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

Hmm, I last answered this question 9 months ago... and I've still got the same junk on my desk... even down to the two coffee mugs

These days I have:

PC

Empty Guiness Glass

Bottle of "Dry Spray Oil"

Amiga 1200 and monitor

Small pile of Amiga disks

Guardian "Guide"

A 2 pence piece

a bit of paper with a map scribbled on it

money box

Oh, and George Orwell's "Inside the Whale and other essays" which I'd somehow neglected to mention.

I have two desks in my flat (i'm not currently in my flat though)

To the best of my knowledge:

The one in the kitchen features:

*a box of Weetos
*a printer
*a roll of binbags
*a copy of "Night Watch" by Terry Pratchett
*a jar of lift lemon tea
*a dirty plate
*a dirty mug

and the one in my bedroom features:
*a radio
*deodorant
*three odd socks
*an Everton shirt
*a copy of "stupid white men" by Michael moore
*another dirty mug

Alot!

Besides the obvious:

A whisky glass full of pens
A whisky glass full of small change
A stack of CDs
A box of screen cleaners
A box of postit notes
A can of machine oil
A mobile phone
A letter tray full of things that need to be done yesterday
A set of flat batteries (re-chargeable)
A bunch of keys
A calculator
A spare pair of glasses
A pipe
An ashtray (full)
Three lighters
A box of small screwdrivers
The object lense from an old pair of binoculars
A packet of paracetamol
and half a pint of

Stuart

From left to right:
An ionizer
Half a mixing desk (the other half of it rests on the adjacent desk)
A bicycle chainlock
Youngest son's spelling book
Half-drunk bottle of wine
A key for the house I moved from last July
A small broken clock that may possibly just need a new battery
A phone
Overflow of receipts from adjacent desk
Mic stand and mic with popshield
Speaker
A phone(mobile)
Tissue
Scratchcard with £2 to be claimed
Grandaughter's hairclips x 3
Post-its with unintelligible notes written on them
Post-it pad
Letter
To-do list
Flatscreen monitor with three silver bows and a tiny calendar
Three pens
Mouse on mousemat
Desk tidy with pens, scissors, drawing pins, debris
Speaker
A phone (business)
Set of small weights
Photo frame, waiting for photos
Small "male" and "female" beanbags that converse when thrown
Postcard of adopted whale
Card from forger (steel, not counterfeit)
"Guide to Home Conversions" book
Leaflet from nice hotel, opened to show penthouse suite
Bottles of essential oil x 2
Selection of language dictionaries and grammar guides
OED
Purse
Sponsor form
Wooden back scratcher
Credit card application form
To-deal-with tray, full
Large noticeboard filled with family photos

Let's see here, from left to right -

Left speaker
APC Magazine
Fliers for Sydcon that I was supposed to take to the RPing store near where I work over a week and a half ago
Cotton Buds
A scrunchie
Stack of CDs
My disposable lighter (I don't smoke)
An emty glass
Diablo II - Lord of Destruction CD case.
Right speaker

Beneath it I have a whole heap of wool too.

Since my last posting I have again tryed to tackle my in-tray. Instead of one huge pile, I now have three sightly smaller ones.

One pile is now a comfy wrist support.

I have found a solar powered calculator.

Cigarettes, lighter, ashtray
Mugs, table mats, coasters
Rice cakes, cheese, hummous
A stack of unpaid bills and unopened envelopes
A poem that I have written and am thinking about
A tea towel
A copy of Small Gods
A combination lock, a tea-light, a scented candle, a box of ear-rings, a pair of cat salt and pepper pots, two sets of keys
My laptop

B

Well, since I've just moved my desk is spectacuarly clean as it's mine But still, there are some junk:

Miscellaneous paper spread all over (Some with just a line or two written on them)
Three non-working pens
Some empty CD-covers
A nail clipper
Five random magazines
My HHGTTG radio scripts book

That's pretty clean, isn't it?

Oddly enough, even though I'm obsessively tidy, the top of my desk is always a complete mess. Right now, I've got:

Address book
Roll of Scotch tape
Several floppy disks
Nail file
Book of matches
Checkbook
Inhalers
Spare eyeglasses
Stapler
Tin of lip balm
Eyeglass repair kit
Stack of letters and bills
Bottle of water
Glass of wine
Book of stamps
Box of envelopes
Stack of photos
Phone cards
Assorted pens and markers
A few blank CDs
Bottle of white-out
Lots of binder clips, varying sizes
Contact lens case
Packet of throat lozenges
Composition notebook
Dozens of post-it-notes stuck to every visible surface

Well I'm not proud of it but here goes.

