# The weird objects game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027 "2003-07-21T22:45:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/41 "2003-07-22T17:29:40Z")
I have: pencil lead black thread Lego (not Star Wars, but it has a little astronaut guy on some kind of rocket) glue stick car keys alarm clock Mardi Gras beads catalogs by the ton black sharpie I also have: hand-held fan mini rainbow slinky clip-on flashing safety light squishy glow-in-the-dark moon poster for “The Crawling Eye” two fortune cookie fortunes lanyard egg cup with feet (full of paper clips) Tigger pez dispenser misprinted glass trophy (not mine) kazoo ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/42 "2003-07-22T18:31:02Z")
From previous lists: pencil lead glow-in-the-dark paint black thread tweezers Swiss Army knife black light promotional frisbee (nerf-type foam) 6" plastic Eric Cartman (belongs to an office-mate, but its sitting on one of my cabinets) mortar & pestle (gotta take that home) Gameboy SP spoons & forks canned air plush Cthulhu dice (a full set, like my fellow gamer **bouv** ) portable fan (It gets really hot here in hel…I mean, Dallas.) Mardi Gras mask (plus some dragon masks and such) flashlight various screwdrivers candles ginger (crystallized ginger, mmmm…) Other stuff: LART (made from rainbow-colored ribbon cable) webshooter vial of heather oil mummified cat (fake, so you PETA people leave me be) Bondage Moose[sup]TM[/sup] Dalmutation (plush two-headed dog–a Meanie Baby) plush Bun-Bun (a rabbit with a switchblade) theatrical makeup kit can of cold vulcanizing fluid overload protection circuit from a 100-foot long microwave oven clip leads business card for “J.J. Steele, Confidential Agent” instructions for assembling a coffin _The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox_ Japanese primer, dictionary, and workbook foam rubber ball bearing a gunshot smiley paintbrushes list of quantum physics product warnings lockpicks (both good spring-steel picks and some made from paperclips) Ocarina of Time (not the game, an actual ocarina) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/43 "2003-07-22T19:16:45Z")
I’ve got the lead, in multiple colors and sizes. I’ve got a Willie Simpsons figure Shells from many beaches, all gifts Pressed pennies from Six Flags, Florida and Devil’s Tower One PIAA light Leprechaun in a can Bazooka Joe box of comics Motorcycle toy Motorcycle helmet Motorcycle Boots Motorcycle Jacket (guess who rode to work today) 500 count of rainbow paperclips Compas for drawing circles Engineer scale 12" pair of scissors 2 Dunkin’ Donuts napkins One of those ink pens that you have to dip in ink. x-acto knife 14lbs bowling ball bowling shoes earplugs lug nut two, count em two lunch bags, neither of them gets used two hole punch Newgrange spiral ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/44 "2003-07-23T01:53:53Z")
Actually, there is a hamster in the cage. And today, a large blue trash can appeared in the room. ---
**Author:** ![Vastard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Vastard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vastard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/45 "2003-07-23T02:25:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Edward The Head \* > x-acto knife > two, count em two lunch bags, neither of them gets used > \*\* I’ve got both of those (I don’t use the lunch bags either!) Other things: A Leatherman Three homemade quilts A two-dollar bill Blown glass perfume bottles An orchid A pile of fortunes from fortune cookies Three rolls of grey duct tape One roll of white duct tape ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/46 "2003-07-23T03:11:22Z")
From the lists: cell phone socks empty popcorn bag empty glass mortar and pestle ticket stubs Mardi Gras mask ginger (pickled) several fortune cookie fortunes stuffed animals New stuff: 2 sets of chopsticks a half-empty Zima bottle statue of Shiva purple jump rope Hello Kitty backpack autographed picture of James Marsters carpet shampooer ---
**Author:** ![skyzoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/47 "2003-07-23T04:33:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*originally posted by \ ***xgxlx** > Aquafina bottle… This one, (and _full!_) and… 1. computer 2. tranqilizers, (_with refills._) 3. crisis center phone number (_I am prepared._) 4. a clock with world time zone listings But, that’s just me. 😉 (trying to keep what 🆒 remains) next SDMB member? :dubious: …what are _your_ weird objects? ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/48 "2003-07-23T06:09:35Z")
How about the disembodied head of Dwight D. Eisenhower? ---
**Author:** ![The\_MacDairmuid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_MacDairmuid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_MacDairmuid)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/49 "2003-07-23T06:45:29Z")
I have a sword and firecrackers near my desk. My own list of wierd objects: American Flyer NY Central System 4-6-4 Locomotive Clay beaver, a 20-year junior high school art project “Tips of the DOOM Programming Gurus” Guide “Official Duke-Nukem 3-D Guide” “VB4 Programmer’s Guide” Sports-bottle shaped like Marvin the Martian Pair of leather boots from when I was maybe four Bag of 30-pin SIMMS A Conferate artillery major’s uniform (replica) Two rifles and a shotgun Valve grinding compound Unopened Ozzy Osbourne Action Figure (complete with headless bats) Topographical maps of a couple hundred square miles of the surrounding territory An original Carmageddon CD Two working TI-99/4As Two 1935 $1 Silver Certificates ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/50 "2003-07-23T10:27:10Z")
Today there is a Beeblebear on my desk. And I roll of duct tape… hmmm… **Vastard** , did you put duct tape on my desk? ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/51 "2003-07-24T07:43:40Z")
I’m boring next to you guys, but I do have two ice axes, some crampons a box of cereal and an open bottle of meths. ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027/52 "2003-07-24T12:21:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The MacDairmuid \* > \*\*My own list of wierd objects: > > Sports-bottle shaped like Marvin the Martian\*\* Well, I hope this counts, as I have a little Marvin the Martian figurine atop my computer monitor pointing his little ray gun directly at my forehead. As for my list: [ul] [li]A bunch of Godzilla figures [natch] of various sizes[/li][li]A lava lamp[/li][li]A glass Coca-Cola bottle from China[/li][li]A “Notary Public” sign[/li][li]A small Chinese snuff bottle decorated with pandas[/li][li]A collage made up of the disassembled parts of a pocket watch[/li][li]A copy of “The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style”[/li][li]A framed photograph of me with Chow Yun Fat[/li][li]A nifty green laser pointer with a range of two miles [/li][/ul] Barry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-weird-objects-game/190027.md?page=2)