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3. Scams forever...

Reply to Pobeka (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2021, 07:17 PM

Feb 2021

"SeaMonkeys" then, "your Social Security has been compromised" today - and 50 other similar gems.

Humans need more brains!
(sayeth I, as I kill them with a strong Friday night gin cocktail)

and yes, those ads got my attention in the day, but thankfully did not have the funds to procure said biological marvels.

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Sea Monkeys! [View all] Pobeka Feb 2021 OP

Funny on my shelf I have a small bottle of one of those Shrimp that I brought at a Hawaiian kimbutgar Feb 2021 #1

My mom in around 1936 sent for a "breast enlarger" LakeArenal Feb 2021 #2

the 'Mark Eden'? LOL!! consider_this Feb 2021 #5

Maybe....Another time.... LakeArenal Feb 2021 #13

OMG! too funny! n/t consider_this Feb 2021 #21

Scams forever... consider_this Feb 2021 #3

Don't forget the magazine scandals. LakeArenal Feb 2021 #15

I sent away for one of those when I was a kid. dhol82 Feb 2021 #4

I always wanted to get them to figure out what they really were. My mom was applegrove Feb 2021 #6

those sea monkeys are awfully provocative... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #7

Maybe if you were a hippie, had a little acid. Then worriesome things could happen with sea monkeys! Pobeka Feb 2021 #9

Hey I took a lot of acid. Those monkeys used to follow me around LakeArenal Feb 2021 #16

:-) :-) Pobeka Feb 2021 #17

they look an awful lot like Whos...hmmm... dhill926 Feb 2021 #8

They would be worth about a buck today... Dream Girl Feb 2021 #10

The same mind that brought you "X Ray Specs" LunaSea Feb 2021 #11

I was so upset that my mom wouldn't let me send for them. lkinwi Feb 2021 #12

X-Ray Specs! lapucelle Feb 2021 #14

Oh yeah. I also really, *really* wanted the secret spy camera. It was so cool! Pobeka Feb 2021 #18

This one's for you! lapucelle Feb 2021 #19

That's it! Too funny! Pobeka Feb 2021 #20