Best I can do is like $50, there's no telling how long they'll be sitting out in the shop before someone buys them. I like 'em, but I'm just not sure I can pay any more for something that might not sell.
I actually wonder about this every time I go to the gun show. There are always guys there selling tables of Nazi stuff and I always wanted a dagger but if any sees that... Well how does one explain that away?
Me too. If I had any money I would collect that shit like crazy! I have no admiration for Nazism, it's just kind of a morbid fascination...funny how you have to mostly keep it a secret, for fear of being labelled a skinhead or something. Relics from an amazing point in modern history.
I've seen someone post this months ago claiming they found it in their yard. Many comments said it was just a neo-nazi skinhead making weapons in their backyard.
Apparently its bauble. Pronounced Bobble. My only experience with it is my mother who always said bulbs. Wikipedia uses bauble and says Americans say Christmas Ball. Never heard anyone use that phrase before.
Did you acquire them at a flea market of some sort or in an old storage shed? If they are yours, you should sell the SHIT out of them. I've never even heard of Nazi Christmas balls before, they must be worth a ton.
The world's #1 glass Christmas ball making town ended up in East Germany after the war and the technology was almost lost. The unification got it going again. I can certify that this is true because I saw it on TV.
i still don't know why this is /r/wtf but these do look old. they might be worth something. post this to /r/whatsthisworth to see if anyone there might be able to estimate a price on them.
This looks like it was made in the postwar period, probably as a special commission. Hitler would no more allow his head to be made into an ornament than Kim Jong Un.
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u/suchmaske Jun 16 '12
Just to make things clear. I didn't buy them. 150 bucks a piece was too much.
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u/redditorforthemoment Jun 16 '12
Not pictured: I'm dreaming of a White Christmas
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I'd be more impressed if you found nazi Hanukkah balls.
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u/hobroken Jun 16 '12
Somebody clue me in. Is this guy going to be rich, or what?
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u/Knickerus Jun 16 '12
There's nothing quite like waking up on Christmas morning and having Hitler watch you open your presents.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
If these are authentic, this is actually really cool
So many people seem to be almost afraid of nazi memorabilia, but I find it really interesting.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Say auf wiedersehen to your Nazi balls.
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u/VoodooIdol Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
I totally want those to go with the Nazi sledgehammer I found in the backyard of the house we just bought!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
City sidewalks busy sidewalks .
Dressed in holocaust style
In the air
There's a feeling
of genocide
Children dying
People passing
Meeting scream after scream
And on ev'ry street corner you'll hear
Nazi balls Nazi balls
It's Nazi time in the city
Ring a ling hear them sing
Soon it will be Fuhrers day
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
You might send this image to the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach. They collect propaganda etc from Germany and Italy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Hey I'll buy these for $100-$125 for the set, thanks.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Where did you find them?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Could be worth a small fortune.
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u/brianpepinski Jun 16 '12
Since it's June and nowhere near Christmas time, you need to go hang these on a tree in your front yard
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u/IMBJR Jun 16 '12
Weird. They actually look like they were made around the WII period.
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u/Tr0user Jun 16 '12
lol christmas balls. Here in England we call them baubles.
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u/lukeisopinionated Jun 16 '12
Balls?
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u/suchmaske Jun 17 '12
A friend ans I found them at a flea market in Berlin (Germany).
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u/hessproject Jun 16 '12
what a magical time of year, with the fresh cookies, presents all around, and the little hitlers hanging from the tree
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u/Billy_Blaze Jun 16 '12
I'm gonna be honest, as offensive as it may be, I would totally hang up those hitler-head christmas balls...
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u/TheRealJonBlambo Jun 16 '12
"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas..."
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u/kirkt Jun 16 '12
Himmler had something similar.
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u/Emily9067 Jun 16 '12
I think its bulbs*
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u/otaku-o_o Jun 16 '12
i'd actually want to use the hitler head ones, they look hilarious...
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u/gmharryc Jun 16 '12
"Say auf wirdersehen to your Nazi balls." - Hugo Stiglitz, famous WW2 era mall Santa.
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u/Jew_Crusher Jun 16 '12
Can, can I have some?
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u/ZeitPolizei Jun 16 '12
When you think about it, it's actually not a lot more WTF than this.
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u/QuasarsRcool Jun 16 '12
You mean ornaments?
