Outrageous Pictures

 Some outrageous pictures with fun comments on 'em.

Leave it to the flea market, this is one insane t-shirt design. It does point out the extreme levels that politics have devolved into. To take something so serious and make a huge joke out of it. It should be noted that I took this picture before the election was held, if that matters. And of course, since it's at the flea market, we can assume it's not "official" Trump merchandise. But I bet he'd still be upset he didn't make any profit from this, as little as that would be.

Anime swords! Another flea market standard. It's not a real store with real rules; hand cash to a stranger and walk away with a deadly weapon! At least, that's what it seems like, at the flea market.

Ah, the dollar packs of Pokémon cards. No kid should walk away from the flea market with nothing. This is only $1! At the very least, get that kid a pack of Pokémon cards.

Oooooh, those clouds look very dark. It was interesting watching the vendor covering up the tables, or not... bothering to do that.

Yep, it started pouring. Like an old noir movie. One day a rain will come and wash away the scum on these streets. That type of rain. We were a little trapped under this roof, at least they had a long section with a roof.

Who wears a shirt like this? It's a little word-y. But it gets extra points for having a squirrel, whatever that's worth.

Have some more dangerous swords. We're just waiting for the rain to let up, and it's... not. Can you see it behind the swords?

Probably should have done a video. The rain pouring off the side of the roof was like a Niagara Falls. Although, I've not been there yet, so I can't say that, can I? It's what I imagine it would be like. Is that better?

We did a little running, and it wasn't too bad, to get to the big inside-building part. Like a shopping mall, but the flea market version. Complete with a directory.

Do I even need to say it? A Betty Boop toilet seat cover? It's so obvious for a laugh. Okay... I will say it. Betty Poop.

I can do hot sauce all day, but sour not-at-all. I'm a big Star Trek fan, but I have to pass on the sour candy.

This is an odd flea market miracle. Or some kind of actual magic. This seafood place is always on the corner here, and it NEVER "smells" like seafood. At all. Not even a little. With visuals like these massive crab legs, you would think this would REEK of that seafood-ness. But nope. Not even one bit. It's amazing.

There has got to be a microscopic percentage of sports fans who would like high-heel shoe-themed wine stoppers with the team logos. But for those few people, let me tell you what I saw at the flea market; you're not going to believe it... they actually have those! 

It will happen: Some day in the future stories will be told of the team once named "Redskins" and how long that lasted. Should we point out that the team was from Washington, DC? You know, our nation's CAPITAL? Extra yikes!

I don't even remember the cartoon I saw it on anymore, but every time I see one of these animals, I hear in my head "Call me Manatee!" and the reply "Whatever, Sea Cow." I know it's not a cool thing to laugh at, but it was funny and I can't help it.

After the rain went away, these tarps were filled with water! Pouring out of the holes. Kinda neat.

I don't think I've ever been back in this part of the flea market. I'm curious to see what's over there. That's the video game exploration part of me. 

Lots of tables. You wanna get rid of some stuff and make a few bucks? Take it to the flea market! You don't get this from the picture, but this back corner of the place was overwhelmed with the odor of a petting zoo. Wet dog kind of smell. Is that because of the rain?

Sigh. They never have "Minty" on these things. See any names you could use? Is anybody seriously named Gertrude? It's there!

Again, I took these pictures before the election. But to be fair, they've had Trump shirts at these things since the last-last election seasons from a long time ago. Does it seem like it was a long time ago?

I thought I'd take a picture of the helicopter picture of the giant flea market again. I've taken this picture before, but it's still an impressive thing to see how much flea market is here.

Is it a victory or a failure that I walk away with only some 25-cent vending machine bouncy balls? It's got a good booster-pack vibe where you get a random color, for only a quarter. Don't forget, the pictures are worth something, too. I got bouncy balls and a morning's-worth of entertainment.

Is it odd that they make video-game collectible things with pixel edges, but they are not IN a video game? I can't decide it that's neat or silly. I grew up playing games with pixel graphics, so I'm leaning towards "neat" but I'm sill not sure.

