Eeeew aaaw
A donkey head shaped titanium bottle opener that was given to me by a client (Titanium Producer) I visited in Luxembourg....
(Chanti77, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 11:14, Reply)

My girlfriend's mother...
... always used to carry around a length of thin plastic tube. Took it absolutely everywhere she went. She would get very distressed if she didn't have it with her.

She was unfortunately also carrying around cancer that had spread to her lungs and the tube was connecting her to an oxygen cylinder.
(Mr T, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 11:09, Reply)

Someone else's...


...username.

I'm legless. no i'm legless. no i'm legless. no i'm legless. Oh and I also carry several other personalities around with me).
(Iegless, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 11:08, Reply)

My life in my pockets
A camera phone
my wallet
keys

and my organiser (ipaq) that is like a diary that moans at you - I can't live without it now.
( SiX and his hat, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 11:04, Reply)

a large, throbbing
erection
(Carling, pint of, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 11:00, Reply)

I'm shit at making decision's
so I always try to have a dice with me for when I can't make my mind up!

The Diceman book probably had more of an effect on me than I should've let it.
(El Cabron, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:56, Reply)

Well,
Phone (K750i) so it has a decent camera, a torch and things on it (as well as being a phone and text machine). Minidisc player (remember them? i seem to be a bit behind you lot!) Keys (in my back pocket on a big chain from round the front) for my home and my uni room, plus my blood group on a keyring and a mini Hope quick release lever (cos i am a mountain biker, when the mood takes me. presently getting fat and lazy)

Wallet containing cash cards, driver's licence (provisional, cos i suck hehe), Uni ID/library/nus card (all in one), train tickets, receipts, bus tickets, and loads and loads of frigging coppers which are largely irrelevent and go in my chugger box (contents going to Children In Need) when i get fed up with carrying them about, plus ubiquitous johnnies and photos of my missus, and my swipe card fro getting into my halls.

rucksack holds a battered green AA maglite, a knackered 64mb USB drive, matches (don't smoke!), a bottle opener (who doesn't?) swiss army knife, soft and hard case for my Oakley specs (yes, specs, not shades, incase i get fed up with wearing them) my hardback notebook for lecture notes, pens and pencils, coloured pencils (geographer, so essential lol), and my diary (whis i usually fill in on or after the day in question instead of putting things in in advance, explain that one).
( mr_wicksy is.... old., Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:48, Reply)

not much
phone.
laptop.
my 120 quid gerber multitool

im going to get mugged now.
( Laice , was Rogitating on, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:43, Reply)

I never go anywhere without...
...a bulldog clip attached to my right lapel, and my 'Brain Dead Motherfucker' badge on the other.

Even when I buy a new jacket I have to transfer them over - for some reason.
(jimi.vicious regrets criticising the American electoral system!, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:43, Reply)

Pancake day
I was once in a nightclub and had, as usual, lost my cloakroom ticket. I didn't realise this till I had got to the front of the queue - was pretty drunk and just wanted to get home to bed by then. The nasty chavvy Croydon girl in charge of the cloakroom refused to give me back my coat and little rucksack I had left there unless I could describe them - in detail.

Managed to persuade her to hand over my coat but apparently she had lots of little rucksacks and was more reluctant to let one of them go - so I had to describe what was in it. If I'd had just all the usual crap that so many of you have kindly shared with us (keys, phone, wallet) then I'd have been in trouble - she had told me on no uncertain terms that I would have to wait until the end of the night (not a fun prospect, remember i was in a "nite" club in Croydon).

Luckily for me I had been at my boyfriend's place and had collected the stuff I'd left there on pancake day - my lickle pancake frying pan and a whisk. Ta-da! You should have seen her ratty little chav face when she saw I wasn't winding her up.
(Mad McMad, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:37, Reply)

Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch
.
(Fred Trellis I am her son. Get over it., Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:33, Reply)

So...
In my bag at this very moment;

-A bottle of water (although I am now drinking this as I'm a little thirsty)
-iPod headphones
-iPod
-donut speaker + extra cable
-3 Hairbands
-A liverpool United lighter (a nice boy gave this in exchange for my number, yes I'm that easy)
-Herbal sleeping tablets (Not sure why they are there)
-Silk cuts (17 in packet)
-6 old London bus tickets
-Passport with various boarding cards in
-Mini deodrant can
-Mini perfume (Cinéma by Yves Saint Laurent)
-Pen (Bic, with extra pen lid)
-2 lip balms
-1 lip gloss
-3 assorted eye shadows
-Book (How I live now by Meg Rosoff)
-Umbrella
-Keys on a 'GayDar Radio.com' key chain
includes
-4 actual keys, Whistle(in case I'm attacked, this means I shall have to ask my attacker to 'hang on' while I root through all this crap to find my keys so I can blow this whistle to distract my him/her, by this point he has probably wondered off, bored), Tesco clubcard, Pink swiss army knife(I lost the tooth pick and the knife is blunt so I may not be all that great in a survival situation), thing off my Converse trainers, thing off my new CK bra (a sort of tag)

