# The Devil Made Me Do It **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001 "2005-12-23T19:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/21 "2005-12-23T23:08:07Z")
I’m thinking of buying ( actually have decided to buy ) an expensive replica sword, something I have zero use for other than as decoration. Worse, I’ll probably end up buying multiple ones. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![lalaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@lalaith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalaith)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/22 "2005-12-24T02:27:28Z")
Lingerie. Victoria’s Secret has an after clearance clearance sale twice a year, and I am there waiting for them at 10 AM sharp to open. I already have way more silk/lace teddie, slips, etc. than I need, _but not as many as I want_. I noticed last time I got more see-through nighties than silk/lace combos, but that reflected what they had available. However, I then discovered I **like** see-through. At this point, I could probably wear a different outfit to sleep in every night for two months. So do I need anymore? There’s no conceivable way for me to justify it. But, their January clearance sale is coming up and then the after clearance clearance sale happens and yet again I will be there. LOL Not only will I be there… we have two Victoria’s Secrets and I hit them both that morning. I even go to both stores the day before to see who has the better selection so I can go to that store first the next morning. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/23 "2005-12-24T15:35:58Z")
It use to be NASCAR diecast but I realized after collecting over 2000 of them, I don’t have the room to store them much less display them. Of course now that I decide to sell a bunch of them on eBay the bottom has fallen out of the market for them. Some pieces I paid a premium for a few years ago did not draw one bid on eBay. My latest collection that I have begun expanding on is Monopoly game tokens. I have been able to pick up a bunch on eBay but some of the highly desirable pieces require buying the whole game. I now have over 100 unique tokens and 12 different versions of Monopoly. And I’m getting the Seattle version tomorrow for Christmas. Get to add the Space Needle to my collection. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/24 "2005-12-24T18:10:40Z")
> [@lalaith](#): > > Lingerie. Victoria’s Secret has an after clearance clearance sale twice a year, and I am there waiting for them at 10 AM sharp to open. I already have way more silk/lace teddie, slips, etc. than I need, _but not as many as I want_. > > I noticed last time I got more see-through nighties than silk/lace combos, but that reflected what they had available. However, I then discovered I **like** see-through. > > At this point, I could probably wear a different outfit to sleep in every night for two months. So do I need anymore? There’s no conceivable way for me to justify it. I refuse to believe this without out photographic evidence! Much photographic evidence. (post party) Post number 3,000 yea me. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/25 "2005-12-24T20:58:44Z")
Right now, it’s geek toys. I just got an iPod, a laptop and a shortwave radio for graduation. I only bought the iPod, but the laptop and radio were gifts. However, what makes this a problem is that I’m buying all the ancillary stuff, too. I need a better Wi-Fi card. I need guidebooks to find the right broadcasts, and depending on the reception I get, will probably need an outside antenna, too. Someone save me from this! Robin ---
**Author:** ![mamboman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mamboman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mamboman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/26 "2005-12-24T21:23:52Z")
Books, books, books. I set myself a target of 40 new books a year and I’m starting #39 now! I suspect, though, 2006 is going to be the year of the hat fetish. mm ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/27 "2005-12-25T14:31:51Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Books. I have 10 in the queue and more on the way for Christmas. And I will still buy more, I’m guessing. > > Sweets. I eat way too much processed sugar. And chocolate. I have started eating apples but I still crave processed sugar. As predicted I got lots of books for Christmas AND 110 dollars worth of book gift cards. Woohoo! I do loves me my books. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/28 "2005-12-25T15:23:37Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Books and DVDs. I have hundreds of DVDs, and thousands of books. I’ve got them three and four deep in the bookcases, I’ve got them in drawers, I’ve got them in boxes, I’ve got them covering ridiculous amounts of surface space. But I can’t stop! You and I share the book addiction. My stepson moved out a month ago and I have already pounced on his room with announcements of turning it into a library. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/29 "2005-12-25T16:30:26Z")
