# Tell me you don't want this desk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284 "2013-08-15T05:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/41 "2013-08-16T18:41:42Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I like it, but I fear I’d never find anything I put in it. I’m not terribly fond of the ornamentation - except the inlay on the inside of the writing surface. Exactly what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/42 "2013-08-16T18:45:42Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Really. Come on, you can NOT convince me you do not want this desk. > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKikHxKeodA&feature=youtu.be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKikHxKeodA&feature=youtu.be) > Can you? I don’t want that desk. I’ve already got two exactly like it; one is just gathering dust in the garage, and the other one is taking up WAY more space in my daughter’s bedroom than she’s comfortable with (although she _does_ enjoy hiding her back issues of _Seventeen_ magazine in the secret compartments). ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/43 "2013-08-16T19:51:50Z")
If I had two, I’d turn one into an ironing board. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/44 "2013-08-16T19:56:16Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I wonder what that thing weighs? Nothing, unless it has a built in scale.😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nerdessence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@Nerdessence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nerdessence)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/45 "2013-08-17T19:46:21Z")
I’ll keep my drawer-less glass and black metal desk, thanks. I’m not a big fan of drawers. I don’t even own a proper dresser. I prefer bins. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/46 "2013-08-17T21:07:29Z")
I don’t want that desk. Now, call me when there’s a desk that turns into Optimus Prime, that one I’ll take. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/47 "2013-08-17T23:24:44Z")
I like the concept, but it’s way too gaudy. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/48 "2013-08-18T08:38:25Z")
It’s grossly impractical, but I like pushing buttons and it would make me feel like I’m living in a Harry Potter novel. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/49 "2013-08-18T09:49:04Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > No, thank you, it’d lose its novelty within a fortnight. I prefer practical furniture that does what it says on the tin. > > If it came in tins. > > I’ve often thought, as thousands of others have, of wanting secret passages in my dream home. And then I realise they’re no good if they don’t have a practical use, and as I’d be living alone, vegetating on my couch for most of every day, they’d be wasted on me, so it’s really a silly idea. The secret passage in your home is there for your nieces and nephews (and their dog) to discover when they are visiting during summer holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/50 "2013-08-18T10:11:02Z")
> [@Longshanks](#): > > The James Bond of desks. > [@Sunspace](#): > > It looks like the kind of desk Beethoven or Mozart would have written music at, if they were really James Bond. Yeah, “James Bond movie” was my thought as well. Either Q would show it off to Bond, or it would be the _villain’s_ desk and Bond would have to frantically search the thing without getting caught. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/51 "2013-08-18T11:25:31Z")
I don’t want the desk ---
**Author:** ![slomomofo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@slomomofo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slomomofo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/52 "2013-08-18T12:35:38Z")
No way, that thing is hideous. Far too ornate and oversized- functionality over flamboyance is my preference. Besides which, how on earth would you decorate the room around that thing if you don’t already live in a castle with all the matching baroque trappings? My computer, not Louis XIV, lives on my desk. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/53 "2013-08-18T12:36:44Z")
Still don’t want the desk ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/54 "2013-08-18T13:35:27Z")
I’m pretty sure I saw that desk in National Treasure.😉 I’m going to steal that desk and replace it with a cheap copy made by IKEA. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/55 "2013-08-18T13:39:41Z")
interesting to look at, so thanks for posting it. Der Trihs was right, that there is a villain’s desk. ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/56 "2013-08-18T14:16:54Z")
Nice, but they left out the cuckoo clock, playing songs from The Sound of Music. Now, THAT would be classy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/57 "2013-08-18T16:24:06Z")
> [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](#): > > Nice, but they left out the cuckoo clock, playing songs from The Sound of Music. > > Now, THAT would be classy. 🙂 It does have that spiffy rotating niche for a ‘holy icon’ on top. You could put something in there. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/58 "2013-08-19T14:27:52Z")
It’s beautiful but not functional. At least for me. The desk is something you’d show off to friends, not use. I wonder how much it costs? ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/59 "2013-08-23T17:49:19Z")
Problem is there’s really no place to put your weed. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284/60 "2013-08-23T17:57:37Z")
People would probably object when I needed to drill a hole for my computer power and network cables. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-you-dont-want-this-desk/666284.md?page=2)