# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/141 "2006-04-30T02:23:03Z")
1. my [Alphagrip](http://www.alphagrips.com/) . By far. 2. my HP pocket PC 3. The fact that I have 5 computers and 7 LCD screens in my livingroom. 4. My collection of [Elzevirs.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elzevir) 5. Myst CD Rom games 1-5 6. Monty Python’s holy grail CD Rom 7. William Shatner’s “Has Been” 8. all of [John Serrie’s](http://www.vipinfo.com/jonn/) CDs 9. an 18th century spinning wheel oh I can go on…but I probably won already. ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/142 "2006-04-30T02:31:31Z")
oh heck why not…heres some more A large specimen of malachite. 2 Balinese shadow puppets 12 chrome toasters c.1940-1960 an illuminated leaf from a book of hours c. 1330 an extensive comic book collection … … I could go on for hours…but I dont want to hog the thread anymore. Sorry ---
**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 30, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/143 "2006-04-30T03:13:01Z")
> [@](#): > > They don’t lack history, just years. You’ve got to be in your early thirties, at a minimum, to have really played those text adventure games. Thanks, I feel old enough already, having turned 29 two hours and 45 minutes ago. And I’m currently working my way through Zork (the original, before it was split into Zork 1 and Zork 2). I’m not sure if I’m more jealous of the Zorkmid or of the Hopper nanosecond. Just this past week, I finally got around to getting to the used book store just south of downtown, here, and picked up a set of 1st edition AD&D, to go with the 2nd and 3rd I already had. Having all three has to count for something, I figure. And I forgot to mention before, I also have a pocket multimeter, and Epsilon Orionis for the month of April, on the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s [Hanna Stardome](http://www.cmnh.org/donations.html). ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/144 "2006-04-30T03:55:30Z")
oh and of course my magneplanar (vintage–MG1) speakers. McCurdy and Bogen monaural tube amplifiers…not for guitars. my Mackie 1202 mixer a 1935 edison cylinder player and around 100 cylinders, mostly blue ambrose. a c.1986 mac classic with image writer and front-power switch adapter a texas instruments T199 in the original box a Target Brownie Six-20 17th century spanish brass candlesticks a completely dismantled ipod shuffle a grundig mini world 100 PE pocket shortwave radio ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/145 "2006-04-30T04:07:06Z")
My cell phone charger. It’s like a Swiss army knife version of a cell phone charger. It all folds up neatly and has a plug in for a car outlet, a regular wall outlet, a plug for a USB port, and if you’re nowhere _near_ electricity, it’s also got a spot to plug in a 9volt battery. It comes with 6 or 7 adaptors for different types of cellphones. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/146 "2006-04-30T18:38:35Z")
Not sure if it counts, but i just picked up a Nintendo Virtual Boy in a yard sale for $25, with the AC adapter and 4 game cartridges (Red Alarm, Galactic Pinball, Mario Clash, Mario Tennis) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/147 "2006-04-30T19:47:31Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > Not sure if it counts, but i just picked up a Nintendo Virtual Boy in a yard sale for $25, with the AC adapter and 4 game cartridges (Red Alarm, Galactic Pinball, Mario Clash, Mario Tennis) Nerdy or not, the Virtual Boy is extremely under rated. I’ve got Clash, Tennis, and Wario World. I got mine free when the previous owner got tired of it. The next time I get my apartment clean, I’ve got to borrow a camera so I can have a large set of labeled photographs for threads like this one. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/148 "2006-04-30T22:29:16Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > or my ancient Greek edition of the first Harry Potter book. Same here. Judging by friends’ reactions, the Latin and Greek translations of \*Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone \* are considered extremely nerdy. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/149 "2006-05-01T13:47:40Z")
My reproducing apparatus 😃 ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/150 "2006-05-01T15:04:00Z")
I’ve got a _Quark Developers Camp_ sweatshirt and another one from _X-Ray Magazine_. I even occasisonally wear the former. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/151 "2006-05-02T00:59:54Z")
A diploma from Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters (taken from a _Wizard_ magazine sometime in the early '90s). If I ever get an office, it’s going on the wall right between my journalism and law school degrees. 😃 Other items on the list: [ul]Digimon beanies.[/ul] [ul]A [Generation X](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X_%28comics%29) T-shirt.[/ul] [ul]A VHS copy of Transformers: the Movie.[/ul] [ul]Assorted comics and anime DVDs.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/152 "2006-05-02T01:14:01Z")
