Things I Miss: The "IT" Store

The Poor Man's IT Store

When I was younger, I used to LOVE going to the IT Store. I loved buying their pranks-in-a-bag, like the gum that was laced with pepper (that got stuck in my friend's braces and then I felt like an asshole), mints that taste like soap, the whoopie cushion, and this rubber egg that I used to terrorize my poor Grandmother by keeping it in the fridge and then every so often pulling it out and throwing it at her (she loved it). I loved the huge selection of Lava Lamps (one of which I now own..yesssss). I love that they had the racy little section with penis pasta and gag bras for saggy boobs. It was tastefully dirty, the kind of stuff that makes you giggle. It was the one place I could find silly string for my "silly string" phase where I thought it was the coolest thing ever for...15 seconds until the can fizzles out.
I'm sad that these stores just kinda closed up one by one and now there's none left. Spencer Gifts (above) is like a poor man's IT Store. It's the same general idea, but Spencer's is a little raunchier and not as good..but even they are closing up. I guess the need for rubber poop and dirty t-shirts has dried up.
Shame.