-1 regular lighter, brand new
-1 tin of Altoid mints
-Wallet
Includes -Matalan card (never been to Matalan), YP railcard, Nectar card, Republic of Singapore Student card (from 1996), Somerfield card, Tesco card, 2 bank cards and two credit cards, photo of me and best mate in Brownies + one of a tropical island to motivate me to become a billionaire so I can own one, a sticker that says 'Traffic wardens love anal', 10 2nd class stamps, assorted nightclub wristbands that can easily be worn again (cause I'm cheap), more boarding cards, note from x boyfriend (should probab;y throw this away...), list of bars and places to visit in London (highly recommend this, it's a sort of tick list).

-Phone, I HATE phones, but can't leave home with out it, otherwise I get all twitchy

You asked for a full list so you got one.

So, don't winge at me.

I think I may have a wee sort out though...
(Spoil Me please, oh, please, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:28, Reply)

Laptops and cat-5 cable?!
…but hardly a mention of any deodorant… you smelly bastards!!


On another note the questions is ODD things! You know, something out of the ordinary? Perhaps with a little amusing story behind it?

The QOTW isn’t "please list the contents of your bag\pockets!" Could you imagine how many pages of unfunny and boring answers we would have if it was!!!
(Minty Hit, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:21, Reply)

My wallet today

Prompted by this I've just checked my wallet and found a Spanish stamp, and a 'tiki' kiwi good luck charm.

I haven't been to Spain in 5 years. Never been to NZ.

Quite random, but not as bad as some of the weird shit you guys carry.
(Flappers, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:19, Reply)

Vampire night
Let me set the scene...

When I was much younger, well early 20's, we were playing Call of Cthulhu which one of the chaps had set in the town where we lived in the 90's. In the game we ended up in a nightclub and pulled out all sorts of weapons.

"you'd never get all of those into the club" said the chap runnning the game.

"Allright then let's try".

So we all went out for the night, early start 6 o'clock loads of beers all stinking of garlic. Eventually after even more garlic bread we wander into the nightclub and start letching at all the geordie slappers. Essex girls have nowt on them.

At midnight, yes I know, we all sit round the table and the chap says "Let's see what you've got".

Lots of rose petals ??? garlic, garlic sweets and bottles of holy water came out. There were also a couple of spud guns loaded with garlic obviously. The table top was covered.

"I'm going to win here" I thought as I pulled out a large handgun, water pistol I must add. Smug grin follows thinking I'll get free beer for the rest of the night.

"I think I win" says my pal. He leans back on his seat and pulls a 2 foot wooden stake out of his trouser leg.

"Lager?" I ask as I start to walk to the bar.

He'd had it all night in lots of pubs walking at least a couple of miles, without limping.
(Yellow Car is now red, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:05, Reply)

A long time ago
…I used to carry a small gold ring... until they stole it from us, our precious. Curse them! WE hates them! It's ours it is, and we wants it!

Sneaky little hobbitses!!!!
(Minty Hit, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:04, Reply)

i used to think i was alone
in my survivalist paranoia. thank you for making me realise there are many of us :)

as well as the usual phone/keys/wallet combo i have heft (depending on whether its my 'street/work' jacket or my adventuring /festival jacket/waistcoat ensamble)...

secondary waterproof baccy/skins/weed pouch. usually with small soapstone chillum (don't tell me thats not a good idea for festivals)
swiss army knife (proper one with magnifying glass and such)
woodsmans knife
few metres cord. medium nylon and thick nylon core.
string. thin white and thick garden HD twine
some cotton
glowsticks (soooo useful. when you need them you neeeed them)
jerky. used to be veggy (grim) now its free range happy cow :)
berries/nuts/musli etc (gorp)
camera
torch
sketchbook/pens
book
marker pen/stickers
socks
antiseptic hand wash (superdrug has a good one for a quid)
needle etc
3 lighters. full and working
tinder in dry pouch
f'ood for free' book

in fact loads more but will avoid boring list. it fills 14 pockets (i used a pocket calculator hehe) and one small 25 litre day sack. its fun when i go to a night club...

needlesss to say i am the guy who gets to go "i've got one" when someone asks for something they don't actually expect anyone to have. like some sugar and milk (i steal sachets and likkle tub things a lot) or a plaster. i am searched out at festivals :)
(unlawful odour i dunno..., Fri 28 Oct 2005, 10:00, Reply)

basics
wallet, fags, money, keys

puzzled as to why these freaks carry soo much shit. Methinks possibly they do not have a car. If the question was "what kind of shit have you got in your car" then I could give you list:
fags
empty fag packets (lots)
golf clubs
snooker cue
football boots
old trainers
walking boots
16 water bottles for kids footie team
various kids toys
sweet wrappers
dust
mud
reciepts
stones
kids
enough now.

