# Weirdest Collections **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 21, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129 "2000-11-21T15:12:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/1 "2000-11-21T15:12:26Z")
What are the weird things that you collect? Or what are some of the weirdest collections you’ve heard of other people collecting? Personally, I collect random crap. My biggest collections are my PEZ (97 dispensers last I counted), and those celebrity milk ads. I have a huge binder full of them…I’ve yet to count. I also collect feather boas, picture frames (only cute ones), and windchimes. The windchimes have dominated my celing. Needless to say, my bedroom has personality. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/2 "2000-11-21T15:29:30Z")
Well, I have a collection of pictures of every professional baseball player whose last name began with “X”…does that qualify? ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/3 "2000-11-21T15:57:13Z")
When I was ten years old I collected _slugs_. Yep. I had 'em in a donut box in the garage. Also, I and some other kids in my neighborhood collected caterpillars. I remember pedalling over to my friend’s house with a couple because I _owed_ her some of the big fuzzy yellow ones… ---
**Author:** ![Spritle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Spritle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spritle)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/4 "2000-11-21T15:59:50Z")
I have a collection of even prime numbers. But seriously folks, I have a collection of guitars. Most of which cost less than $10. Some, much more. None of them are really worth crap. I also have 2 Triumph TR-7s. Does this count as a collection yet? The number of Triumph parts around the garage certainly does! Mrs. Spritle collects all the dumb things I do and say. She’s gonna have to start renting storage space! ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/5 "2000-11-21T16:08:01Z")
I collect bottlecaps as well as beer and wine bottles. ---
**Author:** ![DocDaneeka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c68b51/32.png) [@DocDaneeka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocDaneeka)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/6 "2000-11-21T16:27:08Z")
I had a friend who collected cereal boxes. Especially any special, promotional boxes. If they made one with Michael Keaton as Batman on it, he had it. That kind of thing. I used to make fun of him. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/7 "2000-11-21T16:37:01Z")
You know those litle sticky tags that are on fruits and vegetables? I have about 20 of them stuck to the side of my computer here at work. I used to have more, but they gave me a new computer earlier this year. I also have a bunch of those little squeezy foam things, one looks like a little computer, one’s an airplane, one’s a Dilbert about 7" tall. I had a Pointy-haired boss one, but his head started to come off from being batted across the room. Hey, it gets boring here at work some times. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/8 "2000-11-21T16:39:18Z")
I have a huge collection of Weight Watchers cookbooks, including some in foreign languages. And Andrew Lloyd Webber cast CDS, including some in foreign languages. I’ve also collected Legion of Super-Hero comic books for the past 38 years. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/9 "2000-11-21T17:02:12Z")
19th century marriage manuals. (They’re a hoot) Rubik’s Cube type puzzles Special subject dictionaries Original art done by friends and family members ---
**Author:** ![Lucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/10 "2000-11-21T17:25:43Z")
I collect ashtrays from around the world. Not the “I love Ireland” variety, but ones made by local artisans. I think they’re supremely cool. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/11 "2000-11-21T18:20:24Z")
My sister used to collect the little round circles of paper produced by three-hole-punches. I think we all know by now that they’re called CHAD. She had a huge jar of them, and called them the “Little Guys.” When I was 8 or so I had a collection of cicada shells. They aren’t very durable, though, so they’re all dust now. ---
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/12 "2000-11-21T18:23:37Z")
a few years ago, gatorade changed the inside of their caps, but BEFORE they changed, the cap (orange) had this flexy blye disc inside that you could pry out - kind of like a giant blue contact lense, or really small condoms. i probably had a couple hundred of those things, they were really fun to play with, and gatorade had to go start making caps where the little blue things were glued in… ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/13 "2000-11-21T18:30:39Z")
[HIJACK] Annie-Xmas > [@](#): > > I’ve also collected Legion of Super-Hero comic books for the past 38 years. Well, that’s not weird! That’s the sign of a discriminating comic book consumer! I knew there must be some other die-hard Legion fans on this message board. So, what do you think of “Legion: Lost” so far? [/HIJACK] Chaim Mattis Keller ---
**Author:** ![TP605](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@TP605](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TP605)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/14 "2000-11-21T19:43:22Z")
I collect books from the Library of Congress call number catagory TP605 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/15 "2000-11-21T19:52:17Z")
I collect books about european royalty from 1800-1945. (Mostly during the Early 20th century to about WWII) I also collect stuff about the Romanovs and mechandise from the movie _Anastasia_. I also love finding pictures and websites about obscure royals…(mostly ones that people don’t know who you’re talking about-my latest project is King Alexander of Yugoslavia (1921-1934). ---
**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/16 "2000-11-21T20:12:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TP605 \* > \*\*I collect books from the Library of Congress call number catagory TP605 \*\* Help me…TP605 concerns _what_ category? ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/17 "2000-11-21T20:17:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TP605 \* > \*\*I collect books from the Library of Congress call number catagory TP605 \*\* Books about Whiskey? ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/18 "2000-11-21T20:52:13Z")
I collect old Hot Wheels cars- you know, The Red Barons, Custom Mustangs, etc. I have a little display of them on my desk and am trying to rebuild after having to sell approx. 90% to help pay for my divorce. So all you 35+ Dopers out there, start looking in your closets! I also collect old tinwhistles and I’d like to collect Irish or baroque wooden flutes. ---
**Author:** ![rockstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockstar)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/19 "2000-11-21T21:54:38Z")
I collect children’s books in other languages, foreign coins (pocket change my grandparents would give me after their European travels), and poptabs. ---
**Author:** ![TP605](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@TP605](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TP605)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129/20 "2000-11-21T22:31:57Z")
motogirl is correct - Even more specifically, I collect books about bourbon whiskey although TP605 includes scotch, irish, rye, and corn (moonshine). [Library of Congress Catalog](http://catalog.loc.gov) [TP605 search](http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?SC=CallNumber&SA=tp605&PID=12632&SEQ=20001121172222&HIST=1&CNT=25+records+per+screen) Browsing the LOC is fun! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weirdest-collections/42129.md?page=2)