h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Just wondering how much junk people can accumulate on their desks. It only seems to take about an hour to clutter my desk after 2 hours of carefully sorting everything.

At the moment I have:
A big bunch of cd's in various piles
bits of carboard that used to keep the cd's in order
pc
telephone
cell (mobile phone)
a mug (which still has the gooey stuff at the bottom)
a dirty plate
a notebook (or secondary source of bits of paper)
pen + pencil
various bits of paper.
more bits of cable than are actually plugged in anywhere.



All that besides the boxes, bag, cabling and cd's spread out around my feet.

an open black file containing all my "stuff to do" from home (bills to pay etc)
some piles of paper relating to work
a ruler where I was measuring how big Luxembourg is
my daughter's class photgraph
a calculator
a floppy disk that won't work - I've called the helpdesk....
a calculator
sellotape
my cellphone (Harry Potter cover)
land line
stapler
handcream
paperweight
paperclip holder with one paperclip in it
desk tidy (HA!)
bits of paper on how to write in Guide ML
magnetic poetry words
more files that have something to do with why I get paid to be here at all
3 mousemats on top of each other (plain blue, a recruitment consultancy freebie and the Lion King)
a diary
yet more piles of work related paper.

Woha, ok. You asked for it...

From left to right: A pile of various folders and papers and stuff, on top of which sits The Discworld Companion. Another pile of same, including a calendar and my diary and a notepad on which is probably written a list of Things To Do that I haven't looked at for days, a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, an ashtray with a burning cigarette in it, a half empty coffee cup, a nail file and a nail clipper, a floppy disc on top of a bank statement and another letter of sorts, a pen, a jar of instant coffee, a bottle of cleaning fluid of sorts, the computer screen and speakers + keyboard and mousepad, a £2 coin, a floppy drive, a telephone, two trays full of various documents, a draft for a document I'm in the process of revising, a sick note from one of the employees, my keyring, two wooden cups full of pens and a wooden box thingy full of odds and ends, then comes an array of stapler, cellotape, glue etc. + a bulletin board on top of a shelf wich is resting on the desktop, three new piles of paper, folders, magazines etc. under which lie a ruler, and then three slightly different piles, one with mostly envelopes and some other stuff, one with recently used exam questions and one with old info material and a three unused notepads. And finally a piece of fluff.

And that's just my desk. The rest of my office is done in the same style.

I'm so glad I'm off for my holidays on Saturday.

I tidied mine recently. However, stuff breeds! I have
Telephone
fan
computer
zip drive
wrist rest
document holder
several floppies
writers nad artists handbook 2002
plato's republic
note book
cheque book
cheques to pay in
m and s plastic bag
a contract
in-tray
glass
mug of old
sun tan lotion
pot of strawberries
pens
list of chapters for a handbook
post-its
scissors
note book (again)
crumbs
zebedee from the magic roundabout
work related paper too
rubber bands

get a load of me! 'writers nad artists handbook' indeed!

apologies

Telephone (sorry not a fancy cellphone, just a bog-standard phone.
One empty can of diet coke
One half empty can of diet coke
One empty coffee mug - clean(ish)
Three dictionaries and half a dozen software manuals
A three hundred page loose-leaf document I'm working on at the moment
A fan(which is currently blowing the three hundred page document all over the office)
A pile of CDs - (mostly music, just to annoy the guy in the next office)
A wire basket full of pens, pencils, staplers, coffee spoons, screwdrivers and soundcard cables.
A dusty zip drive and graphics card - I've no idea if they still work!
Two computer monitors
Keyboard
Trackball (with all this junk on my desk I can never find a mouse.!)
An in-tray doing a fairly good impression of the leaning tower of Pisa.
Oh, and two teletubbies and a photo of my son!

does anyone hav any idea what colour my desk actually is underneath all this junk!!

what a clever subject! i've resisted the urge to tidy up before posting, perhaps i'll come back later today and see if i've made any progress
computer upon which are the printer, stapler and tape dispenser
bag full of condiments for my lunches
paperwork from yesterday upon which are my office keys
office visitor book
office visitor summary
logbook
desk sorter containing a jr. legal pad, scissors, hilighters, pens, a pencil and a very short stack of posty notes
cup of paper clips
my tea
paperwork for today
monitor riser with monitor, step file containing misc. paperwork, mad libs daily calendar, my car keys, a pop-up posty note dispenser
keyboard
mouse
crumby napkin (i've just finished my breakfast, a blueberry bagel with cream cheese )
sweetner and a straw (to make my tea)
phone
another jr. legal pad
bulletin board postings
an ink pen
box of kleenex
hand lotion
radio (walkie-talkie type)
an almost empty bottle of


and i'm wondering where luckystar found a harry potter phone cover

Discounting the monitor, mouse and keyboard I have from right to left:

