What do you own thats totally impractical but you love?

AlCzervik

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:23 PM
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What do you own thats totally impractical but you love?

I have mine on right now, black pointy toed boots that have a 4 inch heel, for show but not for go.

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Taxloss

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:26 PM
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1. A Sake set.

It's beautiful black stone - four cups and a decanter. Amazing craftsmanship and love went into it, and it was a wondeful present.

I don't drink Sake.

I also have a set of snail tongs. Again, a wonderful present. Utterly useless.

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KitchenWitch

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:28 PM
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2. I have several big hats!

festooned with silk flowers and the like.

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bliss_eternal

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:48 AM
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13. I LOVE big hats,

just hats in general.

I have a big, brown floppy, kind of hippie hat--LOVE it!

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KitchenWitch

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:49 AM
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14. cool

I am such a hat person...

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bliss_eternal

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:51 AM
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16. People always think I'm from the east--

because I layer effectively in the fall/winter. I love when it's time to break out my wool berets for cold weather.

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BrotherBuzz

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:45 PM
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3. My 4 HP 4 cylinder 13 amp 110 v Kohler generator

The damn thing weighs over 500 pounds but always starts when I crank it over every month. It is a comfort when we have a power outage even though I could go out and buy a hand held power generator that will produce twice the power for half the coast. The Luddite in me tells me it will last longer then any siege my enemies could mount against me, and I sleep well knowing that that sixty year old chunk of cast iron in my camp is my friend.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:47 PM
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4. A convertible sports car

that has little storage room.

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RetroLounge

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Thu Dec-15-05 08:56 PM
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5. A pair of non-driving 1958 Oldsmobiles

Couldn't bear to see them rust away or get crushed...

RL

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LeftyMom

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Thu Dec-15-05 09:02 PM
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6. My sword.

I certainly don't need it and have no use for it, but I like having it.

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mwdem

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Thu Dec-15-05 09:03 PM
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7. My husband...oh wait,

which forum is this?

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UncleSepp

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:04 AM
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8. A Volksempfaenger

One of the earlier models, not the short square one, but the tall one. It doesn't work. I don't much care. I don't think I'll fix it, because i have this creepy feeling about turning it on and hearing radio broadcasts from 1938. I did, however, try to plug it in and get it going one night when I just HAD to try to get some foreign radio news.

Then I remembered it was built NOT to have a long receiver range... d'oh.

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Jamastiene

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:18 AM
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9. I have a bass guitar, but no bass amp.

I just love playing around with it all by myself sometimes.

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:41 AM
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10. My motorcycle.

Impractical only because where I live now, everything is either close enough to walk or bicycle (save the gas), or so far away (or due to the purpose of the trip, ie, hauling stuff) I would certainly want to take a car. So I rarely ride anymore.

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bliss_eternal

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:52 AM
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17. What kind?

If I may ask...

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:01 AM
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19. Damn. I was afraid somebody would ask.

It's a chick bike, totally. A Honda 400A (automatic). The only automatic bike ever made, back in the day. You shift it twice on start up, then not again until you take it out of gear to shut 'er down.

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bliss_eternal

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:05 AM
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23. Oh stop--

I'm sure it's very masculine. You're hurting it's feelings. :( Bikes need love, too. ;)

Didn't mean to embarass you, hope it didn't.

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NMMNG

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:46 AM
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11. A corset

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bliss_eternal

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:49 AM
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15. Corsets rock!

Seriously, nothing looks sexier!

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NMMNG

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:02 AM
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20. I agree

:thumbsup:

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:47 AM
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12. A penis

:shrug:

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:05 AM
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21. Impractical?

B-b-but, I've heard boys use those to pee!

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:05 AM
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22. Dupe

Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 04:13 AM by Dangerously Amused

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:08 AM
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24. But they're obviously not necessary for that

since girls ain't got one.

ErGO...

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KitchenWitch

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:09 AM
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25. Location location location

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:19 AM
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27. Llama llama llama

Your point? :shrug:

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KitchenWitch

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:22 AM
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30. If you did not have a penis

your urethra would have to be somewhere else.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:27 AM
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32. What's Urethra got to do with it?

That's a city on the northern California coast.

:shrug:

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KitchenWitch

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:27 AM
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33. You need one to pee

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:32 AM
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34. I need a fog-shrouded seaport

to pee? :shrug:

It is quite a liberal town, though.

