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 ðŸ˜, don't know how it stuck there for so long
ASDowntheReddithole@reddit
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...
CosmosTrip@reddit
I remember this in the papers (or a very similar occurrence) It happened on a train and caused quite an alarm
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?
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.
tearsswwhereyyouread@reddit
Yeah put two in the same goo opposite each other, put them in the freezer and it produces a baby
Imnsqrbinfnqbw@reddit
Lmao. The rumour in my whereabouts was that if you froze the alien it would make offspring... Asexual reproduction, basically
ASDowntheReddithole@reddit
Ours was to hold them with the flat part on their backs touching. Crazy times!
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
phatboi23@reddit
did we go to the same school in the midlands? haha
ASDowntheReddithole@reddit
Wirral, Merseyside. Funny how things still travelled before the Internet had really taken off, isn't it?
phatboi23@reddit
In stoke :)
ASDowntheReddithole@reddit
Close enough for rumours to travel :)
Shoulder-Ordinary@reddit
We also had that rumour. I desperately wanted two to mate! Didn't even get one
Both_Set3672@reddit
Just seeing that made me remember the taste
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.
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
EvilTaffyapple@reddit
Never seen these before in my life. What is it?
ASDowntheReddithole@reddit
Rubbery alien foetus suspended in an egg full of goo. Felt and smelled horrendous- but I have sensory issues.
EvilTaffyapple@reddit
Never seen these before in my life. What is it? But what do you do with it? Is it a snack?
Subject-Cranberry-93@reddit (OP)
most people would throw them at the ceiling or at the walls
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.
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."
Randomfinn@reddit
It was a toy
Subject-Cranberry-93@reddit (OP)
you're not alone, it smelled like something that would give you cancer and radiation poisoning upon contact
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
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..
qqqqtip@reddit
at my school people said if you put them in the fridge they’d have a baby
LongCharacter9532@reddit
I was looking for this comment, I put 2 in an egg together and was so disappointed when I opened it weeks later to find I hadn’t created a third 😂
carsndogs420@reddit
Had about 6 of these things they were fun to throw onto walls and ceilings 😂
underarock12@reddit
Fucking waited one month for that alien to give birth before I realised I got played…
sergeant_cabbage@reddit
Brutal. It's actually 2 months though. Go check ebay
BollockOff@reddit
They sold them in my local newsagents when i was a kid. There was a rumour that they could have babies so me and a friend tried to breed them without success lol.
Both-Anteater3056@reddit
Rumour has it you had to put the backs of two aliens in the freezer and they would create a baby alien.
Organic_Reporter@reddit
My younger sisters had them. The goo isn't good for carpets!
Pockysocks@reddit
I remember these. Don't think I ever bought them, didn't see the point.
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