Open box of Vegetable Thins (mmm.. *takes some*)
speakers
purple stuffed frog I got for Valentine's Day
dirty glasses (3)
empty sprite bottle
2 pens
1 pencil
keyboard
monitor
phone
dice
lids to assorted pop bottles
fork
many rings from mugs of
stuffed chameleon (beanie baby)

not that bad if it were a larger desk

Having recently introduced a clear desk policy I have (in no particular order):

Some venetian blind samples (poke him in the eye)
a keyboard
a glass of water
a
a telephone
a note book
a pencil
a monitor.

Hmph.

Liam.

Empty coffe cups.
Phone.
Mobile phone.
Unused hub.
Mouse/keyboard/mousemat.
Spare old mousemat.
Internal Phone number card.
Beanie dog.
Wooden fox that falls over when you push in the button under its base.
Rubber thimble.
Business cards of long forgotten eejits.
Battery charger.
unused Hard disk drive.
Post-it notes.
Broken elastic band.
Reams of micro$oft license keys.
MSDN CDs.
Three pens - one plain bic, one company branded retractable (click type), one company retractable (twist type).
Mountains of paper - Project Specs, bug reports, data reports. Sculpter's flyer from Middleham Castle.
Plastic Marge Simpson.
Ten pound note.
Bank junk mail.
Hole punch.
Large flat-blade screwdriver.
Sunglasses - which have been there since last summer.
Two teaspoons.
Kettle lead.
Plastic thing.
Motorbike keys, helmet and leather trews.
Cynic's Dictionary.
Paper clips.
Rubber ruler - seriously.
Staple remover.
Cables.

All that on a narrowboat?!

Liam.

Nah.
This is my desk at work ("inflexible eejits"...) - I don't have a desk at all on the boat.

I barely have a table, but if you're interested, all that's on that is a pile of books and a laptop.

Let's play.

Several zillion CD cases.
A pile of CD's which would be in the CD case if I weren't lazy.
A plastic thing for keeping CD cases in.
Half-empty mug of coffee.
A card with someone's mobile phone number on.
Ashtray.
A disturbing crumpled up tissue.
Speakers.
Glasses case (Ah, been looking for that).
A carton of cigarettes (empty).
Gajillions of credit card junk mail.
Payslip.
A Perfect Dark N64 cartridge.
A present for someone.
A penguin wearing a christmas hat.

It looks worse than it sounds.

I'm too scared to back and see what I had last time, but this is my home computer so it's a different pile of junk anyways.


* lighter on a napkin that says
"Veritas vos liberat - the truth shall set you free
In vino veritas - in wine there is truth
Ergo vino vos liberat - therefore wine shall set you free"
*posh candle (lit) sitting on 31 Songs (half read)
* hole punch sitting on The Funday Times (all read)
* a note from school about some holiday coming up
* Heinz tomato ketchup, HP sauce and a tub of salt on a towel - this desk doubles as a dining table btw
* more candles, not so posh, not lit.
* a GnT (half full)on top of an old piece of paper rescued from my recently found long lost brief case. (Saddest item therein - 3 pack of condoms, unopened, expiry date 1998)
* the wee booklet on how to change the combination of said briefcase
* a huge screw (God knows!) and a bent paperclip.
* a computer disk, contents unknown.
* a packet containing one rice cracker.
* my daughters purse. I think this is a hint that she'd like some pocket money please, if it's all the same to you.
* one green pen and one blue one.

Idon't feel so bad reading what you guys have, at least I'm not on my own

On my computer I have

a stuffed green monster
a pile of 20ps from when i had to go to the launderette when my washing machine was broken
a sim card
an indiesoc badge
a couple of CDs of games I don't play anymore

On my desk I have

a massive untidy pile oif CDs that collapses on me keyboard on a regular basis
two dead batteries
an empty yoghurt pot
a glass which did have chocolate milk in it
a nearly empty carton o orange juice
a hairbrush
my Discman (hence the batteries)
my phone
a couple of used tissues
a nail file
an empty bag of hula hoops
a notebook in the shape of Eric Cartman from South Park