# What's the geekiest thing you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 10, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546 "2001-11-10T00:13:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/1 "2001-11-10T00:13:16Z")
I’ve got: a blue plastic light saber; and a Jar Jar Binks digital watch which is more hideous than you can imagine. My brother has: a Star Trek Mastercard. And you’ve got…? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/2 "2001-11-10T00:30:44Z")
I’ve got a boxful of Daffy Duck things I’ve been getting as presents ever since I got a Daffy Duck tattoo, inlcuding: a Daffy Duck hat a Daffy Duck dog’s sqeaky chewtoy A giant rubber and wearable Daffy Duck head. Pics are available of all three, taken at the tail end of the St. Louis mini-DopeFest. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/3 "2001-11-10T00:39:43Z")
I’ve got a DaynaFile in my closet. It still works. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/4 "2001-11-10T00:51:31Z")
A life-sized, plastic, replica of the Sword of Thundera (you know, from Thundercats?). Press a button and the eye lights up and everything. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/5 "2001-11-10T01:03:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > \*\*I’ve got a DaynaFile in my closet. It still works. Does that count? \*\* What is it? ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/6 "2001-11-10T01:20:14Z")
The complete works of Samurai Cat, in hardcover, signed by Mark Rodgers. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/7 "2001-11-10T01:44:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by AHunter3 \* > > \*\*I’ve got a DaynaFile in my closet. It still works. Does that count? \*\* > > What is it? \*\* A DaynaFile is a 360 KB, 5 1/4" floppy disk drive for a Macintosh. No Macintosh ever made has used that kind of floppy drive, but older PCs did, and the 3rd-party DaynaFile enabled the Mac owner to insert and read the floppies that PC users used, and to access the files on them. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/8 "2001-11-10T02:18:20Z")
A bunch of old SCA (medieval reenactment) costumes. Lots of fun! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/9 "2001-11-10T02:46:01Z")
Let me post for you a pic of my bookshelf, shall I? [Geekiness to the extreme.](http://www.rpi.edu/~bouvia/tick/shelf.jpg) The contents of that bookshelf (they are all stacked behind each other, so it’s hard to tell the sheer amount on that shelf): The Tick #1-13 The Tick and Arthur #1-6 The Tick: Heroes of The City #1-6 The Tick Big Yule Log Special 2000 The Tick Big Haloween Special #1 The Tick Circus Maximus #1-4 The Tick Circus Maximus Redux The Tick All New in Color Limited Edition Signed #1 The Tick All New in Color #1-5 The Tick: Mighty Blue Justice book A box of The Tick Stickers My official M.O.A.V (Mystic Order of Arachnid Vigilance, aka The Tick Society) membership kit I think I have a little bit of obsession. Of course, I still need The Tick: Karma Tornado, The Tick: Mighty Ble Justice, and all the other random, one issue special comics (like The Tick: Tax Season Terror!) It sucks not having enough money for these things. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/10 "2001-11-10T03:06:38Z")
Probably all my Star Wars books-and my cardboard Ewan standup. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/11 "2001-11-10T03:12:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*my cardboard Ewan standup. \*\* ::drool:: I have one of those limited edition ( :rolleyes: ) hologram X-File prints. Actually, I have about five of them and one of them is mounted. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/12 "2001-11-10T03:18:19Z")
I own Transformers: The Movie on VHS, DVD (it has the swear word uttered by Spike left in there), and I own the Transformers: The Movie soundtrack on tape and CD. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/13 "2001-11-10T03:50:46Z")
ive got the OED. my lovely wife bought it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/14 "2001-11-10T05:13:09Z")
A Hewlett-Packard HP-48 GX calculator, the most powerful calculator in the known universe\*! It’s so powerful, the lights in the room dim when you turn it on, and it’s not even plugged into anything. Or maybe it’s my _Mystery Science Theatre 3000_ tape collection. I have every single episode, except a few from the first season. \*[sub][sup]Or at least it was when I bought it. I’m sure technology has advanced since then.[/sub][/sup] ---
**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 10, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/15 "2001-11-10T05:18:02Z")
I have an OED, but it never struck me as being geeky. I have about twelve of those puzzle mystery things. You read a short story, assemble the puzzle, and then look for clues in the picture. I’ve finished them all within a week. Somewhere, in a big manila envelope, I have The X-Files comics #0-23, and the special mail-order-only issue #[sup]1[/sup]/[sub]2[/sub] I also had two complete sets of the Series One collectors cards, including four etched foil cards. I have most of the television series on tape, except for five or six episodes from season one and one episode from season six. I have two Apple iMac posters rolled up in a cardbard tube. One shows the original five iMacs (with their butts to the camera); the other is a shot of the original graphite iMac, which is the model I own. I plan to get them framed one day. I have two Phantom of the Opera posters on my walls, the 2-cassette original cast recording, and the novel by Gaston Leroux on which the musical is based. Somewhere, I also have a Phantom t-shirt, and a little white Phantom mask pin. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/16 "2001-11-10T05:23:04Z")
A purple hula-hoop. I use it too - it hones the waist. (At least I like to think so.) ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/17 "2001-11-10T05:26:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > A giant rubber and wearable Daffy Duck head. I have a pic of that, tee hee. 🙂 I have WWF action figures in my cube at work. One set of the Hardy Boyz on ladders, one set of the Hardyz hanging from my overhead, Triple H and Chris Jericho. I’m just waiting for the release of Spike Dudley and Rob Van Dam. I also have an Official WWF Stome Cold Steve Austin beanie baby and a “Steve Pawstin” made by Big Dogs. ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/18 "2001-11-10T05:38:11Z")
Both covers of the Lone Gunmen Comic. And I don’t even buy comic books. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/19 "2001-11-10T06:14:55Z")
Tons of Superman comics. I have a bunch of Superman stuff; I guess it is kind of geeky for a heterosexual professional 28 year old woman to collect stuff like that. I would love to have a Star Trek Mastercard. That would rule. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546/20 "2001-11-10T06:52:01Z")
So how far up the geek scale is my [recumbent tricycle](http://www.greenspeed.com.au/gto.htm)? I used to have a watch that had a built-in voice recorder, then moved to one with the tiny keyboard that sores a hundred phone numbers or something. (A feature not needed by most geeks, I might add.) My current watch sets itself using radio signals. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-geekiest-thing-you-own/92546.md?page=2)