Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

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Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by goswannies » Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:01 am

Trilobite wrote:Haha... yes I do. Autograph collecting is a fun diversion, but fossils are my true passion :D . So I don't think it's strange at all
I'm the other way round! I have 1000s of autographs & dozens of fossils ;)

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by Trilobite » Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:46 pm

goswannies wrote:
Trilobite wrote:
goswannies wrote: Or collecting million year old rocks because they have little bits of fossilized animals in them?
:shock: Who would do such a strange thing???
Paleontologists? Museum curators? And you prove my point! You think it's strange to collect fossils, but a display of fossilized trilobites and ancient sharks teeth or dinosaur bones would look rather interesting.

P.S. Nice avitar! Do YOU collect fossils Trilobite?
Haha... yes I do. Autograph collecting is a fun diversion, but fossils are my true passion :D . So I don't think it's strange at all

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by goswannies » Sun Jun 05, 2011 11:09 pm

Trilobite wrote:
goswannies wrote: Or collecting million year old rocks because they have little bits of fossilized animals in them?
:shock: Who would do such a strange thing???
Paleontologists? Museum curators? And you prove my point! You think it's strange to collect fossils, but a display of fossilized trilobites and ancient sharks teeth or dinosaur bones would look rather interesting.

P.S. Nice avitar! Do YOU collect fossils Trilobite?

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by CandyLover92 » Sun Jun 05, 2011 6:44 pm

I don't think that it's weird at all. I'm not even just saying that because I collect autographs via fan mail. As long as someone doesn't constantly write to a certain celebrity, it is not stalkerish. Many celebrities enjoy seeing how much people admire them and honoring their fans' requests for autographs.

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by Trilobite » Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:03 pm

goswannies wrote: Or collecting million year old rocks because they have little bits of fossilized animals in them?
:shock: Who would do such a strange thing???

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by JonAQ » Sun Jun 05, 2011 3:13 pm

goswannies wrote:
JonAQ wrote:
goswannies wrote:Is it any more weird that old men in safari suits collecting the heads of animals they shot?
I do think that's weird, and wrong...lol
Missed my point, I think. People once found that a very acceptable collecting practice. Quite rightly much less acceptable in our more civilized society today.
Nah I know what you're saying. I'm just playing around. I agree completely though.

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by goswannies » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:30 am

JonAQ wrote:
goswannies wrote:Is it any more weird that old men in safari suits collecting the heads of animals they shot?
I do think that's weird, and wrong...lol
Missed my point, I think. People once found that a very acceptable collecting practice. Quite rightly much less acceptable in our more civilized society today.

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by JonAQ » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:13 am

goswannies wrote:Is it any more weird that old men in safari suits collecting the heads of animals they shot?

Or collecting million year old rocks because they have little bits of fossilized animals in them?

Or collecting million dollar sports cars?

It's just collecting.

Technically it could be an investment if you collected the right autographs.
I do think that's weird, and wrong...lol

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by goswannies » Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:49 am

Is it any more weird that old men in safari suits collecting the heads of animals they shot?

Or collecting million year old rocks because they have little bits of fossilized animals in them?

Or collecting million dollar sports cars?

It's just collecting.

Technically it could be an investment if you collected the right autographs.

Re: Is collecting autographs via-fanmail considered weird?

by johnnylightninglives » Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:45 am

It is not weird and i will break down why haha..First off it would only be stalkerish if you were writing letters over and over to the same person and not asking for a autograph in return,that would be stalking not writing a letter saying nice things and asking for an autograph.The celebs obviously have no problem with it because they sign the pictures {up} Also the thing is lots of younger people just don't understand the hobby or about writing letters and mailing them,they just think everything is electronic now {down} so they are ignorant to the hobby and how it works.Obviously before email everybody wrote letters to family,freinds,and celebrities.This hobby has been around a long long time and collecting autographs is a respected hobby...Just look at all the people trying to sell autographs {down} Proving how popular autographs still are today {up}

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