But thats not the question, so I will shut the fuck up.
(dukefukem, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:53, Reply)

What I normally carry with me -
Whenever we go anywhere on the train my other half plays a game called whats in your hangbag, this can last a good portion of the journey. Here is why.

My wallet -

(inside)
bank card
boots card
blockbuster card
game card
conservative club member card (don't ask)
4 photos (me and Mr kitty, Mr kitty, Mr kitty and my parents and me and my dad)
my repeat prescription
(attached)
pet tree cactus thing
my keys on a Tiffany's keyring
tesco club card
fob to let me into the conservative club

My handbag with qee hanging off it -

Wallet
tissues
rescue remedy
lipsil
mints
phone with little japanese thing hanging off it
hairbrush
fountain pen
lipstick (free with magazine)
perfume
bag of crystals
notebook

bag of medication -
imodium
cinnarizine
propanolol (beta blockers)
betahistine hydrochloride (serc)
stugeron
windeze
tramadol hydrochoride
co-codamol
solpadeine plus soluble
rennie soft chews

Snack bar
nail file
bottle of water
plasters
a pair of daily contact lenses
spectacle cleaning cloth

optional extras include -
psp plus games and movies
ipod
london A-Z
book

I am Mary Poppins
( flurokitty 3, 2, 1 lets jam! (+.[___]·:·), Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:53, Reply)

My Clothes
Wouldn't want to leave them at home again.
(DarkLite swallowed my entire undercarriage, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:53, Reply)

Whats with all the cunts
who tell everyone they carry keys, wallet, phone.. etc.

ie: boring stuff, for question of the week? interesting things only please.

"What odd things to you always carry with you?"
(riedacher_bertram, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:48, Reply)

Genius
I used to have a lighter which had a bottle opener incorporated on the end - I was the envy of all who saw it. But one night in a fit of drunken bonhomie I gave it to someone who cooed over it and have regretted it ever since.
(Mad McMad, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:41, Reply)

Tea Lights at night
My girlfriend gave me some tealights for a fondue set we were trying and I popped them in my bag and forgot about them. Six months later we went on holiday in the Lakes and were sat on our little patio enjoying a bottle of wine. She said 'Isn't it a pity we didn't bring any candles'. Cue me running into the bedroom and pulling out a handful of tealights! Game on.


Oh and my key chain used to have about 15 keyrings and 2 keys on it. I've since cut back to 4 keyrings but one of those is a Stewie Griffin in your Pocket which is huge and completely essential. The ability to have Stewie yell 'Damn you vile woman' on command makes up for the inconvenience.
( beefandcheese, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:39, Reply)

A scottish pound note.
... in case a London cabbie pisses me off.
( bierbelly, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:36, Reply)

Realised i've got some random things...
-Mobile phone
-Keys including 2 bottle openers, a small penknife, keys for car, home, hall of residence and lab.
-Wallet containing bank card, credit card, driving licence, national insurance number, beer tokens, RAC membership card, photocopier card, 3 old cinema tickets. Also just found a pack of mints and a book of matches.
-Windproof lighter (used it to solder something last night)
-A handful of 1.5" blue glowsticks
-3 juggling balls
-A pair of chopsticks
-2 Expired bus passes
-Uni ID card
-Access card for my department
-Biros
-Permenant marker
-Converter that turns my RS MMC from my phone into a full size MMC if I want to use it in a card reader
( sudo is bored, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:28, Reply)

I am one of Rattus' "Friendless Chicks"
I carry in my wee purse:

2 tubes of strawberry/green apple mentos and a pack of green apple gum

1 Cell phone with five charms (four of which have bells) that I almost never pick up because only four people ever call me (my parents and 2 friends)

1 5-year-old tube of lipstick that I never use (I use my lipbalm more)

2 I-don't-know-how-old Gap gift cards (I've never shopped at Gap)

1 checkbook

1 sunglasses case

1 set of keys

2 pens and a pencil

Also I've got two pins attatched to the purse: Zero from NIghtmare before xmas and Scrump, a weird little doll from Lilo & Stitch (they look so cute together!)

----

My dad carries around a giant manilla envelope with all the gift coupons we've ever recived (we never use them; see above Gap cards); as for my mom, all I know is that her purse(s) are about 3 times bigger and 5 times heavier then mine.
(Kitsune-chan I'm not a bunny I'm a grownup girl, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:25, Reply)

doctorwhen
Damn, loved your 2-handed sword story. I've *always* wanted to do that (I mean far too much for it to be healthy).

