# What's that on your desk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2001, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335 "2001-03-09T13:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/21 "2001-03-14T23:05:00Z")
Left to right broken zip drive post-it pad 21 inch monitor Set of Microsoft MCP Action figures, ready to battle for the freedom to Inovate business cards 3 laptop network pigtails book on SMS 2.0 box of acuwipes floppy drive from an HP Omnibook 3000 second 21 inch monitor another postit pad box of floppy disks, unopened speaker Docking station for a HP Omnibook 5700 17 inch monitor for docking station keyboard for docking station Prozac mousepad mouse second mouse powersupply for IBM Thinkpad Powersupply for dockingstation powersupply for hadheld touchscreen pc two more speakers ghost image for an E-vectra a bunch of cable another laptop pigtail another 17" monitor another mouse headphones another keyboard HP Kayak Xu IBM 300 pl handheld touchscreen pc picture of my son bottle of ozarka water that a coworker gave me time sheet scsi cable another keyboard(the one I am typing on) screwdriver another time sheet ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/22 "2001-03-15T00:57:02Z")
Oh, well… My cubicle: A Raisin box, empty Area code map Teletubbies (all four of them) Nice mushy plaque from my hubby Pictures of my kids Family picture Picture of my grandparents Nameplate Powerpuff Girls print Wedding picture Magic 8 Ball Picture of me when I was 6 Clock Powerpuff Girls Calendar Powerpuff Girls mousepad Curious George toy Taz poster Marble box Button with big teddy bear hugging little teddy bear, saying “Cherish the Child” ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/23 "2001-03-19T06:00:59Z")
Dorm room desk: [ul] [li]19 inch Viewsonic monitor[/li][li]Epson Perfection scanner[/li][li]Nail clipper kit[/li][li]Braun electric razor[/li][li]Air Force surplus CPU 26A/P flight computer… essentially a mil spec E-6B[/li][li]Water bottle[/li][li]HP Deskjet printer[/li][li]Computer speakers[/li][li]A small wire basket I found in the trashroom one day, filled with pens, pencils, markers, tape, pushpins, paperclips, staples, and a cheap pair of headphones… all without any sort of organization[/li][li]An aluminum cylinder I machined on a lathe[/li][li]Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 CD[/li][li]Keyboard[/li][li]Intellimouse Explorer optical mouse, complete with glowing base[/li][li]Spring powered Ford Focus toy[/li][li]My “key” from Tau Beta Pi initiation[/li][li]Wisconsin football helmet mug… from the 1994 Rose Bowl… filled with loose change[/li][li]Several grams of dust[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/24 "2001-03-19T07:31:28Z")
• An IMac draped with three strands of Mardi Gras beads from a co-worker who went to New Orleans and for whom I covered while she was gone. • An empty box of Aunt Sally’s Creole Pralines from the same lucky co-worker. • A photo of my fiancée from this summer when we visited a local falls. • A mug full of pens and pencils. The mug shows the Warner Bros. gang in baseball attire. • A publicity still from “The Twilight Zone,” showing Burgess Meredith, Patricia Crowley and Robert Sterling from an episode called “The Printer’s Devil.” • A small hunk of wood with its core removed containing stones, shells and other bits of memories. • A small stuffed Wild Thing from “Where the Wild Things Are.” • The Oxford American Dictionary. • The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. • A growing pile of paperclips. ---
**Author:** ![dodge\_this](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dodge\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodge_this)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/25 "2001-03-19T13:32:01Z")
my desk at home My PC, speakers, scanner and printer A bottle of Hugo Boss eau de toilette An empty blue tumbler A red marker My mobile phone battery My employment contract and the envelope it came in Some postcards illustrated by Sara Midda A letter from my friend in Ireland A set of X-Files Season 1 videos 3 CDs - Blur, Tori Amos, Einsturzende Neubauten ---
**Author:** ![NaughtyMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@NaughtyMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NaughtyMe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/26 "2001-03-19T13:53:32Z")
Lets see: Simpsons desk calender Simpsons coffee mug Another coffee mug Dilutable orange juice coffee stain, coffee stain phone coffee stain etc. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/27 "2001-03-19T14:17:58Z")
