# Useless crap that you want. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608 "2002-05-12T07:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/1 "2002-05-12T07:46:30Z")
For me, it is a green laser pointer. I have no idea what I would use it for, I just think that it would be cool. Next? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/2 "2002-05-12T08:05:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > \*\*For me, it is a green laser pointer. > > I have no idea what I would use it for, I just think that it would be cool. > > Next? \*\* I want a Cobra Camera-Head. And a green laser pointer. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/3 "2002-05-12T08:06:38Z")
I want a cordless phone. Not a cell phone. A cordless phone. Nevermind that I live in a tiny one-bedroom apartment and have a phone cord that reaches every corner. Nevermind that I talk on the phone about once a week…that I’m online most of the time. I WANT my cordless phone. Unfortunately I don’t have the spare change to purchase one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Clever\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Clever\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clever_Hans)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/4 "2002-05-12T08:08:13Z")
Yes, I too want this laser pointer. Also an old school laser tag pistol and vest, a hypercolor shirt, and ripped stone washed jeans… MY GOD I just realized, I want the 80’s AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/5 "2002-05-12T08:24:36Z")
Are you all green laserpointer addicts? I’ve been craving for a red tie with the hammer and sickle emblem on it. I don’t wear ties that often, and a red tie would look terrible together with my jacket, and others would declare me mad, but I want that tie. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/6 "2002-05-12T09:47:31Z")
I want a metal working shop. And a green laser pointer. ---
**Author:** ![reoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@reoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reoch)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/7 "2002-05-12T10:25:45Z")
I want one of those thingies that chops veggies for you real quick because I’m so lazy cutting them. And a RED laser pointer…haha Reoch ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/8 "2002-05-12T10:26:56Z")
Screw the green lasers. _Blue_ lasers are where it’s at. Myself, I want a PocketPC handheld. Not that they’re useless crap, per se, except that I have absolutely no need for one now or in the foreseable future. But this doesn’t stop me from browsing online reviews and compulsively playing with them whenever I’m in a tech store. I fear that, with my upcoming income tax refund (woohoo!), I’ll succumb to this ridiculous urge. Mmmmmm, shiny new toy… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Mr.Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Zero)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/9 "2002-05-12T10:40:33Z")
I want a girlfriend, I know I know, totally useless but they sometimes have their uses. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/10 "2002-05-12T11:19:48Z")
My life. Useless but I do not want to get rid of it. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![Skijumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@Skijumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skijumper)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/11 "2002-05-12T11:33:33Z")
I already have a laser pointer. Someone who thought I needed one gave it to me. Still haven’t used it. I too want a Pocket PC… and a new mobile phone… and a new pair of cross-trainers… and one of those expensive steam-cleaning machines. ok, enough ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/12 "2002-05-12T12:36:07Z")
I want a job. And a green laser pointer. And a cat that I can torment with the green laser pointer. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/13 "2002-05-12T13:56:20Z")
If Ron Popeil makes it, I want one. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/14 "2002-05-12T14:31:27Z")
Dear Santa: I would like a little black kitten that will grow up and match the two black cats I already have. Oh, and I want a hamster. A black one!. And a red laser pointer with which to torment all of them. Thanks Santa. I’ve been good…I promise 😉 ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/15 "2002-05-12T14:33:00Z")
Oh, and I want a Superman lunchbox. ---
**Author:** ![odd-socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@odd-socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odd-socks)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/16 "2002-05-12T14:43:25Z")
A pogo stick. ---
**Author:** ![Clever\_Hans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Clever\_Hans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clever_Hans)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/17 "2002-05-12T14:46:25Z")
**Skijumper** I will trade you a 1980’s 14 pounder cell phone, and a left Bo Jackson Crosstrainer for your laser pointer. (I went out and bought the 80’s last night.) Added to my list, one bamboo chopstick (preferably the top one), an exact replica of lambchop, a signed poster of the staff of reading rainbow, a big red radio flyer, a box of empty fortune cookies, and a third nipple. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/18 "2002-05-12T15:00:34Z")
A light sabre. [The type that really works](http://www.lightsaberreplicas.com/VadRRlarge.html) ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/19 "2002-05-12T15:35:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hodge \* > \*\*Screw the green lasers. _Blue_ lasers are where it’s at. > > Myself, I want a PocketPC handheld. Not that they’re useless crap, per se, except that I have absolutely no need for one now or in the foreseable future. But this doesn’t stop me from browsing online reviews and compulsively playing with them whenever I’m in a tech store. I fear that, with my upcoming income tax refund (woohoo!), I’ll succumb to this ridiculous urge. > > Mmmmmm, shiny new toy… \*\* You GET that Pocket PC!! You get it and enjoy it! I had one (untill it was stolen, as talked about in another thread). And although I too had no decent use for it, it was the coolest thing ever. You know how when you buy some gadget you eventually tire of it? That never happend, more than two years of ownership and the thing never lost that giddy "_ohmygodthisisthecooleststraightoutofStarTrekthingever!!!_ " feeling. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608/20 "2002-05-12T16:05:42Z")
I want the Casio Global Positioning Satelite watch. Not like I go backpacking any more or anything, but I’ve been using Casio altimeter/thermometer/electronic compass watches for many long years, and now I just have to have the GPS baby. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-crap-that-you-want/108608.md?page=2)