Anyone keep one of these in your parachute pants?

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Th1088@reddit

Yep, I had one of these. Thought it was so cool.

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La_Mano_Cornuta@reddit

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Acidcouch@reddit

"You see my parents aren't home right now, you see my grandmother took some LSD and high jacked a bus load of but scouts, so it's kind of a family emergency."

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BigJackHorner@reddit

>my grandmother took some LSD and high jacked a bus load of but scouts But scouts? Is that like a rump ranger?

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kaishinoske1@reddit

I remember getting one of these at the Diversions arcade I would go to.

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sickofmakingnames@reddit

Hell no it wasn't kept in my parachute pants. It was in my jean jacket pocket.

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Cvilledog@reddit

My son got suspended for taking one to school.

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OnlyChud@reddit

This is why i have Fantastic Hair to this day just sayin

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Muzzledbutnotout@reddit

Had one...near the Fonzi era. Now I'm wondering how I found it before the internet.

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b0jangles@reddit

That store at the mall that sold stuff like this

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savanttm@reddit

Won it at the "Guess your Weight" booth at Cedar Point.

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freetattoo@reddit

Also the back pages of "Boys Life" magazine. While you're at it, get a pair of X-ray glasses and the plans to build your own hovercraft!

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Muzzledbutnotout@reddit

Xray glasses. Great memory. My dumb older brother somehow ordered them. He insisted on getting the mail every day for weeks until they finally arrived. What a scam. Good lesson paid by his allowance.

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freetattoo@reddit

Back when you had to wait six to eight weeks to get something you ordered in the mail! Now people get pissed off if it takes more than three days.

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Craig1974@reddit

Novelty stuff you would win at carnivals.

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Invasive-farmer@reddit

Had one. Upgraded. https://preview.redd.it/4rqs8392svke1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1d10b665ab033a285a2345d13479542715a2878

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Unplannedroute@reddit

They were of different eras for me. The flip out comb was late 70s early 80s in my part of the world.

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Hopfrogg@reddit

In our school it was a goody comb with the handle sticking out of the back pocket.

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brokenmcnugget@reddit

got a real one in mexico for my $2

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right_lane_kang@reddit

Lmao oh shit this made me nostalgia. Had 9ne in 8th grade. Thought I was so cool

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gotta_have_jj@reddit

Ah yes, the 80s starter pack: parachute pants, a Walkman, and the ever-present fear of quicksand.

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We had a kid roving the playground with one, threatening to stab us unless we gave him whatever, in my case lunch money. He waved that shit at me while I was on the swing so I did the back swing eject and charged. We didn't have a lot of money and I wasn't about to let this kid take food from me. My dad always told me if someone tries to hurt you, you make them regret it. This kid was older and stronger so I did what any kid would do and bit him in about four different places. By the time I got to his fingers the teachers pulled us apart. My face got fucked from him trying to get me off of him and I had to sit out of school for the week until they sorted things out. So, fuck those stupid combs.

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Bitter-Ad-6709@reddit

Lmao! Why'd you get all worked up over a plastic comb??Why not just ignore the tub of lard? Or tell him to go suck eggs? Maybe beat dog poop? LOL

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SqueezeBoxJack@reddit

I guess you've never been a scared kid. I never saw the comb, just the handle but I knew what a switchblade was - even in 5th grade. We didn't have middle school/junior high it was 1st through 8th grade and he was in 8th grade. You see other scared kids handing over money, heard "If you tell I'll cut you. If you don't give me your money I'll stab you" you aren't old enough to start figuring out a logic puzzle.

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