What weird old crap have you got in your desk at work?

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Been clearing out desks at work today of colleagues who took redundancy or retired
Amazed at the amount of old crap i found and began to wonder what others have

My weirdest objects are a phial full of my wife's Gallstones from when she had her Gall Bladder removed
Also got a dried pigs ear, bought from a pet shop and awarded each week to the person who made the biggest pigs ear of it (sadly the PC culture put an end to that)
 
Just has a quick look round mine...

A miniature rubik cube on a key chain, personal headphones with with one earphone bud missing and one of those gadgets for removing hard skin from your feet
 
Weirdest thing I have kicking around is a slide rule. AND, I know how to use it! Also got a couple of old toothbrushes for scrubbing my ball when it gets a bit sticky (well, it's actually the socket that gets scrubbed...)
 
I don't have a desk at work because I work from home but I do keep some mad stuff in my drawers, it's like you know it's junk but it might come in handy???? not sure what for.

I can't beat a paper sheep's head though my worst thing is some juggling balls from a team building course, I can't juggle but I can't throw them away either.

I have a full filing cabinet drawer full of photograph albums and paper and ink to do some prints to go in them I must get my act together and do that soon.
 
I've got a satsuma and an apple that have both dried up over months of being there and have gone rock hard. I'm probably never going to eat them now!!

I've also got a frisbee which has been played with in the office and I have an Encyclopedia of Modern Warplanes in my drawer.
 
A slightly over 4" diameter rubber band ball made (almost entirely) from the red rubber bands that the Royal Mail use... and a whole heap of bands that still need fitting to it. :D

Oh and an imperial scale rule.
 
The most useless thing i have in my desk drawer is my contract of employment. The company does not seem to acknowledge it's existence, i can not use it as a reference and it is printed double sided so i can not use it as note paper.

Apart from that i have several tools that i use for maintaining the in house telephone exchange, which is outside of my job role but the business expects me to manage.

Oh and i also found my morale. I removed it when i joined the team but kept it safe just incase i found another job where it would be useful.
 
razor and shaving cream
christmas cards
bottle of wine
a sewing kit
toothbrush and toothpaste
 
Nod said:
Also got a couple of old toothbrushes for scrubbing my ball when it gets a bit sticky
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:eek: :gag:

-Rob- said:
I've got a satsuma and an apple that have both dried up over months of being there and have gone rock hard. I'm probably never going to eat them now!!
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Probably never going to eat?


As for me, the most useless thing I have on my desk at work is my laptop.

At home, it's an IP phone which I just can't bring myself to throw - it doesn't work and I keep saying I'm going to fix it, but deep down, I know I never will.
 
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