# What's the wierdest thing you use every day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608 "2011-11-21T03:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/1 "2011-11-21T03:58:01Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![QuarkChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c5a1d2/32.png) [@QuarkChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuarkChild)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/2 "2011-11-21T17:39:03Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/3 "2011-11-21T17:44:05Z")
Probably my security blanket. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/4 "2011-11-21T17:46:07Z")
Back scratcher. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/5 "2011-11-21T17:53:28Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![YoDoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e68b1a/32.png) [@YoDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YoDoc)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/6 "2011-11-21T18:04:59Z")
Myself… oh!! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/7 "2011-11-22T01:42:38Z")
My electronic toothbrush with bluetooth readout mounted to the wall. Weird, but really clean teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/8 "2011-11-22T14:51:29Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/9 "2011-11-22T15:07:51Z")
Once I get proficient enough to actually use it every day, [my keyboard](http://www.alphagrips.com/features.html). ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/10 "2011-11-22T15:37:27Z")
The Internet ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/11 "2011-11-22T15:44:10Z")
[A four-port cigarette lighter power adapter](http://bit.ly/vTKdOt). Kids can play & charge in the back seat while I’m charging my phone and powering both the Nuvi & the radar detector. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/12 "2011-11-22T15:58:11Z")
My husband says it’s my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/13 "2011-11-22T16:42:05Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > [A four-port cigarette lighter power adapter](http://bit.ly/vTKdOt). Kids can play & charge in the back seat while I’m charging my phone and powering both the Nuvi & the radar detector. But… then you’re screwed if you need to light a cigarette! ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/14 "2011-11-22T16:52:08Z")
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?) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/15 "2011-11-22T17:04:09Z")
Even though they’re becoming more mundane these days, my CPAP. I sleep with one of [these](http://www.breathenair.com/Y-101400-00-Puritan-Bennett-Breeze-Nasal-System-with-Headgear-md.jpg) things on my face every night. ---
**Author:** ![surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/16 "2011-11-22T17:39:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/17 "2011-11-22T18:07:12Z")
I still use my [iPod Mini](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/18 "2011-11-22T18:07:32Z")
> [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](#): > > At work it serves as a reminder that talking on cell phones in the library is a major faux pas. Cool. Do you shoot the phone out of the miscreant’s hand, or nail them on the forehead? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/19 "2011-11-22T18:35:02Z")
> [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](#): > > 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. This is my favorite. I totally understand why you would use that. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608/20 "2011-11-22T21:36:12Z")
Probably the vibrator alarm in my bed. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-wierdest-thing-you-use-every-day/603608.md?page=2)