How Many Times Has This Happened to You?
By neonym on Jan 21, 2008 in Shopping
How many times have you started finding yourself incredibly interested – to the point of obsession – in something that makes absolutely no sense? I have seen people collect everything from belly button lint to bottle caps and I always laughed at them – that is until I started collecting old beer koozies.
There are a lot of custom coozies in the world and when I first realized that (after finding one of the old Joe Camel collapsible koozies at a flea market and seeing it on eBay for 10 times what I paid) I was a bit shocked. After all, they are just foam coats for your beer cans and bottles, right?
But, then again, they are a part of the American lifestyle and they look pretty cool sitting there, insulating your beer against the ravages of room temperature and decarbonation. So, I started collecting them because I had already picked up one that was well worth its weight in foam rubber and soon was able to find dozens more of them for similarly deep discounts off of what they were truly worth.
Today, I have a collection of more than 1500 koozies and boxes full of extras that people now give to me, knowing that I am the koozie guy. It’s a fun hobby and something I’m sure you’ve probably done yourself at least once or twice before – that is, wasting a lot of money in such a fashion.
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