# How badly do you want this dragon backpack? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800 "2008-11-21T07:48:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/1 "2008-11-21T07:48:42Z")
[Black leather dragon backpack.](http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/leather_dragon_backpack.php) That’s awful damn cool. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/2 "2008-11-21T07:51:38Z")
It’s quite possibly the ugliest thing I’ve see in my entire life, so I can live quite happily without it. YMMV and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/3 "2008-11-21T12:33:18Z")
That is so cool! Not something that I would carry, but the Kiddo would love it! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/4 "2008-11-21T12:38:07Z")
WANT! but no price tag? Is it free then? ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/5 "2008-11-21T13:52:28Z")
Now if it were _black dragon leather_, I might consider… (not really–not my thing at all). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/6 "2008-11-21T13:52:39Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > It’s quite possibly the ugliest thing I’ve see in my entire life, so I can live quite happily without it. > > YMMV and all that. This. It’s an impressively squat, ugly, joyless version of a dragon. There’s no soul to it at all. And as a backpack, it fails as well…with all of those sticky-out parts to it, it’s got to be the most unwieldy piece of portable storage equipment going. I wonder how long that tail and those wings will last, since he’s almost certainly going to be catching them on doorframes, corners, other pedestrians, etc. constantly. ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/7 "2008-11-21T14:01:44Z")
Would not fit well with personal style and/or personality. I like the " general idea" for a new backpack design trend, but I’d have to pass on this particular item. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/8 "2008-11-21T14:06:01Z")
Yeah. No. You’d have to pay me lots of money to carry that. Well crafted and all, but no. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/9 "2008-11-21T14:50:49Z")
I like it. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/10 "2008-11-21T15:20:13Z")
Ahh, to be 12 again… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/11 "2008-11-21T15:32:05Z")
WANT! Who cares if it fits with my personality and stuff. It RAWKS! ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/12 "2008-11-21T15:45:11Z")
It’s not fair, of course, to judge people based on appearances or to rely heavily on first impressions. But, I’m a human being and I sometimes make these mistakes. If I saw someone with this backback I would probably instantly dislike them. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/13 "2008-11-21T15:45:27Z")
Fits perfectly with my personality, alas not so much with my age/station/whatchacallit Dockers, Polo shirt, dragon backpack? It’s just crazy enough to work! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/14 "2008-11-21T15:49:19Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Now if it were _black dragon leather_, I might consider… That was the first thing I thought. I WANT! ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/15 "2008-11-21T16:28:37Z")
I’d want it if the face was better. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/16 "2008-11-21T16:34:42Z")
I’d like it in shiny bright red leather like Loverboy’s pants. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/17 "2008-11-21T16:48:09Z")
Huh - it never even occurred to me that people might find it ugly. Practical? Hell no! It’s like a gargoyle - so ugly it’s beautiful. Ooh - can you imagine it in an iridescent, metallic sheeny-type finish? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/18 "2008-11-21T17:15:23Z")
I don’t want one, but I would love to see how TSA deals with it. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/19 "2008-11-21T17:32:31Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Ooh - can you imagine it in an iridescent, metallic sheeny-type finish? Hells ya! Groovy in dark green, dark blue or red snakeskin! Kinda like [this material](http://www.distinctivefabric.com/images/project/nephrite.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800/20 "2008-11-21T18:24:03Z")
It sort of seems like weird bondage gear [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-do-you-want-this-dragon-backpack/473800.md?page=2)