Have you ever (even as a kid) kept a collection of something unusual? What was the collection of?

Question

(for me it was "real estate front lawn signs..." When I was 10 years old...I would ride around on my motocross bicycle and steal them off people's front lawns, and keep them in a pile on the other side of our backyard fence in a pile of tall grass, hidden and out of sight...and I took great pleasure from this odd collection of signs with realtor names on them...and I sometimes wondered if the big time realtor firm named "Collins, Allen & Decapo" ever wanted to hunt me down and kill me...)

Answer 1

I used to collect sporks from different fast food places, Taco Bell had the best ones... they were black.

Answer 2

I collect a lot of weird things. At work I'm collecting the "chads" from when I use the paper punch for when my nasty co-worker either dies or quits. I'll get out my chads and throw them into the air as confetti.
At home I collect dryer lint. We burn our paper trash and the lint is a good fire starter.

Answer 3

Well my parents always love to play the lotto scratchers and when they were done with them they would say I did not win, I thought that they were worth something and I had about over 100 of them, I was only five, but I don't know why really I did it, I guess it was my own treasure? Happy holidays to you.

Answer 4

yes, when i was a kid, my childhood friend and I started collecting the little pom pom creatures with the sticky feet and the antennas. she got one, then i think i got one, then found some "baby" ones at a craft fair someone had made, so i started making a whole bunch of them for the both of us.

Answer 5

My fingernail clippings. I had a small jade box that I kept them in - the box was a gift from my grandma. If she only knew.

Answer 6

Thimbles.

Answer 7

rubber (latex) bendable pencils. I STILL do collect them, but they're rare & hard to find.