Xavier’s School For The Gifted t-shirt Green Lantern Rings- Mosaic premium Alan Scott’s ring Power Ring’s ring ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/153 "2006-05-02T02:34:56Z")
An autographed copy of Penn & Teller’s “How to Play With Your Food” A DVD boxed set of the entire Monty Python TV series. An original Eon Products edition “Cosmic Encounter” game complete with all expansion sets. An original Mayfair Games edition “Cosmic Encounter” game complete with all expansion sets. A complete set of Emma Peel “Avengers” episodes on DVD. I’d better stop there before I embarrass myself. If I haven’t already! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/154 "2006-05-02T19:02:33Z")
Ahh, what a great thread…all in close proximity to myself: My completist collection of Frank Herbert stuff, including **Dune: The Movie** pop-up picture book, and National Lampoon’s **Doon**. Sticker of the lizard from **SUSE** Linux. Leather-bound **Silmarillion** with LOTR bookmark tassled with a gold replica One Ring dangling geekily over the spine. MST3K fan club 8x10 photo of Joel and the bots. Captain Kirk’s uniform hanging in the closet. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/155 "2006-05-02T19:26:57Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > MST3K fan club 8x10 photo of Joel and the bots. :smack: Forgot to include on my list my collection of MST3K refrigerator magnets. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/156 "2006-05-03T16:04:57Z")
I have to revise my list. As of Monday, the nerdiest thing I own is a 2.0 ghz MacBook Pro. This thing rocks so hard I get light headed if I stand up too fast. Ripping a movie to iPod size used to take 10-12 hours on my g4 iBook…this does it in 40 minutes _while doing a ton of other stuff_. OBNerdyThing - it’s currently ripping Return of the King disk 2 to size for iPod playback. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/157 "2006-05-04T02:26:26Z")
Commemorative ring, 1939 World’s Fair. \*ADJUSTABLE \* size band. {smugly smiles} ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/158 "2006-05-04T03:45:16Z")
I want to stress that I did **not** get this thing solely to post about it to this thread… …nevertheless, it was this thread that led me to discover (and thus to buy) [this extremely geeky keyboard](http://www.daskeyboard.com/). It combines my love for the old school spring-loaded IBM keyboards from 15 years ago that clacked like thunder as I pounded away at 100 WPM (I still have the one that came with my IBM PS/2 50Z from 1990, though it’s completely covered in crud), along with the satisfaction of showing off that my keyboard is for touch typists only. (Including all the funny special characters needed to do C++, SQL and Perl coding.) “Geeky” just has to be a subset of “nerdy”, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![bauble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@bauble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bauble)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/159 "2006-05-04T19:31:35Z")
Let’s see what I’ve got… [ul] [li]RioCar MP3 player (Linux-based, in-dash, dual-HDD 70GB total space)[/li][li]What I thought (until reading this thread) was an original D&D rule book (it’s a blue-cover, but it’s _not_ the Basic book, which came out later)[/li][li]A complete set of AD&D 1st ed. rule books (not sure if I’ve got the Cthulhu version of Dieties and Demigods; pobably not)[/li][li]A Microman [Gatchaman](http://www.16bit.com/toypics/microman/gatchaman/gatcha-front-full.jpg) [/li][li]Many, many Star Wars MicroMachines[/li][li]A complete set of Valiant comics (in addition to an unholy number of other comics, this sub-set was the nerdiest I could think of right now)[/li][li]a Matt Wagner’s Grendel tie-dyed t-shirt[/li][li]a Death-row [Marv](http://www.otherlandtoys.co.uk/product939/product_info.html?&prod=939) action figure (from Sin City, years before the movie) [/li][li][Hunter Rose](http://www.gatewaycomics.com/catalog/images/S_grendel.jpg) and [Christine Spar](http://www.mattwagnercomics.com/stuff/stuffimg/GSS.jpg) statues and action figures (still on cards)[/li][li]a [Sandman](http://image.milehighcomics.com/istore/images/fullsize/04307097820.1.GIF) Arabian Nights statue [/li][li]a [Crow](http://vjcollectibles.net/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/crow%20trimmed%20loose.jpg) statue (one of the first runs, without the cool jacket that came in the secon edition) [/li][li]a set of Sandman: The Endless PVC figures[/li][li]a set of PVC Grendel figures[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492/160 "2009-10-12T22:01:04Z")
> [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](#): > > Mine, one of [these Matrix Sentinel Figures.](http://411images.com/figures/mcfarlane/m2sentinel03.jpg) A can (tin) of Prince Albert. I still crack myself up when I look at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-nerdiest-thing-you-own/353492.md?page=9)