how often of an occurrence were these in your childhood?

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Accomplished-Salt797@reddit

He had one stuck on the ceiling of the canteen hall at primary school for years 😭, don't know how it stuck there for so long

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There was a bit of a craze for them when I was in secondary school (late 90's -early 00's). There was a rumour that if you put two together they would breed. I had a friend who insisted hers was the baby of her other one. I remember not liking the smell/feel of the slime.

Just one of a long line of fads that inevitably got banned from school grounds for being 'too disruptive'. Yo-yos, Yu-Gi-Oh/Pokemon cards, those mini skateboard thingies, tamogotchis...

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CosmosTrip@reddit

I remember this in the papers (or a very similar occurrence) It happened on a train and caused quite an alarm

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ASDowntheReddithole@reddit

I can imagine! I heard about it second hand from my Nan (who can admittedly get a little carried away) and she said someone had found one 'in a gutter'. Wonder if I can find the article somewhere?

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Ravenser_Odd@reddit

We had one of those incidents in Glasgow. Somebody left one on the platform at Cowcaddens underground station and it was reported as a foetus. The entire subway system was shut down, the murder squad were sent out, forensics, everything, the full Taggart.

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tearsswwhereyyouread@reddit

Yeah put two in the same goo opposite each other, put them in the freezer and it produces a baby

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Imnsqrbinfnqbw@reddit

Lmao. The rumour in my whereabouts was that if you froze the alien it would make offspring... Asexual reproduction, basically

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ASDowntheReddithole@reddit

Ours was to hold them with the flat part on their backs touching. Crazy times!

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Imnsqrbinfnqbw@reddit

We had this circulating around, too. The freezing method came out after the flat-back one failed. There were multiple conspiracies! Hahaha. Fuck. I miss being a kid

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phatboi23@reddit

inevitably got banned from school grounds for being 'too disruptive'. Yo-yos, Yu-Gi-Oh/Pokemon cards, those mini skateboard thingies, tamogotchis...

did we go to the same school in the midlands? haha

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ASDowntheReddithole@reddit

Wirral, Merseyside. Funny how things still travelled before the Internet had really taken off, isn't it?

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phatboi23@reddit

In stoke :)

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ASDowntheReddithole@reddit

Close enough for rumours to travel :)

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Shoulder-Ordinary@reddit

We also had that rumour. I desperately wanted two to mate! Didn't even get one

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Both_Set3672@reddit

Just seeing that made me remember the taste

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Weekly-Eagle-4246@reddit

I remember my son had one, he put it jn the airing cupboard and after a few days it 'grew'! But the stench when it was opened, 🤢 yeah, that soon went into the bin, never bought another.

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Reesy@reddit

Oh my god I can smell the slime! I also love reading about the baby thing, we had that in our school too, ours was if you stick two together and leave it in ater overnight they would make a baby (Yes I tried it :') And there was ALWAYS that one kid who claimed that had done it successfully

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EvilTaffyapple@reddit

Never seen these before in my life. What is it?

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ASDowntheReddithole@reddit

Rubbery alien foetus suspended in an egg full of goo. Felt and smelled horrendous- but I have sensory issues.

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EvilTaffyapple@reddit

Never seen these before in my life. What is it? But what do you do with it? Is it a snack?

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Subject-Cranberry-93@reddit (OP)

most people would throw them at the ceiling or at the walls

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ASDowntheReddithole@reddit

Or make up lies about them being able to reproduce - apparently toy makers have the ability to create life and have been holding out on us.

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ASDowntheReddithole@reddit

I would not recommend eating one, no. Forbidden gummy.

I just reminded myself of the scene in Futurama where Fry eats the tiny Mummy. "This is an outrage! I wanted to eat that Mummy."

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Randomfinn@reddit

It was a toy

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Subject-Cranberry-93@reddit (OP)

you're not alone, it smelled like something that would give you cancer and radiation poisoning upon contact

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sniffgalcringe@reddit

they were popular in primary school i had one from the corner shop sadly rubbing heads with other alien and putting it in the fridge didnt make it pregnant day 3 i cut open the head no baby

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GabeHorn4827@reddit

As I kid who desperately wanted a pet but was never allowed one- These, Tamagotchis and Furbies were temporary comforts. These were purported to grow, give birth, do SOMETHING…they never did anything but for some reason I still liked them.

Now I’m a married man who is still not allowed a pet..

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