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33 comments to "25 Strangest Collections on the Web"
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Mr. BabyMan
May 14th, 2008 at
5:09 am
Amazing post, Alex. Great job!
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bean
May 14th, 2008 at
6:25 am
This would be a great post, except I had to scroll almost halfway down the neatorama main page to get to the comments link… and I can’t remember what I wanted to say.
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ripper
May 14th, 2008 at
7:00 am
Some of these strange collections reminded me of Bob & Ray -The Vegetable collector -check it out on you tube -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ufkBRuXwIHU -
Miss Cellania
May 14th, 2008 at
7:13 am
Strange, but fascinating nonetheless. Most folks would never have a chance to see anything like this if it weren’t for the internet. And I bet the collections would be smaller, too, if the collectors couldn’t use the ‘net to find items.
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ruby
May 14th, 2008 at
7:46 am
I used to collect date nails. I have a collection stashed away, my exs father was a lineman and would bring me them when he could.
Neato.
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NeuroGirl
May 14th, 2008 at
8:01 am
Reading this one post just made me late for work. At least it was interesting!
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stacyj
May 14th, 2008 at
8:11 am
My goodness, I honestly had no idea that some people actually get -fluff- in their navels - are entire -tufts- like that common?? I … think I need to go lie down for a while …
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Ashley
May 14th, 2008 at
9:13 am
Someone else collects sugar packets! Wow! I don’t feel nearly so unusual anymore. I have sugar from around the world. Anytime a friend goes overseas and asks what present I want, I get them to bring me sugar!
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Miranda
May 14th, 2008 at
9:32 am
I’m with Stacy.. Who gets that much junk in thier belly button? I would imagine that showering on a regular basis cuts down on the “fluff”
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avraamov
May 14th, 2008 at
9:40 am
now THAT is beautiful lawnmower.
has anyone else noticed the colour gredations in the naval fluff? surely only a fool would leave their lint archive exposed to sunlight…this collection should be rescued from its owner for the sake of the nation before any more damage occurs.
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Ro
May 14th, 2008 at
10:50 am
The naval lint collection was disgusting. The guy who owns it probably walks around all day saying, “Pull my finger!”
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tara
May 14th, 2008 at
11:33 am
I collect the number 43.
http://interstate43.blogspot.com
My website is full of facts & pictures of the number.
I think it is a rather strange thing to collect.
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L
May 14th, 2008 at
12:04 pm
That navel fluff guy must’ve been wearing a lot of pink clothing between 1994 and 2000.
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Jeanne
May 14th, 2008 at
12:04 pm
These guys collect condom tins and packages, the wrote a book about it. I have a copy and have actually found a tin on an archaeological survey once.
Remember Your Rubbers!: Collectible Condom Containers (A Schiffer Book for Collectors): GK Elliott, George Goehring, Dennis O’Brien -
jmp478
May 14th, 2008 at
1:28 pm
I wish stupid/boring articles here wouldn’t take up
THE WHOLE PAGE -
Vako
May 14th, 2008 at
1:31 pm
Awesome post!
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Elizabeth
May 14th, 2008 at
1:36 pm
Wow. My own paper napkin collection looks so sad in comparison to that one.
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Video Game Dork
May 14th, 2008 at
3:11 pm
the color change of the fluff is a mystery.
also, i agree with the person above. dont put all the items in a list on the main page!
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CheeseDuck
May 14th, 2008 at
5:14 pm
Navel Fluff? LOL
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Lea
May 14th, 2008 at
5:45 pm
My mom used to collect AOL cds. Then one day she threw them all out.
I read MoH everyday. Love it!
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alison
May 14th, 2008 at
6:00 pm
I really didn’t think navel fluff was real.. I’ve never had any!
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kris
May 14th, 2008 at
7:17 pm
As an avid collector of all sorts of strange things, I loved this post! Here’s another strange collection: gem sweaters.
Leslie Hall has been collecting these sweaters for a while, and she started the “gem sweater” museum. There are photos of her online wearing them all.
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Louisa
May 14th, 2008 at
8:36 pm
I couldn’t get past the navel gatherer. How the hell big is his bellybutton?!?!? Does it take up half his abdomen?
Does he wear all cheap fleece clothing?
I need to know this things! -
Daniel Kim
May 14th, 2008 at
10:10 pm
OK, when I was in high school, I kind of collected sugar packets. Actually, whenever I went to a restaurant with friends, I passed around a sugar packet and a pen, and had everyone sign it. I have a small tin with packets from various restaurants, mostly places open 24 hours, covered with signatures.
My favorite is the packet signed by fellow passengers of a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The packet was passed up and down the airplane, and finally made it back to me.
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Viola
May 14th, 2008 at
11:45 pm
Cool post! I love the sugar packets.
(PS: I’m pretty sure I’m one of the young’ns on here, but I sure as celery remember the AOL discs]
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MoonCake
May 15th, 2008 at
5:36 am
navel fluff is real.. this is totally weird and kinda gross, but my brother dated a girl a while back and she apparently was obsessed with picking the lint out of his bellybutton.. the worst part of it is that they felt compelled to share their cute little story with me.
yea.. and the huge lists like this only need one example followed by a link to the rest.. i don’t like having to scroll half-way down the page just to get to the next post.
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Patrick B
May 15th, 2008 at
11:07 pm
My hometown has a granite museum.
We also have a public display of the latest in new tombstone designs.
http://tinyurl.com/4ajm2f -
Beth from Avenue Z
May 16th, 2008 at
6:28 pm
My favorite has to be the burnt foods. The barf bags? Not so much.
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wit of a twit
May 16th, 2008 at
6:56 pm
I think Joseph W. Lauher was my College Chemistry Professor.
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David Phillips
May 17th, 2008 at
5:05 am
Glad to see sugar packets in the list. The UK sucrologists club is going strong and there are similar clubs in many countries around the world.
http://www.sugarpackets.org.uk for anyone else who is interested. -
Band Shirt Guy
May 20th, 2008 at
9:35 am
Here is a purely virtual collection that we can all contribute to. The Band Shirt Archive, http://www.bandshirtarchive.com. The goal is to get a picture of every band shirt ever, for any band. Upload your collection of shirts.
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pete
May 23rd, 2008 at
11:21 am
toilet paper collection:
http://www.klopapier.org/ -
Meg
June 24th, 2008 at
1:22 am
I used to date this guy who, as a child, cut out and collected pictures of ceiling fans. He had three full photo albums covered in them. Coincidently, we broke up three weeks later.
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