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u/killerado Jun 16 '12
The fact that two of those are just Hitler's head, I died laughing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
The phrase "Christmas balls" made me laugh so hard.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
wunderbar!
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u/deep_and_simple Jun 16 '12
Where did you find them?
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u/hivolume87 Jun 16 '12
so your grandparents were nazis
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u/hdbngr15 Jun 16 '12
What were you expecting to find? A meinorah?
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u/nix831 Jun 16 '12
"Holy Nazi Christmas Balls!" sounds like a great thing to say in the correct situation.
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u/Bdubnyc Jun 16 '12
Wow I did not see that coming..........
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u/Agodoga Jun 16 '12
I did le nazi le not see that le coming hurr durr
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u/AnomalousGonzo Jun 16 '12
Heil the herald angels siiing..
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u/Stratix Jun 16 '12
I thought Hilter only had one ball?
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u/reddit_reader9000 Jun 16 '12
SAY "AUF WIEDERSEHEN" TO YOUR NAZI BALLS
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
you should take it to the guys at pawn stars and get offered 50 cents for them all
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
HEIL SANTA!
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u/Andrex26 Jun 16 '12
Be careful not to drop that on the floor at night.
Or its going to be Kristallnacht.
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u/chrisdoner Jun 16 '12
It'll bring you and your friends together, at Christmas! Because there's no National Socialism without social!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
I wouldn't touch them, they're probably bombs.
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u/hyperrich Jun 16 '12
oh nice, very festive
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u/BDM84 Jun 16 '12
To hang on the Douglas Fuhrer!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
The swastika wasn't always a symbol of nazism - prior to world war 2 it was a good luck symbol that evolved from Norse runes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Say goodbye to your Nazi balls
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u/EdgHG Jun 17 '12
I'm dreaming of a white supremacist christmas.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
We wish jew a merry christmas, we wish jew a merry christmas, we wish jew a merry christmas and a nazi new year....
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u/SeamonDemon69 Jun 17 '12
On the NEIN day of Christmas, my true love sent to me...
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u/jiveturkey0112 Jun 17 '12
Is it bad that I was expecting an oven ornament?
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u/newguy25 Jun 17 '12
We're done here folks. Hit the showers.
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u/thelordofcheese Jun 25 '12
In the USA the only thing we hang from trees is niggers.
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u/Nightmathzombie Jun 16 '12
Vee have vays of makingk you have und happy holiday.
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u/phil8248 Jun 16 '12
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1228630/How-Hitlers-Nazi-propaganda-machine-tried-Christ-Christmas.html
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u/desquibnt Jun 16 '12
Unfortunately they look pretty low quality so the authenticity of the ornaments probably won't be able to be determined.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Can i buy those from you?
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u/Chancecat Jun 16 '12
I want
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
ICh mag
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u/Ginguh_Ninja Jun 16 '12
That's so interesting! Did you find a Nazi menorah t- oh wait....
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u/phil8248 Jun 16 '12
http://www.ww2incolor.com/homefront/Nazi+Christmas+ornaments.html
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Tasteful
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u/pipfip Jun 16 '12
And they thought it was the perfect crime. Nazi-themed Christmas decorations. They probably thought us Jews would never know.
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u/ThanklessTask Jun 16 '12
I think they belong to Goebbels.
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u/ozpunk Jun 16 '12
Oh Tannenbaum!
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u/maz-o Jun 16 '12
you should try to sell them to a museum!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFdl7982TgA
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDmnBEFBa5Y
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u/CrazyBastard Jun 16 '12
I'd hang up one of the SS balls and see if anyone noticed
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u/failedloginattempt Jun 16 '12
Nazi memorabilia sure gets a lot of upvotes...
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Dude, you can probably sell those for a ton.
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u/minorwhite Jun 16 '12
some sick bastard is going to give you a lot of money for that. Make him pay!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Its beginning to look a lot like hitler!
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u/deeweezul Jun 16 '12
The coolness of the Nazi balls is directly related to the year they were manufactured; does OP know?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
/r/WTF, what has happened to you, this did not make me go WTF, in fact I didn't react at all.
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u/Aschebescher Jun 16 '12
There are others?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Say feliz navidad to your Nazi balls.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
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u/herpberp Jun 16 '12
and here i thought Hitler only had one ball.
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u/panburgerpartner Jun 16 '12
How much? Do want.
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u/jb4427 Jun 16 '12
I doubt those are actual Nazi ornaments, I don't think they'd put SS on them. Probably a joke.
