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Old 12-28-2002, 02:59 AM   #29
Cerek the Barbaric
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Join Date: October 29, 2001
Location: North Carolina
Age: 62
Posts: 3,257
Nanobyte - I agree that any "fad" can become extremely addictive. Several of my college buddies started playing Magic when it came out...and spent hundreds of dollars on "rare and powerful cards". I remember the kids were fighting each other over their Pokemon cards....and when parents were fighting each other over certain Power Ranger figures. It just amazes me to sit back and watch how people behave sometimes.

One of the "oddest" fads has to be the Beanie Baby Craze. It was unusual because it actually lured in more adults than kids. The "town librarian" sits on our pew in church, and I can remember when she and one of the church ushers would sit down and talk about which Beanie Babies they had gotten that week. Afer listening to them discuss Beanie Babies for several weeks, I just had to be a little "mean" to them.

I told them that I had gotten a couple of Beanie Babies for my son (who was just a baby at the time).
Town Librarian "That's a good idea. Buy them now and they will really be worth a lot of money when he gets older."
"Yeah, he seems to really like them", I said...then paused for a moment and added "Of course, I had to tear the tag off of it's ear so he wouldn't get choked on it."

Her eyes bugged out of her head and I thought SHE was going to have a "choking fit" of her own. [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]


[ 12-28-2002, 03:00 AM: Message edited by: Cerek the Barbaric ]
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