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Why do people collect things…

Nov 17th 2008sallyPersonal

Most people collect and display something in their lives.

It might be a collection of family snaps stuck into an album, or holiday souvenirs arranged on a mantelpiece,assembled and displayed without any thought of being a "collector".

Other people form collections for a specific purpose: old masters for investment or memories "collected" on tape to preserve a changing way of life….

Over the years I have collected many things including 16 years worth of first day cover stamps.

BUT tell me, why did I collect and keep all the baby teeth from my two boys……

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All to be found in this beautiful trinket box….

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Do you have any strange collections ? ? ?

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9 Responses to “Why do people collect things…”

  1. Ruth on 17 Nov 2008 at 7:59 pm #

    I do have to admit, you are the first person I’ve heard of that collected baby teeth. Looks like you had to some money with a collection that big. :)

  2. Anne on 17 Nov 2008 at 8:17 pm #

    That is one scary collection :-)…mind you I think I do have one or two from both boys somewhere, but not in a beautiful trinket box like that.. !!!!

  3. sally on 17 Nov 2008 at 8:21 pm #

    Anne.. the trinket box was a leaving gift from the school in St Athan where i was a dinner lady…… stop laughing :-) can you imagine me looking after kids

  4. Wolfie on 17 Nov 2008 at 8:22 pm #

    I used to collect things but then I got married and such foibles were no longer tolerated. The only thing I’m allowed to collect now is music because we can both enjoy it, and I do have a lot of CDs.

    The solution to our future has turned out to be … iTunes. All the music I need without the shelf-space requirement.

  5. jams O'Donnell on 17 Nov 2008 at 8:36 pm #

    Well think of it this way. Milk teeth are goinjg to be a limited edition collection

  6. CherryPie on 17 Nov 2008 at 9:18 pm #

    Wow Sally! that is quite a collection!!!

  7. Lady Banana on 17 Nov 2008 at 10:11 pm #

    OMG, I also have my 3 childrens teeth! To be honest I’m not sure where they are but now you have reminded me I’m going to look for them..

    Just hope I actually do still have them..

  8. Welshcakes Limoncello on 17 Nov 2008 at 10:28 pm #

    I think that’s really cute and I like the box! I collect pestle and mortars, ornamentsa and books!

  9. jmb on 19 Nov 2008 at 1:13 am #

    Mmm. That grosses me out just a little bit. I don’t think my rock collection is in the same league!

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