The life and death of hobbies...

I mentioned to my coworkers about this thread.  I was shocked to hear the man who has sat next to me for the last 10 years keeps shrunken heads in his desk drawer!!  I've heard of shrunken heads before but I always dismissed it as Hollywood.  I had no idea it was actually real.

Anyway, so he explained that collecting shrunken heads was his grandfather's hobby back in the 30's and 40's. And, that he stopped collecting because he could not find anyone else interested in his hobby.  After his grandfather passed away he kept some of his collection and brought some work to show off.  He forgot about them until today. 

He said at one point he looked for others with the same passion for lil-heads.  Aside from museums and the occult he found none.   Wow a trully dead hobby.

I am tempted to print out the dead hobby badge and frame it for him to hang in his office.

Who is in the cubicle next to you, Jeffery Dohmer? You may want to post this in the "Deadhead" thread as well...

Tell him not to get a "big head" about his collection...You could say with some certaintly that he is well "a-head" of many of us with his hobby...He'll do anything to get a-head...

Maybe he is a newspaper editor, and uses them when he needs inspiration for the next big headline...

and.. he says he's not dead yet...!

is that the pot, calling the kettle black??..

Manstein's revenge

Who is in the cubicle next to you, Jeffery Dohmer? You may want to post this in the "Deadhead" thread as well...

Tell him not to get a "big head" about his collection...You could say with some certaintly that he is well "a-head" of many of us with his hobby...He'll do anything to get a-head...

LMAO!

I believe you are Head-ded in the right detection with your comments.  One of the heads does have gnaw marks... he very well may be relation to or even Dohmer himself.

joeviz

I mentioned to my coworkers about this thread.  I was shocked to hear the man who has sat next to me for the last 10 years keeps shrunken heads in his desk drawer!!

There has got to be something about this being forbidden in the "Employee Policy Manual"...

Maybe... thats why the heads are there.. past employees with "issues"... ???

Manstein's revenge

 

There has got to be something about this being forbidden in the "Employee Policy Manual"...

I can say that as soon as HR finds out, heads are gonna roll!  

joeviz

Anyway, so he explained that collecting shrunken heads was his grandfather's hobby...

What, did his grandfather immigrate from New Guinea? 

Manstein's revenge

 

What, did his grandfather immigrate from New Guinea? 

Better... A remote region of California.

maybe... the "head" of HR is already in the desk ??....

Metal detecting...

joeviz

I mentioned to my coworkers about this thread.  I was shocked to hear the man who has sat next to me for the last 10 years keeps shrunken heads in his desk drawer!!

And you MOJO's get uncomfortable discussing modeling at work?...if this cat can nonchalantly harp about his shrunken head collection in his desk as if he were discussing a stamp collection, ya'll shouldn't have any issues standing on your collective desks at work and shouting at the top of your lungs:  "Yes, I build plastic models and I'm proud of it!"

DISCLAIMER:  the word used was "MOJO", not "MO_O"...with an "F"...

i just got a gundam model as a gift - GNX-704T AHEAD

Reminds me of the pimp who bought out his competition:  He got "ahead" in his job.

DISCLAIMER:  Any construed dirty meanngs of the above statement are strictly products of your depraved minds.

shoot&scoot

Reminds me of the pimp who bought out his competition:  He got "ahead" in his job.

DISCLAIMER:  Any construed dirty meanngs of the above statement are strictly products of your depraved minds.

Guilty as charged...

bbrowniii

 

Reminds me of the pimp who bought out his competition:  He got "ahead" in his job.

DISCLAIMER:  Any construed dirty meanngs of the above statement are strictly products of your depraved minds.

 

 

My coworker said his grandpa would pay up to $1000 for a little head.

 NOTE: see disclaimer above

Okay, after all this...  are we in agreement that this is a dead  hobby?  if so, then is this dead hobby worthy of badge (one with little skulls maybe)?

