r/MadeMeSmile • u/ShadowRex • Feb 10 '25

Wholesome Moments This is what the hobby is all about

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u/Fordunato Feb 10 '25

Some guy gave me a baby alligator claw necklace in New Orleans when he saw me examining it on the shelf when I was like 7

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u/DennisTheConvict Feb 10 '25

6 words in I was very worried and 7 wasn't much better. That's really wholesome. And demonstrates OP's point nicely. No way will that kid forget.

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u/JarjarSwings Feb 10 '25

Had us in the first third...

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u/secret_hitman Feb 10 '25

...Not gunna lie

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u/Big_Jerm21 Feb 10 '25

*fird half

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u/__Rapier__ Feb 10 '25

I just defaulted to my Florida roots and was utterly unfazed by that idea until you pointed it out.

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u/MaximusBit21 Feb 10 '25

His name was Mick….

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u/AnybodyMassive1610 Feb 10 '25

Mick Dundee?

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u/Repulsive-Chip3371 Feb 10 '25

As opposed to what, Jagger?!

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u/jessytessytavi Feb 10 '25

with moves like that, tho

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u/MaximusBit21 Feb 10 '25

Bahahahahahaha

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u/Horskr Feb 10 '25

"Now tell me, do ya like knives too?"

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u/MaximusBit21 Feb 10 '25

That scene is rent free in my mind

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u/renoturx Feb 10 '25

"Haha, That's not a knife"

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u/Airway Feb 10 '25

Someone gave me a beaver pelt while I was trick or treating once.

Maybe not quite the same but I certainly won't forget it.

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u/dogWEENsatan Feb 10 '25

Ha ha ha. That’s great. Do you still have it?

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u/Flair258 Feb 10 '25

I remember when I was really young, I was eyeing this box of small lolipops near the cash register. I was not one of those kids that throws a hissy fit over not getting whatever impulse item I wanted, so I would have been fine with my mom walking me out of the store without it. But the lady behind the register decided to just give it to us. I cannot begin to express how happy my au-dhd sugar loving tiny self was. Unfortunately, it was gone from the house the next day. I was smart enough to understand (and greedy enough to sulk about it internally) my mom probably returned it to the store and maybe repaid the lady, too.

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u/LePoultry-geist Feb 10 '25

In Florida a park ranger gave me an alligator scute (the bones that make up the nubs on their back) when I was like 6. Still have it and cherish it 20 years later. Hope the guy is living the best life.

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u/Acceptable_Bend_5200 Feb 10 '25

I still have a dried sea horse I got from a random sailor in Florida when I was 8. I was visiting my grandparents, and we had just left the fisherman's wharf in South Venice and were walking down the pier when some dude handed it to us. That was 25yrs ago. Things like this imprint on you for life.

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u/Kryptosis Feb 11 '25

Some guy gave me my first tripod when he saw me setting up my camera on rocks to take photos of the stars at the Grand Canyon.