# One thing you bought today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048 "2012-02-07T04:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/61 "2012-02-07T22:08:41Z")
groceries But one thing, you say. apples ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/62 "2012-02-07T22:13:20Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > A USB presentation remote. Scratch that. I just realized I bought something much more interesting earlier today. A [24-sided die](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001LGDEQ4) designed to simulate the results of any of (at least) 17 other shapes of dice. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/63 "2012-02-07T23:14:30Z")
A bottle of laundry detergent. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/64 "2012-02-07T23:35:50Z")
A Sonic Fiesta Steak Breakfast Burrito ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/65 "2012-02-08T00:00:04Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > It was the _little_ car. > And dammit, I remember when a $20 filled the tank and paid for lunch! I don’t wanna be this fucking old! Nor do I. But I do remember when, during the inevitable pre-Christmas petrol strike there’d be a $2.00 maximum worth of petrol they’d let you buy. It won’t be long and petrol will be $2.00 a litre. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/66 "2012-02-08T00:02:52Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > If all goes according to plan today, I shall buy a package of American cheese food slices. I’m pulling for you! Good luck! > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > A Yellow Fever vaccination. Not an every day purchase. Um..good luck with that, too. 🙂 I bought a statin. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/67 "2012-02-08T00:30:19Z")
15 dollars worth of gas. Twice. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/68 "2012-02-08T00:34:32Z")
A bathroom. Just finished the remodel & wrote a check to the contractor. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/69 "2012-02-08T01:05:23Z")
An 8-pack of tuna. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/70 "2012-02-08T01:38:00Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I’m pulling for you! Good luck! > > -D/a Victory! Thank you for your support. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/71 "2012-02-08T01:38:33Z")
Wagon wheel pasta. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/72 "2012-02-08T04:02:54Z")
Bacardi Gold Rum. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/73 "2012-02-08T04:07:33Z")
Gas. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/74 "2012-02-08T04:22:27Z")
[Haribo Gummy Peaches](http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-Gummi-Candy-Peaches-5-Ounce/dp/B000EVT07O) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/75 "2012-02-08T04:40:57Z")
_Vanished Kingdoms_ by Norman Davies (a used copy at half price) ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/76 "2012-02-08T06:27:45Z")
Today, I bought a hoof pick. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/77 "2012-02-08T09:18:10Z")
A throw rug far a friend’s birthday, which isn’t till July. It’s patterened with a Union Jack and has a Southern Cross in the centre (proper red-centred five-point stars, not the Aussie ones). Since my friend’s very much a pommy kiwi, it was too perfect to leave. A different friend told me she bought my birthday present today, my birthday’s at the end of June. Must be something in the air today. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/78 "2012-02-08T09:41:03Z")
It would be interesting to repeat this thread on [November 23 and 24](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Nothing_Day). ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/79 "2012-02-08T13:11:47Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Today, I bought a hoof pick. Hoof picks with that kinda cross-bar handle are very handy for tightening the laces on a corset. Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048/80 "2012-02-08T14:36:52Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Hoof picks with that kinda cross-bar handle are very handy for tightening the laces on a corset. Just sayin’ LOL, nope, no corsets. I bought it for the horse rescue I volunteer for, they are always in need of grooming supplies. (I bought them a mane & tail brush too, but the OP only wanted one item. 😉 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-thing-you-bought-today/612048.md?page=5)