I do a bit of the running-around-with-swords thing too. I've got a couple 12-13th century style broadswords and I use an old guitar case if I have to take one anywhere. I'm always hoping that someone will do that "This is a knife!" thing from Crocodile Dundee so that I can respond with "Well this is a SWORD! Let Blood, Blood, Blood be your motto!" in my best Brian Blessed impression. I'm still trying to find a case big enough for my hand-and-a-half swords and the two hander.

Way, way, way back when I was in Sixth Form College someone did set themselves up nicely for a sword incident though, so I happily obliged:

The scenario was this. A friend called Julian had a replica 18th Century cavalry sabre he bought from a junk shop and the blade was coming loose from the hilt. He asked me to take it to another friend of mine called Gareth who was studying blacksmithing at the adjacent technical college.

I took the scabbarded sabre home under my greatcoat (yes, I had a greatcoat, I was a wanker) and took it the college the next day with the intention of finding Gareth at lunch and asking him to look at the sabre and fix it if possible.

It was a rainy day and, before I could get to my locker at college, this twat brandishes his umbrella at me like he's Zorro and says "Hah!"

Well what did you expect me to do?

Pulling my coat aside, I drew the sabre from the scabbard, whacked his stupid umbrella from his hand and said "HAH!"

I liked college.

I know, that sounds like a made up story, but it was all true. These days they would probably send me for counselling and/or arrest me. EDIT: Oh, Yeah! Maybe that's a good thing though...
(Wascally Weasel now with 100% fewer jokes., Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:25, Reply)

My Necrocard
Here's an example of them.

www.stewarthomesociety.org/new.htm
(Pandaemonium, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 9:02, Reply)

Uhhhh, OCD?
Fishing wire, length of wool, note book, sparky flint thing, puritabs, tiny wee knife, corkscrew, 3 pens, a bottle of water, 20 fags (and a lighter), phone, moisturizer, and a hairbrush.
At a push, I can make do with just the hairbrush, moisturizer annd water.
( wanky art student is liable to phwoar at any minute, Fri 28 Oct 2005, 8:58, Reply)

Way, way, way too much....
In light of this posting, maybe I really need to cut down on this shit, but I have been known to carry the following with me on a daily basis. I realised that I carry around too much crap when I started having to buy things like tyre levers because I couldn't find my actual tyre levers when I needed them because I was carrying around too much crap:

Swiss Army knife (the big fuck off one with the pliers, saw and that hooky thing at the back that no one knows what it's for*)
Bike mini tool (old crap blue one)
Bike mini tool (nice shiny one that I had to buy when I couldn't find the other one)
Tyre levers (green)
Tyre levers (black, new - see above)
Spare inner tube
Puncture repair kit (I ony actually seem to carry this when I don't need it. Bugger)
Bicycle pump (The old type that some guy laughingly referred to as Old Skool when he asked to borrow it. Hope he enjoyed the walk).
Front light.
New really exciting front light (see above).
Rear light.
Other rear light.
Bunjee cord.
i-river mp3 player.
USB cables for above.
Charger for above.
USB flash drive.
Computer cables of other kinds, you aaaaaalways need cables. Right?
Mobile phone.
First Aid kit.
Surgical gloves (sounds a bit odd I'll grant you but I was glad to have them when I was dealing with an unconscious, vomiting drunk once).
Notebook (paper, not a laptop)
Diary.
Passport.
Travelcard (even though I cycle to work mostly).
Water bottle.
Book.
Another book in case I finish the other one.
Endless amounts of useless bits of paper and cellophane.
Pens.
Bank cards etc (including a really redundant Microsoft Certified Professional card that has my name spelt wrong on it).
Cards.
Bread (for feeding ducks)
Foldable backpack just to take the 'essential items' with me when I leave work at lunchtime to feed the ducks).
After the bombings in London I was tempted to start carrying my gas mask (of *course* I've got a gas mask...) but I realised that this was a wee bit of an over-reaction as I cycle to work.
D-Lock on handlebars when cycling (amazing what a disincentive a big, easily accessible lump of metal is when people consider mugging me for my bike and/or big bag of crap).

I've always been tempted to have packed The Rucksack of Doom. You know, that bag packed with all the stuff you need for when society breaks down and we're murdering each other for out of date Kit-E-Kat. I realised that if I add some puritabs, my tent and some whisky, I'm almost there...

*I've heard it alleged that the fold out hooky thing on the back of Swiss Army knives is for carrying packages wrapped in string. My god! I forgot string, I'm not carrying string! I'll die, quick where's the nearest string shop?
(Wascally Weasel now with 100% fewer jokes., Fri 28 Oct 2005, 8:34, Reply)