What's the weirdest item you own?

Weird Tree - This is just too cool for school: a tree that appears to be a human body.
United States
April 25, 2007 11:34pm CST
We each of us has some item, hidden away somewhere, that most other people would consider "weird." Perhaps I'm merely telling myself that to feel normal. Perhaps not. With all kidding aside, I have a bundle of rags that used to be a pillow, bound together with rubber bands that are all but disintegrated. And that bundle of rags has a name: Handle. When I was a little one, I had a security pillow (as opposed to blanket) that I refused to let go. After umpteen washes, it began to fall apart. My mother decided to remove the stuffing, of which there was precious little left, and bind the remnats of the case with said rubber bands. She named him "Handle," as that's precisely what he was, a handle, something for me to hold. Over two decades after the fact, I still have him, tucked safely away. Somewhere. Do you have a weird item that not everyone knows about? Please, share!
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• United States
26 Apr 07
Hehe thats a good one. I have a pillow also that i won't get rid of its like 15 years old and is a thin as a sheet lol. I don't cuddle with it but i use it eveynight. :-D
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• United States
26 Apr 07
There's just a certain charm about pillows and blankets. I don't quite know what it is. Perhaps it's that they comfort us when we need them most. Heh, I never thought of that before.
@Jennifer21 (2476)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I own a few weird items, some are for personaly reasons, so I will not mention them. I have this one stuffed cat though that I have ever since I was 2 years old. I gave it too my children recently but it will always be sacred to me, however weird that may sound. It is really just a memorable piece to me.
• United States
26 Apr 07
Stuffed animals are very easy to get attached to. As silly as this sounds, I still get attached to them, when people give them to me as gifts. I'm such a sucker for a cuddly teddy bear. I need to grow up. *grin*
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@AmbiePam (92719)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I have a Steve Urkel doll. LOL, Seriously, it even has a string that when you pull it says, "Got any cheese?" Or, "Did I do that?" I used to watch 'Family Matters' as a kid and was very eager to buy a Steve Urkel doll when they came out years ago. It cost me 7 dollars.
@AmbiePam (92719)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I bought mine at Kay Bee Toys. Maybe it will be a collector's item one day. One can dream! LOL
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@AmbiePam (92719)
• United States
9 May 07
Thanks for the BR!
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• United States
9 May 07
Ooh, you're old school, aren't you? I still say, or type, "Kay Bee," which is what it was when I was younger. Now, as far as I can tell, they now call themselves "KB."
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• United States
27 Apr 07
i still have a bill kliban "kiss a cat" quilt my father had had given me in 1979.it's beat up,and i had to put a new back on it,but i won't give it up.he's passed on now,but the fact he had given me it adds extra warmth,if you know what i mean :)
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@ladyljs (1303)
• United States
26 Apr 07
I have an empty bottle of cologne that my Grandpa used to use. I love the smell of that bottle, and it reminds me of him.
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• United States
26 Apr 07
Oh, I almost forgot to ask, do you remember which cologne it was? I don't know why, but the first thing that I saw in my mind's eye was a green bottle of Brute.
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