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03/24/2003: Thrift Store Finds - Volume 65,200,122,033

This edition of Thrift Store Finds will be quick like ninja. I don't have enough time to give you the complete rundown today, so instead, here's a picture gallery detailing what we saw and what we bought. My two top finds? An E.T. thermos, and the exact same Trapper Keeper I used in the second grade. Wazzahwutyeah. I also like the half-eaten Junkyard Dog figure. Here's the pics…

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Discussion Thread: 26 comments

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http://realultimatepower.net/

Posted by brandon @ 03/24/2003 5:07 PM EST

why are you spamming that ninja site? obviously you didnt make it. This is x-entertainment. No one cares about that site. Get a life.

Posted by wack0 @ 03/24/2003 5:11 PM EST

whoops, maybe i should read what Matt wrote before i comment on your comment. i see now why you put that link up. it is because Matt said "quick like ninja". Sorry for making you cry. Another note: Matt, is that vomit you stepped in?

Posted by wack0 @ 03/24/2003 5:14 PM EST

Bloody hell, I've seen that Big Red Cookbook in every house I've ever visited. I bet I'd find one hiding in my closet next to my old comics if I searched the apartment long enough. What the hell made those suckers so popular??

Posted by Eric Relevant @ 03/24/2003 6:14 PM EST

My mom has that cookbook. I've searched it many a time for a hidden camera from Betty Crocker herself, but still no luck. That wily minx is always one step ahead of me.

Posted by Dan @ 03/24/2003 6:37 PM EST

My best thrift store find was made years ago at the Oxfam shop in Peterborough, UK… just a t-shirt that says "'T' is for Trousers!" with a picture of a T and trousers on it. How great is that?

I'd pay $5 for a drawing too, if it was a mystery drawing and I could mail you the $5. I won't use PayPal because that's how they get you.

Posted by Welsh Rabbit @ 03/24/2003 6:40 PM EST

How much was that Junkyard Dog action figure? I'd pay up to $5 for that…

Posted by Evan @ 03/24/2003 10:41 PM EST

Anyone else find it amusing that there are McDonald's pop-up ads on X-E, a site that ridicules the fast food chain on a regular basis?

Speaking of McDonald's, here are some requests for future 80s commercials on the download page…

1. McDonald's Mac Tonight
2. That christmas commercial when Ronald McDonald teaches that kid how to ice skate
3. PSA: Penguin: "If you wanna be cool, stay in school!"
4. any 80s anti-drug PSAs you have
5. Polly-O String Cheese
6. The fun is back oh YES-SIR-E, its the 2600 from A-TAR-I!
7. That Bonkers lady who gets bonked on the head with large pieces of fruit.
8. The cast of The Cosby Show singing about Disney World.

Posted by Death By Stereo @ 03/25/2003 1:26 AM EST

I have some of the ones you mentioned:

2. That christmas commercial when Ronald McDonald teaches that kid how to ice skate

I've got this one.

4. any 80s anti-drug PSAs you have

I've got a few more.

5. Polly-O String Cheese

Desperately searching for it. Next to the Gremlins Against Drunk Driving commercial, it's my fave ad ever. HEY SHIMI - GIMME A CHEESE WITH NOTHIN.

6. The fun is back oh YES-SIR-E, its the 2600 from A-TAR-I!

Got it.

7. That Bonkers lady who gets bonked on the head with large pieces of fruit.

Already on the site somewhere.

Posted by Matt @ 03/25/2003 1:29 AM EST

Hey Matt, is that girl your 'woman' ?
I don't think we've ever seen her.
Tell us about her, other than the fact that she is a gypsie.
hehehe
j/k

Posted by Denise @ 03/25/2003 4:44 AM EST

i have terrible news for you.

i typed "six breasts" in google, and got this : http://www.cyberium.net/multibrst/film.htm give it a poke. weird.

yeah, is that ur missus?

Posted by 'tin man @ 03/25/2003 6:15 AM EST

What is that orange car thing next to the E.T. thermos? Now that I've seen it I just know I'm gonna go nuts trying to find it, and just using "Orange car on white legs" would probably make people try to make buzzards eat my stomach with Oxyclean. Or something.

Posted by Lim @ 03/25/2003 7:37 AM EST

with the missing foot, the YunkJard Dog could double as the Texas Tornado (a.k.a. the late, great Kerry Von Erich). eh eh eh….ahhh…dahellwithya

Posted by Kano @ 03/25/2003 10:27 AM EST

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the greatness that is the "ALZHEIMER's Thrift Shop"…come on folks…that's comedy!

Posted by Kano @ 03/25/2003 10:30 AM EST

how did you know i cried like a baby? I thought i was alone.

Posted by brandon @ 03/25/2003 10:41 AM EST

http://monobrow.com/monobro/

Posted by Me @ 03/25/2003 1:13 PM EST

I suppose that would have to be Matt's lady… she looks like the sort of woman Matt would like - doesn't mind wandering around thrift stores and despises Nat the Rat. My girlfriend likes asking me to go "clothes hunting". EVERY DAY. Sometimes I spit on her Dad out of protest. But he understands… I think.

Curt

Posted by Curt @ 03/25/2003 4:18 PM EST

DuckTales! Whee!

Posted by evin @ 03/25/2003 5:50 PM EST

I wish the US McDonalds had the toasted tomato and cheese sandwich like they do in other countries.

Posted by elbertdw @ 03/25/2003 5:50 PM EST

Matt's lady or not, Hubba hubba ! Sorry dude, couldn't help it. Anyway, did anyone else see a set of lawn dice in one of those pics? Lawn dice?

Posted by gozer @ 03/25/2003 6:30 PM EST

The Giant-Size Game of 21!

Lawn Dice? I guess regular dice would get lost in the grass, or something.

Look for the matching set of LAWN PLAYING CARDS

Posted by Sargasm @ 03/25/2003 8:49 PM EST

I worked at the Alzheimer's Thrift Shop (for a summer job) and I don't know if you noticed but the video section has a huge amount of tentacle anime porn. And did you go into the basement? It's dirty, and filled with the best crap.

Posted by Zach @ 03/26/2003 8:37 PM EST

My friend had that JYD toy…..we used to play with it in his pool…when we were like 12.

And my mom has that cook book. Is it still considered "New"?

Posted by Sean @ 04/08/2003 3:52 AM EDT

Poor JYD… He lost his foot…

Posted by The Dork Knight @ 07/20/2003 4:27 AM EDT

Would I look even dorkier than I alredy do if I say that the most interesting things I saw in the pics were the Ducktails book (that's still one of my favorite Disney shows) and the cookbook?

Posted by starwenn @ 08/16/2003 10:42 PM EDT

Interesting……What a quirky site.Makes me think twice about thrift stores though, but hey, I found this wicked cute pair of shoes in 1.Thrift stores can rock when they want 2

Posted by xxxxxxxxxx @ 02/29/2004 12:30 PM EST

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