# You want anything? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144 "2004-06-13T17:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/21 "2004-06-13T22:31:46Z")
> [@](#): > > If you could get me a chainsaw, several rolls of duct tape, 50 ft of washing line, a set of good kitchen knives and a nice wipe clean apron, I’d be most grateful. > > Oh, and if you happen to spot any old vans going cheap, one of those too Don’t forget the weed! Nothing is funner then to chase down stoned teens- I mean cut thru some tough meat… ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/22 "2004-06-13T22:44:28Z")
Some decaffeinated coffee. **NOW!** Ahem. Sorry. It’s just that we didn’t have any, and I really, really wanted coffee, so I just made a pot of the real kind and drank it. That was, in retrospect, a mistake at this hour. > [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Oh – And it’s probably out of your way --But could you swing my the Robinson factory and pick me up a new helicopter. I’d be ever so grateful! 🙂 I wish I’d known! I would have picked one up for you when I was there a little while back. ---
**Author:** ![sofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@sofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sofia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/23 "2004-06-13T23:05:49Z")
ok…I think I got all of it…but I’m going to need some help carrying it in from the car… _silence_ …what? no one will help? oh sure, I go to the store and get your Preparation H, ice cream and serial killer starter kits, but no one can get up off the couch and help me carry it all in? pleeeze? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/24 "2004-06-13T23:34:35Z")
[“Not I,” said the Duck…](http://www.bres.boothbay.k12.me.us/wq/nnash/WebQuest/little_red_hen.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/25 "2004-06-13T23:41:17Z")
A block of Velveeta and some scuplting tools… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/26 "2004-06-13T23:44:22Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > A block of Velveeta and some scuplting tools… :smack: And if they’re out of “scuplting tools”, then some sculpting tools will suffice. ---
**Author:** ![sofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@sofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sofia)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/27 "2004-06-13T23:53:45Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > :smack: > And if they’re out of “scuplting tools”, then some sculpting tools will suffice. well, I didn’t know which to get you, so I just got both. See? I’m looking out for you. 🙂 …now, what do I do with scuplting tools… ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/28 "2004-06-13T23:58:33Z")
I don’t suppose you could take care of World Peace while you’re out. I’d appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![sofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@sofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sofia)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/29 "2004-06-14T04:09:51Z")
World Peace? That’s just a red herring…like Communism. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/30 "2004-06-14T09:57:54Z")
> [@MikeG](#): > > a container of milk. > > I remembered! I remembered! > 🙂 Dammit! So close! I forgot it was “container”. I blame the fact that I haven’t heard it for over two decades. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/31 "2004-06-14T10:40:45Z")
Yes please… One can of wd 40 5 rolls of saran wrap a box of matches lighter fluid duct tape a small hammer a garlic press drain cleaner a scrub brush and some trash bags. Oh, and a porterhouse steak. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/32 "2004-06-14T13:25:15Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > Yes please… > > One can of wd 40 > 5 rolls of saran wrap > a box of matches > lighter fluid > duct tape > a small hammer > a garlic press > drain cleaner > a scrub brush > and some trash bags. > > Oh, and a porterhouse steak. > > thanks. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/33 "2004-06-14T13:44:28Z")
Why the confusion, **Dragwyr**? Sounds like a good steak recipe to me. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/34 "2004-06-14T13:53:57Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > A hard-boiled egg. > > **honk** > > Make that two hard-boiled eggs. **honk** And one duck egg. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/35 "2004-06-14T13:59:02Z")
> [@sofia](#): > > World Peace? That’s just a red herring…like Communism. Oh well. Forget it, then. I hate herrings. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144/36 "2004-06-14T14:46:16Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > Dammit! So close! > > I forgot it was “container”. I blame the fact that I haven’t heard it for over two decades. It bugged me all night last night. And then suddenly I realized… It’s a Sesame Street skit, or something very similar, isn’t it? Little girl on the way to the market for her mom? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-want-anything/250144.md?page=1)