# What's on your wall? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 25, 2002, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623 "2002-11-25T08:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/61 "2002-11-27T05:39:53Z")
Probably my shrine to Arturs Irbe. Outside of his mother, I have to be this guy’s biggest fan. I have his Starting Lineup figure, a four-card display with cards from each team he’s played for, and a large frame of his cards, including 2 that are autographed, 4 with pieces of his jersey, and 3 with pieces of his stick. I also have a frame with pictures of me and Ben Folds and ticket stub he autographed for me. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/62 "2002-11-27T06:20:07Z")
A bunch of posters, certificates, and souvenir pennants. But my all-time favorite attention-getter is a b/w poster that looks like Mt. Rushmore but the caption reads: “The 4 Wise Guys of the 20th century”: Einstein, Ghandi, M.L. King, and Curly from the Three Stooges. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/63 "2002-11-27T11:15:51Z")
If I look up I can se these words on the wall: C:\WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS\GO C:\PC\CRAWL C:\DOS C:\DOS\RUN RUN\DOS\RUN ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/64 "2002-11-27T11:20:13Z")
I have [pictures!](http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/yojimboguy/lst?.dir=/My+Art&.src=ph&.view=t) The big abstract is a tapestry-like “fiber composition” by Smadar Livne – it’s about 6’x4’. I have a couple of small abstract prints on the opposite wall. Click on any of the thumbnails for a larger image. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/65 "2002-11-27T11:51:40Z")
**Zoe** - It takes a lot of effort but its seriously worth it. you need to get them to stand on something whilst you (and preferably a helper) do the actual taping. We’d never done it before but had heard you could do it and thought we’d give it a try - it was either that or do office chair racing again. The best part was when the boss came back - he was meeting his wife for lunch so invited her in to meet “his guys”. He’s used to us doing stupid things when its a very slow day, so didn’t give it a second thought (has even been known to join in!). But his wife was obviously confused - she said something like: “Andrew honey why is there a man stuck to the wall??” and he replied (completely deadpan): “Oh thats Adam - he’s probably just hanging around” i almost wet myself with laughter. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/66 "2002-11-27T11:52:50Z")
Prints of photographs taken by Clyde Butcher. Two of them are from the Everglades and two of them are from the Ten Thousand Islands area. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/67 "2002-11-27T12:03:43Z")
One of those clocks with a radio receiver that gets a signal from the atomic clock in Colorado every hour on the hour and sets itself. It’s accurate to within .003 seconds. It was my first Christmas present from Edlyn. ---
**Author:** ![flapcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@flapcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flapcats)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/68 "2002-11-27T18:43:01Z")
what **garuis** said after I read what **garius** wrote. 🙂 Seriously: An e-bay print-out of a $20.50 NURBS sphere, a Donnie Darko posterette, a printout of a packet of Mr Sheen Spring Fresh, two playing cards with 1950’s girls printed on them (dressed, colour) a ticket stub from Sainsbury’s Deli (unused) a Monster’s Inc poster. Some Pins & a schedule for a long-overdue project ---
**Author:** ![Trancey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Trancey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancey)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/69 "2002-11-27T19:36:01Z")
hmmm 2 squares of photos. I think there is 42 pictures in each? I can’t remember A mounted poster of lightening in a desert above my bed. A mounted poster of a tree that morphs into a house by Jerry Ueslmann. A mirror…some paint… Yah, that’s about it. I used to have every inch of wall and ceiling covered with pictures, but I grew out of that… ---
**Author:** ![yoyo3500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/5daacb/32.png) [@yoyo3500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyo3500)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/70 "2002-11-27T20:09:05Z")
Mostly ketchup ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/71 "2002-11-27T22:02:31Z")
Maps. World map, country map, WA state map, a couple area maps. I like maps. There’s also a framed (Lilo &) Stitch poster that **silent\_rob** gave me. In the living room, I have some framed prints by **jinwicked**. My room back home has posters: the Atlanta Braves pitching rotation circa 1998, and two French cafe shots. More maps. There’s an anime calendar pinned to the wall, and my BA’s framed and hanging. Finally, I have a Lego biplane suspended on fishing line and thumbtacked to the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/72 "2002-11-27T22:58:21Z")
There is only one thing on my wall: a Rancid poster which doubled as a lyrics booklet from their CD, cleverly called **Rancid.** (The second (!) one.) I’m far too cheap to actually buy, you know, a _real_ poster. But if I wasn’t, my walls would be plastered with posters of punk bands. Oh, there’s also a hole in my wall shaped like this ( as well. I have no idea what made it. Tanaqui ---
**Author:** ![Frannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Frannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frannie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/73 "2002-11-28T06:36:16Z")
On my wall is a corkboard made out of wine corks. It’s really the _coolest_ thing! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![agroof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@agroof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/agroof)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/74 "2002-11-28T06:50:10Z")
Happy-faced Wal-Mart stickers. What else? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/75 "2002-11-28T14:45:07Z")
Dorm room here. On the wall behind me is a bulletin board. The most interesting thing on it could be…well…nothing much. I have my class schedule, a map of campus, my exam schedule, and a schedule of concerts at the German Embassy. Hey, it’s a dorm! I had to fly here! I couldn’t bring stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/76 "2002-11-28T18:29:55Z")
A gun rack I made from a book shelf someone threw out. On the rack is a SLR-95 (AK-47 clone) I purchased before the klinton import ban. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/77 "2002-11-29T02:15:58Z")
A huge self-portrait poster of Kurt Vonnegut, which he was kind enough to autograph for me with the date 11-11-97 (even though I actually met him three days earlier). 11-11-97 was his 75th birthday (which I knew), so he was kind enough to make my poster a collector’s item. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/78 "2002-11-29T10:47:35Z")
White paint… mmm, no it’s off white actually. Plus I plan on hanging up an enormous flag just for the sake of being obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/79 "2002-11-29T11:11:17Z")
On my bedroom walls at the moment? - A few corkboards - movie listings for an arthouse theatre - That simpsons poster with almost every character in it somewhere - This mad-ass Joy Division poster I picked up in Sydney last week - a Beastie Boys poster that came with the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623/80 "2002-11-29T18:36:06Z")
In my room, I have a bunch of watercolors that I did when I was about 11-13. The colors are gorgeous, even though the subject matter is kind of eclectic. (Two fancy dining room chair, linked by a suspension bridge with tiny cars on it, a giant trenchcoat which I drew while standing up with my carcoal/paintbrush/spongebrush taped to the end of a yardstick, and an Indonesian “tree of life” sort of thing.) Also a bunch of handmade paper collages that I made during the same sort time period. I took a lot of art classes at the Nelson Atkins Museum when I was younger. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-on-your-wall/138623.md?page=5)