# Things you want to buy to just complete a pointless "collection" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-buy-to-just-complete-a-pointless-collection/790651 "2017-07-06T21:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-buy-to-just-complete-a-pointless-collection/790651/21 "2017-07-10T11:49:18Z")
I don’t have an urge to collect anything. At least not nowadays. So I don’t have an anecdote to share. But I do have the solution to this problem: > [@wolfman](#): > > … > I lost it about 4 months ago when I heard something slide across the roof of my car while turning on the interstate, and very helpfully, at that moment, remembered that I had made a mental note to grab it again on the way back as soon as I took the trash out to the curb. > … It’s always a poor idea to set anything on a car. But if you must do it, set it on the hood in front of the driver seat, NOT on the roof. If you can reach one place you can reach the other, so it’s no extra effort. You’re hard pressed to drive off with your briefcase, purse, phone, coffee cup, or take-out pizza sitting right there in front of you. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-buy-to-just-complete-a-pointless-collection/790651/22 "2017-07-10T19:01:27Z")
I’m pretty sure the blade would snap long before my folding locking one would close on my fingers. The blade is 1/1000000000th of an inch thick and the locking mechanism is 1/8 of thick steel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-want-to-buy-to-just-complete-a-pointless-collection/790651.md?page=1)