# Why furry dice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 16, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073 "2005-05-16T15:23:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/1 "2005-05-16T15:23:59Z")
And I don’t mean why on earth would you want them in your vehicle which I will just put down to general lack of taste. But what’s the significance of these thingies you hang from the car mirror. Dice don’t seem to be specifically car related items. The only thing I can think of is that they may signify luck and that they’re furry and soft so you don’t bang your head on 'm in case they didn’t help much and your car crashed. Perhaps there is a completely obvious answer, but I can’t think of it. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/2 "2005-05-16T16:42:24Z")
Without fuzzy dice, ones ‘ship of love’ would not be ready to attack. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/3 "2005-05-16T17:55:23Z")
See **The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste** , which has a page-long entry on the thingsL: [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060921218/qid=1116266450/sr=8-1/ref=pd\_csp\_1/002-0982283-1416818?v=glance&s=books&n=507846](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060921218/qid=1116266450/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-0982283-1416818?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) IIRC, it’s supposed to show that you’re a gambler type, and fun-loving. When they first enter the cockpit of the _Millenium Falcon_ in the 1977 **Star wars** , Chewie bumps up against a pair of dice suspended from something (presumably not a rear-view mirror). They’re not fuzzy, and you never see them again, but they’re undoubtedly there. It might be a Lucas nod to **American Grafitti**. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/4 "2005-05-16T18:11:37Z")
They are the testicles of Bizarro cattle. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/5 "2005-05-16T21:50:23Z")
Everything is cuter when it’s furry. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/6 "2005-05-16T22:51:45Z")
Yeah, 6 sided dice are so last century, time to upgrade: > **[J!NX | Get Rekt with Video Gaming and Geek Culture Merch](https://www.jinx.com/?affid=-1&productID=438)** > > J!NX is a clothing brand heavily influenced by gaming and geeky interests. You are required to visit if you are into gadgets, gaming, computers, robots (really big ones), ninjas, eskimos, stuff with blinking lights, and/or pretty much anything... > [@](#): > > True, 6-sided fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror may be overdone and cliche, but 20-sided dice, that is a different story. Time to replace that ratty, dangling high school tassel with something more fitting of a geek. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/7 "2005-05-16T23:01:08Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Without fuzzy dice, ones ‘ship of love’ would not be ready to attack. Don’t forget, you also need bongos in the back. ---
**Author:** ![wheelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/8 "2005-05-17T04:15:11Z")
My dice came with my truck. No dice, no truck. My truck was my late step-father’s, and my nephew gave him the dice for xmas one year. And he put them in the truck, tacky or not. So the dice stay. Besides, I like them anyway :). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Kenneth_Noisewater)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-furry-dice/304073/9 "2005-05-17T07:08:13Z")
Luck, I think. Why fuzzy? Because they’re huge and you don’t want them to break your nose if ever they decide to vacate their home on the rearview mirror.