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To: JoeProBono
As a former Beanie junkie, I call Beanie Babies the 'Emperor With No Clothes' collection. When the hype is over, all that's left is a bag of beans.
4 posted on 05/14/2009 11:17:51 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever ( Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness)
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To: stars & stripes forever

The tulips of the 20th Century.

Bill Clinton actually enforced a prohibition on travellers bringing more than 2 Beanie Babies into the country (perhaps of one “make”) to prohibit smuggling. THIS is what customs agents were instructed to be on the lookout for, above and beyond interests of national security.


8 posted on 05/14/2009 11:21:47 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (If you like the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, and the Post Office, you'll love govt Health Care)
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To: stars & stripes forever

I bet that they don’t even have real beans in them.


13 posted on 05/14/2009 11:32:24 AM PDT by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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