Billeh Nickerson started collecting barf bags during his early teens. This collection started out of necessity, as his sister always got sick when she flew, and he and the rest of his family got used to grabbing bags when boarding or disembarking planes. Billeh’s father was a pilot, and he and his pilot friends also collected bags from different airlines during their travels. Billeh had forgotten the bags existed until early 2009, when his mother used the barf bags instead of bubble wrap when Billeh moved across the country. He is now amassing the collection again.