What was the best thing you ever pulled out of a skip?

Run_to_da_hills · 10-08-2008 09:26PM #1

"One mans junk is another mans treasure" What was the best thing you ever found thrown out in a skip? A good few years ago I found a skip in South Dublin with heaps of Triumph and BSA motorcyle parts including frames, motors and parts etc, myself and a mate emptied the entire contents of the skip all over the road until we retrieved every part, nut and bolt we wanted.

LadyE · 10-08-2008 09:29PM

I dont pull things out of skips

eVeNtInE · 10-08-2008 09:30PM

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Sparky · 10-08-2008 09:31PM

20 euro

I sh1t you not

jigglywoo · 10-08-2008 09:31PM

I don't like skips, prawn cocktail is the worst flavour ever.

brianthebard · 10-08-2008 09:32PM

Spankeh wrote: »

20 euro

I sh1t you not

i found 20 quid today on the ground.

AckwelFoley · 10-08-2008 09:38PM

i got pulled off in a skip. Does that count?

Amazing what a home less bird will do for a portion of curry and a half can of fanta.

Lilith306 · 10-08-2008 09:52PM

snyper wrote: »

i got pulled off in a skip. Does that count?

Amazing what a homess bird will do for a portion of curry and a half can of fanta.

Hay-Penny?

Warhammer · 10-08-2008 09:54PM

i rather skip this thread:)

littlebitdull · 10-08-2008 09:56PM

A silver cross pram.... only a dolls sized one, but as I was only 8 at the time of said article coming home from a skip ...

SV · 10-08-2008 10:01PM

pack of condoms.

major win for the night that was in it

BrokenArrows · 10-08-2008 10:02PM

i found a skip in a skip once but obviously i didnt want it so i left it there.!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 10-08-2008 10:03PM

My air guitar.

connundrum · 10-08-2008 10:05PM

brianthebard wrote: »

i found 20 quid today on the ground.

I'm pretty sure that was my €20. Was it mainly blue and white in colour with a picture of a map on it? There may have been the number '20' written on it a few times. If so, please pm me for my postal details.

Our old job used to throw out laptops after 2 years. I only found this out after I saw a load of em in the back of a skip one day. Pulled 8 of them out and sold them on to friends for a few quid each. Some worked, and some were pulled apart for spares.

FrankGrimes · 10-08-2008 10:06PM

A coffee table with one leg missing while on a J1 in San Diego. Our apartment didn't have no fancy things like furnishings so we were glad to have it and put it in the corner with the corner missing the leg in the corner - worked a charm. After 2 months one of the lads decided he was sick of sleeping on the floor so he puleld a mattress out of the same skip, dusted off the maggots, and thought he was lord muck.

Run_to_da_hills · 10-08-2008 10:10PM

ClioV6 wrote: »

pack of condoms.

major win for the night that was in it

used?

razorblunt · 10-08-2008 10:32PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

used?

Nah they're still in his wallet I'd say!

jester77 · 10-08-2008 10:38PM

I pulled a mate out of a skip. He was meant to be staying in my house but he got fed up waiting for me to come back from the pub so he hopped into a skip around the corner and used some wood and rubble as a blanket!

phantom_lord · 10-08-2008 10:43PM

poor people lol

SV · 10-08-2008 11:04PM

razorblunt wrote: »

Nah they're still in his wallet I'd say!

harsh.

nah, posh **** are the best. :pac:

CreepingDeath · 10-08-2008 11:05PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

What was the best thing you ever pulled out of a skip?

Yore Ma ! FTW !

Ciaran B · 10-08-2008 11:05PM

FrankGrimes wrote: »

A coffee table with one leg missing while on a J1 in San Diego. Our apartment didn't have no fancy things like furnishings so we were glad to have it and put it in the corner with the corner missing the leg in the corner - worked a charm. After 2 months one of the lads decided he was sick of sleeping on the floor so he puleld a mattress out of the same skip, dusted off the maggots, and thought he was lord muck.

Same here, except swap San Diego with Chicago and a coffee table with recliners (proper big ass American ones), couches and beds. Good times.

jos28 · 10-08-2008 11:23PM

Found my husband in a skip once(very drunk).

boneless · 10-08-2008 11:58PM

A Jack Russel.

Latchy · 11-08-2008 12:11AM

What was the best thing you ever pulled out of a skip

Me after i fell into one while leaning over

DJ_Spider · 11-08-2008 12:14AM

When I lived in the UK there was a big office clearing out everything, and I mean EVERYTHING! Computers, printers, chairs, filing cabinets, even the delph from the canteen! I got a few of the computers, managed to get about 20 of them working, sold them and took the best for myself. We also fitted our flat out with the delph and some of the furniture!

EDIT: The office was the head office for a brewery and we got a coat of arms plaque and sold it for £150! I WIN!

jcrowbar · 11-08-2008 12:17AM

Computer parts, on several different occassions.

Did quite well for myself out of it too

Tar.Aldarion · 11-08-2008 12:29AM

My housemate(LoveHammer) has found:
4 televisions
2 stereo/hifi systems
1 basketball
1 keyboard(musical)
4 computer keyboards
3 dvd players(one had a dvd in it, '300')
1 computer monitor
2 printers
1 printer/scanner/fax thing
1 standalone scanner
1 set of colouring pencils
1 paul mcgrath autobiography
2 bags of clothes, new, nicer than his own.
1 football
1 tent(he used it to go to a music festival)
My eletromagnetic theory course notes, I threw them out, he fished them out of the bin,
brought them home and went on about them being cool.
1 filthy carpet(filthy)
1 set of speakers.

Odd guy, good finds.

DenMan · 11-08-2008 12:36AM

I found a lovely small dog a couple of years ago in a skip (when in Malta). I was appalled, somebody had actually left him there.Took the poor guy out and gave him my burger I had just bought. He was starving. I brought him to my apartment for the night and in the morning I took him to the vet. We found him a new owner (a friend of the vet) and the last time I saw him he was happily running around in Birkirkara. I felt immensely proud. That was a good day.

the immortals · 11-08-2008 02:11AM

a snare drum. fixed it up and sold it for 80 pounds!!

Kold · 11-08-2008 02:21AM

Often pull out a lot of wood. Carve it down, bit of sanding and priming, cheaper than canvas.

What was the best thing you ever pulled out of a skip?

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