What is the most pointless thing you own?

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I have a remote control for a TV that I have never had or even seen. It doesn't work with any of the TVs I do have. I don't know why I haven't thrown it out. It's been sitting in a drawer for about 6 years.
And you?

[Deja Q]

1. My package

:spray:

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4. Oh you have one of these too...

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[DainBramaged]

2. Preparation H

[Radio_Lady]

16. Shit, I could use that stuff. Does it still have shark oil in it?

[AwakeAtLast]

27. You won't believe where I read this

It's called "The Bathroom Reader" by the Bathroom Reader's Institute (not making this up)!

Anyway, the book had an article about the origins of different things and Preparation-H was one of them. If you buy it in Canada it is still supposed to have all of the original ingredients in it. The U.S. version is different for some reason. :shrug:

Just more useless information for your reading pleasure! :D

[Jamastiene]

30. Utterly useless. I agree.

Shrinks tissue my ass. Well, not my ass, because the shit don't work.

[Guava Jelly]

3. me

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[Radio_Lady]

17. Consider this, GoPsUx -- you're only renting yourself. Eventually, you'll

be free of all of this.

Have a good Sunday -- it pains me to say that I've had a completely pointless day -- sick with a cold and in bed and watching "Planet of the Apes" and other crap on TV.

Going to try and feel better tomorrow. You too?

[Guava Jelly]

24. you mean I'll be homeless. :o)

Many of my days are pointless..But really who defines the point? :)

[hiaasenrocks]

5. A lamp.

It's here in my little home office/study area, on a small desk that contains stacks of printer paper and backup printer cartridges. This lamp has no shade, no bulb, and the cord is wrapped around the base of the lamp. I have never used it. I have no idea where it came from, but it's been here for about 10 months now.

[Okiojira]

6. Several hundred unsold, unopened CDs

of my band from the early-mid 90s.

Ah, poignancy!! (Is there a smiley with its forearm pressed tragically against its brow?)

[Redstone]

7. My sanity.

Redstone

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. Does one ever truly OWN ones sanity?

or is it merely as a vapor, waiting to vanish because of that stupid, dopey, little old BLUE HAIRED LADY IN FRONT OF ME AT THE STOP LIGHT THAT CAN BARELY SEE THROUGH HER STEERING WHEEL AND CANT FIGURE OUT THAT IF SHE PUSHES DOWN ON THE PEDAL ON THE RIGHT HER FUCKING CAR WILL GO FASTER?!?

Oops. Was that out loud?

sorry.

[Redstone]

21. Been there. Today, actually, and more than once. I live in a town with a "summer

population" that includes many of those blue-haired types.

I know EXACTLY what you said.

Redstone

[Radio_Lady]

8. I got these two things at a yard sale for 10 cents. I have no idea what they're for...

Please don't bother to guess. I've had this picture on the DU before and no one knew what they were, either. No, they're not for the feet.

I finally put them in a drawer and try to forget that I have them.

[AlCzervik]

12. i would have loved to seen that thread.

[Radio_Lady]

13. Well, it must be archived somewhere... but darned if I know.

A lot of good people wasted a lot of good time suggesting this or that... S&M, bondage, shoe cleats, ice walkers, all came up.

All I can say is that they are both very well made for whatever purpose they are.

Around Christmas, I use them for earrings or shoes on a big plush stuffed bear in our family room!

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. Looks like an S&M type bra without the straps.

Don't ask me how i know this.

Seriously, they look to me as if they are part of draft harness tack - for horses.

Hell of an interesting looking item.

[Radio_Lady]

15. Yeah, yeah... I'm not into any of that so I just post them for fun to get a reaction.

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. Check my edited post above. n/t

[Radio_Lady]

23. Hi Heretic -- Knock yourself out! I piddled around with DRAFT HORSE TACK and

still nothing I could find that looks like these two items.

Thanks for trying, though.

http://www.tack-wholesale.com/Catalog_Pages/Harness_Sets.htm

[Kali]

25. I remember those!

You never figured out what they are?:wow:

[Radio_Lady]

31. Nope, I never did. Still stumped for all these years...

[momophile]

29. trivets nt

[Radio_Lady]

32. Not flat enough to be trivets -- and the rubber would melt under heat.

Sorry...

[momophile]

35. I thought it was castiron

sorry!:hi:

[Radio_Lady]

41. Made of rubber and some kind of alloy metal chains. Very flexible.

[AlCzervik]

9. some fancy reusable wine cork thingys, i don't drink wine.

it makes me silly and sleepy and quite possibly easy.

[Lethe]

10. i have this metal wire dragonfly shaped thing and i have no idea what it is for

it was left here by a previous occupant. Me and my roommate tried for hours to figure out what it is for. It is a metal wire in the shape of a dragonfly with a round loop attached to the tail end on a hinge. We are totally stumped. We ask everyone who visits what it's for and nobody can think of anything. Turns out my current neighbor used to live in my apt, and she didn't even know what it was.

lol :shrug:

[crim son]

19. Ninety percent of what I own is pointless.

I have nine complete sets of dishes, antique and new. I don't need them. I can count off eighteen carpets oriental and otherwise in this house I'm leaving. Pointless. The STBE took three couches and there are still three remaining, two of which are pointless. And then, there are my shoes... don't ask... There was a time when I thought I was so complete personally that all I needed to be perfect were *things*. Not so.

[Capn Sunshine]

20. My load of "end of the world" gear

I was pretty sure Bush was gonna fuck up bigtime, and wanted to be ready:

[Jamastiene]

28. Wow, what a pretty picture.

I could see myself posing with the pretty blue handgun at the bottom there. Why are there no left wing militias? That would be the coolest thing. True freedom fighters.

[BrotherBuzz]

40. Is that law hot?

All you need are a couple of M18A1 Claymore Mine, and a case of M-67 Frag Grenade, and I figure you be good to go.

[mainegreen]

42. Is that a bazooka or something like that on the left?

[mentalsolstice]

22. My pug dog!

She's pointless, worthless and clueless, she doesn't pull her weight at all in the big scheme of things. Yet we let her hang around because she's pretty damned cute.

[idgiehkt]

26. "Songs"

I could look up any of his lyrics online...but I ain't giving this up.

[otherlander]

33. A hamster cage

I don't have a hamster.

[philosophie_en_rose]

34. Tupperware Lids

I don't recall what happened to the containers. . .

[Digit]

36. A diaphram

I am 55, have been in menopause for 10 years, and haven't had sex in 11 years and it might as well be used as a mini-frisbee.
Ain't complaining tho....I like being single.

[Richard Steele]

37. I have many thousands of equally "pointless" objects.

But they are only "pointless" until I find a use for them.
And, sooner or later, I usually do.

[Generic Brad]

38. A rain stick

It makes noise when you tip it. The dried cactus needles tinkle from one end to the other in the hollowed out club. Before I owned it I had nothing to make rain noises with. How did I ever survive without it?

[TOhioLiberal]

39. Well...

...'own' is a relative term. The most useless thing in my life is...my SO. x(

[Inchworm]

43. Work boots

hehe, long story :D

:hi:

[SocratesInSpirit]

44. An air pump for an air mattress

And I have no air mattress any longer, and will never get one again. :)

[My Good Babushka]

45. A George Burns action figure

with a microphone stand and cigar