# Goofy things that you want. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806 "2002-07-25T18:59:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DairyMary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@DairyMary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DairyMary)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/41 "2002-07-26T15:46:45Z")
Bah the EEG machine that I thought I could afford was actually an add on for one of the more expensive machines. 500 bucks isn’t worth the money for world domination. Irae: try [www.semcycle.com](http://www.semcycle.com) Swampbear: That is GREAT! Would you crossdress all of the humanoid yard art? Hell it would be funny even if you dressed up the animals in tutus or other assorted clothing. Dairy Mary ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/42 "2002-07-26T16:06:20Z")
**swampbear** , are you the guy who decorates the street medians around here? One median had Eddie Murphy riding a pink flamingo, along with other stuff. I want an [Allison V-1710](http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/engines/eng1.htm) engine. Better yet, the engine out of a Messerschmitt ME-109\*. Actually, I want the time, tools and materials to build everything except the pistons, valves and bearings out of billet stock, and the know-how to get it to run at full power without blowing up. After that, I want to build a bucket-T to put the engine in. \*[sub]Just because it’s a REALLY BIG, cool looking engine. The crankshaft is on top, with the cylinders splaying out below.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/43 "2002-07-26T16:17:41Z")
A lightsabre. No really - a replica lightsabre. Obviously, I can’t get a real one, but I’d really like one of the replicas. You can buy them online but some are really expensive. Or, for the more crafty, you can make one. I’d like to go the making route too, but Mr. Snicks might think I’m nutz. But that’s what’s goofy that I really want right now. Snicks ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/44 "2002-07-26T16:22:43Z")
A Kilauea Lava Lamp. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/45 "2002-07-26T16:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snickers \* > \*\*A lightsabre. No really - a replica lightsabre. Obviously, I can’t get a real one, but I’d really like one of the replicas. You can buy them online but some are really expensive. Or, for the more crafty, you can make one. I’d like to go the making route too, but Mr. Snicks might think I’m nutz. But that’s what’s goofy that I really want right now. > > Snicks \*\* I don’t know what you do for a living, but if you want to make a replica lightsabre, then take a course in machine shop at a tradeschool. Based on the mention of a Mr. Snicks, I’m assuming your female, which means that you can get all kinds of grants for being a woman entering a male dominated field, plus you’ll have all kinds of job offers from the moment you register. In most cases, the prospective employer will offer to pay your tuition for you. (I’m in school to be a machinist and my shop instructor and I got to talking about how there weren’t any women in the class, and he told me what happens when women do take the class.) ---
**Author:** ![1kBR\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/dc4da7/32.png) [@1kBR\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1kBR_Kid)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/46 "2002-07-26T16:30:40Z")
I want a Mig-15! I watched a History Channel program about the plane. I’ve always thought it was kinda cool, but they had footage of a Russian aerobatic team using this plane. They had the coolest paint jobs: red on top on white on the bottom. They’re not that expensive either (as planes go). They can be had for less than $100,000, I think. Oh yeah, I would need a buddy to have one with the same paint job so we could do aerobatics. Maybe mock dogfights too. That would be the coolest! psssst- buddy, can you spare 100grand??? ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/47 "2002-07-26T16:43:16Z")
I want… An English police whistle and a box of drink monkeys (little plastic monkeys that hang on your glass). ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/48 "2002-07-26T17:36:41Z")
Well… I’m originally from Seattle meself so I don’t THINK it has anything to do with Florida, but you never know! And I’d settle for some color other than red in a pinch. One day, one day… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/49 "2002-07-26T17:40:22Z")
If this were _The Twilight Zone_, **Guin** , you’d get your wishes . . . Only to find out that Noah Wylie was repelled by your tail, which also kept Kate Winslet’s costumes from fitting. Then you’d break your glasses. Me . . . I want the complete bound _Variety Obituaries_ collection (1905–1988), and some prescription lorgnettes. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/50 "2002-07-26T17:48:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VDarlin \* > \*\*I want a “thinking chair”, like from Blue’s Clues. They used to have these mini ones(no, not the inflatable one) that they carried at Sears, when they first introduced the line of clothes, but I just didn’t have a spare $100 + to spend on such a frivolous item. I have seen them available online, a few places, but have yet to find a good enough reason to justify buying one. > > Damn near everything I want is goofy - I am a goofy toy-a-holic, completely addicted to [Archie McPhee](http://www.archiemcphee.com)! > > ~V \*\* * * * V, I swear you and I must be related. (Isn’t that what we discussed in another thread some weeks ago?) I freakin’ _love_ Archie McPhee! I’ve got their calendar on my door, of course. Otherwise: My friend P. and I want darn near everything from the gift shop at [www.littlealeinn.com](http://www.littlealeinn.com). I particularly want the Alien Elvis postcards! I would also like a lava lamp. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/51 "2002-07-26T18:03:04Z")
The one goofy thing that I wanted, I got: A stuffed toy of the Pokemon character Cyndaquil. (Gotta Catch 'Em All!) I just had to have it. I don’t know why. I guess it’s because I find him so damned cute! He looks like this: [http://www.pojo.com/news/NewsDec8.html](http://www.pojo.com/news/NewsDec8.html) Only without the fur for the “fire” on his back. The “fire” on mine is stuffed as well, and he’s just adorable. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/52 "2002-07-26T19:55:14Z")
I want someone on television or the radio to mention my website. I want to be on the Conan O’Brien show (audience or guest, I don’t really care.) ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/53 "2002-07-26T20:13:41Z")
Pink Bunny Slippers. I’ve wanted a pair ever since I saw the Incredible Hulk with a pair in a comic about 10 or 12 years ago. Betty got them for him. Peter David, you’re a riot! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/54 "2002-07-26T20:27:13Z")
I want a railgun capable of putting some object into orbit. ---
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/55 "2002-07-26T21:27:57Z")
I want my own think tank, mansion and a yacht. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/56 "2002-07-26T23:35:23Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by astro \* > \*\* I used to think Spoofe was Beelzebub incarnate, but he’s just a prancing little goblin imp compared to your overwhelming evil…_\* Heh. What, me? I’m harmless, I really am! Look, no _Necronomicon_ up _my_ sleeve! It’s just that cats look really _cute_ in clothing, trust me. Plus, they like it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/57 "2002-07-26T23:55:30Z")
okay I’m going to Lowes next payday. just to see the bolt cutters , but while I’m at it, I would like some of the snakcs I ate in Budapest. Cheeze Balls and bacon flavored things. And The liquid Mars Bar drink sold cold. jo Isten ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/58 "2002-07-27T02:26:19Z")
I want almost everything from [www.stupid.com](http://www.stupid.com) and [www.thinkgeek.com](http://www.thinkgeek.com) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/59 "2002-07-27T03:17:33Z")
I really want a full-scale model of an Apache helicopter for my back yard. Really. Maybe I could use it as a potting shed, or a fountain … But I really want one. They’re cute. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806/60 "2002-07-27T07:30:25Z")
There is this woman at work that is really goofy and… What? Not that kind of want? Never mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goofy-things-that-you-want/120806.md?page=4)