# Wallet shtuff **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2000, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310 "2000-08-22T14:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/21 "2000-08-22T21:47:21Z")
· A couple dozen receipts · US$28.00 · Assorted French, Greek, and English money · Four British Telecom phone cards · Credit card · Two debit cards · AA frequent-flyer card · Blockbuster card · Sprint phone card · Hartford-to-Charlotte USAir boarding pass · Ticket stub for The Story of Us, dated 10/23/99 · Driver’s license · Two “one stamp each visit” cards from a Chinese place I go to a lot · Assorted business cards All in all, kind of standard. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/22 "2000-08-22T21:54:55Z")
sit back this’ll be a minute 2 Visas 1 MasterCard 1 Visa Check Card 1 AMEX (the companies) 1 Advantage Card American Airlines 1 Southwest Mileage Rewards Card 1 Budget Card 1 Safeway Club Card 1 Lucky Rewards Card 1 Papa Murphys Pizza punch card half filled 1 Drivers Licencs 1 Calif ID 1 Military ID 1 Driver Permit (got it when it expired last year) 1 Insurance Card Drivers 1 Kaiser Card 6 Monopoly game pieces (MickeyD variety) Assorted Business Cards SS card Oooh and $20 (dont know where it came from I dont carry money in my wallet) 1 Library Card 6pr movie receipts (Phantom Menace, The Haunting, uh never mind) Receipts from last sales trip (note to self turn them in this time) New gold dollar, 1976 quarter, 1966 penny Ann Landers column ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/23 "2000-08-22T23:07:44Z")
Forty bucks, in cash. An American Million dollar bill. Two Ruckers winners receipts. A Burger King coupon that I know I will never use. A receipt from Motion Picture & Sound. My drivers licence Debit Card “Rites of Passage” business card. Buzz’s phone number. Two HMV CD club cards An expired B.K. discount card. A coke card. A Card Club card from Carlton Cards. A wet nap. A ‘My Gift is Life’ sticker. A free appetizer or desert card, from Earl’s. Two Kernels cards. A Subshoppe card. A five dollar gift certificate, for WalMart Two two for one coupons for Jimmy Java. A ‘Service card’ from Gift Gate. A list of crap to bring camping on Saturday. Movie stubs to Three Kings, Black and White, 8mm and Inspector Gadget. 55 American stamps. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/24 "2000-08-22T23:47:02Z")
Hey, Trout Mask Replica! I have my MST card crammed into my wallet too-- member #45038. In addition to that, I have: A chunk of rose quartz So much loose change I can’t snap the wallet shut Assorted receipts I don’t really need and will probably throw out now that I’m getting a good look at them Various business cards, including my boyfriend’s & bestfriend’s My student ID and Press Pass, neither of which have been validated for the last few semesters 'cause I just use my employee card for everything ASPCA Membership card My cat’s Burger King Kids Club membership card Blood Donor card (O Negative, baby!) Expired Mobil gas card (I don’t drive) Insurance cards American Sign Language alphabet card Stickers feature me and someone I no longer speak to Macy’s card (why don’t they bill me anymore?) A card featuring the name & number of a guy who used to ride my commuter bus-- he made jewelry and sold it on the bus, then he tried to hit on me A couple of prayer cards Print out from “Blair Witch” tix ordered from [Moviefone.com](http://Moviefone.com) over a year ago-- first date with the BF Starbucks gift certificate ATM card More cash than usual because I just went to an ATM Many many movie ticket stubs Jeez, I need to clean this thing out! ---
**Author:** ![Osakadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/25 "2000-08-23T12:59:56Z")
10,000 yen bill 4 receipts 2 free drink coupons from a resturaunt near work 1 coupon for a yakitori place near home 3 credit cards 1 calling card 3 pre-paid telephone card 1 atm card 1 “alien registration card” (Japanese foreign ID card) 1 current train pass 3 expired train passes (lots of trains here in Osaka) 1 internet cafe members card 1 monthly pass to the above cafe 2 filled out stamp cards and 1 half filled stamp card (worth a free cup of tea at the above cafe) 1 “Curry House” stamp card (worth 1 free curry when complete) 1 medical emergency information sheet - in Japanese and English 1 insurance ID card 1 asthma clinic patient ID card 2 appointment slips for the clinic 2 business cards 1 list of Scotches recomended by a friend 1 list of 15 phone numbers - 4 years out of date 1 50 Zloty bill 1 100 peso bill 1 100 yen bill 1 very old copper 1 sen coin 1 very shiny, new 5 yen coin with a red ribbon tied through the center hole (traditional Japanese good luck charm - “go en” (5 yen) is a homonym for “good relation or connection”. and 2 “delayed train” slips ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/26 "2000-08-23T13:17:29Z")
