Actually I’m quite grateful to Mr. Blue Sky, because now I can play along. I have the usual keyboard, monitor, etc. (I’ve also got a fork and a mini calculator.) Additionally:
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[li]A tuning fork[/li][li]A squirt bottle originally containing Simple Green, now filled with (slightly Simple Green-fragranced) water.[/li][li]two antique wooden wine boxes[/li][li]a photo of a spiderweb taken by a photographer named Webb[/li][li]a 1973 VW Beetle speedometer[/li][/ul]
Cell-phone - check
1/2 full glass of water - check
pencil lead - check
… that’s about it from the lists …
My stuff:
assorted empty beer bottles / cans
empty Dr. Pepper cans
thermos coffee cup
empty bag of popcorn
empty packs of cigarettes
paper plate, paper towel, and a fork
3 empty wine bottles
various pieces of mail
various ink pens
assorted CDs
2 broken video cards
cellphone
voltmeter
the head of an alligator (long since deceased)
sword
currency from several different countries
burned out light bulb
2 helicopter flight manuals
a roll of stamps,
a purple bangle bracelet
a obituary clipping from my grandfather
my senior year book
a sharpie black marker
a clock
a bar of homemade soap
an empty glass
5 yards of ribbon ( used to make pew bows )
a small gas engines book, for 2 and 4 cycle engines!
5 stuffed animals
2 snow globes
3 pony tail holders
8 pictures of my kids
176 Disney movies
a mortar and pestle
an “Earth and Beyond” manual
a box of envelopes
several Harry Potter posters
a couple of anime wall scrolls
a freezer
a vaccuum cleaner
a plastic fork
a digital clock
Car Keys
Remote
Blank CDs
Glasses
Digital Clock
Coaster (mine is an AOL cd)
Some other things…
5 empty coke cans all in a row.
A few trophies for various things.
A big-ass poster of Optimus Prime, another from Army of Darkness.
A huge inflatable Budweiser bottle wearing a sombrero (beat that!).
An empty bottle of “Fat Bastard” brand white wine.
A sword my grandfather got in WW2
A commerarative bottle of Coca-Cola (Florida Gators, 1996 National Champions)
My tallit and yarmulke.
Happy Apple.
Some cigars.
I suppose it’s not really fair, since my computer is in my bedroom.
Not Yet Listed
Trophies (None are mine)
My brother and sister’s athletic pictures
An unopened California Customs Hot Wheels
Many videos
Television
Silverware
Plates
Cups
Ceramic Birds
Cucumber Melon Body Lotion
A hamster cage
Two Telescopes
A Barrel
A Rocking Chair
Towels
Several Lamps
Full set of furniture
DVD/CD player
Playstation
Gameboy SP (mine’s Cobalt, though.)
Swiss Army Knife
Calling Card
Nail Clippers
Scissors
Sunburn Lotion
Pencil Lead
DVD’s
Black Sharpie Marker
Spoon
Some interesting things at/near my desk not listed:
Hamster
Rat
Half-eaten cucumber sandwich (though thatwill hopefully not be here much longer)
Canned Air
Various computer game boxes and manuals (the most notable being Star Wars: Galaxies.)
TI-82 Graphing Calculator
An unopened can of “American Star” sweet peas, where also has the product name in what I can only assume is Russian.
Silicon wafer discs
Laptop screen cleaning fluid
Class ring
Four pairs of Sunglasses
A stainless steel drinking flask (you know, the kind that drunks keep in their coat pockets) that has my name, the word “Groomsman,” and the date of my sister’s wedding engraved on it (I’d like to see someone else have THAT item)
Two things of deoderant
A seashell
A Vampire: The Masquerade character sheet
A vulture beanie baby
An empty bottle of Southern Comfort
A mini-plush Cthulu
Dice (both the standard six-sided and the many other polygons)
The latest copy of Maxim
A beanbag with the word “Crows” on it and a URL : www.alphachirho.org
A key to my mom’s van that she no longer has
Keys to the doors to the place I worked at last summer I forgot to return
A key to the old doorknob I had on my bedroom
A key to the soda machine in the basement
Empty two-liter bottle of Sierra Mist
A mini-proto board
Various ticket stubs
A collection of The Tick pins
About $60 in ones and another $50 in change (from previously mentioned soda machine)
Hahaha, And I just sctarched the surface.
I didn’t mention:
Laundry Baskets
Globe
Pile of Rolling Stone Magazines
Several Yearbooks
A Framed picture of the Beatles
Picture of a 57 Chevy on the wall
Reprint of Action Comics # 1 on the wall
Several ankle braces
Coffee Table
Portable Heater
Portable Fan
Radio
Three blankets
All of this, and more in Mudshark’s Computer Room!
New items: (The caveat being computer is in my bedroom, which also houses the collection of stuff we will be putting on eBay.)
Curved glass Italianate china cabinet
2 matching endtables
matching marble top coffeetable
Full size suit of armor
5 foot wide roll of white leather
3 chandelieres
3 sewing machines
loom
antique settee
200 year old chair
26 Harlan Ellison books
17 pairs of size 4 shoes (I wear a MUCH larger size)
Leiderhosen
hardware off a small Cessna (belly pod is in the garage)
Actually on desk:
trays with 30-40 glasses frames, some expensive ones
Best Data USB modem (we have cable modem)
Mardi Gras mask
box of syringes and needles for Sandostatin
empty Sandostatin bottle
flashlight
Three books, in sequence, Per Anhalter durch die Galaxie, Das Restaurant am Ende des Universums, and Das Leben das Universum und der ganzeRest. Why they are on my desk, I do not know.
2 candles (jar type)
Phillips-head screwdriver
pink bow
pair of men’s size medium orange boxers (with white polka dots)
Febreeze
metal spatula
watch with Schnauzer on the face
17 CDs
sea sponge
CIA mug and paperweight
seam ripper
somebody else’s Ambien
decapitated Hello Kitty toy
Catalogue
Monitor
Telephone
Assorted sheets of paper
Keyboard
Cable modem
My senior year book
A sharpie black marker
A clock
A bar of homemade soap
Tissues
Scrabble CD-Rom game (3 of them actually)
Blank writable discs
Postcards
A hamster cage (avec hamster – his name is Willy)
Flashlight
I also have:
38 Monopoly games all different editions.
A 5 foot sign of the monopoly logo from the board center
Various other monopoly items including clothing and a train set
A fireproof safe
An elefun
2 larger than life snards
Yarn
Frog valentine stickers
A snoopy table and chair set
A rain guage