Prostitutes. Every day I tell myself, “Otto, this is the day you are not going to buy any more prostitutes!” But then I find myself in my car, driving down Hooker Alley. “I’m just _looking_!” I tell myself. “I’m just curious, that doesn’t mean I have to _buy_ any new prostitutes!” Then, of course, I see the new prostitute, and it’s a new style or a color I haven’t seen before, and I just _have_ to have it. I tell ya, when it comes to prostitutes, I have no will power. Oh, and wrapping paper. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/30 "2005-12-25T21:45:45Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Right now, it’s geek toys. I just got an iPod, a laptop and a shortwave radio for graduation. I only bought the iPod, but the laptop and radio were gifts. > > However, what makes this a problem is that I’m buying all the ancillary stuff, too. I need a better Wi-Fi card. I need guidebooks to find the right broadcasts, and depending on the reception I get, will probably need an outside antenna, too. > > Someone save me from this! > > Robin The nice part about shortwave is that you can make an antenna out of a length of wire. For a 1/2 wave antenna, your length in feet is equal to 468 divided by the desired frequency in megahertz. I’m guilty of those things already mentioned: books, music, tools, and office stuff. ---
**Author:** ![lalaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@lalaith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lalaith)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/31 "2005-12-26T00:28:40Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > I refuse to believe this without out photographic evidence! Much photographic evidence… Hey, I’m not Paris Hilton. Guy gets out a camera :eek: when I’m dressed in, well, some of the items I have, and it’s not gonna be happenin’ 😉 > [@Rick](#): > > (post party) Post number 3,000 yea me. Congrats on the 3000 posts!! ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/32 "2005-12-26T01:01:33Z")
I’m another book addict. Even if I never bought another volume, I won’t live long enough to read all the books I own but haven’t got around to reading yet. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/33 "2005-12-26T05:29:16Z")
[unrelated aside: do you ever scroll fast up or down within a thread, and a word combination jumps out at you - and you have to go back to see what it was? “Dances with Prostitutes”. I thought it was a username, but it was DancesWithCats combined with the above post. Okay, it was funny to me, tho.] Books, books, books, 99% yet unread. When my bookcases are all full I clear out a couple hundred unread books and give them to libraries, then buy more new ones to fill up the empty space. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/34 "2005-12-26T05:35:32Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > Fabric. Oh yeah, fabric. It’s so _pretty_! And I know I’ll use it in something eventually! It’s a lot like candy, only without the calories, thus better. I do quilt a lot, but I have way more fabric than I could really use very soon, especially since I usually buy some for whatever project I’m doing (because my stash is not big enough, yep). The thing is, if you don’t buy it when you see it, you’ll never see it again–so you have to buy it. Anyway I love all that fabric.Fabric, though, I have to buy. Whenever I go to any other city, I have to check out the quilt stores and usually buy something. (For you non-quilters, this is hardly unusual; we’re all like this.) Been there, recovered fabriholic. I have so much unwashed, folded designer quilt fabric, batiks, and hand-dyeds, that they fill a closet, even organized and stored tightly in boxes. It’s on a second storey, and I’m seriously afraid that the weight of it all will come crashing down someday. I don’t expect to quilt anymore - had my fill after 11 years - but I can’t seem to find a way to dispense with the fabric any good way. Any ideas, dangermom? ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/35 "2005-12-26T06:16:32Z")
DVDs. I must have more to add to my bookshelf full (not _a_ shelf, an entire shelving unit), alphabetized by title. Books. I must have more to add to my many bookshelves full, organized by subject and author. Guns. I just like collecting old guns. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001/36 "2005-12-27T14:12:15Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I also have tons of pajamas, and sleep naked. But the thing is, pajamas are all I wear when I’m at home. I suppose I still don’t need twenty sets, though. That’s the exact rationalization I use. I change into jammies the moment I get home from anywhere. But I could probably wear a different set every day for a month. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-devil-made-me-do-it/337001.md?page=1)