Fri 2008/12/26 22:29
Probably the most interesting items I've seen thrown out - traditional Japanese Dolls. Would not want to bump into these when throwing garbage out at night. Would be a different matter if they were expensive Dollfies though. Whats the strangest thing you've seen thrown out? If any of you answer with things like "working TVs" then that be normal over here > electronics are thrown out over here every day...
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Web Designer, Boxer, StreetFighter, Anime Collector and Gamer
Probably the guy that owns them bought a dollfie figure.
(ID #426144) Posted on 2008/12/26 22:44
Student, Newbie Blogger, Aspiring Writer
I agree xD
(ID #426159) Posted on 2008/12/26 22:58
Online Shop
I was thinking of something similar, or some moe figures ^^;
(ID #426375) Posted on 2008/12/27 05:22
Mechanical Engineering student
In my neighborhood? I recall a cat being thrown out. In the whole country; sadly, babies x_x
(ID #426162) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:02
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
about the babies...that's true~ many cases of this have been shown in news~
(ID #426193) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:34
Mechanical Engineering student
Well that's what we get for living in a country where its people can't control their sexual urges -_-
(ID #426200) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:58
College Student
That's true, and its unborn and children that suffer because of their parent's unawareness.
(ID #426209) Posted on 2008/12/27 00:13
You can't make abortion in Philippines? Or is it too expensive for them or something?
(ID #426211) Posted on 2008/12/27 00:15
College Student
Our moral views, government, and church don't allow us to have an abortion. Abortion still happens thou, but illegal.
(ID #426213) Posted on 2008/12/27 00:17
yeah, people dump unwanted babies here in the garbage. sad.
(ID #426170) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:11
abt 1. 1/2 years ago, saw a dead man @ the rubbish area when i was making my way to school there was no blood on the floor. Thought he was sleeping there [LOL!] due to the fact i was in a rush to school i did not care much abt it. Came out on the papers next day totally D:[WTFed}
(ID #426172) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:14
kinda sad to see tradition being thrown away.
(ID #426173) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:14
former Emperor of Britannia
Whoa... and other people collect them and treasure them while those get thrown to the bin... Such a waste...
(ID #426177) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:16
DCX001-Prototype
gave me a goosebumps the first I look at the photo.......... Aren't these traditional Japanese doll expensive? It should have been properly incremate to rest their soul~~~
(ID #426180) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:17
Any chobits by any chance? ^^
(ID #426183) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:19
I won't mind getting my hands on those android.
(ID #426745) Posted on 2008/12/27 18:03
IT-Architect, SysAdmin, WebDesign and Coding, Virtualization (VMware + NetApp)
Ouh... not my taste but i would have prolly stored them away properly and not disposed of... I know for sure that i will take my Figmas with me into the grave! And if this goes on... i will need a big one.... duh... ^^;
(ID #426184) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:20
Legionnarion_Conquistadorz (Registered on 2008/12/18 20:49)
Student
"Would not want to bump into these when throwing garbage out at night" Ghost hunt, anyone? Them dolls are creepy, responsible for lots of awesome horror tales. As for weirdest garbage...hmm, havent really seen any odd ones, though I do have seen dolls (similar to the ones in the photo) in the bins too.
(ID #426185) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:20
website/graphic designer
I'd probably pick up the bag and take it home with me xD;; I tend to stay away from horror type stories so I wouldn't be bothered about them at night :3
(ID #426197) Posted on 2008/12/26 23:48
Unemployed bummer
hehe, just because you stay away doesn't mean they'll do the same no? =P
(ID #426205) Posted on 2008/12/27 00:07
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
You know, i can't help it but feel ominous... like that part in the Hayate manga where that doll starts going cosplay on Hayate.
(ID #426256) Posted on 2008/12/27 01:27
Unemployed Dollfie enthusiast
If I saw dolls like that in someone'#s rubbish, I;'d want to rescue them and take them home. Poor dorries.
(ID #426257) Posted on 2008/12/27 01:32
Well.. I've seen a Dremcast console :) Maybe someone got bored with it and bought a ps3:P
(ID #426262) Posted on 2008/12/27 01:38
Filmmaker
may be the guy upgraded .....
(ID #426273) Posted on 2008/12/27 01:51
Student & Part time worker in a Day Care
one person's trash is another's treasure, just not mine, dolls creep me out with the exception of the dollfie.
(ID #426299) Posted on 2008/12/27 03:00
After playing fatal frame series, Japanese dolls strike fear into me >_<
(ID #426300) Posted on 2008/12/27 03:01
I was just about to say something about that, those look exactly like those Japanese Dolls in Fatal Frame.
(ID #426315) Posted on 2008/12/27 03:26
I saw tons of lovely furniture thrown out... wish someone had taken them home.
(ID #426317) Posted on 2008/12/27 03:29
Is it illegal to take things from other people's trash in Japan? I would probably be daring and swipe them to at least see what's wrong with them, considering they aren't covered in filth.
(ID #426325) Posted on 2008/12/27 03:41
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
Most of the strange things thrown out around here get picked up immidiately by homeless people. Buuut...recently i've seened our neighbors throw out their Christmas tree a few days before Christmas. It must be a religious thing where they celebrate it a few days earlier but i wouldn't know.
