[methusalen]

Nobody?

Nobody will admit to owning or liking the Smurfs?

I myself have a touching story. When I was a happy & carefree child, I can recall watching the show on T.V.. I was given a smaller stuffed Smurf by my mother as a birthday present (the year she made me a very cool (for a little tyke) Smurf cake).

Along the way of growing up, my parents divorced, I got older, & my Smurf was lost. I don't know if I lost it, tossed him, or if it was purged when my (thankfully *Ex-*) Stepmother threw out my brother & I's toys after getting into trouble one day. (Yes, pretty much *EVERYTHING* got pitched that day, & we couldn't do anything for a month!)

However, when I visited my Mom after graduating Basic Training, she had a small surprise for me... She had visited a small second-hand store near her hometown in Tennessee called (I s*** you not!) "Needful Things"! The *EXACT* same Smurf, down to the "Happy Birthday" t-shirt he wore...

He happily resides on top of my wife's Care Bear-filled hutch, along with a MISB 50th Ann. Smurf we picked up at Toys"R"Us a few years ago (that sings the Smurf Theme when you squeeze his hand)...

Anyone else?