I go over to my computer desk and look at my monitor. Stupid lizard.
Serious answer: I talk to my purple stuffed animal moose. It pleases me to get his insights on the day’s events.
I always feel a bit weird putting a leash and harness on my cat. She likes it though (because it’s her ticket to go outside and lie in the grass).
Since I don’t have a computer at home, I use my Kindle to check email. Ordinary device, but weird use of it.
Probably my security blanket.
Back scratcher.
I use the garlic squeezer to squeeze ginger for ginger tea.
I should probably work on my quirky-weird use of things, I suddenly feel vastly inadequate…
Myself… oh!!
My electronic toothbrush with bluetooth readout mounted to the wall.
Weird, but really clean teeth.
Probably my grandmother’s eyelash comb.
I have an aqua-blue Elizabeth Arden eyelash comb of my grandmother’s, from the 1940s or '50s: I put my mascara on, and a few minutes later–after it’s dried–I comb out my lashes to get rid of clumps and make 'em look more natural. And yes, I wash the comb regularly!
Once I get proficient enough to actually use it every day, my keyboard.
The Internet
A four-port cigarette lighter power adapter. Kids can play & charge in the back seat while I’m charging my phone and powering both the Nuvi & the radar detector.
My husband says it’s my brain.
But… then you’re screwed if you need to light a cigarette!
I have a 19th century synonym dictionary (not a thesaurus; it’s specifically called A Dictionary of Synonyms.) I use it every day – not to look things up. I maybe dip into it once or twice a year. But it is the right shape and size to use as a mousepad in a very awkward desk/worktop set up.
Also, I’m not coordinated enough to use a laser pointer, and am too short to keep jumping up and down to point out places on the maps when I show PowerPoint slides, so I use a wooden gladiator sword.
Similarly, I use the same sword at home as my Cat-whacking stick (you know, you pat the cat gently, but briskly while the cat is lying on its side, while you say, ‘Cat whacking! Caaaat whacking!’ Or is it just me, then?)
Even though they’re becoming more mundane these days, my CPAP.
I sleep with one of these things on my face every night.
My six shot Nerf revolver. It gets the cats of the counter, gets the attention of an Xbox enthralled teenager. At work it serves as a reminder that talking on cell phones in the library is a major faux pas.
I still use my iPod Mini every day, which is an obsolete model of iPod. I take it to the gym with me. It doesn’t have a color screen or anything.
I actually have an iPod Touch with all the bells and whistles and 4x the storage as the Mini, but I leave that at home. I don’t want to break it and frankly I like the way some of the Mini’s features work better than the Touch. The Mini’s battery is all messed up so I have to charge it on my way to the gym every day, but a few minutes charge gets me through a 2 hour workout.
It’s not weird like an antique eyelash comb but it’s considered an antique to some!
Cool.
Do you shoot the phone out of the miscreant’s hand, or nail them on the forehead?
This is my favorite. I totally understand why you would use that.
Probably the vibrator alarm in my bed.