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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:27 PM
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Name a common item you've never had any use for
I have never in my life owned an umbrella, and I lived in England for many years. Rain absolutely does not bother me.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:28 PM
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1. I don't own an umbrella, either.
Nor do I wear a watch. I do own one, I just don't wear it.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:28 PM
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2. a beer stein
I don't like beer.
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Green Mountain Dem Donating Member (784 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:29 PM
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3. any kind of......
BUSH !!
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fishnfla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:29 PM
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4. cell phone nt
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Peachhead22 Donating Member (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:31 PM
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5. A tampon : )
I'm a guy.
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Vanje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:35 PM
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10. A Condom
I'm a lesbian
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Milspec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:58 PM
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29. I'm sorry to say lately...
My Dick. I mean its 2nd function not the every few hours one.
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:31 PM
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6. Shoe Horn
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:32 PM
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7. WTF is up with THOSE?
buy shoes that FIT already!
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Goldom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:34 PM
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9. I have a shoe horn with a happy face cut into it.
And it stands up on feet. They have on black shoes.
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:33 PM
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8. toaster
never had one.
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agates Donating Member (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:35 PM
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11. An athletic supporter
:-)
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Tikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:36 PM
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12. Electric can opener.....
I learned on a manual twist and turn.
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 09:26 PM
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31. ooh that's something else I've never had. n/t
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:38 PM
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13. Never owned a microwave
And didn't have an answering machine for the longest time.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:44 PM
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19. lord
I would be lost without my microwave :D
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Vanje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:39 PM
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14. Ironing board
and iron.

Also no clothes dryer. I hang them outside.

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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:44 PM
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18. Seconded on the iron/board
I've never ironed a single thing in my entire life.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 03:35 AM
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39. I love to iron.. It's the most satisfying household chore
:)
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 10:18 AM
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53. I feel that way about washing dishes
It's very zen. :D
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 09:23 PM
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30. 3rd: Iron and ironing board. n/t
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AmandaRuth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:39 PM
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15. papertowels, handywipes
thats what old towels are for! :D :D
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FlashHarry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:40 PM
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16. A mellon baller.
Though I do have--and use--a nutmeg grater. Weird.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:43 PM
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17. Never had a melon baller?
What are you, some kind of barbarian? Cripes, do you even have running water?

Muttermuttersavagemuttermutter.
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latebloomer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:47 PM
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20. A shoe tree n/t
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:50 PM
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21. A hair dryer
Never used one
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:54 PM
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22. I don't have or use most the stuff posted so far
no microwave, no cell, no electric can opener, no watch no ironing board or iron, no toaster. I have an umbrella, but it went missing years ago, and I live in Seattle. No automatic transmission, no radio or music in my car. No shoe horn either, I use the dryer a little, but mostly hang stuff to dry. I have no blender
This computer-only had it a year and a half, and I don't own it.

I'm sure there's more, but I'm just getting ready to churn the butter for tomorrow...:)
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sundog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:54 PM
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23. cell phone
When I'm at work, the phone is there... when I'm done for the day, everyone can just fuck off :P
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:56 PM
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24. Cell phone.
The bane of society.
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 07:58 PM
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25. nose hair clippers
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:13 PM
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26. DVD player
Although it seems my stepdaughter's grandma is going to give us one as a gift shortly. Barring that, the MPAA and their regions and encryption and DMCA can kiss my fat, hairy arse.

By the way, no, no DVD reader at the PC either.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:46 PM
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27. A job
:)
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 08:47 PM
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28. Bush
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pagerbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 09:28 PM
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32. Dang! I was gonna say that!
Howdy Will! :wave:
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 09:43 PM
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33. toilet paper
just kidding
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 09:50 PM
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34. Well Richard (Dawson, not Karn), I was going to say 'condom' but
somebody else already did!

So I will say "Lube".

Is it the number one answer? O8)
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 11:12 PM
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35. My appendix
Everybody is born with one, but they serve no use whatsoever except put some people in the hospital...
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 06:44 AM
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43. My Spleen
I had it removed in 1971.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 02:55 AM
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36. condom
and believe me, by that i dont mean that im risking getting someone pregnent

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 03:16 AM
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37. Slippers
Who the hell wears slippers anyway!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 03:34 AM
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38. a corkscrew
:)

we don't drink wine
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 04:48 AM
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40. My tonsils.
Wish my parents had 'em yanked when I was a kid. Could have avoided numerous strep throats, etc.
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Solon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 07:54 AM
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49. I second that...
Got mine taken out back in 1986 and never looked back at that.
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Duncan Grant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 05:55 AM
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41. Cell Phone.
There are so many other things I'd rather do than be tethered to a ringing telephone. Call me crazy. :crazy:
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LDS Jock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 05:56 AM
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42. Britney Spears CD
:puke:
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 06:45 AM
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44. Mrs. CO Liberal and I Agree - OLDER SISTERS!!!!
We both have one, and neither of us has any use for them.
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 06:51 AM
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45. Adam Sandler
:-)
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NamVetsWeeLass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 06:53 AM
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46. Keyboard shortcuts....
dunno why, Just don't use them.
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AVID Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 07:00 AM
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47. Wal-Mart
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sadiesworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 07:47 AM
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48. Nail polish.
The whole business of nail painting doesn't hold up well under a cost/benefit analysis, IMO. Plus, polish makes my fingers feel like they have small weights attached to the ends.
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blindpig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 08:17 AM
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50. cell phone
electronic ball&chain.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 08:18 AM
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51. I have no use for George Bush, and he's as common as you can get
Never had any use for tampons, either.
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annonymous Donating Member (850 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 09:54 AM
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52. Cell Phone
I have never wanted one and never found a need for one. I am turned off by the behavior of many cell phone users.
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gpandas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 10:26 AM
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54. stupid question posts in the lounge.
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getoffmytrain Donating Member (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 10:53 AM
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55. Collar stays.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 11:04 AM
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56. Lawn mower and bedroom slippers
I don't have a lawn, and I hate bedroom slippers--they make my feet sweat. If my feet are cold, I just put on socks.
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short bus president Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 11:26 AM
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57. Bible.
dolo always brings home more toilet paper before I have to use it.

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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:14 PM
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58. I grew up in Vancouver and never owned one
Cause my dad said they were "For girls"

Men wear raincoats.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:35 PM
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59. Dishwasher
I do it all by hand.
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IconoclastIlene Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 12:35 PM
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60. Applie Corer and Peeler
The kind that is large for heavy duty canning and baking or whatever that screws onto your counter top.
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