# The I WANT IT! thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547 "2009-05-15T17:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/1 "2009-05-15T17:57:26Z")
So you’re wasting time, browsing the net, and then, you see it. It’s the stuff of your dreams, the gizmo you’ve been waiting for. Maybe it’s a combination toenail clipper/joy buzzer, a platinum hat-rack, a life-sized rubber statue of Harrison Ford, or a brain implant that connects you to the Straight Dope via telepathy. It might be weird, expensive, impractical, silly, frivolous, ugly, or all of the above. But darn it, you want it. What (real) must-have items have you come across that you’re probably not going to get, but want to? Mine’s fairly tame- I was looking up cat figurines, when I came across [this guy](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://tigerpixie.com/figurines/FigurinesBanner.jpg&imgrefurl=http://tigerpixie.com/catalog.php%3Fcategory%3D40&usg=__QKL5Bh3BmI22lxrV-fQx36Snv-c=&h=288&w=600&sz=115&hl=en&start=74&tbnid=QOi2eUeRBZe1lM:&tbnh=65&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcat%2Bfigurine%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D60). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/2 "2009-05-15T18:41:54Z")
I want [a bacon explosion.](http://www.bbqaddicts.com/blog/recipes/bacon-explosion/) I’m going to get one on Sunday. I also want a cute little bunny I could train to open envelopes for me. Sadly, I don’t think that’s in my future. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/3 "2009-05-15T18:54:22Z")
I want handpainted Danskos. [http://www.theswanx.com/](http://www.theswanx.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/4 "2009-05-15T18:54:26Z")
I would like an [LG Renoir](http://uk.lge.com/products/model/detail/mobilephones_lgrenoir(kc910).jhtml) but I have no money ☹ Plus my phone works fine, and it’s just a year old. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/5 "2009-05-15T19:15:36Z")
This: [http://www.gminsidenews.com/naias/revitalization/chevroletria/images/chevrolet/detail\_corvette\_front2.jpg](http://www.gminsidenews.com/naias/revitalization/chevroletria/images/chevrolet/detail_corvette_front2.jpg) And this: [http://www.art-of-the-ancient-store.com/images/uploads/Anduril\_M.jpg](http://www.art-of-the-ancient-store.com/images/uploads/Anduril_M.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Floppy\_Joe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Floppy\_Joe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floppy_Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/6 "2009-05-15T20:01:09Z")
I’ve always wanted the “Video Glasses”. The ones have have the video & audio RCA plugs. The ones I really want have the additional feature of a “pass-through” port that allows one to hook into an XBox/PS3/Wii/etc and allows you to connect a second pair of vid-glasses to the first. It is supposed to present the two-player split screen video as a single screen to each of the two players. Did that make sense? One game-box, two-player game, each play is looking at his own view of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/7 "2009-05-15T20:05:08Z")
This: [http://www.schempp-hirth.com/typo3temp/pics/02fc76a3d1.jpg](http://www.schempp-hirth.com/typo3temp/pics/02fc76a3d1.jpg) And someone who’s not afraid of flying to fly with me (pending afraid-of-flying wife’s approval. =P) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/8 "2009-05-15T21:11:46Z")
One of [these](http://www.jr.com/canon/pe/CAN_EF600MMF4L/) would be nice. Wildlife is always too far away and the light is always bad. But at $7600 and 12 pounds(!), I’d have to be a professional photographer to justify it. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/9 "2009-05-15T23:01:31Z")
It was [this thingy](http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=200497&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results), a toaster that also makes a poached egg (and has a tray to warm up ham/sausage/bacon using the steam off the egg) so it all finishes as the exact same time. Then I realized I had a Macy’s gift card leftover from the wedding presents AND it was on sale… OMFG it is made of pure awesome!! Even my husband, while making fun of me for my love of appliances, admits it’s pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/10 "2009-05-15T23:28:06Z")
If I had a credit card I would so buy [this](http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=QW-FEELINGS&Category_Code=QW) t-shirt. And [this](http://store.xkcd.com/#StandBackScience) would be perfect for my friend, a science whiz/geek (and I say that with nothing but the utmost love). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/11 "2009-05-15T23:32:18Z")
When it comes to it, there’s not a whole lot that I really want. [What I _do_ **really** want is expensive](http://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft-for-sale/BEECHCRAFT-T34B-MENTOR/BEECHCRAFT-T34B-MENTOR/1152422.htm?guid=FA3463145A14415B8073072EB169041B). ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/12 "2009-05-15T23:41:52Z")
I just want a new computer - haven’t bothered to spec it out in particular though, as I don’t have a spare $1500 to blow. Also I want a HD video projector to replace my sadly non-HD projector. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/13 "2009-05-15T23:46:21Z")
[Like sunshine on a strap!](http://eluxury.com/estore/browse/product_detail.jsp?id=12126794) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/14 "2009-05-16T00:38:31Z")
My dad asked me to buy him a [Segway](http://www.segway.com/individual/models/i2-commuter.php) when I won the lottery. I guess he got tired of waiting, because he bought himself one a few years back. It’s so damned cool. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/15 "2009-05-16T00:44:13Z")
World peace. Naaaaw, just kidding. I’ll take cash. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/16 "2009-05-16T00:50:07Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > It was [this thingy](http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=200497&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results), a toaster that also makes a poached egg (and has a tray to warm up ham/sausage/bacon using the steam off the egg) so it all finishes as the exact same time. > > Then I realized I had a Macy’s gift card leftover from the wedding presents AND it was on sale… > > OMFG it is made of pure awesome!! Even my husband, while making fun of me for my love of appliances, admits it’s pretty cool. Oh. My. Ghod! WANT! _checks budget_ And I may be ordering one next week! Thanks for intro-ing me to this! ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/17 "2009-05-16T00:55:16Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [What I _do_ **really** want is expensive](http://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft-for-sale/BEECHCRAFT-T34B-MENTOR/BEECHCRAFT-T34B-MENTOR/1152422.htm?guid=FA3463145A14415B8073072EB169041B). No, no. You don’t want one of those. They have a minor flaw of the wings pulling off. I was one of the last people to do aerobatics in them before the FAA put a stop to it. Not sure if that status has changed, but either way, if money is no object, I’d suggest an L-39! Then, after getting some experience in that, move up to a MiG or a Sabre! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/18 "2009-05-16T01:10:51Z")
> [@Mach Tuck](#): > > No, no. You don’t want one of those. They have a minor flaw of the wings pulling off. I was one of the last people to do aerobatics in them before the FAA put a stop to it. Not sure if that status has changed, but either way, if money is no object, I’d suggest an L-39! There’s a fix. Noogle & Black Aviation offers new, stronger wing spars and a rebuild to like-new condition for a mere 40 kilobucks. The linked aircraft doesn’t say if it’s had the repair, but it’s in the price range for a repaired aircraft. There’s a T-34A without the mod and with a 225 hp O-420) for about half the going rate. I used to want an L-39, but… Nah. I just don’t have the desire for one. (Now an A-4 or a T-38… 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/19 "2009-05-16T01:50:32Z")
[This](http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=16303) and everything else that’ll go along with it… I might go with the T1i though… Still weighing the options. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547/20 "2009-05-16T01:53:46Z")
Airplanes? Pffft. I want one of these: [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/8/8a/USS\_Rubicon.jpg](http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/8/8a/USS_Rubicon.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-want-it-thread/496547.md?page=2)