# What have I got in my pocket? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 9, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896 "2003-12-09T12:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/1 "2003-12-09T12:38:04Z")
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/2 "2003-12-09T12:40:41Z")
MPSIMS anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/3 "2003-12-09T13:49:23Z")
Well, even though I just lost a particularly precious heirloom recently, I can’t even conceive of you having found it… ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/4 "2003-12-09T14:04:28Z")
Handses! Knife String, or nothing! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/5 "2003-12-09T14:14:08Z")
“Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable?” ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/6 "2003-12-09T14:20:14Z")
Sssssss…What has it got in its pockets, preciousss? Our birthday present, it does! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/7 "2003-12-09T14:28:58Z")
A badger pancreas? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/8 "2003-12-09T14:30:12Z")
Not a fair question, to asks us what it has in its pocketses! ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/9 "2003-12-09T14:38:18Z")
Stole it, it did! ---
**Author:** ![DaisyFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@DaisyFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaisyFace)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/10 "2003-12-09T14:42:47Z")
[song] I’ve got something in my pocket, it belongs across my face. I keep it very close at hamd in a most convenient place![/song] (No, it’s not dirty! It’s a Girl Scout song, I swear!) ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/11 "2003-12-09T14:45:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lord Ashtar \* > \*\*MPSIMS anyone? \*\* MPSIMS, my ass! **Lord Ashtar** is tricksie and false ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/12 "2003-12-09T15:52:55Z")
Is that a ring in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/13 "2003-12-09T15:54:19Z")
A 1920’s style death ray? ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/14 "2003-12-09T15:59:25Z")
A 1420’s style evil domination ring? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/15 "2003-12-09T16:00:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by furryman \* > \*\*A 1920’s style death ray? \*\* Die you overabused cliche!! Die Die!! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/16 "2003-12-09T16:04:58Z")
Lint? ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/17 "2003-12-09T16:12:50Z")
[hijack] **One and Only Wanderers** - personally I don’t mind the death rays thing, on the occasions where it is used in a way that it is actually funny or clever - and not just anywhere that it might perhaps fit. But I think the thing for the people who hate it so vehemently (like yourself - and to be honest I can understand) is to not respond at all to it’s usage, with negative statements or otherwise - and it’ll become far rarer. [/hijack] Sssssoooooo, back to my birthday present, precious… ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/18 "2003-12-09T16:26:23Z")
Is it a [1963 Amphicar?](http://klassiekers.virtualave.net/amphicar/amphicar.htm) ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/19 "2003-12-09T16:28:21Z")
Oh… there’s a… Monkey in my pocket And he’s stealing all my change, His stare is blank and glossy I suspect that he’s deraaaaanged! ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/20 "2003-12-09T16:29:13Z")
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