Corkscrew.
Well I would,wouldn't I?
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 22:11, Reply)

odd? maybe
i carry a bag with me where ever I go
A Bilabong sidebag usually filled with stuff...
one roll of electrical tape, a swiss army knife, a multitool, a plastic rain poncho, one USB pocketdrive, a minidisc player and minidiscs, headphones, a whole bunch of batteries, an asthma inhailer (haven't had an attack for the last 7 years or something), headache pills, probiotics pills (from the company that I work for), a timer watch,some blutack, usually some book, my Nintendo DS and I just found a chessnutt in there.......
oh well
these things aren't really that unusuall I guess...
I do carry around a huge souvenier coin from prague for some reason. it's brass (I think) and is 4,5 centemeters across. weighs lots.
( The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 22:09, Reply)

Sad and old
In addition to all the usual crap, somehow I manage to have an unbrella with me at all times. A sad sign that at almost 26, I am officially old *sob*

At least I don't have a plastic rain hat I guess.
(kitteny_goodness, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 22:04, Reply)

A joker
Never know when you might want to play it.
(Bids How much is that window in the doggy?, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 21:54, Reply)

My crap I carry aroud
I have to mountain bike to work, so, I carry a backpack with my work garb and uncool waterproofs (which makes me inpervious to rain attack, but, you cook to death in the summer) and probably too many copies of music mags or FHM which can be quite heavy. Also, within the bag is my wallet, x2 spare batteries for a Nokia 6230 and house keys. Oh, and deodorant and brush too.

Come to think of it, carry around too many keys. But the reasoning is that I re-assuringly know its presence because of its weight and mass of keys. As opposed to carrying one tiny key I will lose easily.

I am also World famous for overpacking when going anywhere. Notably, my woman's gaff over the weekend. I probably carry my own weight in needless crap, excessive changes of clothes etc.

But, over the weekend, it's imperative of me to have my 40gb Creative Labs Zen Extra mp3 player, keys, Nokia 6230 phone and at least one spare battery for the phone. And the house keys. My mp3 player seems to act as an invisibility cloak as you can drown out the din of the public masses or annoying chavs. The mp3 player runs out of battery and chav hassle increases expotentially. I do find that playing death and black metal can end up with you developing an "agressive" manner when walking, you cut people up and are more inclined to develop "mosh pit" tactics to get around, especially in bus queues etc.

And, I feel akin to being butt naked If I don't have my mobile, pile of keys, and wallet on my person.

And I always perenially think I have forgot something upon exiting the house too, no matter what...

(does any metaller/goth out there witnessed the same "music player invisibility cloak" occur?)
(Panteneman Isn't entirely sure why he bothered on, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 21:51, Reply)

the Brownies certainly trained me well:
20p
pencil
string
paperclips
notebook
pamphlet on tying knots, whippings & lashings
tissues
SAS survival guide
24hr RAT. pack
survival bag
hexi-burner & fuel
flares
needle & thread
ice axe
crampons
tampons
spoon
40ft of nylon rope
six-kilo cross bow & arrows
satellite phone & GPS
erotic pamplet written by and starring Ray Mears

with no apologies in any dimension
( Hidden Mouse, Sleeping Kitten Gromada? Gromada!, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 21:45, Reply)

Brazil Nuts
I have a life threatening allergic reaction to Brazil Nuts (I end up in hospital with heart monitors, blood pressure monitors,O2 mask and IV drip)
I have to carry a EpiPen Auto-Injector for emergency treatment of anaphylactic shock. I just pop off the grey cap and jab the pen into my thigh muscle.
Never had to use it but it stays with me all of the time.

www.epipen.com
( Terry Oblong There's nobody here but us chickens on, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 21:32, Reply)

Hoodies: Anoraks v2.0
(its kind of on-topic! honest!)

Last year I had a job interview at a chambers, and part of their selection process was to give every applicant a list of products, and ask them to pick one to give a sales pitch on.

