# what do you collect **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398 "2011-10-12T06:13:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/1 "2011-10-12T06:13:37Z")
i have collected tilandsias tin boxes bonsai marbles those little stickers on food any collectors here?? ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/2 "2011-10-12T06:32:34Z")
Turtle figurines. Sea turtles, preferably, but I’ll collect almost any turtle I find. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/3 "2011-10-12T06:34:25Z")
Dust. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/4 "2011-10-12T06:41:18Z")
And bees. ---
**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/5 "2011-10-12T06:51:27Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > And bees. i was just going to ask …what about bees ?? good timing bees~ ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/6 "2011-10-12T07:43:24Z")
Used to collect vintage Pyrex - man that was fun! Whittled down my collection to things I actually USE. (Pyrex lasts FOREVER, yo!) I’m a knitter, so I have a huge yarn stash. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/7 "2011-10-12T08:27:54Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Dust. Damn you! I wanted to say that.;)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Apollon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/8 "2011-10-12T10:07:05Z")
Does pr0n count? If not, then: 1-euro-coins (not really collecting, just hoarding) and Star Wars MicroMachines. And stamps, when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/9 "2011-10-12T10:24:13Z")
nothing actively right now. In the past I have collected pewter figurines with crystals attached from the Tudor Mint called Myth & Magic. I am glad I was collecting them because I liked the figurines, their value has not appreciated if ebay is any judge. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/10 "2011-10-12T12:50:00Z")
Shot glasses from every airport I go through. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/11 "2011-10-12T12:51:03Z")
anxieties ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/12 "2011-10-12T12:59:36Z")
Zippo lighters that are engraved with the Harley Davidson ‘bar and shield’ logo. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/13 "2011-10-12T13:01:47Z")
Mechanical adding machines Antique barometer/thermometers ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/14 "2011-10-12T13:06:23Z")
Books by Terry Pratchett. I used to collect other authors as well, but once I got an e-reader I decided to stop filling my house with books. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/15 "2011-10-12T13:09:55Z")
Coffee mugs from my travels and pin up art. I haven’t added anything to either collection for a few years though. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/16 "2011-10-12T13:11:09Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > Books by Terry Pratchett. I used to collect other authors as well, but once I got an e-reader I decided to stop filling my house with books. I never even thought about books! Yep I collect books, SF&F mainly. I too have made the kindle leap. Roll on tomorrow, when Pterry’s next offering, Snuff, is released. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/17 "2011-10-12T13:22:26Z")
I collect Hard Rock Cafe “Hurricane” glasses but I have to actually go there and drink the Hurricane myself. As in, I don’t want one that someone has brought me. So far I have 25. My husband and I actually plan our trips around getting to the Hard Rock Cafes in the area. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/18 "2011-10-12T13:23:59Z")
I knit and quilt. I wouldn’t say I collect yarn and fabric, but it does tend to _accumulate_. I guess I’m in the process of collecting the entire run of Agatha Christie Mysteries books; they have a navy blue faux-leather binding with gold stamped spines. I’ve got 85 of the total 88, I think. I also keep all the variations of US coins that have been coming out in the last 15 years. I used to collect blue and white transferware. Then I got over that whole mess. Now I have a crapload of blue and white transferware that doesn’t go with my new life. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/19 "2011-10-12T13:24:32Z")
When I was 15, my mom was a bartender, so I collected booze bottles. We moved across the country and I was not allowed to bring them with me, so I don’t collect things anymore. My mom started collecting elephants when she was young. She regretted it though, since almost every gift she ever got had something to do with them. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398/20 "2011-10-12T13:52:36Z")
I collect spores, molds, and fungus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-collect/599398.md?page=2)