Who the [censored] still buys Chia Pets?

[Catman]

Every Christmas season since like...the `80s...I see ads for Chia Pets on TV. And my question has always been the same, "who the [censored] buys this [censored]?" Do you actually know anyone who buys it?

 

[jaguarr]

They make great gag gifts or something you can give away at a White Elephant party.

jag

 

[Daisy]

I had a chia something once. I never did get it to grow right.

 

[tzarinna]

The Tweety bird looks cute, but yeah gag gifts.

 

[Addendum]

 

[AndThePickles]

Odd, I just heard someone singing the Chia theme song at work yesterday.

 

[Wolfwood]

Gag gifts or legitimate gifts from grandma.

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

We're selling these at my store where I work. Meh... not the kind of gift I'd want to have.

 

[Silk Spectre]

Don't forget The Clapper.

 

[Carcharodon]

Don't forget The Clapper.

I gave that to my girlfriend one Christmas. I've never seen one person take so many antibiotics.

 

[The Apatow Crew]

Those things are still around even yet?

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

Those things are still around even yet?

Sadly yes.

Sooner or later it'll eventually become a fad.

 

[Silk Spectre]

I gave that to my girlfriend one Christmas. I've never seen one person take so many antibiotics.

See you should have gotten her The Strapper instead.

Strap On....
Strap Off....
The Strapper...

 

[chaseter]

Cha cha cha chia.

 

[Darthphere]

I'm personally bringing Pet Rocks back.

 

[Drizzle]

Every Christmas season since like...the `80s...I see ads for Chia Pets on TV. And my question has always been the same, "who the [censored] buys this [censored]?" Do you actually know anyone who buys it?

I know someone who bought one. My mom. It was the early '90s, I guess around the height of Chia Pets' popularity. She bought it as a gag gift for a co-worker whose last name was Chia.

 

[Daisy]

Sadly yes.

Sooner or later it'll eventually become a fad.

If it isn't already a fad, what is it?

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

I actually bought the Chia herb garden once... the friend I gave it to didn't use the seeds that were attached, but the little growing system was good for... other herbs

 

[Immortalfire]

My dad gave me one as a gag once. It was the dinosaur, and the head broke off before I could grow anything

 

[Holiday]

I would like to have the Homer Simpson one that came out a few years ago but that's about it.

 

[CashforStash]

I used to have one when I was 6....good times, good times.

 

[Sawyer]

Every Christmas season since like...the `80s...I see ads for Chia Pets on TV. And my question has always been the same, "who the [censored] buys this [censored]?" Do you actually know anyone who buys it?

Most likely old people...

Then again, I blame everything on old people, so who the hell knows?

 

[Immortalfire]

The Chia Head is freakin scary looking

 

[Spidey-Bat]

If someone gave me one, I'd throw it at them.

 

[Spade]

Saw the commercials as a kid (they stopped airing them as I got older, thank God). So I bought one. It never grew properly, despite following instructions.

If I got one today, I'd give it back and say "I have enough paperweights."