# Items in which you are a sucker for. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2005, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364 "2005-06-15T12:36:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/61 "2005-06-16T16:22:29Z")
**Model Horses** ~ I am absolutely addicted to them . Breyers , Peter Stones , expensive artist’s resins … I love them . I own close to 500 of them , and keep searching for just _1_ more … 😃 **Dogs** ~ both dog figurines (I have about 200 of THEM … yes , that is a lot of dusting…) and real , live dogs . I am fighting the urge to go puppy shopping right now , I want either another Gordon Setter or a German Shorthaired Pointer in the WORST kinda way… :dubious: **Books** ~I love books . Love them , I tell you . My books are my friends . **CDs** ~ Must…have…my… music . **DVDs** ~ especially if there is a mark-down bin … Lordy , you have to drag me away ! I recently found a BUNCH of good old movies 2/$11 at Wally World , old favorites that I did not yet have on DVD . Got 'em now tho 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/62 "2005-06-16T21:47:48Z")
House plants. Whenever I’m at Wal-Mart or Target I always have to stop and look to see what kind of plants they have. I also am a sucker for sad looking ones that are usually marked down because it’s obvious they are going to die. I buy them in hopes I can bring them back. So far I’ve only done this twice. One of them looks a little better, but pretty much the same. The other, a coffee plant, is doing really well. I found that one in a dark corner at Earl May’s. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/63 "2005-06-17T01:01:19Z")
I love marbles, but in quality, not quantity. Today I got to go to a place where they make marbles, and I got one that glows under a blacklight and one that looks like an eyeball. I think I’ll put my marbles in my fishtank to show them off instead of keeping them in the bag anymore. Beads. I love having boxes and little containers of beads, even if I don’t do anything with them. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/64 "2005-06-17T02:58:57Z")
I’m a sucker for “coffee table” style books with big glossy pictures of all the other things I’m a sucker for. ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/65 "2005-06-17T11:24:46Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > **Model Horses** ~ I am absolutely addicted to them . Breyers , Peter Stones , expensive artist’s resins … I love them . I own close to 500 of them , and keep searching for just _1_ more … 😃 > > **Dogs** ~ both dog figurines (I have about 200 of THEM … yes , that is a lot of dusting…) and real , live dogs . I am fighting the urge to go puppy shopping right now , I want either another Gordon Setter or a German Shorthaired Pointer in the WORST kinda way… :dubious: > > **Books** ~I love books . Love them , I tell you . My books are my friends . > > **CDs** ~ Must…have…my… music . > > **DVDs** ~ especially if there is a mark-down bin … Lordy , you have to drag me away ! I recently found a BUNCH of good old movies 2/$11 at Wally World , old favorites that I did not yet have on DVD . Got 'em now tho 😉 Have you misplaced an evil twin somewhere in NE IL? Your tastes are frighteningly like my own! Gobs of Breyer horses (OK, admittedly, I’m trying to re-home most of them, but they’re still here and don’t seem to be going anywhere fast). Don’t show any more but used to in a big way. More ceramic and resin animal figures than I can shake a stick at, with a strong emphasis on Hagen-Renaker and dog of many manufacturers Books. Oh yes, books. Many books. Shelves full of books. Boxes of books. No matter how many I sell or give away, there are always more to take their places. Right now I’m on a graphic novel and art reference book kick, but there’s a little bit of everything on my shelves. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/66 "2005-06-17T11:51:19Z")
- Coffee related things. Ever since I have bought my pet espresso machine I can’t stop buying dainty espresso cups, gorgeous cappuccino cups, different kinds of coffee etc etc. - Black cardigans. You can send me shopping all day, in the most interesting boutiques ever and odds are that is what I will end up buying every single time. There are all different styles, though. -Books, Cd’s. No brainer. - Musical instruments. I actually only have three, but if I had more money it really could get out of hand. ---
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/67 "2005-06-17T12:10:06Z")
_Bread_ - specifically warm crusty french sticks… mmmmmmmmmmmmm _Sweets_ - Haribo Tangfastics (formerly Sour Mix) are my main vice. Me? Eat a whole bag in half an hour? Nah… ::wipes sugar from round mouth:: _Ice Cream_ - but quantity, not necessarily quality. £2 for a small tub of “nice” ice cream? Nah, I’ll get the 2 litre tub of vanilla and some chocolate sauce, if it’s all the same to you. I do like the good stuff, don’t get me wrong. But I want MORE. Why are all of these food? Hmmm. I used to be a sucker for magazines like FHM… coz I’d been buying them for years, and it seemed wrong to not buy it this month when I’d bought it every month for the past several years. “But the women in bikinis will be different this month” I used to promise myself. They rarely were. ---
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/68 "2005-06-17T12:12:49Z")
Oh, and: _Shirts_ - it’s a good thing I rarely go shopping because I’m bound to find a going-out shirt I like. Shame about the other million I’ve got in the wardrobe, but this one’s just brilliant, I must have it. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/69 "2005-06-17T19:01:21Z")
