This recent addition to my junk pile is like an advertisement for this brand of "coffee pastilles." You know that's what you call them in everyday conversation. "You know, I'm not hungry for a hoagy, but I could really go for some coffee pastilles." My friends would likely take me to "Bertha's Cabaret" for a fill of PASTIES. My fat friends would take me to Hough Bakery for my fill of PASTRIES. My elementary teacher would take me to the coat room and make me eat PASTE. HA! I can't be stopped. Stupid is as stupid buys things they don't really like from airport waiting areas for the neat container it comes in.  I mean, what the hell? BUT IT COMES IN A TIN!

You know what it is? When I was younger, Mom would buy "Sucrets" whenever we would get a cough. Those came in a tin. Tins seemed to be a dying breed as plastic packaging  took over in the 60's and 70s. What? We can put chips in a disposable bag rather than a big tin? What? We can same a few cents by having our stuff in cardboard? What if they get sat on? I guess that's the consumer's problem! HAHAHAHA!

I had several "Sucrets" tins, but I think they rusted easy when leaving them outside or other stupid things kids do. I think I used one as a "communicator", like in Star Trek, but when Star Wars came along, F**K THAT TELEVISION NONSENSE, I'll use the FORCE , BITCH!

So, when I was in the mood for coffee flavor, but didn't want to have a actual coffee and try to whiz in the airplane toilet, I got these, but really it was for the tin. I wanted to say it was a "Made In China" tin, but it doesn't say. I did get VERMONT'S coffee pastilles made in CANADA from free trade coffee sourced from Seattle's Green Mountain. Whew. No wonder why these are in a tin. That's a lot of words for a plastic or cardboard container.

What would I actually store in a junk tin within my junk box? More junk! Actually this had two "chains" in it for another post on the Unbroken Chains in my junk box, but there were two additional pieces of junk, and one is fragile. So, this handy TIN keeps these things safe. Yeah. Safe.

See, it was the mid 2005 crash of the luggage pull industry that kept me hoarding these fine luggage pulls. This may be from a cheap backpack, or a discarded, torn up, STEVE and BARRYS duffel bag. There were a number of stores I could buy replacements including "A&Pullers" and "Luggage Pull Barn" and "Puller's Shack" , but they are all retail dust. Good thing I keep this for emergencies. Sorry to use this similar joke two posts in a row. We do it all for you Rod.

Here's the rare fun part. This is a balloon from Northeast Appliance. I worked there. A man built this, it's a failed electronics store made famous by bait and switch. It was from their "No Lemon Pledge" promotion, which was never mentioned while I worked there. It was on the price tags, but we didn't use it. Of course, the "No Lemon Pledge" was available for extra cash and we called it extended warranty which mean extended $$$ in our pockets. Hell, if I wasn't required to offer it, I wouldn't have because I always felt like a dirty rotting scum bag *er* balloon when I tried to get more money from you, my customer. This was saved from being shreds of dead latex by putting it in this tin. Of course the sides were melted together so you can't see it from the front. It's a piece of my history! I gotta save this crap.

BTW:  I wish I would have just bought the MINTs rather that the coffee pastilles. One good thing is they are endorsed by the famous strip club feature dancer "Gum Tragacanth". I'm not sure what country she comes from, but boy can she make those PASTILLES twirl.

ARF! -Ric