Thread: What is the weirdest thing that you collect?

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How 'bout a Shakespeare scab? Put me down for one of those...

I think Matt is on to something, here.

I actually ate a small bit of Shakespeare's house. I visited England in '93 and my friend took me to Stratford-upon-Avon where we went inside the house. As you are probably aware, old houses like that had timbers inside that and one of the big, old timbers had a patch that was exposed (I think they treated the wood with some kind of tar). Anyway, this exposed patch had bare wood and I picked out a tiny sliver with my finger nail. I looked at it and decided I wasn't going to be able to keep anywhere that I'd find it again, so I ate it.

True story.


Also, I collect glove molds like this:



I have about 6 or 7 of them. My wife thinks they are creepy so they all got moved to the barn/garage when she moved in to the house.

Originally Posted by urleebird

How 'bout a Shakespeare scab? Put me down for one of those...

No scabs remain, but there is a story that a 19th century workman on the church where he remains accidentally broke through and saw the dust left from his bones. No evidence of that little piece of folklore can be detected.

I'd want them to check for DNA on the will is any could survive so long.

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Originally Posted by urleebird

I collect nothing that can beat scabs. Wow! How cool is that...

Ya, that one did make me feel much more normal lol

I have a friend that collects ex-wives. No not in a jar, or in the basement floor, just gets married and then divorced. Number four happened a few years ago. I don't know if its a weird thing to collect, but it has to be the most expensive

You guys are bunch of weirdos! Not single one of you mentioned straight razors?

Malt whisky.
My goal is to have had 1 bottle of malt of each distillery in Scotland by the time I die.
Of course, I don't just collect it. Me and my wife both love a good malt.
Our most expensive bottle to date is a 300 euro 32 year old springbank.

I may have to compromise on distilleries that are out of business. There are quite a number of those that still have vats in the storeroom, waiting to reach their prime.
The rarity value of that whisky drives up the price, and that is not really worth it.
Prices of those bottles can go to 5000 euros or higher.

Most of my whiskies so far cost between 50 and 100 euros per bottle.

nice thing to collect, are you in Europe by any chance?

Originally Posted by coully

nice thing to collect, are you in Europe by any chance?

Yup. Belgium to be precise.

Next month I will go whisky shopping again.
I know of a little shop that is kept by a guy who does this after hours.
somehow he managed to become good friends with a lot of scotlands top brass in the whisky world.

He imports the good stuff (cask strength, non chill filtered) directly from them, so he has whiskies that cannot be bought anywhere else in Belgium.
And what's even better: he does not make a real profit from it.

He told me he adds just enough to the price to break even on the bottles that he keeps for himself, and for tasting in the store. That's right. Everything he has is available for taste, though of course not all specific bottlings.
And I suspect that he speaks the truth, because those bottles he sells that you can buy in another store are often 20% cheaper.

But he doesn't advertise, and I discovered him through word of mouth.
These days he does have a website: www.whiskycorner.be

You are from scotland yourself? which area?
My favorite whiskies come from the campbeltown islands.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Yup. Belgium to be precise.

You are from scotland yourself? which area?
My favorite whiskies come from the campbeltown islands.

Yes im in scotland...lol..within 30 miles of true whisky country, Macallan,Balvenie,Glenfiddich to name but a few.

regards,simon...

ps I still havent figured out what I collect, my wife says razors, when I was single it was hangovers...lol

simon