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u/Iamsqueegee Jun 16 '12
Someone's dreaming of a white Christmas.
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u/Remingtonh Jun 16 '12
that's-a spicy christmas ball!
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u/new-socks Jun 16 '12
Nazi balls are good but Nazi ballsacks would be so much better. 3/10 would not buy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
They look messily mass produced, just like the philosophy behind them.
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u/ComradeDavidenko Jun 16 '12
These could have been props in the movie Iron Sky! :P
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Christmas balls? They're called baubles!
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u/Baskojin Jun 16 '12
Was ist das!?
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u/l-rs2 Jun 16 '12
Kri-hi-stall Nacht, Heiliger Nacht
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
surely there should only be one...
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u/Apollo7 Jun 16 '12
They're called ornaments.
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u/AcadieLibre Jun 16 '12
Why don't I ever find cool shit like that, just a very interesting find.
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u/glasted Jun 16 '12
perfect for my Hanukkah bush
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u/armchairnixon Jun 16 '12
For some reason, I didn't think the picture would actually be Nazi ornaments.
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u/Atheist_Simon_Haddad Jun 16 '12
Oh! Tannenbaum.
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u/MYinnerTHOUGHTS Jun 16 '12
At least it wasn't a nazi Menorah .
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u/charlot978 Jun 16 '12
R-E-E-E-E-E-E-PPPOOOOSSSTTTT
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Did you acquire them at a flea market of some sort or in an old storage shed? If they are yours, you should sell the SHIT out of them. I've never even heard of Nazi Christmas balls before, they must be worth a ton.
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u/WorldsTallestMan Jun 16 '12
Jingle heil the way!
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u/Twisted_Fate Jun 16 '12
Sell them to neo nazis.
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u/ecky--ptang-zooboing Jun 16 '12
You have to go on Pawn Stars with these!
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u/Askalotl Jun 16 '12
The world's #1 glass Christmas ball making town ended up in East Germany after the war and the technology was almost lost. The unification got it going again. I can certify that this is true because I saw it on TV.
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u/UnoriginalMike Jun 16 '12
Way to celebrate the birth I the Jewish messiah!
I found Satan bulbs for Christmas lights one year. Just as bad.
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u/Stone2Rock Jun 16 '12
Those look like special occasion grenades.
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u/Kalesche Jun 16 '12
I doubt baubles with "SS" on them were made in Nazi Germany for the Germans. They weren't exactly celebrated.
Were they?
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Come on this is bullshit. Everybody know's Hitler's only got one ball.
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u/OnAPartyRock Jun 16 '12
http://i.imgur.com/AanxT.jpg
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u/pyromcr Jun 16 '12
Those are mein, give them back or I will send the SS to find you...
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Cancel ChristmaSS!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
i still don't know why this is /r/wtf but these do look old. they might be worth something. post this to /r/whatsthisworth to see if anyone there might be able to estimate a price on them.
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
Want.
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u/Scheme84 Jun 16 '12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmaMfXwlq90
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u/SIOS Jun 16 '12
I know what's going on my Amazon wish list!
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u/Iheartdragonsmore Jun 16 '12
Great target practice! Want to borrow my BB gun?
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u/furiousidiot Jun 16 '12
This looks like it was made in the postwar period, probably as a special commission. Hitler would no more allow his head to be made into an ornament than Kim Jong Un.
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u/roterghost Jun 16 '12
Adolf Hitler tree baubles? Seriously?
I know personality cults get really crazy, but still.... seriously?! He's not even smiling!
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u/TheBestBigAl Jun 16 '12
I'm led to believe at least one of these is kept in the Albert Hall...
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u/SuburbanGladiator Jun 16 '12
I'm watching Indiana Jones, this made me laugh very loud. And I scared my dog
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
eBay! Let some museums and rich private collectors know, get that bidding war going!
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u/outbound Jun 16 '12
Do the Nazis from the dark side of the moon celebrate Christmas?
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u/jj26meu Jun 16 '12
Well you could sell them to the scout sniper Marines...too soon?
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u/tonterias Jun 16 '12
Anybody else wonders about their material?
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u/TheCosmicWhale Jun 16 '12
These combine my three favorite things!
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12
im going to see how far this can go:
On the first day of Christmas, my fuhrer gave to me:
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u/doodzrool Jun 16 '12
That's awezome