# What makes your cubical different? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740 "2001-09-10T20:28:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/21 "2001-09-11T11:18:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beatle \* > It segues from a photo of a drilling rig on the left to a shot of an F-16 dropping four iron bombs on the right and says, “Drill wells…not Iraquis.” > > \*\* That must be how to say “Iraqi” in French, right? 😃 BTW, I didn’t know you were a big fan of the Flying Lawn Dart, as we once called it affectionately in the USAF. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2001, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/22 "2001-09-11T12:28:23Z")
I don’t really have a cubicle. I work in a Vo-Tech Center and share a converted classroom with 2 other techs. My corner of the room has a desk with an extension that makes the desk turn 90 degrees. What makes my desk unique? I have two monitors on my desk, each one has a christmas bow on them. I also have set my two screen savers both to 3-D text; The first says, “Narf”, and the second says, “Zoink”. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by bdgr_ > > I have five monitors on my desk. 2 21" and 3 17". Four of them are hooked up to on computer(4 video cards). bdgr, you’re making me drool. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sysop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Sysop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sysop)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/23 "2001-09-12T03:20:16Z")
Well, I’m one of the few people I know that has a television with all the area cable channels, free Pay-Per-View and free Video-On-Demand. (Guess who works for AOL Time Warner) ---
**Author:** ![lty\_Bibbity\_Pop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@lty\_Bibbity\_Pop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lty_Bibbity_Pop)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/24 "2001-09-12T23:58:49Z")
I got a giant sheet of mattboard from a frame shop, and used magic marker to create a NorthWest Indian design I found on a postcard in Seattle. It’s a giant stylized mythic killer whale, called “Wasgo” that’s eating a man (who looks like he should be on a totem pole), while dolphins jump over his head. It takes up the whole wall (it’s a small cube) But it’s so cool that I get compliments nearly every day. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/25 "2001-09-13T01:13:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beatle \* > As with **Cranky** , I have an office, that they’re talking about making even bigger… I hate you with a burning green intensity that only jealousy can produce. I’m forced to share a closet with another. They tried to wedge a third inside but there was no room for another table. Fortunately my officemate and I get along quite well. I have a life-size crow made out of black velvet and electrical tape on my monitor. A woman who worked for me made it. She did such a good job that when I used it as a prop for Mosquito Awareness Day, many folks did a double-take, unsure if it was alive or not. ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/26 "2001-09-13T08:26:30Z")
1. I have small plastic alien figure to which I have taped a straightened paper clip with the matchbook cover from the local strip club hooked to it. He sits in silent protest, demanding that I go there. 2. A large yellow coffe mug in the likeness of the M&M fellow with an odd “I dont really care” look on his face. 3. A printout from a Warner brothers cartoon showing a cat character pouring a spoonful of “Nerve Tonic”. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/27 "2001-09-13T22:06:34Z")
I’m the only one who has on cube walls two poems in four languages: Spanish, Arabic, Japanese, and English. One of them is the Japanese _iroha_ poem that gives the _kana_ order (each of the _kana_ used once in the poem). The other is a poem I wrote myself in Spanish and then translated into Arabic. I also have my name I wrote on a Post-It stickee (sp?) in Egyptian hieroglyphics. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/28 "2001-09-13T22:32:40Z")
A 2 liter bottle of water? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/29 "2001-09-14T00:30:30Z")
I’ve got more paper than anyone else in the building. ---
**Author:** ![groo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@groo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/30 "2001-09-14T04:18:58Z")
I have an 8" action figure of a man-frog hanging by one hand from my bookcase, a well-worn copy of Dante’s Inferno (so people will think I’m deep _AND_ crazy) and a poster of a 14th century map of the world (when life was simpler, except for the sea monsters dotting the oceans). ---
