# What have I got in my pocket?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896>\
**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:** 11\
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**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/21 "2003-12-09T17:30:42Z")

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> I’ve goh’a 'ohle in me pawkeh!

Oops, sorry, wrong animated film.

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**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/22 "2003-12-09T17:57:06Z")

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Chhhhapsssssstick?

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/23 "2003-12-09T20:09:26Z")

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Chrissy Hynde’s brass? Spin Doctors’ kryptonite? Iggy Pop’s cock?

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**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/24 "2003-12-09T21:24:33Z")

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“So Timmy, where did **bienville** ask to be touched…”

😛

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/25 "2003-12-09T21:37:44Z")

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“Mr. Scrimshaw has a fruitbat in his trousers. A fruitbat.”

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**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/26 "2003-12-09T21:48:19Z")

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> **Iggy Pop’s cock?**

Little Feat’s rocket?

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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/27 "2003-12-09T23:02:12Z")

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Confucious say “Man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.”

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**Author:** ![Curate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Curate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curate)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/28 "2003-12-09T23:21:21Z")

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…he asked, as his hand fell on his snub-nosed .38.

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**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/29 "2003-12-10T02:02:36Z")

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Dobby the house elf?  
a cave troll?  
an ENIGMA code machine?  
a Pocket PC?  
one hand, with the other making a peace sign?  
Gilbert Gottfried?  
a Borg cube?  
a bag of holding?  
an 8-ball?  
the Death Star?  
a Knights of the Round esper?  
a can of whoop-ass?  
the number of roads a man must travel?  
the path not taken?  
the light brigade?  
a bottle of Nepenthe?  
Medusa’s head?  
the last book of The Wheel of Time series?  
Data’s emotion chip?  
the roots of a mountain?  
the Oracle’s eyes?  
an eye of newt?  
Newt Gingrich?  
the Dread Pirate Roberts?  
the Nothing?  
a hot potato?  
a BS Rodeo 720 with a ripe swiss cheese?

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/30 "2003-12-11T07:05:56Z")

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Forty-two!

Hm… nope.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-i-got-in-my-pocket/217896/31 "2003-12-11T08:10:15Z")

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African or European?

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