# What is the Nerdiest thing you own?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/181 "2009-10-16T20:17:40Z")

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Lots of stuff. How about something obscure? An Ankh from Ultima IV.

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**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/182 "2009-10-16T21:22:11Z")

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I bought some pants through the World Wide Web because the ones offered in the store weren’t high-waisted enough. I should get some nerd points for that.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/183 "2009-10-16T22:43:47Z")

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My Sega Genesis. My old calculator watch. I just got rid of my college slide rule.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/184 "2009-10-16T23:13:57Z")

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> [@needscoffee](#):
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> My Sega Genesis. My old calculator watch. I just got rid of my college slide rule.

I can turn you one on my lathe!

It won’t be very accurate, but I can!

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**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/185 "2009-10-16T23:48:32Z")

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[Doujinshi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doujinshi) (in Japanese, by the original author) for the [The Tyrant Falls In Love](http://www.amazon.com/Tyrant-Falls-Love-v01-Yaoi/dp/1933809310/) manga.

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