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 You know, that bag packed with all the stuff you need for when society breaks down and we're murdering each other for out of date Kit-E-Kat.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)