# The Straight Dope Lost and Found Desk **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776 "2003-10-11T01:23:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [October 16, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/81 "2003-10-16T19:44:05Z")
Found: One gold ring, inscription: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/82 "2003-10-16T19:49:43Z")
Lost, thanks to **furryman** : all hope for freedom in Middle-Earth. Found: new job as Cooperation Facilitator in The Pits. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/83 "2003-10-16T20:05:33Z")
Found today: A pen. Covered in labels and tape. The innermost label says “Ann’s Pen”. The next label says “Conor’s Pen”. The next says “Orla’s pen”. The next, “No, this is Ann’s pen”. The next, “Wrong. It’s Conor’s Pen”. Then: “This is actually Orla’s pen”. The outermost, that intrigued me enough to make me unwrap it: “For the last time, this is Ann’s pen. Orla and Conor keep your filthy hands off!” Shame she dropped it in the street, after all that effort. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/84 "2003-10-16T20:19:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by furryman \* > \*\*Found: One gold ring, inscription: > Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul \*\* You should e-mail **Sauron**. He’s mentioned losing just such a ring and offered a reward for it’s return. ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/85 "2003-10-16T23:11:10Z")
Lost: The Great Explosion by Eric Frank Russell. One of my favourite books of all time. (and if you’re up there Uncle Bill, looking down, or down there, looking up, I know you had it… so please put it on the back step and I’ll say no more about it) Found: One front door, after an exhaustive search up and down the street. I know I’d been down the pub for the evening but I’m sure my house was further down the road than it is now. V ---
**Author:** ![Pez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5e9695/32.png) [@Pez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pez)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/86 "2003-10-17T02:28:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*Lost: One wife. > Found: One girlfriend. \*\* as I understand it it’s ususally the other way around… Found: computer-games Lost: a lot of time ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/87 "2003-10-17T03:37:30Z")
Lost: Sanity, Youth, Innocence, and Hope for the Future. And lots of sleep while playing Alpha Centauri. Found: One wife, Two Kids, MY copy of Peter the Great (Great Book, eh? ;)) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/88 "2003-10-17T17:46:34Z")
Lost: One 1920’s style death ray. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@DeepPurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/89 "2003-10-17T20:33:59Z")
Lost: man’s Class ring from Ocala FL, gold, sized for female, about a 7. Bobcat head on top, no stone, initials JFC engraved inside. Found: Way cool coin from Iceland. Has two fish on it, & the number 10. Found in the ice on sidewalk in Iowa City, IA. Tell me what street you lost it on & how & it’s yours! ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/90 "2003-10-17T20:47:22Z")
**Lost** 3 copies of _A Child’s Garden of Grass_ - I musta been high. **Found** Nothing… if it’s yours, I’ll happily return it. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/91 "2003-10-17T21:12:29Z")
**Lost** : a 1997 Coeur de Leon (my high-school yearbook), with many signatures. My school ID card. A Mudd Club purse containing a bank card and a Borders’ gift certificate (this was stolen). A couple pairs of blue shoes, a white sweater, black twills and various other articles of clothing left behind in locker rooms and dressing rooms. Several pairs of earrings. Patience. Found: Various ways to suck up all time imaginable… ---
**Author:** ![bulletproofcoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@bulletproofcoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bulletproofcoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776/92 "2004-07-25T04:57:08Z")
Found: the skimpy speedo in my bottom drawer. Lost: my pride [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-lost-and-found-desk/206776.md?page=4)