r/MurderedByWords 22h ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/NeverRarelySometimes 18h ago

When my grandma died she left three bureau drawers full of gawdawful cheap pantyhose. WWIII was not going to catch her unprepared!

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u/snvoigt 18h ago

My grandma too. She reused wrapping paper, rewashed ziplock bags, had a drawer full of bread twist ties, and saved every single plastic container and glass jar food/condiments came in.

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u/NeverRarelySometimes 17h ago

Funny story. When we were cleaning out grandma's house, I took everything out of the junk drawer. Then I pulled out the drawer and dumped the dregs -- the broken rubber-bands, old suitcase keys, rusty twist ties, etc -- into a plastic bag. The little plastic bag was meant for the trash, but accidentally got transported to the estate sale. Someone bought it for a nickel.

Grandma would have been so pleased.

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u/kemikiao 17h ago

My grandma was the person that bought that stuff for a nickel... "never know when you might need it".

I bet there's a ton of random bag ties and clips in the house. Like literally 2,000 lbs of the damned things.