(ID #426329) Posted on 2008/12/27 03:46
NEET (no, student, AND employed min. wage)
isn't that a really BAD idea to throw away those kinds of dolls in those fashion? I mean, you have to believe in the super natural, but seriously, I would not do that....
(ID #426343) Posted on 2008/12/27 04:19
I don't think I'd have the guts to throw those things away. They look like they would curse you or something O__o
(ID #426364) Posted on 2008/12/27 04:58
Those look like something that could come back and haunt you...
(ID #426380) Posted on 2008/12/27 05:35
I can't remember ever seeing anything really weird being thrown away. But then again I don't consider dolls as a weird thing to throw away.
(ID #426387) Posted on 2008/12/27 05:44
Student artist
Imagine if they were all line up at night and there was a green light shinning under it.
(ID #426391) Posted on 2008/12/27 05:46
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
Weirdest garbage.... can't say theres much weird trash in the UK that I've seen. Bet theres more to see in cities though.
(ID #426397) Posted on 2008/12/27 05:56
Technical Account Manager
...Chii...? :) Apartment complexes are great places to find some odd and nice stuff. People move out after living there for a year and just can't take it all with them. A friend of mine scored a really nice stainless steel trash can (one of those simplehuman ones) and another got a nice dresser mirror. I can't say I've seen anything particularly strange in a dumpster though...
(ID #426402) Posted on 2008/12/27 06:02
I have never been dumpster diving, I may rethink doing so if there are treasures like these to be found.
(ID #426408) Posted on 2008/12/27 06:42
US Navy Sailor
Ah, those Japanese dolls. My brother is absolutely terrified of them, so much so that before I came over here, he said to not send any of those home. Till this day, the only traditional Japanese dolls I sent were the Sarubobo Dolls of Takayama/Shirakawago and Kokeshi Dolls. Oddly enough, the faceless Sarubobo Dolls still scare my family even though they don't look like real people at all.
(ID #426411) Posted on 2008/12/27 06:45
Yikes, that is dead creepy. They even have their eyes closed. *shudder*
(ID #426415) Posted on 2008/12/27 07:02
AdvDip Network Security - CCNA - Ironport - Security+
Half a car - it was sawn (literally) down the middle and was tagged as rubbish by the owners - i wonder what the rubbish collectors thought when they saw that - I think the local council has some sort of way to deal with that kind of 'garbage'
(ID #426432) Posted on 2008/12/27 07:41
Legionnarion_Conquistadorz (Registered on 2008/12/18 20:49)
Student
nice.
(ID #426468) Posted on 2008/12/27 09:32
The strangest thing I've seen thrown out was a computer in the form of a cute girl. I ended up taking her home and... wait a second.
(ID #426488) Posted on 2008/12/27 10:14
Chii~
(ID #426521) Posted on 2008/12/27 11:36
CEO MIrai Inc
lol
(ID #426527) Posted on 2008/12/27 12:07
Lol, if people don't want something like that anymore over here, it's much more common to give it away to a second hand store or charity, or put it in front of your house and put a sign on it indicating it is free to take (or put a price on it, if it's good, people will usually knock on your door to pay).
(ID #426550) Posted on 2008/12/27 12:46
Definitely wouldn't want to bump into any dolls at night... still have a bad impression of them. Strangest thing that I saw got thrown out? I don't have much experience with this, I stay at home most of the time :(.
(ID #426580) Posted on 2008/12/27 13:22
Scientist, unemployed.
Oddest thing? A single car seat. No car, no reason for it to be tossed, but a single, undamaged, nicely upholstered car seat. Well, tied with the "Trojan" shipping crate, complete with packing label, at someone's house. No, I did not look inside, I was driving at the time.
(ID #426635) Posted on 2008/12/27 14:50
Those traditional Japanese dolls looks scary. I have no experience of any weird thing got thrown out here.
(ID #426752) Posted on 2008/12/27 18:06
May be because it's kept growing hair night after night it getting longer and longer but isn't that Zashiki Warashi the good luck charm is it?
(ID #427112) Posted on 2008/12/28 02:46
I used to work as a repair man in an apartment and town home complex in Ann Arbor Michigan, many of the residents there were Japanese and South Korean working and attending the University of Michigan on a 4 year visa. It would be common to see various manga as well as other sorts of Japanese zines that were thick like the grapes of wrath. When ever a resident from either country would have to move back home due to visa restrictions if they had no intention of returning then often I would find that they would sell what they could and the rest would go to the garbage collection bin. Often there would be kids furniture along with cheap broken couches and chairs though on occasion I would come across some nice items in good to great condition that I would take down to a local charity. The strangest thing that really inst strange but is strange where I found it was a complete three piece suit with leather shoes and overcoat plus silver cuff links and tie tack that were wrapped up in tissue paper and taped and sealed up in 6 plastic trash bags hidden underneath several large juniper bushes.
(ID #521869) Posted on 2009/03/15 04:00
Grocery Store Clerk
Mkes me think about Toy Story 2 when i was watching that with my neices.
(ID #522490) Posted on 2009/03/15 17:00
These dolls are haunted I tell ya. That's why they're going in the garbage.
(ID #523856) Posted on 2009/03/16 20:08
Student
i would take those..as well as my mom, she love japanese-wearing-kimono dolls
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