When you've seen John Carpenter's THE THING a thousand times, you notice little things. Oddly, one of those things was MacReady's scotch glass when he was playing a game of computer chess (before destroying the fictional chess computer by pouring his drink into a convenient panel for sore losers). That glass became something of a thrift store Holy Grail and I'd find myself walking the shelves of old glassware hoping to stumble upon something similar, if not the actual style and design.
Last weekend we visited a large Salvation Army store, and as I did the usual stroll, I stopped in front of four glasses. Were they the ones? At $0.99 a piece, they became the ones. We even ran out and got some "rare" bottom shelf scotch to celebrate.
Cheers, MacReady!
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Those are definitely "the ones," and this is one of my favorite blog posts of all time. What a great find. CHEERS!
Cheers! haha
Thanks!
It's five o'clock somewhere.
EPIC find, the similarity is incredible...from an era before widely-distributed cheap-o knockoff design instantly available on digital platforms, it seems like it almost has to be the same line, no?
Congratulations, and cheers indeed!
Thanks!
Cheers!
I agree with K.O., one of my favorite posts in a while. 😁
Haha thanks!
Are you gonna pour your drink on your computer??
I never would have noticed something like that. Cool.
I already did, Lady M... She was cheating.
fun post! congrats on the dream find. i think snake would approve of these as well. haha. you probably are, but, if not, check out the new season of true detective "night country" it's a big shoutout to "the thing" & so good. very spooky too!
Great! Thanks for the recommendation!
Just when I thought happy hour couldn't get any better...
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