£10 cash 2 bank cards 1 Bureau de Change reciept 14 used bus tickets 1 Drivers Licence 1 photo of myself and my 2 nephews 1 address 1 printed copy of “The Paddle Boat Song” from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 1. 1 printed copy of “The Raven” by E.A. Poe 6 movie reciepts (including Star Wars ep1, Man on the moon , and Southpark: the Movie 2 Student ID’s (expired) 1 social club card 1 EB discount card 1 Latex condom (ribbed for her pleasure) ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/27 "2000-08-23T13:41:33Z")
3 ATM cards Drivers Licence 2 Credit Cards S.I.N. Card Industrial First Aid Card Birth Certificate Pictures of the kids Work Benefits Card Petro-Points Card (Canadians know what that is) 1953 Nickel 1944 Victory Nickel Famous Players Movie stub…The Klumps No cash. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/28 "2000-08-23T15:17:59Z")
[ul] [li]Georgia Driver’s License[/li][li]Toys 'R Us Chase Gold VISA (my wife’s a sucker for the Geoffrey Dollars we get back as a percentage of our purchases – since we charge everything on this one, it pretty much pays for the diapers for my daughter every month)[/li][li]Wachovia ATM card (refuse to carry debit cards)[/li][li]UNC affinity VISA from MBNA as an emergency backup[/li][li]Corporate AMEX card from my employer[/li][li]Aetna USHC insurance card[/li][li]Delta SkyMiles card[/li][li]MCIWorldCom calling card (work-related)[/li][li]library card[/li][li]voter registration card[/li][li]Wolf Camera Wolfpack membership card[/li][li]Blockbuster Video membership card[/li][li]FCC 3rd class license (a relic of my college radio days)[/li][li]Cub Foods Value Plus card (though I never shop there anymore)[/li][li]Kroger Commitment Cash Card for our local school cluster (the schools get a percentage of the total purchases made by persons who display the card – I’ve really gotta remember to do it)[/li][li]Book Peddlers/Book Warehouse Good Customer Card – sort of like the sub cards, but with books; they stamp it once for every five bucks you spend, and when it’s full, you get $10 off your next purchase. The store where I got it is in an outlet mall in Commerce, GA, and I haven’t been back there since the day I got the card (and 7 stamps). Apparently they also have stores in Anderson, SC, Kannapolis, NC, and other thriving Southern cities that I have no intention of visiting.[/li][li]My wife’s psychiatrist’s business card[/li][li]A pocket calendar for 1999/2000/2001 showing the dates of the Jewish holidays for each year.[/li][li]My Social Security card[/li][li]four pictures each of my two kids, a portrait of my whole family (my parents, myself, my sister, our spouses and kids), a picture of my parents, a picture of my sister and her husband, and two pictures of my wife[/li][li]one of my own business cards (need to replenish)[/li][/ul] I recently got a new wallet and got rid of a bunch of stuff, including a fair-sized collection of business cards. It also helped that my wife’s purse was stolen in January, which meant that we cancelled a bunch of cards and accounts we never used (several video store memberships, a couple of store credit cards, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/29 "2000-08-23T22:15:15Z")
My wallet’s in my backpack at the moment, but I think I know: $103 cash (Hey, it has to last till next week!) A money order for $13 for an online auction sale Debit card My proxy card, so I can borrow books on my professor’s library card Debit card for the copiers at school A filled Subway Club card (free sub!) Waldenbooks Preferred Reader card Charge cards from 3 stores Calling card from Christmas, never used Blockbuster Video gift card GAP gift card Library card Foodland Maika’i card (Hawaii folks know what this is) ID UH ID, cracked through the middle A gold kaeru (frog) good luck charm My friend’s networking lab business card Everything else is in my DayRunner. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/30 "2000-08-23T23:26:32Z")
[ul] Some ephemeral money NJ driver’s license (one with and one without picture). Auto registration card. SS card. Rutgers University employee ID card. Checks and register. Provident Bank debit card. Visa card. Exxon gas card, AAA member card, Firestone card. AT&T and Bell-Atlantic calling cards. A&P and BJ’s store cards. Blockbuster and Easy Video card. RU Library and Library of Congress copy cards. East Brunswick Public Library card. DC Metro card. Delta Frequent Flyer card. Federal Bird Banding Permit from USGS. NJDEP letter of permission to band at Higbee Beach. NJDEP permit to collect blood samples. Year pass to Brigantine NWR. Stamps and a Florida Everglades pen. [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/31 "2000-08-23T23:28:22Z")
I forgot my most important card - the one that gets me into a gated parking lot at work. ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/32 "2000-08-24T00:20:42Z")
