# What is the Nerdiest thing you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492 "2006-04-20T16:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/1 "2006-04-20T16:52:50Z")
Mine, one of [these Matrix Sentinel Figures.](http://411images.com/figures/mcfarlane/m2sentinel03.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/2 "2006-04-20T17:00:38Z")
A clipboard made from a motherboard that I took part in designing. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/3 "2006-04-20T17:00:46Z")
A little leather ā€œsleeveā€ for my fountain pen. I figure itā€™s nothing more than a coffee table version of a pocket protector. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/4 "2006-04-20T17:02:21Z")
Printouts containing data of Western Electric test recordings of radio broadcasts circa 1924. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/5 "2006-04-20T17:04:12Z")
[This](http://www.knifecenter.com/knifecenter/lordoftherings/images/uc1424d.jpg) is the nerdiest thing I ownā€¦ But I love it and it sits high above my office! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/6 "2006-04-20T17:08:36Z")
_The Philosophy of the Lord of the Rings_, sitting on my bookshelf, probably qualifies. Iā€™d throw in the Ring-on-a-silver-chain, too, but I canā€™t find it. ā˜¹ ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/7 "2006-04-20T17:12:10Z")
Five different editions of Dungeons and Dragons manuals? A bunch of miniatures that Iā€™ve painted myself? a souvenir six-side die from Gencon, the nationā€™s biggest Nerd Convention? A plush Cthulhu doll? I dunno. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Kyyrewyyoae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Kyyrewyyoae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyyrewyyoae)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/8 "2006-04-20T17:19:20Z")
Seasons 1-6 of DS9 on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/9 "2006-04-20T17:27:44Z")
I have a clock that displays the time in binary, using an array of LEDs. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/10 "2006-04-20T17:29:47Z")
Definitely [these](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h234/wisdomy/ac2c6365.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/11 "2006-04-20T17:32:34Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Five different editions of Dungeons and Dragons manuals? A bunch of miniatures that Iā€™ve painted myself? a souvenir six-side die from Gencon, the nationā€™s biggest Nerd Convention? A plush Cthulhu doll? > > Daniel If it wasnā€™t for the location listed, I would swear you were one of my housemates! (And if the location is a fib, and you are my housemate, gimme my Cthulhu back!) šŸ˜ƒ I have a button pin that says ā€œIt might look as if Iā€™m doing nothing but at the cellular level Iā€™m really quite busy.ā€ pinned to a plush toy mouse in my lab. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/12 "2006-04-20T17:34:32Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Definitely [these](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h234/wisdomy/ac2c6365.jpg). Is that a ā€œOnce More With Feelingā€ songbook I see, off to the left? As for me, check it out: [http://www.geocities.com/bigbadvoodoolou/toys.html](http://www.geocities.com/bigbadvoodoolou/toys.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/13 "2006-04-20T17:55:56Z")
> [@](#): > > I have a clock that displays the time in binary, using an array of LEDs. Yeah, I have one of those, too. Well, binary coded decimal. I also have 3x3, 4x4, and 5x5 Rubicā€™s cubes, plus a computerized one I programmed myself, and assorted other similar puzzles, a heliometer, a Plasma Sphere, a Galileo thermometer, a glass Klein bottle, approximately four computers, a Lego Robitics Kit, copies of _Green Eggs and Ham_ and _Winnie the Pooh_ in Latin, a CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, a slide rule (which I know how to use), a homemade Darth Vader costume, complete with lightsabre, a 13-function utility pen, a coin vortex, two editions of D&D rulebooks, the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, and three different Tolkien reference books. Decide for yourself which of those is nerdiest. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/14 "2006-04-20T18:02:02Z")
This is a tough call. I have my badges on a rope by my desk as a reminder of DragonCon and working it. Working a scifi convention is pretty high up thereā€¦ I also have my dual monitor computer system, which is kind of nerdy to have that hardcore of a system. I also have boxes and boxes of comic books in my room right now, a lot of which still need to be sorted. I know Iā€™m nerdier than that, Iā€™m trying to figure out what is geekier. I have shelves of Magic cards, as well as cards for other CCGs. Two dozen+ CCG books. Six different types of Cyberpunk roleplaying systems. Thatā€™s a bit better. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/15 "2006-04-20T18:06:57Z")
A life-size cardboad stand-up R2D2. Heā€™s a happy little fellow. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/16 "2006-04-20T18:09:10Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Is that a ā€œOnce More With Feelingā€ songbook I see, off to the left? It is, just to the right of the Sunnydale High Yearbook. I feel a strange mixture of pride and shame when I mention that isnā€™t remotely my entire collection. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/17 "2006-04-20T18:09:52Z")
The Box is gone but I still have the original D&D Books. [http://rdushay.home.mindspring.com/Museum/Fantasy/Covers/ODDcover.html](http://rdushay.home.mindspring.com/Museum/Fantasy/Covers/ODDcover.html) My boxed was taped like that. I also have the First Printing of the [DMā€™s Guide](http://www.legendgames.co.uk/acatalog/DMG_1st_SA.jpg) and [Deities & Demigods.](http://members.aol.com/wergames/myhomepage/deities.jpg) The printing that included Cthulu and Melbonian Mythos. Jim ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/18 "2006-04-20T18:12:19Z")
I could name any number of books (AKA tomes) and paraphernalia, but I think **ā€œdice with more or fewer than six sidesā€** pretty much sums it up. šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/19 "2006-04-20T19:07:13Z")
My nerdiest possession? Probably a set of earrings bearing the emblem of the Romulan Empire. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/20 "2006-04-20T19:14:03Z")
Hard to say, so Iā€™ll leave it to the reader to decide which is nerdiest: - my 20th Anniversary (ā€œMasterpieceā€) Optimus Prime - my sizable collection of comic books and graphic novels - my grandfatherā€™s slide rule (nerdhood runs in the genes) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492.md?page=2)