The list was something as follows:
Wales
Flip-Flops
Hoodies
Cheese Sandwiches
Pigeons
Muffins
and so on...

While the rest of the applicants went for the safe option and chose "muffins",
I chose my all-time favourite accesory: HOODIES
(Here follows that sales pitch!)

(1) They're suitable for all weather conditions: light enough for hot days,
yet their hood makes them excellent in the wet.

(2) They are in fact the "chav anorak", you can be chavtastic* while still
being practical

(3) They fit over anything - I have tried and swear that it is entirely possible to fit shirt, tie, and
jacket under one without any external clue when passing through dingy areas.

(4) They can be cheap, they can be pricey. They're the new jeans, ANYBODY can be an antisocial twunt*
no matter what race/class/age/sex!


Needless to say, I didn't get the job.

(But their faces were a picture)


*not actually the words used
(nancyboy Oooh that tickles, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 21:30, Reply)

My glasses.
I need them to see.
( Lightguy hail satan, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 21:22, Reply)

What I carry,
I carry 5 different types of currency (5 euro, 150 thai baht, 10 eastern carribian dollars, 1 american$ and various GBP) and boarding cards from every flight I've been on in the last year. thats up to thirty now.
Makes my wallet fat and annoying but I cant thrown them away. I also like having the different currencys. reminds me of places and people. I just hope one day I dont have to explain to a mugger why theres no point in robbing me for about 5ers worth of notes.
( Nostrebor can't be everything all the time., Thu 27 Oct 2005, 21:07, Reply)

Rather odd I guess...
As a Network Technician, I have a reasonable toolkit which usually consists of:

1 regular cross-head screwdriver
1 miniature cross-head screwdriver
1 regular straight-head screwdriver
1 miniature straight-head screwdriver
1 pair of wire-strippers
1 pair pliers
1 pair wire snips
1 adjustable spanner
1 IDC punch-down tool
1 RJ45 crimping tool
1 torch that straps on to my head
1 2-metre network cable
1 bag of AA batteries
1 bag of AAA batteries
1 packet of pens for writing on CDs with
1 roll of insulation tape
2 pocket knives
1 Sony Cliè TJ25
1 Nokia 6230i mobile phone
1 USB bluetooth chip
1 USB IRDA chip
10 blank CDs
10 blank DVDs
2 CDs of software tools
1 rather small USB mouse
and several USB flash drives...

(deep breath)

In addition to this, I also have:

1 small first aid kit
1 can deodorant spray
1 pair of scissors
2 pairs of sunglasses
1 black "beanie" hat (I get cold ears!)
1 pack playing cards
1 bottle opener
2 pairs of spare earphones
1 clipboard (keeps my bag nice and flat against my back)
Numerous packets of tissues
My wallet
and an assortment of random leads and things...

What's odd about this, is not that I own all of these, but that I carry them around in my backpack at all times. I never take them out unless I'm using them. Going down to the 24 hour Tesco? It's with me. Out walking with my best friend on the South Downs? It's with me. I can't take it out of my bag without being accutely aware of, and very uncomfortable about the fact that it's missing.


I also carry a towel. Not just any towel, but a hand-towel that my Dad pilfered out of a hotel about 10 years ago, and that I tie-dyed orange about 5 years ago. It's a homage to "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" - and has come in handy for all sorts - particularly with regard to coffee-spillage around computers - and especially when it's been raining. It's been with me through homelessness, unemployment, a really crap job, 2 boyfriends, and much much more. Again - I find it really uncomfortable when it's not with me...making me probably the only 20 year-old around who has a security blanket!!!

Needless to say - I can't usually fit much more than a sweater and/or jacket into my bag with all that...