Aircraft that are either [unusually beautiful](http://www.connie.com) or [unusually ugly](http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/bombers/b4/xb42-4.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/70 "2005-06-17T19:42:13Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Fountain pens (I have about a dozen, though I mostly prefer to use a gel pen for actually writing.) > > Hokey Japanese monster movies > > Bubble gum pop rock. (Sugar Sugar, Da Doo Ron Ron, that sort of stuff. What can I say? It just makes me smile.) > > Any movie with Sean Connery in it. > > Stationery stores. Okay, not really the stores, but all the NEATO GOT TO HAVE ONE OF THOSE stuff you find in them. Some women like to window show in jewelry stores, but give me a Staples. 😃 another Evil Twin, checking in. fountain pens? good god, i’ve got over 40 already, working and non- … and i still drool over catalogs like Fahrney’s and Levenger’s (sp?). (for the love of Og, _stay away from [PENBID.COM](http://PENBID.COM)_!!!) i literally cannot count the number of gel, scented gel, sparkle-y gel, color-change gel… i think you get the idea. maybe not strictly hokey Japanese monster movies… it’s more like ANY monster/horror movies, up until the recent shift to “bloody/grossout is the new scary” emphasis.) monster movie queen from the second grade on out. (ok, i’m more into oldies rock than bubblegum, but i’m still stuck in the 60s/70s, so does that count?) Sean Connery… swoooooooon Stationary stores – if i had any sense of self-preservation, i’d ask them to not allow me to enter without a chaperone. or maybe that should be a keeper. and let me join the chorus of fellow bread-lovers. (whimpers quietly at the thought of cinnamon-swirl bread. no raisins, please.) but whatever you do, do NOT (repeat for emphasis-- _ **NOT** _) stand between me and a German chocolate cake replete with the mandatory coconut-pecan frosting. your health insurance won’t possibly be able to cover all the damages. ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/71 "2005-06-17T19:46:30Z")
oh, and did i mention beads? gemstone beads. lampwork glass beads. colorful beads. glass beads… :: drifts off into blissful contemplation :: and crayons. i apparently have some serious issues regarding surrounding myself with color, or something. must check that out sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/72 "2005-06-17T20:20:29Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > **Pin Up Art** - especially the [“whoopsie”](http://www.thepinupfiles.com/images/elvgren11.jpg) style art of Gil Elvgren. I love the naughty and nice combination. I take it you’re a fan of [Art Frahm](http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html), then? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/73 "2005-06-17T20:29:46Z")
**Items in which you are a sucker for …** [ul] [li]small clever gadgets (like the Nike Triax)[/li][li]small useful gadgets (like a USB flash drive)[/li][li]small unique toys (have tons of these)[/li][li]hand-held puzzles (ditto)[/li][li]small detailed chess sets (ditto)[/li][li]babies[/li][/ul] Hmmm, I must have a thing for small stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/74 "2005-06-17T20:31:19Z")
> [@lachesis](#): > > and crayons. _Crayons_! Good lord, how did I forget about crayons?! 😃 I collect Crayolas. I have no idea when it started, I just know I’ve been doing it for a long time now. Mostly crayons, but also some markers and general Crayloa products. I even have a crayon maker. 🙂 I have a little stuffed crayon guy – from the Crayola Works store that used to be at Arundel Mills Mall – sitting on my bookshelf here at work. At home I have a big Rubbermaid container full of crayons (and a few coloring books; I especially like the ones with geometric designs). When my friends have kids, they always get some Crayolas from their Aunt Jenny. Every time I go to a store that has a stationery aisle I check out the crayons, to see if Crayola is out with anything new. Someday I’ll have to take an inventory. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/75 "2005-06-18T15:09:53Z")
Anything to do with Simon Templar, AKA the Saint. Especially the earliest books in the series which cross-over with my love of the “silly-ass” young man of the 20s and 30s, the hero who acts like a frivolous post WWI loon but is really a person NOT to be messed with. Sensible canvas-y bags with lots of pockets. Pocket-knife like gadgets to go in all those pockets. Be prepared! I am just looking now for the kind of career that rewards preferring canvas-y bags full of gadgets to Kate Spade purses. I wanted to be MacGyver when I grew up. Lemurs. We just love lemurs in this house. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/76 "2005-06-19T00:39:23Z")
I’m a sucker for fossils, though I don’t have many just yet, mostly small pocket money stuff, and some that we have found ourselves. I do have a Mosasaur tooth, which is very cool, and so cheap when you think how many million years old it is! I look at fossil sites and drool over some of the stuff there. I want a really BIG one to put in our living room, and make the focus of the room. Real, live (well, very dead actually) art. We also have a dino poo that my aunt found and had verified. It actually looks so perfectly like a turd that my son sniffed it when he first got it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/77 "2005-06-19T00:40:56Z")
Electric Light Orchestra collectibles. Air-cooled VW models. Star Trek ship miniatures. ---
**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/78 "2005-06-19T01:39:46Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Books. As has been mentioned, I know they can be gotten from the library. I want none of that. I want to buy the book and dog-ear the pages and read it again and again and break the spine and have people who look at my library know that my books have had the life read out of them. If I destroy it, I can buy another copy. **Draelin** had to be quoted because ze said it best. Books top my list. Roll top desks or (some) slant top desks. I only have one of each (so far) but I always have to tear myself away from them in antique stores. Anything with lots of little cubbyholes and drawers to stash stuff in. Especially ones with secret compartments! Pickled items in jars, the more unusual the better. Olives stuffed with garlic or jalapenos, pickled green beans or pea pods, etc. Hot sauce! Only because Mrs. Stone can’t take anything over mild has kept me from filling our cupboards with an array of varieties. But I still love to cruise the specialty stores and peruse the shelves. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/79 "2005-06-19T01:51:00Z")
Band Tees. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364/80 "2005-06-19T03:30:29Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shirley Ujest** : Bongo! Bongo! Bongo! If the second line of that song is “I don’t wanna leave the jungle,” you have solved a 50 year mystery for me. Also, some of the posters have made me cry. I’m either in love with them or want to adopt them. I’ve learned more about them in this thread than most others. I’m a sucker for Japanese gardens, decor and music hunting for seashells bossa nova, especially Jobim anything to do with the French writer Colette creating (music, poetry, a table setting, a beaded necklace) sleeping on my porch swing in the rain Yeats Indian spices wild violets finding Heminway’s haunts in Paris flamenco dancing Camden Harbor, Maine [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/items-in-which-you-are-a-sucker-for/308364.md?page=5)