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:35 AM
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36. A city in northern California?

Nooooo.....

Urethra sang,

"R-E-S-P-E-C-T,

Find out what it means to me!..."

:eyes: Duuh-uh.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:37 AM
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37. No, no, no

That's Eureka Franklin.

:eyes:

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:19 AM
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26. Well then,

it still seems to me that they'd be practical as a source of constant amusement. I mean, you could dress them up in Barbie doll clothes and stuff...

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:21 AM
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29. Or draw little faces on 'em

And maybe stick on some ears and whiskers, then go up to people and say "Eddie, kees me goodnight."

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 05:03 AM
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38. I think all guys should do that.

Dress 'em up in Barbie (or Ken) clothes and draw little faces on 'em. Think of it, you could have puppet shows with an ever changing cast of characters at all the public urinals. How much fun would THAT be?!?

Geez. Guys get to have all the fun.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 05:09 AM
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39. Public urinals?

I was thinking street corners. Muni buses. Lines at the bank.

'N' besides... women can do the same kinda thing more prominently. (The example photo I was gonna post would get this thread jerked.)

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 05:14 AM
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40. Hahaa. You said "thread jerk"!

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 05:20 AM
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43. I was wondering if somebody'd pick up on that

Sorta thought it'd be a moyl, though.

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Dangerously Amused

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Fri Dec-16-05 05:35 AM
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44. "Moyl" per Google:

Mohel, Moyl - pl. mohelim. Ritual circumciser. Moyl is the Yiddish pronunciation and has better name recognition in North America.

Also: "Mustard On Your Leg" and "Music Of Your Life."

:shrug:

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 05:38 AM
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45. *looks down*

Mustard? Hmmm... don't think so.

Horsey Sauce from Arby's, maybe...

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KitchenWitch

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Fri Dec-16-05 05:16 AM
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41. ...

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Oeditpus Rex

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Fri Dec-16-05 05:18 AM
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42. ROFL!

That's hilarious! Especially the "testimonials." :rofl:

Although "Cougar"... that sucka could do construction work. :scared:

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RevCheesehead

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:24 AM
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31. In the immortal words of the Grinch:

"one man's toxic waste is another man's potpurri."
(Max barks)
"I dunno - it's some kind of soup."

:7

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Omphaloskepsis

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Fri Dec-16-05 03:59 AM
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18. I have 27 old Apple Computers stacked in my closet..

Along with printers, a Newton, monitors, and a few random things. All of the stuff works. The first was the original Macintosh my parents bought for me in 1984... And, yes, I'm fucking nuts.

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Brundle_Fly

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:20 AM
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28. 1957

gibson explorer.

gets played like once a year, sits in its case, taunting my fingers.

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KitchenWitch

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Fri Dec-16-05 04:34 AM
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35. My son would be so jealous.

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Ellen Forradalom

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Fri Dec-16-05 08:41 AM
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46. A hyperactive Bourbonnais pointer

This guy's idea of a morning stroll is ten miles over the fields. What are we doing with such a spaz in the city? He makes us get our exercise, though.

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Rowdyboy

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Fri Dec-16-05 09:06 AM
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47. 1955 Chambers stove that can't be used until refinished (will cost $4,000)

Hows that for impractical. Right now its in a junkroom holding empty beer cans. Maybe, someday....

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DS1

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Fri Dec-16-05 09:07 AM
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48. My 'King' size bed. I still own it, but it's awaiting the trash heap

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LaraMN

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Fri Dec-16-05 09:10 AM
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49. Ah ha! We think alike! Knee boots, of course!

The higher the heel, the more impractical, but they're awfully fun!

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ET Awful

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Fri Dec-16-05 09:25 AM
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50. Hell, I don't know . . . my $300 carbon fiber tripod for my camera?

Nah, expensive, but it is practical.

Maybe my kitchen knives. . . I don't use them as often as I should, and they cost me a bundle. . . nah, still can't call them impractical.

I know, my extra snowboard gear is impractical. I have an extra snowboard, two sets of extra bindings, at least 3 pairs of boots, and several different snowboarding pants and jackets.

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Shell Beau

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Fri Dec-16-05 09:27 AM
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51. Just about all of my shoes fit that description!!

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