Bringing odd items home

[daffy654]

What is the oddest thing that either you or someone in your household has ever brought home?

My oh went to a friend's house on Friday evening and came home with a full scale replica anglo saxon helm like this one:
http://www.suttonhoo....ploads/SuttHoo026.jpg

I have just had to polish the damned thing (jokes about polishing my blokes helmet will be expected)

[woofgang]

Why do you have to polish it?

[NOX]

My ex wife worked in film and theatre and her house when I moved in was full of freaky props, skeletons, aliens, a stuffed dog, a severed hand and an oil painting with holes in the eyes- she was totally mad:)

[daffy654]

I had to rub it quite hard for a long time to see any results helen ;)

[boxtops]

You sure it was a replica ? ;-) I wouldn't have cleaned it, grot would be part of its authentic look!

[daffy654]

NOX, your ex sounds like my sort of person. lol
I would love to have a house full of grisly stage props!
My collection is limited to a carved skull and an ornamental grotesque at the moment though.

[boxtops]

Three hairy cats and a bloke

[NOX]

She's a seriously lovely woman but very 'unusual' in her furnishing ideas- she once tried to pesuade me to buy a boat and cut the front off it to use as a bar in our lounge, she had ideas of a viking longboat effect thing, totally nuts but in an entirely good way:)

[daffy654]

Definitely a replica boxtops. I will have to get a photo of it to post.
It isn't supposed to look grubby but his mate's wife refused to polish it at all and his mate was just too lazy to do it himself.

[daffy654]

http://i452.photobuck...iscellaneous/Helm.jpg

I hope this link works.

[ChuckFickens]

I assume the normal friday night items, things like Traffic cones, flashing yellow lights, garden gates etc are excluded from this :)

[Barmaid]

damn you chuck! That's me out then.

[Count-A-Strong]

There used to be a brand of pub where you could buy the bric-a-brac and after a few pints it seemed like a good idea to buy some framed Tibetan carved doors. They hang on the wall in the dining room.

[wolf63]

Nothing too exciting - I went out to buy a black skirt for my granddads funeral and came back with a five year old German Shepherd/Labrador male from the dog pound instead.

[anneasquith]

an easy mistake to make wolf.

[ChuckFickens]

I went out to buy a sofa for a flat I'd just moved into and came home with a pool table!