1/8/2003: Bag collector

Undertoad · 01-08-2003, 11:11 AM

What strange collections of impulses are we humans.

From a story here on Ananova, this eccentric woman has collected 2500 plastic supermarket bags. No reason, she claims; it was just accidental, she claims; she'd just put away all the goods and stuff the bag into the closet until there were thousands and thousands of bags in the closet. Why, her boyfriend had to tell her it was becoming a problem, she claims.

But you know and I know that it couldn't possibly be accidental, and we're just happy that the woman has developed a harmless little oddity, as opposed to all those folks who develop more serious peccadilloes (?) and then they have to be dealt with by wolf.

01-08-2003, 11:45 AM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
... No reason, she claims; it was just accidental, she claims; ... her boyfriend had to tell her it was becoming a problem, she claims.

AASDFASDFQQAOSDJFOIQJKALA!!!!!

ferkelparade · 01-08-2003, 12:15 PM

Actually, I can understand her. I do the same thing with beer bottles.

tpsreport · 01-08-2003, 12:24 PM

And this is newsworthy how? I imagine that I have a couple hundred bags myself under the kitchen sink. I've been meaning to get rid of them for awhile now, but maybe I should continue to grow the collection to get my picture in the news?

The picture looks like it could have a lot more than 2500 bags. She must not be compressing them well.

99 44/100% pure · 01-08-2003, 12:40 PM

According to the accompanying article, she has these bags stuffed around other things in the cabinet. Imagine trying to dig out a can of tuna!

Thanks for posting this -- now I can tell my honey to quit bitching about all the stuff I save for the kids to use for "projects." He's like to take a blowtorch to it all.

Undertoad · 01-08-2003, 01:30 PM

AASDFASDFQQAOSDJFOIQJKALA!!!!!

Say wha...?

warch · 01-08-2003, 01:52 PM

Remember: these bags are not toys.

Nothing But Net · 01-08-2003, 03:23 PM

Bah!

This is all just a prelude to putting her 'world famous' plastic bag collection up for sale on e-Bay.

And some fool schmoe will surely buy it...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-08-2003, 04:17 PM

But, she's the best looking bag lady I've ever seen.

verbatim · 01-08-2003, 04:24 PM

two words:

Obsessive Compulsive.

wolf · 01-08-2003, 07:42 PM

So wait a minute ... If I can amass enough of something, I'm not just letting it pile up anymore? I can claim to be COLLECTING? Whee hee .... lessee ... books, dust, swords, ammo ...

(I would think that her mass of bags could only truly be considered a collection if there were no duplicates and she had them carefully arranged or cataloged or something. I remember seeing a piece on one of those goofy TV shows about some woman whose home was inundated with refrigerator magnets. She had to have additional metal panels installed throughout her home to hold them. THAT woman was obsessed, but did get a Guinness entry out of it.)

Elspode · 01-08-2003, 09:39 PM

"Ain't no drag...papa's got a brand new bag!" Ow!

-James Brown, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"

01-09-2003, 05:23 AM

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Originally posted by Undertoad
Say wha...?

Repetition kills me.

bobspoon · 01-09-2003, 05:45 AM

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Originally posted by tpsreport
And this is newsworthy how?

This lady is from England, and was in the news because a national supermarket launched a competition to find the person with the most stashed plastic bags in the country, and her boyfriend nominated her.

I hear you ask, But Why? Because that particular supermarket is launching a new type of re-usable plastic bag for it's customers, which they hope will stop people using hundreds of bags each every year which just take up landfill.

So nope, it was nothing interesting.

I suppose the only thing that caught my lazy eye was that in the OTHER picture I saw of this news extravaganza there were loads of the supermarket's own-brand bags stuffed strategically into the heap, whereas I see none at all here.

That Guy · 01-09-2003, 08:54 AM

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Originally posted by tpsreport
She must not be compressing them well.

I wonder what algorithm she's using.

01-08-2003, 11:11 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/8/2003: Bag collector What strange collections of impulses are we humans. From a story here on Ananova, this eccentric woman has collected 2500 plastic supermarket bags. No reason, she claims; it was just accidental, she claims; she'd just put away all the goods and stuff the bag into the closet until there were thousands and thousands of bags in the closet. Why, her boyfriend had to tell her it was becoming a problem, she claims. But you know and I know that it couldn't possibly be accidental, and we're just happy that the woman has developed a harmless little oddity, as opposed to all those folks who develop more serious peccadilloes (?) and then they have to be dealt with by wolf.

01-08-2003, 12:15 PM	#3
ferkelparade aspires to be a viking Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 28	Actually, I can understand her. I do the same thing with beer bottles. __________________ "frotz grue" http://www.portinari.de - oceanpunk

01-08-2003, 12:24 PM	#4
tpsreport Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Posts: 3	Newsworthy? And this is newsworthy how? I imagine that I have a couple hundred bags myself under the kitchen sink. I've been meaning to get rid of them for awhile now, but maybe I should continue to grow the collection to get my picture in the news? The picture looks like it could have a lot more than 2500 bags. She must not be compressing them well.

01-08-2003, 12:40 PM	#5
99 44/100% pure Infrequently Astonished Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore metro area Posts: 324	According to the accompanying article, she has these bags stuffed around other things in the cabinet. Imagine trying to dig out a can of tuna! Thanks for posting this -- now I can tell my honey to quit bitching about all the stuff I save for the kids to use for "projects." He's like to take a blowtorch to it all. __________________ Overcompensating for the 0.56% that is irredeemably corrupted.

01-08-2003, 03:23 PM	#8
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Publicity stunt? Bah! This is all just a prelude to putting her 'world famous' plastic bag collection up for sale on e-Bay. And some fool schmoe will surely buy it...

01-08-2003, 01:30 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	AASDFASDFQQAOSDJFOIQJKALA!!!!! Say wha...?

01-08-2003, 01:52 PM	#7
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Remember: these bags are not toys.

01-08-2003, 04:17 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But, she's the best looking bag lady I've ever seen.

01-08-2003, 04:24 PM	#10
verbatim Vice-President of Resentment Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Pennsultucky Posts: 199	two words: Obsessive Compulsive. __________________ <-- I'm with stupid

01-08-2003, 07:42 PM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	So wait a minute ... If I can amass enough of something, I'm not just letting it pile up anymore? I can claim to be COLLECTING? Whee hee .... lessee ... books, dust, swords, ammo ... (I would think that her mass of bags could only truly be considered a collection if there were no duplicates and she had them carefully arranged or cataloged or something. I remember seeing a piece on one of those goofy TV shows about some woman whose home was inundated with refrigerator magnets. She had to have additional metal panels installed throughout her home to hold them. THAT woman was obsessed, but did get a Guinness entry out of it.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-08-2003, 09:39 PM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	"Ain't no drag...papa's got a brand new bag!" Ow! -James Brown, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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