From left to right: Small stack of files for ongoing projects. Business card holder - a gift from my neice. Name plate. Pewter Jefferson Cup - a going away gift from previous job. Onyx paperweight. Glass of water. Coaster - I have this thing about rings on furniture. Monitor CPU - On the CPU: small clock, tape dispenser, stapler, a framed Far Side cartoon (Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 - Cartoon shows scientists “inventing” the platypus), a sterling silver platypus (SO went to Australia to see her parents and all I got was a silver platypus), a roll of red tape (I work for the gov’t - get it?). Telephone On credenza behind me: Bose WAVE CD Player Lamp 3 pictures of the Queen of the Universe (my daughter) In/Out box My briefcase My Notary Public certificate One Christmas Cactus One Jade plant One spider plant One Anguilla plant (don’t know the real name - I took a cutting in Anguilla and rooted it when I got home). ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/28 "2001-03-19T14:36:37Z")
A foam Goofy pen holder (present from a former coworker) The flags of Sweden & Norway in a little plastic holder (present from my Mom) Picture of my family Cigar (still wrapped) A rubber chicken A cloth frisbee (company give-away) A blow-up Scream doll (from the painting, not the movie) A small Christmas tree decorated with paper Swedish and Norwegian flags and gold, silver, red and blue star garlands A butt-ugly candy dish (currently holding Hersey Hugs) A calculator-calendar-clock thing with the times for 16 different cities worldwide on it A Goofy mug Hand lotion Carmex The usual work stuff -laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and paper, lots and lots of paper ---
**Author:** ![Melpomene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@Melpomene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melpomene)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/29 "2001-03-19T15:11:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Holden MacRoyne \* > **What’s on your desk?** Been here for almost 2 years, too. On top of the computer monitor: 4 small beanie-baby-type doggies (I love dogs) -one dalmation -one black -one beagle -one jack-russell terrier look-a-like The CPU under the monitor plays host to: -one small red pokemon character, a gift from a crazy old man on the bus -one small porcelain german shepherd -one plastic cheetah -a pair of earrings -another stuffed dog -a giraffe -stuffed Little John from Disney’s Robin Hood -a blue bunny rabbit (spontaneous gift from SO when I wasn’t feeling well) Next to the CPU: -Sylvester & Tweety fast food meal toy -baseball from a Brewers game at County Stadium -3 Duke Ellington CDs, 3 Count Basie CDs, 1 Sarah Vaughan CD -cream colored bear (valentines gift from SO) -picture of me & mom -picture of me & sis -picture of me & SO -Picture montage of me & old friends from my Senior year of HS -a candy-cane reindeer -a “poem” that my SO wrote for me That’s all the non-office-related items that are on my desk. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/30 "2001-03-19T15:28:12Z")
Well, I have the [Glow in the Dark Computer Goddess](http://www.mcphee.com/products/nerd/10457.html) and the [Computer Voodoo Doll](http://www.mcphee.com/products/nerd/10106.html) ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335/31 "2001-03-19T20:18:19Z")
Now that I finally made it back to work: On the monitor- [li] Squeaky Buddhist monk (see my other post)[/li][li] Orgy of lizards (see my other post)[/li][li] Vertibrae from a turtle[/li][li] Plastic eagle[/li][li] Plastic condor[/li][li] Map of new area codes in Florida (14 total)[/li][li] Assorted sticky notes of stuff I should be doing right now[/li][li] Picture of my family[/li][li] Monitor wiper brush from “Jacksonville Convention & Visitors Bureau”[/li] On the desk- [li] Computer and support equipment[/li][li] Plain blue mouse pad[/li][li] Books[/li][li] Office equipment (paper punch, tape, letter openers, et al)[/li][li] Far too many papers[/li][li] File folders[/li][li] Picture of me chewing a leaf[/li][li] Picture of me with a Florida Panther[/li][li] Unprocessed mail[/li][li] Plastic jar of store-brand petroleum jelly[/li][li] “Ask Dr. Science” coffee mug (side facing out says “I know more than you do!”)[/li][li] Spider plant[/li][li] Small oak tree (really - some company sent us a seedling!)[/li] Bottle of essential oils - lavender, orange, fir, eucalyptus [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-that-on-your-desk/57335.md?page=1)