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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3
- Thread starter Richland123
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Ok, I admit, I may have done a few dumb things as a kid.
We were dogsitting for my aunt and that Top Choice was what she gave to her pooch, and the temptation was too strong. Its smell resembled meat, but the taste was non-existant, and had the texture of waxy plastic, almost like a drier form of play-doh. But most dogs only care about the smell, and scarf their food too quickly to taste it anyway.
And yes, I also tried a Milk Bone. Thought it whiten my teeth, too, as shown in their ads back then. (It didn't.)
Had to post these. They were so 70s. I love it.
On a somewhat related note and I still chuckle about it…
In the late 60s, dad was still in the military and we were all living on a naval base. Mom had bought some canned generic cat food from the navy commissary. Being the “who can I f*** with today?” kind of kid he was back then, my brother found it, ripped off the label, and wrote “hash” in very black marking pen on it and put it back.
Mom picked it out the next weekend looking for something to make for lunch for her and my younger sister. Mercifully, the rest of us were all out at the time.
Baffled by the words “hash”, but not surprised, because the navy was prone to losing labels on cans and writing the identity of the contents on the cans, she opened it and put in a stove pot and proceeded to heat it.
Still baffled by the smell, but undeterred, she served it up. I guess they ate about half of it, before, she decided to make grilled cheese sandwiches.
Years after this happened my older brother informed mom of what he did. Needless to say, she was unamused.
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Looks like pizza that fell behind the couch a couple of months ago.
The second pic looks like mutant fruitcake!
Good name for a band - Mutant Fruitcake.
Confusing controls.
Not authentic. No canned peas to go with it.
Good name for a band - Mutant Fruitcake.
In the 90s in Vancouver, I played a couple fill in gigs with a band called The Mutant Starfish. Their big number was a song called "Fun, fun, fun on the 401"... And their lead singer's schtick was deconstructing a giant blue Smurf during one of the other tunes ( I can't recall the title but it was on topic)
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I was thinking along the lines of a box of Dots or Jujyfruits that I'd left in my car on a hot, summer day.The second pic looks like mutant fruitcake!
I had a college roommate who was obsessed by Smurfs. Well, to be exact, he was obsessed by his hatred for Smurfs. I remember he made up the posters for one event:View attachment 5414666
In the 90s in Vancouver, I played a couple fill in gigs with a band called The Mutant Starfish. Their big number was a song called "Fun, fun, fun on the 401"... And their lead singer's schtick was deconstructing a giant blue Smurf during one of the other tunes ( I can't recall the title but it was on topic)
"Free Beer!
Music!
Dancing!
BBQ!
Smurf Nuking!"