Apologies, length, girth, ramblings, etc...
(Lifson Kofie, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 21:02, Reply)

Sweaty
I always carry a hand held battery operated fan. People always look at me as if I'm mad when I whip it out on a crowded train but their sneers soon turn to wistful glances of envy when I sit there swaying in it's cool breeze rather than sweating my tits off.
(Mad McMad, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 20:56, Reply)

Nothing too exciting
One mobile phone -- and three SIM cards. Orange (UK), T-Mobile (Germany), Tiptop LuxGSM (Luxembourg). I spend quite a lot of time in each of those countries, and even when the roaming actually works, it's still unreasonably expensive.

I also used to carry an old 286 chip around. No idea why.

Oh, and more recently, my Discordian pope card.
(julius, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 20:42, Reply)

Odd things...
hmmm... well, I suppose the roll of masking tape is quite odd, but I can't remember the last time I went a day without using it.
I used to carry my drum key with me most of the time in case I suddenly needed to adjust a drum kit or something, but I lost it.
Often have needle-nose pliers, in case I need to mend some jewellery or something.
( useful_idiot, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 20:40, Reply)

lucky button
I always carry a small, red, heart shaped "lucky button".

I have no idea why it is lucky or where it came from. I can't remember. But it helped me pass my exams excellently with barely any revision :-)

Oh and I always carry a small hairbrush, for those windswept moments.
(mrmistoffeles, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 20:39, Reply)

i carry
i just realised it said odd things...

the oddest thing i can think of is this mini glow in the dark rubber duck my friend bought me. not for good luck or anything, i just like to amuse myself with it's wheezy squeak sound.
(rainmaker is 98% lurker., Thu 27 Oct 2005, 20:28, Reply)

I carry with me at all times....
In the back of my pickup truck, I almost always have the following kit:

--1 bottle cheap vodka
--1 bottle pure grain alcohol
--Several glass mason jars of various sizes and shapes
--One garden trowel
--One pair garden clippers
--One gallon distilled water
--Several paper bags

This is because I am an herbalist, and I never know when I'll have the chance to do some wildcrafting, and I hate being caught out and unable to do it!

I NEVER leave the house without a tube of lip balm. If I do, I spend the day futiley patting my pockets in an attempt to make it magically appear.
(herbivorous, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 20:13, Reply)

I've always got on me
In my trousers I carry my wallet, keys, pen knife, Gaviscon tablets (life savers, trust me!), mobile phone, 2 USB pens and credit & debit cards.

My jacket carries loads more crap - Leatherman, bike and garage keys, keys to the bank I work for, access card for aforementioned bank, drivinh licence, Dell Axim X50v PDA and a half eaten packet of Polo's.

Bike overtrousers contain a studry carrier bag - very useful for carryign miscellaneous small bits of IT kit between sites.

Ain't it exciting?

Oh yeah, and Post-its, always have post-its. Even on a night out, always have Post-its, no pen though...
( Uncle Tom I command thee to wibble, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:50, Reply)

Not only can i not leave the room without lip balm
If it's not in my left pocket then it pretty much reduces me to tears.

I have issues.
( NewArtRiot Rockin' it, Jesmond style., Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:46, Reply)

im a nice guy...
so i always carry a teeny bottle of purell, the hand sanitizer that kills bacteria.

except i use it for emergency blowjobs, dont want the lukcy lass doing her thing on my old greb after a sweaty day at work.

if i really like her, ill use the one with added moisturiser.
(chiff_chiff, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:28, Reply)

Just one more thing.....
I carry a picture of the amazing Lt. Columbo!


....and occasionally a picture of the evil pope benedict (not a christian, he's just well evil!)
(Xyphious : Sinkin' Gin since '85, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:20, Reply)

I carried scissors around with me for a while
because they kept coming in handy. I usually take my college ID around with me too, even if I'm not going to college, and I try to take a tube map as well. But it's the scissors that are oddest.

My mum met my dad because he always carries a bottle opener\corkscrew thing. If he hadn't popped her cork I never would have been born. FACT.
( Reid got it going on like Donkey Kong, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:20, Reply)

Since 2001:
I've had a keyfob with the RSPCA's number.

