It’s a fact: second-hand shops have first-rate kitsch. Go digging through any Goodwill, and among all the broken VCRs and 1970’s loungewear, you’re likely to find a hidden gem, the kind of tchotchke that’s so hideously bad it becomes art. You’ve seen what I’m talking about. Ceramic frogs playing the banjo, or a painting of two Vladimir Putins making out. Like all great works of art, it could only have been produced by a uniquely creative individual.
Today we’ve got a selection, first compiled by Bored Panda, of the schlockiest, most wonderful crap people have found while bargain hunting. All of it goes to show you that the old saying really is true: one person’s trash is another person’s treasure.
1. The “My Adult Children Still Live At Home” Scarecrow
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Photo Credit: Thrift Store Oddities
Is your son or daughter over the age of 30, and refuses to leave the nest? Set this fella on the couch and they’ll be perusing the want ads in no time.
2. Nephew Disappointer
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Photo Credit: seashellby
He knows you like those Transformers but this is all they had in the prison commissary.
3. Dark Knight Rises Poster
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Photo Credit: Imgur
Christian Bale and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have never looked better.
Also, I love how the painter was like, “This is so perfect I don’t even need to finish Robin.”
4. Rare Martha Stewart Centerpiece
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Photo Credit: Imgur
First spotted in the “Martha Salutes Satan” issue of Martha Stewart Living.
5. Children’s Benjamin Netanyahu Costume
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Photo Credit: Imgur
Why dress your kid like Elsa when you can dress them like the embattled Israeli prime minister?
6. “What If Kenny G Was A Dragon?” Statue
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Photo Credit: Thrift Store Oddities
Also works as a very ambitious dildo.
7. Penguin Orgy Mug
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-3.31.50-PM.jpg)
Photo Credit: Reddit
“This is the #1 humping penguin mug.” — Morgan Freeman
8. Camel Toe Emphasizer
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Photo Credit: Imgur
The vertical lines helpfully guide the eye right to your front wedgie.
9. Attainable Super Bowl Ring
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Photo Credit: Imgur
No, you’ll never be mistaken for a professional athlete, but Tom Brady can’t house an entire family size bag of Lays, either. Wear with pride.
10. The Chuck Norris S&M Chair
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Photo Credit: Almighty Bob
His safe word? “America.”
11. Fist Bumping Jesus
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Photo Credit: Reddit
He turned water into wine, and then he butt chugged it.
12. Glory Hole: The Book
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Photo Credit: Reddit
Now you don’t have to drive all the way out to the restroom at the state park.
13. “Wind Sock Guy” Refugee Family
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Photo Credit: Reddit
Yes, they’ve been driven from their homeland. But if you knock them down, they will get back up again.
14. “Inside A Seahorse” Teaching Tool
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Photo Credit: Thrift Store Oddities
If you took away all the skin, or the scales or whatever seahorses have, this is what it looks like underneath. Very useful teaching tool for seahorse doctors.
15. Benjamin Franklin Driving Mask
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Photo Credit: Imgur
They wouldn’t arrest a Founding Father for doing 95 in a school zone, would they?
16. Xtreme Teen Pregnancy Simulator
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Photo Credit: Imgur
Other teen pregnancy simulators resemble actual babies and teach high schoolers how to care for them. Boring. This one tries to kill you and won’t stop unless you enter the 9-digit code. See if they have in premarital sex NOW.
17. Brokeback Mountain/Toy Story Fan Art
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Photo Credit: Reddit
Andy wouldn’t play with them, so they did something about it.
19. Amish Dildo Maker
![](https://awkward.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-27-at-4.23.22-PM.jpg)
Photo Credit: Reddit
Makes authentic, Amish-style dildos.
20. Grandpa’s Old Work Clothes
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Photo Credit: Imgur
Just arrived from Argentina.
h/t: Bored Panda