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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:33 AM
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Cube dwellers: What unique thing do you have at your desk at work?
I have x-rays of my ankle stowed away between two file cabinets.

What do you have at your desk that no one else has?
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:34 AM
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1. Some fossilized cat poop from my garden.
It's cool.
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:42 AM
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8. ROFL.
Oh stop! I wasn't expecting that. Tears are running down my face and my coworkers are looking over here. and I'd never be able to explain why I'm laughing.
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:34 AM
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2. I have a paperweight...
...made out of a miniature (3x5) Planet of the Apes movie poster encased in lucite.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:34 AM
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3. Onion daily calendar
A Magic Eight Ball
Sugar free hard candy
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Love Bug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:36 AM
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4. I have a Herbie the Love Bug toy
'Cause, you know, I just have to.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:37 AM
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5. a pink hockey puck
the local AHL team was selling them to benefit the Susan J. Komen Foundation.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:41 AM
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6. My talking Three Stooges heads:


When you smack them on the desk, each Stooge says three of their famous lines, such as "Nyuk,nyuk,nyuk", and "Oh, a wise guy, huh?", and "Hey, what's the big idea?".

I am very easily amused, as you can tell.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:41 AM
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7. A miniature Sunbeam refrigerator that I bought last weekend
It's perfect for soft drinks and sandwiches. It fits in the corner of my desk perfectly.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:43 AM
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9. newspaper cLippings of photos
that i've found who Like just Like some coworkers.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:45 AM
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10. I Have a Chinese Scroll That Says
in characters:

"Happiness is getting the short end of the stick."

No one knows what it means except me.
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:47 AM
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11. body parts
for use as paperweights

cb
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:47 AM
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12. spam of the month calendar
Each month is a classic ad for the canned meat product.
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Jessica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:48 AM
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13. I have ...
My wristband from Bonnaroo 2004 so I can think of better times & a picture of my sponsor child, Patricia Esmerelda from El Salvador. She's 8.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:51 AM
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14. I have a pic of me with the Stanley Cup.
:D
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CO Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:54 AM
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15. A Few Things
A framed needlepoint of hot air balloons - a Christmas present from my kid sister many years ago.

A cactus - a souvenir The princess and I picked up in Arizona back in 1993.

A ceramic Nipper (the RCA Victor dog) that belonged to my father.



The desk clock that my father received when he retired from RCA in 1989.
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:55 AM
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16. a God detector
Edited on Tue Apr-05-05 09:56 AM by ginbarn
So far, it's still no. I have a hockey diorama, a pig labeled "antibiotic oinkment" and a miniature robby the robot. It walks.
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Jeff in Cincinnati Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:55 AM
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17. Framed Photograph of the Marx Brothers
Tends to put people at ease -- how much of a hard-ass can you be with a picture of Groucho Marx on your desk.
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CornField Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 09:58 AM
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18. When I had an office, my paperweight was a silicone breast implant.
I got it during the course of research on a news article. Now it sits in the back of the fridge because it makes an excellent cool compress for bumps and bruises.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:06 AM
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19. Looking around I see:
A Kerry/Edwards campaign button hidden behind my monitor (no political paraphernalia allowed)
A broken lava lamp.
A Nebula ball.
A jazz calendar.
A "Fabulous 50s Advertising" calendar.
A pic of me & Sting.
Many pictures of my son, husband and dog.
An autographed They Might Be Giants poster.
A huge poster of Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.
A 1/24 model of a Thunderbird convertible with a toy golden retriever in the driver's seat.
3 mail crates filled with unopened mail (they're all CDs)
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:06 AM
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20. It predates me
But on the inside of a filing cabinet door there is a picture of a the back of a naked fisherman - he is wearing waders and nothing else.

Until recently I had 3 Easter eggs, the noxious Cadbury Creme Eggs. They were on sale on 5th January - which is still Christmas - and so I bought them to illustrate the idiotic commercialisation of the popularised Christian festivals. They sat on the shelf above my desk until Easter.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:45 AM
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24. tjw...
I like you more & more. "idiotic commercialisation," indeed. :hi:
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 01:15 PM
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27. If I was ever tempted to agree with capitalism
I would just have to look at how naff it all becomes.

Now I have to run away to hide, as I'm no good at taking compliments :blush:
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:09 PM
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32. To quote a favorite comedienne,
"I'm a socialist... with a gold card. I think we need a revolution, but I'm so afraid I wouldn't be able to find good moisturizer after one happens." (Brett Butler)

See ya later, Mr. :blush:y. :hi:
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:10 AM
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21. A can of beef
BEEF
"Just heat and eat" says the bright yellow label of the Delphos Food Lockers of Delphos, Ohio.
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bugslsu9 Donating Member (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:36 AM
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22. Red Swingline Stapler
"I believe you have my stapler"
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Zuni Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:40 AM
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23. a drawer full of hard core porn
just kidding
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 10:51 AM
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25. Nothing unique about that
I thought that everybody did???
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Zenlitened Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 12:15 PM
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26. A taxidermy cat
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Sal316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 01:17 PM
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28. Quite a few things, mostly toys.
1)Talking Yoda (kinda like a magic 8ball)
2)LOTR happy meal toys
3)Pic of me throwing out the first pitch at a DBacks game
4)Spongebob and Gary happy meal toys.
5)Mickey Mouse ears with company name on back
6)Man of 1000 coffins picture in color.
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 01:38 PM
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29. A Buddist Prayer Yizing Teapot.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:05 PM
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30. Where the Wild Things Are figurines...
Max & Co. throw down on my desk every day.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:33 PM
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37. That's cool
I have the puppets at home!
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fudge stripe cookays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:09 PM
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31. A "High Fidelity" poster
-A desk lamp that looks like the Eiffel Tower
-A copy of "Advanced French for Exceptional Cats"
-A Buzzflash bumper sticker
-A discreet Kerry/Edwards sticker up in my bookshelf (I got nailed on it being too prominent a couple months ago)
- A framed greeting card that looks like an old 50s horror movie poster and says "Stop Me Before I Shop Again!" with a screaming woman
- A small stuffed moose I bought in Banff (wearing sunglasses I put on him)

Those are the bigggies.
FSC
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:15 PM
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33. A stuffed "Steve" from Blues Clues
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:24 PM
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34. Nothing. And that's unusual.
I remember one place I worked about 10 years ago where everyone got called into a big meeting and it was announced that about 200 people (myself included) were being laid off. People were scurrying around looking for boxes to put their stuff in and floppies to copy their personal files onto. Me, I went back to my office, picked up my sack lunch and walked out the door. I could do the same thing today.
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meti57b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:27 PM
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35. A sign that reads, "seeing is believing"
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-05-05 02:29 PM
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36. A Disney Sing-A-Long video tape
It's the Disneyland Fun/It's a small world edition

"We're walkin right down the middle of Main Street USA" Dumdeedum

:woohoo:
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