It has been used - I found a baby runt-of-the-litter hedgehog which had been strimmed back in 2001. It had a whopping great gash down its back. It would never have survived the winter, so I phoned the number, brought it home and took it to the local shelter the next day, plus a wodge of notes* for its upkeep.

*Yeah, I'm too damn nice for my own good.
( Parmesan Quality b4 Quantity, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:19, Reply)

Ring
I carry my mobile phone with me. Boring.
(Aquabeast, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:16, Reply)

for some time now
i've been carring hair ties. always when i go out i pick one, but rarely often i actually wear them in my hair. usualy, i use them on my wrist or in my finger, like a ring.
(Salabim, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 19:00, Reply)

It's like Mary Poppins' carpet bag
When I was hanging out with some friends when someone started complaining about a cold. I reached into my bag and pulled out some cold and flu pills.

When I was running a t-shirt giveaway, we couldn't open one of the boxes of shirts. I reached into my bag and pulled out a small dagger. Not a knife, a dagger.

I was working on a play when someone found splinters on a prop. "Too bad we don't have any sandpaper," says she. I reached into my bag and pulled out several sheets of sandpaper, all with different grits.

Working on the same play, someone needed a beer mug as a costume piece (we were all supposed to have them attatched to belts) I reached into my bag and pulled out three metal tankards and one wooden one.

A friend was saying that she wanted some fish net stockings for her Halloween costume, but couldn't find any. I reached into my bag and pulled out a pair of said stockings, with vinyl corset tops.

What do I carry around with me? Apparently, everything in the known universe.
(dragonrose, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 18:49, Reply)

As boring as it sounds, at least im not listing my pockets
The most essential thing I almost always leave the house with is a bag. Irrelavant of where I am going it always comes in useful, helps me be a bit of a hippy and refuse plastic bags in shops.

The other thing I always have with me is a bottle of tap water, along time ago I got very sick of having to fork out 60p for a drink everytime I was thirsty.

Oh and my trusty Zippo, always lights without fail and always looks so much cooler when somebody asks for a light and you don't have to spend 5 minutes trying to get your disposable piece of crap to light :)
(ducksoup, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 18:48, Reply)

Still waiting...
Attached to my keychain at all times is a dog whistle.

You know the sort, they blow too high pitched for humans to hear, only dogs can so they're trained using them.

I don't actually own a dog, but bought it solely so I could mess with random dog's minds.

My ultimate ambition is to stand next to a blind person and guide dog at a busy road waiting to cross, blow the whistle as hard as I can, and see whether the labrador freaks and bolts into the oncoming traffic with their helpless owner still attached.
(nancyboy Oooh that tickles, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 18:46, Reply)

My bags like Mary Poppins'
It never ends. Currently in my bag I have -
A mirror
iPod (A must)
A spindle of CDs for my friends car
Keys
Purse
Glasses case
Contact lenses
Driving lesson appointment card
Various other crap to do with driving
Phone bills
A scarf
Lots of spare change
Several wine bottle corks
A brush
A comb
Eyeliner
Lipgloss
Vaseline (I never leave the house without it)
Various lip balms
Moisturiser
Lady things
My school planner
Various pieces of coursework
and more

You'd be shocked if you saw the size of my bag...its nto very big, yet, all that fits in.
(Tormentedpuffin bleughhhhh, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 18:43, Reply)

Fork off
I have a small fold up fork that I got in a salad from sainsburys and is the exact length of a credit card when folded, fits in my wallet perfectly.
It's amazingly usefull, when everyone is moaning as they forgot to get a fork at the chip shop, I pull out mine and eat all their chips.




After a while it looked lonely, so I got a small knife as well.
(It also helps when you're being chased for eating other people's chips)
(freddiestarfish, Thu 27 Oct 2005, 18:43, Reply)