**Author:** ![daere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@daere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daere)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/31 "2001-09-17T03:59:33Z")
I have a collection of stuffed animals on my desk. – A bear dressed in a karate outfit. When you squeeze his tummy, he goes “Hi-Yah!” – My mother gave me a red beanie-baby type bear with angel wings & the words “God Bless My Huskers.” I could not care less about the Cornhuskers, but they are my supervisor’s alma mater’s rival team. So, I keep it on my desk as a smartass. – A secret-santa gift of a stuffed cat with a name-tag that says “Alley Cat.” When you press his paw he goes, “meow, meow…” Then he starts shaking and growling and going, “Meow! Rowr!” (One member of my team has repeatedly threatened to kill my alley cat.) – “Hostage Gumby” When we moved into our new area, somebody left a foot-high, stuffed Gumby doll. One of the members of my team used twist-ties and a napkin to tie him hand and foot and gag him. Nobody ever came back for him, so “Hostage Gumby” is now our team mascot. daere PS A guy on my team has a plastic cockroach on a clip hung on his cubie wall. It’s his official “Roach Clip!” ---
**Author:** ![AM\_PM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AM\_PM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AM_PM)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/32 "2001-09-17T04:47:15Z")
My “cubical” is full of cigarette cartons. The stink is something I get used to (I don’t smoke), but when I talk to friends they always mention they can smell menthol on me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/33 "2001-09-17T14:29:07Z")
I have my ducks… (two rubber ducks-- Duckie & Dawn; and a stuffed animal duck-- Duck.) My football, which the guy behind me hates because it always goes over to his part of the cube. Nunzilla… a rock… a wierd little snowman guy… and several pieces of ammo from nerf guns that find t heir way to my cube. I just pile them up, and wait for people to ask for them back… but they never do. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/34 "2001-09-17T14:31:13Z")
That would be the **gargoyle** given to me one father’s day by my daughter. It discourages “borrowing” and provides comfort and a light classical ambiance. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/35 "2001-09-17T14:53:01Z")
I have pink cubicle furniture _inside_ a private office. That’s right! I have my own office and what did they put in it? Cubicle furniture! Everytime someone walks up to my desk, they kick the metal guards at the bottom. Sometimes I really hate this place. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/36 "2001-09-17T15:56:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brachyrhynchos \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by beatle \* > > As with **Cranky** , I have an office, that they’re talking about making even bigger… > > I hate you with a burning green intensity that only jealousy can produce. I’m forced to share a closet with another. They tried to wedge a third inside but there was no room for another table. Fortunately my officemate and I get along quite well. > > I have a life-size crow made out of black velvet and electrical tape on my monitor. A woman who worked for me made it. She did such a good job that when I used it as a prop for Mosquito Awareness Day, many folks did a double-take, unsure if it was alive or not. \*\* I used to have an office. I Worked for a company that the enitre IS dept. quit, right after I got there. Our entire floor of the building was vacant, and I had my choice of offices(the CIO even quit). ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/37 "2001-09-17T17:16:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wicked Blue \* > \*\*I have a large picture of Mr T that i ripped out of a magazine hanging up. It was a 1-800 COLLECT full page ad, but I cut the top third of the picture off, so it’s just him making a fist at the camera. In the corner, I drew a cartoon word-bubble in magic marker…“Go to the gym after work, Rose!!” is what he says. 🙂 > Everytime someone comes to talk to me in my cube, I catch them glancing at him. > > Rose \*\* Rose, That is so funny. I’m going to be rip off your idea… hope it works. Sue the slug ---
**Author:** ![Another\_Primate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740/38 "2001-09-17T17:39:46Z")
Oops, “…to be rip off” Sigh. My office boasts a collection of emailed insults I’ve received over the years from a creative co-worker, printed out large enough so that they can be read from six feet away, and a banner announcing “Insults from Ingrid”. Also a quote, “Never attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence”… hmm, that’s not it, exactly, but something like that. This is unrelated to Ingrid’s insults, but really helps me in my worklife. Photos of the family, and a copy of the Don Marquis poem, “Lesson of the Moth” (from “Archie and Mehitabel”). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-cubical-different/80740.md?page=1)