[OfficeArrow]

We all have accumulated some pretty strange things in and around our desks over the years. This week's contest focuses on a lighter topic: the oddities in your junk drawer. Check out the details and you could get rewarded for the nuttiest knick-knack in your junk drawer.

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[KelliFo]

In my junk drawer, I have a "never-been-inflated" mylar balloon and a ribbon to tie it with.

[mzimmerm]

In tidying up recently, I came across a Dab-o-Ink bingo dauber that I bought years ago in Texas (I live in VA) when my in-laws took me to Bingo because I'd never been before. I have no idea what I'm ever going to use it for, but it seems like a waste to throw it away.

[meaganrmyers]

A hair brush, deodorant, contact solution and toothbrush from the person I replaced. I will never ever use them, but for some reason I just can't throw them away - maybe someday she'll come looking for personal care items and I don't want to have to say that I tossed them away!

[Kateena]

Looking through my junk drawer, I discovered a few amusing items.
1) A hot-pink ring box. I bought the ring, wore it home, and the box stayed at work.
2) 4 rulers (just in case I ever have to measure a square..)
3) Director's phone that stopped working 5 months ago.
4) 2 rubber band balls (one self-made)
5) Various pills (probably enough to start my own pharmacy)

And all that's just the top drawer! Heavens knows what I'll find if I'm daring enough to venture down further

[GeeBee]

OK, I have to admit that I am usually quit neat and do go through my drawer on a regular basis and purge all the stuff that I have compiled too much of - like paper clips and erasers. No matter how many times I go through my drawer I always keep one item - a round 'TUIT'. It's a medal coin type item that is round with 'TUIT' etched in it. I don't know why I can't get rid of it...but I just can't. I guess it's because you never know when you may need to get "Around to it!".

[dewoun]

I found a shoehorn in my desk drawer yesterday!

[jgatzmeyer]

My oddest item is probably the pair of rubber "Bubba" teeth; found them when cleaning out a former consultant's desk; those in combination with the pen shaped like a bone that I got at some vendor fair make it kind of a scary place!

[Ssullivan29]

I love those orange circus peanuts and purchased a bag one year (probably 10 years ago). I ate the 2-3 that I like (after that they are too sugary to eat any more), I put them out for anyone to enjoy. One of my co-workers took one, drew a face on the top part of the peanut and stuck paperclips through the middle and bottom parts for arms and legs. One morning I came in and this thing was standing (yes, it was actually standing) up on my monitor. I fell in love with "Mr. Peanut Man" and would not get rid of him. Of course, after a while he was no longer soft and became petrified. He stood, for the longest time, on my monitor then I put him in my desk junk drawer because everyone who saw it was grossed out--but I loved "Mr. Peanut Man". I no longer have "Mr. Peanut Man" so I don't know if this counts but I thought I would tell my "love" story.

[tripl_e]

[quote=OfficeArrow;10411]We all have accumulated some pretty strange things in and around our desks over the years. This week's contest focuses on a lighter topic: the oddities in your junk drawer. Check out the details and you could get rewarded for the nuttiest knick-knack in your junk drawer.