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purple jade
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Joined: Feb 19, 2003
Posts: 1450
From: New Orleans
|  Posted: 2005-02-25 1:03 pm Permalink
How many Christmas albums and microwave cookbooks does one planet need?
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tikibars
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Joined: Apr 11, 2002
Posts: 2014
From: Aku Hall, Chicago
| Posted: 2005-02-25 1:43 pm Permalink
Answer:
Fewer than we have.
That's why the leftovers are in thrift stores.
Reciprocal:
How many great vintage Tiki Mugs does one planet need?
Answer:
LOTS AND LOTS.
That's why there aren't enough in the thrift stores.
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JTD
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Joined: Apr 07, 2003
Posts: 407
From: J'ville
| Posted: 2005-02-25 3:02 pm Permalink
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
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MachTiki
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Joined: Feb 16, 2004
Posts: 1363
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2005-02-25 3:51 pm Permalink
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On 2005-02-25 13:03, purple jade wrote:
How many Christmas albums and microwave cookbooks does one planet need?
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As many as there are orange owl cookie jars and Ponderosa Ranch tin cups.
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Doctor Z
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Joined: Aug 01, 2002
Posts: 1603
From: The Hale Moana Lounge, Torrance, CA
| Posted: 2005-02-25 5:18 pm Permalink
Answer: All of them.
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johntiki
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Joined: Mar 31, 2002
Posts: 1525
From: MD
| Posted: 2005-02-25 6:05 pm Permalink
How many copies of Herb Alpert's "Whipped Cream" does one world need?
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tikifish
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2720
From: Toronto,Canada
| Posted: 2005-02-25 7:09 pm Permalink
I hhave noticed a preponderous amount of plastic squeezie promo bottles at the goodwill. They sit there, multiplying on shelves, day after day. I wondered why goodwill even bothered putting them out - then, after 15 years of thrifting, the other day I actually saw someone buy a used squeezie bottle. Will wonders never cease?
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Shipwreckjoey
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Joined: Nov 29, 2002
Posts: 1794
From: San Diego, CA
| Posted: 2005-02-25 7:40 pm Permalink
I'm a firm believer that most of the "good stuff" gets snagged by the employees before it hits the floor. I used to find really cool '60's suits, ties and shirts (like bowling type sport shirts, dress shirts w/ snap tabs and skinny button-down collars) back in the late '70's and then a rash of "vintage" clothing stores (like Flips on Melrose) started opening up and things got harder to find. A friend of mine had very good luck finding those great '60's shoes and go-go boots with razor sharp pointy toes and stiletto heals in barely worn condition, but she was like a size five.
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docwoods
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Joined: Feb 29, 2004
Posts: 595
From: outside the windy city
| Posted: 2005-02-26 07:04 am Permalink
Just think about how many plastic combs exist-that one boggles the mind.I mean,I don't think there's that much hair in the world that needs to be combed.
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ZebraTiki
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Joined: Aug 01, 2004
Posts: 530
From: Enchanted Bay Area, CA
| Posted: 2005-02-26 5:42 pm Permalink
My favorite are the loads of cookbooks next to the untouched diet books.
How many random beige items infused with the aromas of mothballs and/or catboxes does the world need?
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kctiki
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Joined: Apr 22, 2003
Posts: 439
From: Kansas City
| Posted: 2005-02-27 07:46 am Permalink
How many lady's high heel shoes, encrusted with shell macaroni, spray painted gold, filled with plastic flowers, for display on top of a console T.V. does one need?
Actually I haven't run across any of these for quite some time. They must have all disentegrated by now.
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purple jade
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Joined: Feb 19, 2003
Posts: 1450
From: New Orleans
| Posted: 2005-02-28 9:04 pm Permalink
Yesterday, to mock me futher, I saw an entire 20 volume set of microwave cooking encyclopedias. I ask you...
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Johnny Dollar
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Joined: Oct 01, 2003
Posts: 2916
From: Baltimore, Maryland, PNG
| Posted: 2005-03-01 06:31 am Permalink
it's all because of THE OWLS...
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freddiefreelance
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Joined: Feb 15, 2003
Posts: 2983
From: San Diego, Ca.
| Posted: 2005-03-01 07:48 am Permalink
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On 2005-02-25 19:40, Shipwreckjoey wrote:
I'm a firm believer that most of the "good stuff" gets snagged by the employees before it hits the floor.
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They do. My daughter worked for one up in the Valley & would get all sorts of new, old stock & barely used items for us (but no Tikis  ). I'm certain that other Thrift Stores do the same, whether they mean to or not.
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naugatiki
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Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 806
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2005-03-01 08:45 am Permalink
The Goodwill in my hood has a policy where employees can't buy anything until it's been on the shelf for atleast 24 hours, but everything there comes from Tacoma where the "good stuff" is snagged and put up for online auction. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZtacomagoodwill
Life is cruel
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