Is it wrong that I now own a purse with a dead baby alligator on it (vintage from Cuba)

[LynneSin]

That's not the one I own but it looks very simliar to this. My stepfather found it in a box being sent out to the dumpster and he gave it to me. From what I know that was once an alligaor on the the purse and it was made in cuba.

I mean I didn't kill any alligators to make this purse - they were already dead for decades. I think it's a cute purse.

[woo me with science]

1. Don't you have a gun, too?

You are going to be beloved here. :rofl:

[LynneSin]

4. Ironically I'm drinking tea too

although I don't use tea bags

:rofl:

[siligut]

8. Now what the hell is wrong with drinking tea?

Crap!I am never going to get this right. About the purse. I take it was already dead when you got it? I just have nothing to say, everything lives and dies, if this purse is a gateway purse, leading to fur coat wearing and the slaying of baby seals while laughing at the drowning polar bears, well, then I might say something.

[LynneSin]

9. Ironically I'm raising baby seals in my backyard for the sole purpose of clubbing them

and then making purses out of them complete with a dead baby seal attached to them.

I have to club them when they are really young because my backyard is very small and those baby seals eat alot!!

Here's a photo of one of the baby seals living in my backyard - won't he make a really cute purse



:hide:

(no baby seals were harmed in the posting of this thread)

[siligut]

10. Purses with a dead baby seal attached to them?!1?!11

Oooooh, want. Better hurry and smashed the little guy's head in before the thaw and all our fur makes him too warm. Ya know, I bet baby seal fat would make a good face cream. Hmmm, need a partner?

[LynneSin]

11. I found that the baby narwhal fat is better for your face than baby seal fat

Which is why I keep baby narwhals in the backyard too.

Can't let them get too big or they start snacking on the baby seals.

[rug]

2. Make a holster out of it.

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Oh my, that is horrid, but definitely a conversation piece.

I have always liked odd things that other people do not have and have not seen before, but I would have to think long and hard about this one. LOL, this is one bizarre purse.

[MrsMatt]

5. No, because if you are wrong

I am too. I have one with a whole baby alligator on it - bought it in So Cal 20+ years ago at a thrift store. I love it.

[LynneSin]

6. Mine has the whole thing on it too

you see the alligator butt on the back of the purse.

[Heidi]

7. If people here think it's wrong for you to own that, I'm not even gonna say

what CMW and Ginger gave me for Christmas.

I would not personally (or purseonally --har!--) carry that handbag, but it's interestingly retro, very unusual and certainly creative.

[david13]

12. I have seen those purses before. Either my mother or my wife had

one, long ago. I can't remember.
dc

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. A woman gave me one of those when I was a kid, a smaller one.

I was horrified and scared of it. I eventually gave it to a thrift shop. I think alligators as purses are gross when the head and legs are attached.

[Moondog]

14. I grew up in Miami.

Years ago. (I won't be eligible for Social Security for several more years, so there!)

I used to see this type of thing all over the place. Along with alligator shoes, belts, wallets, etc, etc.

I know that this isn't PC, but thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[MiddleFingerMom]

15. That's really really REALLY creepy...

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
...and really really REALLY cool!!!!
.
.
.
I started thinking it would make a great gun purse (with a little customization
of an inner concealed holster).
.
.
.
I have no problem with antiques like this.
.
.
.
But I'm not sure I like the idea of using it for its original purpose.
.
.
.
What with the often WEIRD cyclical nature of trends and fashions, it COULD
conceivably help in the popularity of this practice for fashions's sake again --
so my vote is for its use as a curio/home accessory.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Oh yeah... and I use two baby seals as my slippers.
.
.
.
.
.
.
But they're still alive... ... ... if that helps.
.
.
.

[some guy]

16. maybe not wrong, but certainly EWWWW!!!!

:puke:

(and I really dislike using that smiley, but some times it really is necessary.)