HA! Did you see it? Ursula and Maleficent are on that package going "Shush! It says Disney Princess, and that's US now! Nobody tell them!"

It's a collectible card game, but a board game version of it. So... yeah. I guess you gotta start somewhere. Another thing I'm not totally sure if it's good or bad. CCGs are usually all about the "booster packs" but this might be neat to learn the rules and see if you are interested.

Remember that this was way back in the 80's, and Prince Adam was the guy that turned into He-Man, the very most absolute pinnacle of masculinity. And he was totally rocking that PINK shirt.

Soooo... you wanna eat your collectibles? Or versions of your favorite characters, as snacks? There's no denying that these are cute, but thematically, it's a little messed-up, you think?

This chrome-blue protocol droid in the background of an episode of The Mandalorian looked so cool! And is that the robot from the Queen album cover News of The World? Where's the action figures for these droids?

It was a droid bar named The Resistor. One problem with the new Star Wars is that almost every episode of every show has background characters that would make cool toys. So many! Too many! C'mon, start making action figures already! All these cool droids. Not to mention this was the episode with Jack Black, Lizzo, AND Christopher Lloyd. Any action figures for them yet?

Check out Cliffjumper with the bull horns on the hood of the car. If you don't know, that character in that show was voiced by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who also had the nickname Brahma Bull which is on a bunch of his merchandise.

Yikes. Super yikes. My friend wanted to either hurl this package across the store in rage, or curl up into a ball on the floor and start weeping. Remember when that Transformers movie came out in the 80's when you were a kid? It had all your favorite characters in it, from your favorite show? And in the beginning of the movie, a lot of them, most of them, were brutally murdered?! Remember that trauma? Blaster holes, looks of pain, all that? Death? Over and over? So many characters shot and killed. Hey! Let's make a toy version of THAT! What psycho decided that was a good idea to make a toy of? A TOY! Not just the characters, but versions with explosions bursting out of their chests and screaming faces! So yeah. Yikes.

Celebrating 85 years? Of what? None of that math works out. Wolverine was created in 1974. Marvel Comics started in 1961. This package doesn't say what's the 85 years are for. Is this like saying Nintendo started out by making playing cards, or that Lego started out by selling a wooden duck?

Moes Tavern, Moe speaking. Yeah, I'm looking for my friend. His name is Mike. Last name: Rotch. Okay hold on. I'm looking for Mike Rotch! Anybody seen Mike Rotch lately?!

Am I dumb? This package says "Grab Here" yet I can't figure out how to grab it there. I tried for a hot minute and then started laughing. Where's the hidden camera? I feel like there should be a camera watching people figure it out.

This is cool but my friend already found a genuine red Hawaiian shirt with yellow flowers on it, that would match Rescue Ranger Dale's shirt from the show.

I laughed at the perfect KFC Chicken Bucket purse. Constantly disappoint everyone, including yourself, that's it's not full of tasty extra crispy chicken.

Do you have a friend who is into all of that conspiracy theory Illuminati stuff? Wear this shirt around them, and enjoy the show! They are sure to explain every image in detail and what it means.

The Mom doesn't want this message hiding in the bottom of the car cup holder, you think? Maybe the kids already got that message.

Brilliant writing where the kids in Stranger Things had silly sailor outfits, and were later captured by Russian radicals and mistaken for actual military uniforms. The perfect amount of ridiculous and dangerous.

BOOM! Did I tell you that due to the New Jersey law about no-more-plastic-bags, forcing people to bring their own bags into stores, had the result of frustrated cheap customers flat-out taking home the shopping baskets, so that they all vanished? Well... I got my OWN shopping basket! The grocery store employee was amazed, and even commented on it being a "collectible" as it was from GameStop, where they didn't even know baskets once existed. The worst part of it is remembering it's MY basket and it feels so awkward walking out of the store with it. But it's nice to have a basket instead of pushing a giant cart around for a few things.