One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
Nowhere is this old adage more visible than in thrift stores. Why spend $10 a new pair of underwear when you can have strapless panties for $1.99? You can get decked out like Cosmo Kramer for under $10 and be the envy of all the hipsters. I used to spend hours pouring over smelly junk to find that perfect ironic t-shirt or retro drinking jar. I’d make out like a bandit with only a handful of dollars. Behold some of the gold that has been found in thrift stores across America and marvel at how some people could part with these hilarious treasures.
Start the slideshow below to see the trash that became someone else’s treasure!
Pikajew
I have so many questions. Who made this? Who bought it? When did they decide to pitch it? Did anyone buy it again?
Respectable cat
Again, this begs so many questions. I guess my number one question would be “What was the artist going for?” Art history majors: can you help a girl out?
“Vase”
What a lovely addition to a young man’s bachelor pad!
Crazy cat man vest
I have found my future husband. He will wear that, sans undershirt, to the wedding ceremony.
OJ burn
The 90s were something else, lemme tell you. This was considered clever back then before the internet really took off.
Dopplegangers
What blasted sorcery is this?!
(Retail) Therapy
Back in my day, when I was “with it,” we didn’t have memes. What you young whipper snappers consider “memes” had to be topical t-shirts. And they weren’t even American Apparel. We had it rough.
Get it?!
This is funny for a split second and then you are stuck with a butt on your vest.
Sexy Leslie Neilson
Why would you ever give this up?
Choices
I told you the 90’s were rough. We didn’t have such magic as TiVo or “streaming.”
Oh, yeah!
I would bust through a brick wall to get my hands on these sweet kicks.
Sexy mouse
What is seen cannot be unseen.
Eau Nest Abe
Does it smell like beard and freedom? I wonder what Reagan’s perfume smells like. Jelly beans?
Fuzzy scale
Why aren’t all scales fuzzy? Keep those tootsie warm while you hate yourself.
Kittybell
The difference between this and kettlebell? Your kettlebell isn’t going to pee on your bed afterwards.
Erm…
I want to say that I’m taking it out of context, but I don’t think I am.
Scratch ‘n’ sniff
Smells like meat loaf!
Oh so funky!
This is why I never got into taxidermy. My house would be full of animal butts.
A visual history lesson
That’s messed up.
Why bother?
See it's such a bargain to buy things secondhand! $2.00 down from $19.99!!
Seriously, why not just go commando at that point?
This snow globe has stories
Do you think it was owned by Michael Cera?
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