I hereby award you (and your shrunken head collector friend) the "Dead Hobby: badge...wear it with pride...

shoot&scoot

Reminds me of the pimp who bought out his competition:  He got "ahead" in his job.

DISCLAIMER:  Any construed dirty meanngs of the above statement are strictly products of your depraved minds.

Caution: shoot&scoot may or may not be on extra-strength pain meds at any time...

Dying hobbies - posting in threads about $229 kits?

Actually, I guess that thread deserves its own special honor - from what I can tell, judging by how active it is compared to the rest of this place, it is the life support that is keeping this forum going...

 229 is definitely one of the regulars, and may never die.

I popped in & out yesterday at various times & there didn't seem to be much else going on. Maybe that means everyone is actually busy BUILDING things these days!! I know I've got my bench (aka kitchen table...) split between 4 different kits right now, I need to finish those up before I dare start my P-38 group build project.

joeviz

Okay, after all this...  are we in agreement that this is a dead  hobby?  if so, then is this dead hobby worthy of badge (one with little skulls maybe)?

..yes, I think we can all agree that collecting shrunken heads is a dying hobby, or a hobby you have to die for...

I think the object would be to make the other guy die for that hobby.

Manstein's revenge

joeviz:

Okay, after all this...  are we in agreement that this is a dead  hobby?  if so, then is this dead hobby worthy of badge (one with little skulls maybe)?

 

..yes, I think we can all agree that collecting shrunken heads is a dying hobby, or a hobby you have to die for...

Joeviz:  there is a badge.. go to the beginning of the thread.. it even has skulls.. or just look at Manny...

Dead hobbies? Thought of another...

Not only is it a dead hobby, it is also illegal in 38 states and the District of Colombia...

ahh.. I cant hear it at work... what is it ???..

Going back to hunting/tresspassing thing. As the sun came up this morning, I see an orange hat, and man, 40 yards to my right, on MY property. I shake my head in disbelief. I look off to the left, to figure how to best deal with this.......WTF!!!! There's another guy 70 yards off that way!!!!!

 My property butts up to a roughly 200 acre woodlot, which is township property and NO HUNTING. I can't really be mad at the guys, my property is not posted, neither is the townships. So, I climbed down, went to the first guy, and let him know where he was and whatnot. He apologized politely and left. The other guy threw a fit, mad at ME, for wrecking HIS hunt. What a &^%&^%   &$$&^*$!!!!  He finally left, cursing all the way. I decided to put my gun away and walk the rest of the woods. Found 4 more stands!!!! I immediately went to the township offices, got with the twp. superviser and an HPD Officer and took them out. The sup. was very angry at this. Three of the 4 stands were no more than 30 yards away from the public walking/jogging trails out there. I think, maybe now, they will finally get the area posted. I've only been mentioning the problem to the twp offices for 7 years now.

fermis

Going back to hunting/tresspassing thing. As the sun came up this morning, I see an orange hat, and man, 40 yards to my right, on MY property. I shake my head in disbelief. I look off to the left, to figure how to best deal with this.......WTF!!!! There's another guy 70 yards off that way!!!!!

 My property butts up to a roughly 200 acre woodlot, which is township property and NO HUNTING. I can't really be mad at the guys, my property is not posted, neither is the townships. So, I climbed down, went to the first guy, and let him know where he was and whatnot. He apologized politely and left. The other guy threw a fit, mad at ME, for wrecking HIS hunt. What a &^%&^%   &$$&^*$!!!!  He finally left, cursing all the way. I decided to put my gun away and walk the rest of the woods. Found 4 more stands!!!! I immediately went to the township offices, got with the twp. superviser and an HPD Officer and took them out. The sup. was very angry at this. Three of the 4 stands were no more than 30 yards away from the public walking/jogging trails out there. I think, maybe now, they will finally get the area posted. I've only been mentioning the problem to the twp offices for 7 years now.