Gullible
Sep 17, 20202 min
Updated: Sep 27, 2020
My initial experiences with Sea-Monkeys® revolved around the mailman — ordering my first kit from a comic book ad, studying what to order from the parts & supplies section of the handbook, filling out my Sea-Monkey® names on the life insurance policy and waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting impatiently for a small box or envelope to show up in the mailbox from Transcience Corporation addressed to me.
Something that melts my heart is to purchase a lot of Sea-Monkey® items belonging to some child that still includes the original mail-order packaging and correspondence. I can relate. It immediately takes me back to my youth and my own plotting and planning and waiting and daydreaming of my incoming Sea-Monkey® orders. There is something about seeing their childish scrawls and the polite replies back from Transcience Corporation that warms my heart.
I recently purchased a lot of miscellaneous Sea-Monkey® items that had once belonged to a young girl by the name of Suzy. Based on the “groovy” hot pink, yellow and orange paisley pattern on the vinyl case the items were stored in, this was obviously a child of the 70s. Inside the lid, scrawled in ballpoint pen it says, “Suzy’s Sea-Monkey Supplies.” Awww. I love this.
The entire lot of items didn’t cost much and didn't include much of any monetary value ... but the emotional tug on my heartstrings made it priceless. I wonder whatever happened to Suzy? How did her Sea-Monkeys® fare? How is it that her little collection of once prized Sea-Monkey® items are now being treasured by me and not her? I suppose most people grow up and move on while some of the rest of us (who shall remain nameless) have chosen not too. At least where Sea-Monkeys® are concerned.
May all your mail-order experiences be disappointing and slow to arrive — just like the good ole days.
Signing off
Gullibly yours —“Gullible”
NOTE: This is a silly safe zone where nerdy nostalgia rules and bullies are not welcome. (Unlike grade school.) Life is short. Have fun, keep a sense of humor and be nice to one another.