# what's in your pockets?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 2, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283 "2000-03-02T00:21:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Surgoshan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Surgoshan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surgoshan)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/41 "2000-03-03T07:42:00Z")

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keys, two lighters, my wallet, a watch, some change

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I sold my soul to Satan for a dollar. I got it in the mail.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/42 "2000-03-03T08:09:00Z")

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A rocket.

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“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”

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**Author:** ![Frankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Frankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frankie)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/43 "2000-03-03T17:25:00Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> Originally posted by B\_Line12:  
> \*\*oh dear GOD I MUST HAVE a miniature magic 8 Ball!!! Were oh please WERE can I get one???  
> sorry about the hijack!
> 
> \*\*

B try [WWW.ArchieMcPhee.com](http://WWW.ArchieMcPhee.com) the funnest store in the world!

Back to your regularly scheduled thread!

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-Frankie  
I’m a wholesale dealin papa, but I retail on the side.-Brownie McGhee

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**Author:** ![xekul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/838e76/32.png) [@xekul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xekul)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/44 "2000-03-03T22:50:00Z")

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Wallet (with cards and change), pen, Swiss Army Knife with keys, handkerchief (I’ve been sick recently), notebook, chewing gum.

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``All of your dreams will come true. All of my dreams came true, but now… I have a bunch of other dreams.’’ – Sonic Youth.

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**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/45 "2000-03-03T23:03:00Z")

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a tiny scrap of paper, and a phone number.

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“If anybody wants a sheep, that is proof that he exists.”

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**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/46 "2000-03-03T23:12:00Z")

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the keys to the cash register at work… oops! they’re going to need those later!

about $20.00 in change from tips

a pen

a china marker

and a hole.

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Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.

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**Author:** ![Crystalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Crystalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystalguy)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/47 "2000-03-03T23:19:00Z")

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I always sort of liked Golum.

Pockets:

Left front: keys

Right front: loose change, penknife, sometimes folding money in a clip

Right rear: handkerchief

Left rear: wallet ($120.00 today, zip by Sunday)

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**Author:** ![Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nu_Vo_Da_Da)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/48 "2000-03-03T23:36:00Z")

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Right coat pocket:  
Cigarettes, right glove, altoids, crumpled sugar packet, belt  
Left Coat Pocket:  
Left glove, two pens, hi-liter, scissors, eraser  
Right pocket:  
Keys, ID card,  
(little coin pocket: swiss army knife, cool rock)  
Left Pocket:  
Hair tie-back thingies, zippo  
Right-back-pocket:  
Wallet.

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**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/49 "2000-03-03T23:42:00Z")

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A pager, set on vibrate. I carry a cell phone and hit “redial” allll day long…

OK, seriously:

A pager (yup), pen, wallet, stick of gum, 66 cents, car keys.

Christ I’m boring! I’m gonna go page myself again…

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You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing.

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**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-pockets/14283/50 "2000-03-03T23:45:00Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> Originally posted by Enright3:  
> \*\*
> 
> > [@](#):
> >
> > Originally posted by Dirty Devil:  
> > \*\*My hands. Now, what’s in my hands? Ummm, maybe we better just skip that part.
> > 
> > [[[DD goes off to have another rousing game of pocket pool]]]\*\*
> 
> How in the hell did you type this message?  
> Your name isn’t Michael Masterson, is it?
> 
> Enright3\*\*

[[[Dirty Devil is going to start a new thread about his extra long, dexterous tounge]]]

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