# Oddest item currently found in your work desk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 25, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471 "2003-02-25T20:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/1 "2003-02-25T20:27:35Z")
In my case, it is an unopened 12.7 ounce box of [Bart Simpson Peanut Butter Crunch cereal.](http://www.gadgetguru.com/PR-100801-Simpsons%20Cereal.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Scratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Chicken\_Scratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Scratch)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/2 "2003-02-25T20:35:40Z")
A little green plastic army man. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/3 "2003-02-25T20:37:26Z")
A fake boob given to me by an engineer for a company that manufactures them. Haj ---
**Author:** ![Lizochka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lizochka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizochka)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/4 "2003-02-25T20:39:05Z")
Massage oil and a sheet of bindhis. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/5 "2003-02-25T20:39:37Z")
This is an easy one. It’s ON my desk actually and I am quite well-known for it. It’s a five pound plus rubber band ball. I started it from scratch when I first started here and it moved with me when I changed departments 3 years ago. Last year there was a wintersession class on obsession and the instructor came and photographed it for the class. Soon I will have to start a new one because it’s getting too big for the rubber bands that I use on it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/6 "2003-02-25T20:41:41Z")
(looks through drawers, shelves, piles of paper…) Nothing. Okay, now I hate my job. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/7 "2003-02-25T20:43:33Z")
Me. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/8 "2003-02-25T20:46:04Z")
Hmmm… let’s see … dismembered hand from action figure spring from hide-a-bed sofa box from Nascar playing cards tube of model cement car-stereo mounting bracket Chinese train ticket stub, Shenyang to Peking Oddest thing? A set of MS-Dos on 3.5" diskettes !!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/9 "2003-02-25T20:51:54Z")
a copy of _The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO’s Contribution to Warfare_ ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/10 "2003-02-25T20:59:41Z")
A lime green lava lamp. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/11 "2003-02-25T21:04:37Z")
Does a portable DVD player and a stack of 50 movies count? I love my job 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/12 "2003-02-25T21:12:31Z")
Two rubber light bulbs, and a pair of solid stone Chinese massage balls. ---
**Author:** ![Voorvie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/22d042/32.png) [@Voorvie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voorvie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/13 "2003-02-25T21:13:15Z")
It’s a toss up: the miniature noose taped to my monitor (to represent me “hanging myself” when I purchased my house 2 years ago) the gold 6" tall monkey statue. said monkey is holding a platter, he’s wearing a fancy jacket and pant suit and he has bare feet. I’m not exactly sure what it’s supposed to be…possibly an incense holder a sheep (stuffed animal a la beanie baby…but bigger) a picture of a messed up, angry looking cat with the caption: "I’m Wet! I’m Tired! I’m Pissed! So Don’t Even Think About Petting This Pussy! ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/14 "2003-02-25T21:13:50Z")
An unused pregnancy test - even though we aren’t going to have children and I’ve been on the pill for 12 years. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/15 "2003-02-25T21:27:51Z")
The heat sink and fan to a 1998 Dell Inspiron laptop MS-DOS v 6.22 on floppy. The carefully carved off heel of a left sneaker. The fifth leg of an office chair. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/16 "2003-02-25T21:30:00Z")
**Caricci** I can join your club. Don’t you just love how they form complete sphere’s, never out of shape? Check [this](http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/nikonstud/images/me-100-lbs-web.jpg) out. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/17 "2003-02-25T21:34:38Z")
Heh. I have an odd little item I’m using as a paper weight. It’s a prosthesis. Specifically, the upper half of a left knee joint, size 7 (Rosie Greer size) - big as they come). Top that. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/18 "2003-02-25T21:35:37Z")
a Puzz-3D R2D2, with working soundbox that makes all the right beeps. For EE type people, a set of the very first chips with boundary scan, given to me by folks from TI about 13 years ago. There may be other stuff under there, but I haven’t seen the surface of my desk in months. ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/19 "2003-02-25T21:36:44Z")
A softball sized chunk of Purina Dog Chow. A Jesus bobble head doll standing next to a small Ganesha statue. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471/20 "2003-02-25T21:46:48Z")
Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls action figures. Perhaps more exciting but infinitely less interesting, I have an assemblage of ca. 2000 year old stone tools that I am currently examining. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-item-currently-found-in-your-work-desk/157471.md?page=2)