of em! \*\* I just saw the movie “Orgazmo” and thought of this thread (nevermind the comments of spending _way_ too much time here). Having never seen “Sleeper,” I’d go with the _Orgazmorator_ from Trey Parkers movie, instead. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/86 "2000-09-17T16:06:50Z")
[/resurrect thread] ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/87 "2000-09-17T17:18:59Z")
**Filet** You can find your Charleston Chew [here](http://hometownfavorites.com/shop/catalog.asp). It’s on the second page. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/88 "2000-09-17T17:29:32Z")
Hell. **JamesCarroll** , you can find apple buttter [here](http://hometownfavorites.com/shop/index.htm). Anyone who has posted about food-stuffs of the past should check out that site. I’ve pushed it around here for a while now. I went there before Christmas last year and I was the hit when Christmas came. Relatives and friends really got off getting some hard to find food and candy from their youth. It’s relatively cheap too. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/89 "2000-09-17T19:13:49Z")
I finally got the spare bedroom converted to a sort of library. Most of my books are horror and fantasy. I have some horror prints and might frame some dust jackets. But I’d really like some wallpaper or border strips (or stencil patterns) in the horror vein. (Easy pun.) You know, skulls, devils, tombstones – stuff like that. My daughter-in-law had no problem finding John Deere tractor stuff to use in her son’s bedroom. Why can’t I find some zombie art? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431/90 "2000-09-17T19:34:19Z")
1. “The Complete Works of Ernie Bushmiller” 2. World Series tickets for Wrigley Field 3. Remote controls that would turn red lights green and mute noisy children 4. Real X-Ray Specs 5. Unsweetened ice tea in the South 6. Stroganoff Rice-A-Roni in the East 7. Cone of Silence 8. A one way ticket for Dubya back to Texas 9. Pitless peaches [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-would-buy-if-they-sold-them/29431.md?page=4)