Thrown away: The stuff you loved and lost.Smash Wogan writes, "we all love our Mums, but we all know that Mums can be cunts, throwing out our carefully hoarded crap that we know is going to be worth millions some day."
What priceless junk have you lost because someone just threw it out?
Zero points for "all my porn". Unless it was particularly good porn...
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chthonic, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:32)
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Freddy BearWhen I was born, I was given a brown cuddly bear, about 10 inches in height. little white nose, white paws, white inner ears.
I called him Freddy.
When my brother was born three years later, he was given the same kind of bear, but in pale blue.
He called him Answinka. (I have no idea why).
I had Freddy for years. He got put away in a box when I was about 12 and thought I was too grown up for him.
My brother said Answinka was lonely, so I got Freddy out of the box and let my brother look after him.
Eventually, as we got older, Freddy and Answinka moved around a bit. First in a box in the loft, then my Mum decided they would look good on the two rocking chairs in the back room.
Then the rocking chairs went and Freddy and Answinka sat on a bookcase.
Then, eventually, they want back into boxes in the loft. Never to be seen again, but never quite forgotten either.
Two years ago, my brother had a baby girl. A few weeks ago, I went round to see him and she was there, playing with Answinka. But no sign of Freddy.
I asked my brother if he knew where Freddy was, but he didn't.
Later, while visiting my parents, I asked my Mum.
She said 'Oh, well, you haven't got children so I didn't think you'd want it, I threw it out'.
I don't know what upsets me more, the fact that she threw him away or the fact that at 34 she has apparently already written off my chances of ever being a Dad.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:59,
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My brother had a bear called FreddyOnly one I can remember him playing with.
It was tan, sort of flattish and I think it had a white/light brown muzzle, paws and inner ears. It also had a squeak and I'm pretty sure it was fisherprice.
Do you think it's the same one?
Edit: Actually, I think this is him
www.thisoldtoy.com/new-images/images-ok/400-499/FP418-EB75786649-B.JPG
Though I don't remember him being quite so fuzzy, my brother must have flattened his fur over the years!
He actually WAS called Freddy originally so that would explain why I keep hearing about same named teddies, heh
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Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 17:04,
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Ah, no......it wasn't like that one.
I went through 50 pages of google images to find my one, but he's not there.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Fri 15 Aug 2008, 10:35,
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