Ewwwww!

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Carmen thinks: Even if this hasn't been noticeably used, the fact that it is here at all and in an unsealed package is nasty! 

Kim says: Oh man is this really a mouth guard?! Could a person ever really get it clean enough to use it? The title is right - ewwwwww!

angry boy

Carmen thinks: This little man sitting in a sad little apple tree seems to have a ginormous chip on his little porcelain shoulder.

 

Look at how pissed off he looks!

He looks like he's possessed.  Or trying to start something on fire using his mind.  (imagines little laser beams shooting from his eyes)  or maybe I've watched one too many movies.

Lisa thinks: He could be watching whatever the scared twins are watching. . . but having a slightly different reaction to it. Possessed by the devil sounds about right. . . I think he's wearing eyeliner, too.     (and lipstick - C)

Kim says: What jumps out at me is how dead his eyes look. They used remarkable detail to get his eyes to look so disturbing...    (remarkable details and emo makeup.  -C)

Mange!!

On a recent thrifting expedition, we ran across a rack filled with garments such as this:

Now, I’m not really a fur wearer, it kind of creeps me out.  (hmmm.  by now you all must be wondering if there is anything that DOESN’T creep me out).  Anyhoodle, as we passed by this rack, some unexplainable force compelled me to reach out and touch the thing.  Bad Idea.  I’m quite sure that fur coats aren’t supposed to FEEL like a dead mangy animal.  Until they make “feel-o-vision” for blogger, these photos will have to suffice.  From the front it doesn’t appear to be all that bad.  Then we flipped it around:

Nothing like a clumpy ratty mangy fur coat to make a woman feel extravagant.  (shudder) 

Kim says: This is just another warning to really look closely before actually purchasing something at a thrift store! I mean, I've gotten some great bargains, but this has issues!!

A Puff of Fluff and Saggy Drawers

Kim says: Like the other chick, Poof, at first glance I thought this was cute. And then I noticed the bitsy head and the ginormous bum! And the puff of fluff on his head is just frosting on the chick!

Lisa thinks: Did he just look in the mirror and see how completely ridiculous he looks?! He is seriously scared of something. . . maybe his "puff of fluff" (I love that!!):)

Carmen thinks: I just thought he looked shocked and appalled perhaps a bit mortified. Judging by the saggy pants, I’m thinking it might just be because he filled his drawers. Every time I see this pic, the “oops, I crapped my pants” skit from SNL comes to mind. But I am totally digging the pattern on the pants on the wall behind him.

Those are pants behind him? Wow! They are crazier than him, now that you mention it!

Sock Elephant?

I knew sock monkeys had relatives. I’ve seen sock cows and even sock moose, but a sock elephant? That is a new one to me. 

 

Lisa thinks: That's one HELLUVA trunk!! Poor dude!

Kim says: That's not a trunk - it's a weapon of mass destruction!!

Carmen thinks: He could use that trunk to swing from trees like his sock monkey cousins!  It's his legs and the way they seem unnaturally attached that freaks me out the most I think. 

Off with her Head

At the risk of sounding like a paranoid omniphobic (ok, so you may have noticed I like to make up my own words) I will admit that in addition to clowns, I am equally freaked out by dolls.  Therefore, when we were on a recent thrifting expedition, we came across this little collection that we just had to share:
Welcome to the display of (creepy) dolls:
Exhibit one:

I guess despite the flamboyant hat, she looks as creepy normal as any other doll but his face totally says “ If I wasn’t inanimate, I’d totally kick your ass!” 
And at the other end of the table, we have the rest of the display, or Exhibit 2:

alrighty then, so we have another flamboyant hat (apparently a popular style), a bad hair helmet and a OH MY GOD!  A DISEMBODIED HEAD!

I swear it’s looking right at me.  And you wonder why I find these things a little unnerving.

Kim says: I know there is a market for dolls and doll heads - but it doesn't make it any less creepy. The boy in blue in the top picture is cute in a "Chucky" kind of a way...and I can't imagine any of these being valuable - cause DUH they are in a thrift store - you know the workers Goggle stuff like this...do people buy these thngs for their kids??? Geez what would that do to the kid!

Elvis’ Red Soled Shoes

We all know the song about his blue suede shoes, but do we know about his red soled shoes? Well, we found ‘em folks, and here they are. (let’s hope no one actually wears them out in public) ;)

Lisa thinks: Maybe they were Elvis' bowling shoes. . . they sort of have that look to them!

Kim says: What is it about shoes these days? First the sasquatch shoes and now these... I can't wait to see what we find next!!!

Teddy bear antics…

Kim says: What exactly is this teddy bear doing to this doll? Mauling it? Is it gonna put her in a half-nelson?! I think this teddy bear is having way to much fun with this doll...

 Carmen's take:  I'm thinking the combination of the bear assuming some twisted gymnastics kama sutra position while draped in what appears to be a cable knit snuggie and putting a creepy doll in a half-nelson equals a whole lot of "hell no!"

I’ll pass, thanks.

Seriously? I can honestly say that even if I was ever in the position to need one of these, I doubt I’d look in a thrift store. I can also honestly say that I can’t ever imagine coming upon one in a thrift store and saying to myself, “ya know, that could sure come in handy!”



Lisa thinks: At least it's still in the box. That raises the hopes of whatever sucker buys it that maybe, just maybe, it was never peed in (or that whoever peed in it is very cleanly and organized- I mean, they DID keep the box, after all).

Oh the Horror! (Clown edition)

I know, some people really dig clowns.  My sister in law is one of those people.  I however, am certainly not.  Clowns freak me out.  Maybe it’s because of scary clown movies, or a bad Bozo nightmare I’ve blocked from my consciousness, but for whatever reason, clowns fall into my “not only no, but HELL NO” category. 
So, we’re traipsing through a classy little thrift store the other day and come upon a whole display of clowns.  Being the stuff that nightmares of made of, and we are, after all, Thrift Store HORROR!, I snapped a few pics.  Here we see a creepy but rather unassuming clown.


Our next specimen raises the creepy quotient a bit.  He has that mischievous look in his eye.   


And then of course we have a small group of clowns that at first glance seem to be innocently having a conversation with a pair of cookie monster slippers.


But what is that on the right?  WTF?  Lets take a closer look--

umm, so, yeah…. it appears that Clowny McPervert  here is getting all up in some other clown’s business.  Seriously?  Someone needs to rearrange this display.

yeah.  Check out the creepy little smile on his painted up face!  Asstastic!  This, my good readers, is just one more reason that clowns are E-V-I-L!