Okay sit back and get comfy, you’re going to be here for a while. 1 Staples receipt (since when are they pink and white striped?) $242.60 pesos (can you tell I just got back from a vacation in Mexico?) $6.34 american money 8 movie ticket stubs inckuding one from as far back as '98 1 ticket to the class of 2000 graduation ceremony for my school 15 pictures of me with my best friend (I keep forgetting to give those to people 1 insurance card) 9 fortune cookie fortunes 1 “group effort letter” from my friends when they were bored in computer networking class, it’s covered in various phone numbers now 2 pokemon cards (they were a gift, Pikachu and Eevee) 1 ticket for Knotts Berry Farm (oh the memories of spring break) 2 expired cougar cards (discount card from a nearby high school) 1 expired robotics card 2 oopsy daisy stickers ([www.oopsy-daisy.com](http://www.oopsy-daisy.com)) 1 Emily sticker (Emily isn’t evil. She’s just up to no good) 13 pictures (me when I was about 4, various guy friends together, cousin Britney, cousin April, two of friend from down the street Jessica, Carina with her ex-boyfriendtwo of my friend Sandra the model, soccer picture, pictures of friend’s boyfriend, picture of once best friend, now just evil demon thing, and picture of friend from middle school) 2 school IDs different schools, different years 1 label with my name and address 5 candy wrappers, for color and effect, not trash 3 penguin stickers 1 Queen Amidala “game medallion” 1 button “That’s it I’m calling the mother ship” I really should clean it out shouldn’t I? ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/33 "2000-08-24T00:46:27Z")
Hmmm… $7. 1 ATM card. 2 credit cards. driver’s license. college id. work id card. AAA card. health insurance card. library card. pictures of friends. blockbuster card. a torn off piece of paper with various phone numbers/addresses of people. This is all off the top of my head, so there’s probably some stuff I’m missing. ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/34 "2000-08-24T02:17:09Z")
geez, people…am I the only person here who doesn’t wear clown pants? I mean, what’s next? driver’s licence Visa ATM card Big Mac tire iron library card extra pair of slippers two bananas coonskin cap Ralph’s Club card World Almanac fortune cookie fortunes crackpipe foldable vase small tupperware container … ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/35 "2000-08-24T03:37:02Z")
No clown pants 😉 Just an equally overloaded backpack that’s slowly turning my spine into a chiropractic playground. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/36 "2000-08-24T04:06:47Z")
\*78.48 in cash \*1 token from I don’t know where \*15 dollar borders gift card \*driver’s license \*library card \*spencer’s gifts card \*note from my best friend \*color war camp schedule \*picture of me, my best friend, and a kid we babysat for \*2 pictures of my best friend \*picture of my 2 year old cousin \*picture of my ex boyfriend \*picture of me and 2 friends \*picture of 2 of my friends ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/37 "2000-08-24T04:10:41Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \* > \*\* > Big Mac > tire iron > extra pair of slippers > two bananas > coonskin cap > World Almanac > crackpipe > foldable vase > small tupperware container_\* :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/38 "2000-08-24T10:46:44Z")
…hmmm I was expecting dead moth to fly out - $23 (most I’ve seen in a while!) - 1 ruble coin from the old USSR (CCCP), souvenir from Berlin, 1989 - 1 Saudi riyal note (worth about $.75), souvenir from the Gulf War - 1 Iraqi dinar note, another worthless souvenir from that war - Retired USAF ID card - Florida drivers license - Police ID card - Picture of Mrs Bluepony and I, wedding day - Picture of Babypony #1 - Picture of Babypony #2 - Picture of Babypony #1 at one year old - Picture of Kidpony #1 with Santa - Picture of Kidpony #2 with Easter Bunny - Picture of Mrs Bluepony - Picture of my dad in Pleiku Air Base, Vietnam - American Excuse Optima Card - VISA - Master Card - 1 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) challenge coin - 1 USAF Security Police challenge coin - Blockbuster Video card - “The Works” Car Wash card with 3 of 5 squares stamped - Social Security Card - Sams Club ID - GEICO Insurance Card - Lint and small amount of fuzzy stuff ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/39 "2000-08-24T12:16:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bluepony \* > **…hmmm I was expecting dead moth to fly out** 😃 Sorry, Bluepony, I couldn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![Jester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jester/32/8223_2.png) [@Jester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jester)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310/40 "2000-08-24T14:29:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by poohpah chalupa \* > \*\* > Big Mac > tire iron > library card > extra pair of slippers > two bananas > coonskin cap > Ralph’s Club card > World Almanac > fortune cookie fortunes > crackpipe > foldable vase > small tupperware container > \*\* \ Waaaaiiittttttt a minute…that’s a damn big wallet. And no, no clown pants for Jester, but I rode one of those little tricycles to work today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wallet-shtuff/30310.md?page=3)