TV remote control
packet of green rizlas
five mugs
wine glass
Hoegaarden glass
corkscrew
tea spoon
ashtray with 8 dogends in it
half a pack of Marlboro
zippo lighter
empty Budvar bottle
reminder letter about my car insurance
can of lighter fluid
disposable butane lighter
half a can of warm Coca-Cola
copy of the Guinness book of Hit Albums (5th edition)
Wolfgang Press CD

Lots

Which one? I've had to extend myself across two desks.
Desk one:
Computer, Scanner, Printer, etc...
Stack of CDs
Piles of printer paper, used and unused.
Old software boxes, many multiple versions of the same SW(?)
A second, unused printer.
Gads and gads of gargoyles.
A mini pool table.
Two decks of tarot cards.
A plastic Pikachu.
A foam rubber brain.
A stapler.
About 20 unopened decks of playing cards.
An unwrapped "beer" t-shirt, pressure packed in the shape of a beer bottle.
Two ZIP disks.

Desk two:
Paint, paint brushes, many small "goblins"
A desk tidy.
Three jars full of pens.
White erase solvent, for which I have no whiteboard.
Two bottles of clear coat expoxy (must be mixed).
A see-through telephone.
A clock.
A small water garden with a water bulb you squeeze to get a fountain.
A mini fondue pot.
Candles.
A bottle of tacks.
A manual desk calendar reading Tuesday, June 19. Note...may or may not be a real date from last year. Certainly not this year.
Picture of my wife.
A small blue plastic monkey from a cocktail.

That's about it...

working on the principle that a tidy desk is indicative of a tidy mind and that efficient employees should always have time to organise their desks I reckon we're all about due to get fired around here

Desk !

You mean that under all this rubbish there is a desk. ?

But Whisky, a barren, conformist landscape does not nurture creativity.

P.S....you can't appreciate how pleased I am to see that Whisky is spelled properly.

Thanks Typherzero




Have a look at A602939 for all things whisky related...

HP phone covers widely available. I bought a set in Carphone Warehouse last year for a friend, this set I bought in an average cellphone shop.

I like Greydesk's desk best. Want to swap?

A Hoegarden glass?????

Oh, nearly forgot. I tried a different floppy, and it worked, so you can stop worrying about me, thanks.

Ah...a connoisseur.

Don't mind the blatant self-publicity. No one else will do it for you, unless you're paying them.

I haven't written anything worth crowing about yet (been on h2g2 less than 24 hours), but you can poke at my personal space if you want to.
U197641

More on topic...my desk at work is far more neat than my desk at home, however I rarely glance away from my computer screen anyway. Anybody else find that staring at a tube buggers your night vision?

I'm at home at the moment and my computer desk has the following on it:

4 pewter models from 'Discworld' - Rincewind, Luggage, Librarian, Death
1 resin replica netsuke dragon
1 'Pocket Dragon' - "I Don't See a Mess" (well, if he can't, then neither can I)
1 basalt figure of Horus
A small 'Sylvester' with magnetic paws
A small quartz desk clock
A tray of CD (games, mostly)
Assorted floppy disks, some blank, others not.
A tin whistle, sheet music and metronome (digital)
A mug containing assorted pens
A ruler
3 drinks mats + 2 CDs that I use as drinks mats
2 pots of Tippex
2 pencil sharpeners
Assorted bits of paper
1 lip salve
My tea mug (empty - must rectify that!)
My mobile phone
1 'The Computer Wizard' limited edition 'Pocket Dragon' figure (statue, whatever)

Not to mention 1 computer speaker, 1 monitor, 1 printer, plus the keyboard and mouse / mouse mat on separate shelves.

This Desk:
My school report envelope,
some college leaflets,
a PC ans CDs
a compass,
Those square post-stick thingies,
a latin dictionary nestled in loo-roll,
a wooden egg,
some bandages,
a book,
some playing cards with random phrases on them,
stationary,
a clock,
antiseptic cream,
a lamp,
a watch,
an encyclopdia of world history,
some A-4 maps I printed off,
a notepad

That desk:
a TV,
a radio,
some acrylic paints and brushes,
lots of books including the Bible,
my school report,
more paper,
more tissue paper,
a catcus,
some murkey painty water.

luckystar, i guessed that you must be in europe so i stopped by your u space i wonder if those phone covers are available online? i haven't seen them over here (in u.s.). of course, i don't have the same kind of phone everyone else does, my luck being that even if i did manage to find one they wouldn't make one for my phone.

thanks!

oh, and i've tidied up now

what phone do you have?

I can't see why anyone would want anything other than a Nokia 3310. They do everything I need, and more, have composer (shameless plug for h2g2 ringtone) and shops are practically giving them away (1 euro for my last one)