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What's the strangest thing you have in YOUR house. I have a box of socks with no mates. How about you? [View all] debm55 Oct 29 OP

That would be me. Ocelot II Oct 29 #1

You aren;t strange but the oil painting of the puffin sure sounds unique. debm55 Oct 29 #20

It is. I painted it, further proof that I am also strange. Ocelot II Oct 29 #27

Dammit! That is the first thing that I thought as well! OldBaldy1701E Oct 29 #60

an insensor that is used at Catholic High Masses gopiscrap Oct 29 #2

I always hated those things. and the incense they put inside. That is different. How did you get it? debm55 Oct 29 #22

A collection of my mom and aunt's late 1960s and 1970s nylon nightgowns in a plastic box. Blue_playwright Oct 29 #3

I kept a lipstick of my grandmother after she passed. It was bright pink and made me smile when applegrove Oct 29 #14

That is so sweet applegrove. Thank you. debm55 Oct 29 #63

Maybe you kept them to remember them. debm55 Oct 29 #23

Just a box? Amateur. bbernardini Oct 29 #4

Same here. I know there are mates somewhere in the box. but I don't have the energy to look for them, For now, they will debm55 Oct 29 #24

I went through a huge bag of unmatched socks once. LisaM Oct 29 #52

Wow. that's great. Thank you LisaM. debm55 Oct 29 #53

My lower left molar that just fell out of my radiation damaged jaw bone 3 years ago. It's longer sinkingfeeling Oct 29 #5

Where do you keep it: I have all my son's baby teeth in a baby food jar. debm55 Oct 29 #25

It's in my medicine cabinet. sinkingfeeling Oct 29 #46

Thank you. debm55 Oct 29 #65

I have bagswithin bags within bags... NewDayOranges Oct 29 #6

Our store doesn;t give them out any longer. but before they shifted to cloth bags. We had tons of them. Also , debm55 Oct 29 #28

I have a box sdfernando Oct 29 #7

The police were just over asking me about that ........ marble falls Oct 29 #11

HAHAHAHAHh. I'll give you mine, sdfernando. debm55 Oct 29 #30

HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAH Thank you sdfernando debm55 Oct 29 #64

That's why all my socks are black cotton ... marble falls Oct 29 #8

HAHAHAHAHAHHAH. I never thought of that. But I do have all white. just different kinds of white. I got rid of all my debm55 Oct 29 #31

A very old wooden chair. QED Oct 29 #9

You still have it? It might be worth something. debm55 Oct 29 #33

I don't know if it's worth anything. It's ugly as hell. QED Oct 29 #42

A Wang programming manual. I have no idea why I've never thrown it away. LoisB Oct 29 #10

Back in the 80s sdfernando Oct 29 #15

Holy cow. I don't blame you for hating that work. LoisB Oct 29 #19

Remarkable account. slumcamper Oct 29 #39

Thank you LoisB. We have a bunch of manuals from various appliances we haven't had in years. debm55 Oct 29 #34

You too!?! I don't know why we save them. I'm trying to sell a mini-fridge and would you believe, that is the only LoisB Oct 29 #37

My large (150+) collection of "DO NOT DISTURB" tags from hotels around the world? n/t slumcamper Oct 29 #12

Thank you slumcamper. But why? debm55 Oct 29 #35

How does that work? I have often got one sock without applegrove Oct 29 #13

That is funny. Thank you applegrove. debm55 Oct 29 #67

A Ms. PacMan/Galaga arcade machine. Jeebo Oct 29 #16

That's neat. Thank you Jeebo. debm55 Oct 29 #68

A large garbage bag filled with smaller plastic grocery bags Redleg Oct 29 #17

Thank you Redleg. We keep the cloth bags in the trunk. We had the same problem with forgeting to take them back. debm55 Oct 29 #69

I should be using the reusable cloth bags Redleg Oct 30 #82

We aren;t allowed to use the plastic bags. If we get caught there is a fine. debm55 Oct 30 #87

We are so backwards where I live Redleg Oct 31 #95

Oh it has been like that for over a year. debm55 Nov 3 #98

About 20 unmatched shoes sorcrow Oct 29 #18

Thank you sorcrow. That is very unique. I hope you find the missing shoes. They can get lonely too. debm55 Oct 29 #50

OMG, rethinking this. Might be my unique collection of 250+ different coffee cup sleeves? n/t slumcamper Oct 29 #21

Thank you slumcamper. But why? debm55 Oct 29 #49

A shillelagh Attilatheblond Oct 29 #26

Thank you Attilatebond . But how did you get a shillelag. Did you go to Ireland? they are deadly. debm55 Oct 29 #48

It belonged to my late husband Attilatheblond Oct 29 #55

I have a bag of missing socks for my family and every now and then I find the matching mate! kimbutgar Oct 29 #29

Thank you kimbutgar. My husband uses those mesh bags. I think I am going to use them too. and get rid on loners. debm55 Oct 29 #47

My ex-wife. WheelWalker Oct 29 #32

HAHAHHAHHA. You are kind hearted to do that. debm55 Oct 29 #41

lizard stuff oberle Oct 29 #36

One of my great grandmother's cookbooks- wriiten Quakerfriend Oct 29 #38

I would on to that. Have you made anything from the recipes? debm55 Oct 29 #43

Wow, I do have something strange DaBronx Oct 29 #40

Thank you DaBronx. If you have the deceased person's name could you do a search for him? I would like to know the "rest debm55 Oct 29 #44

I did some searching but there is nothing obvious. DaBronx Oct 29 #45

My Brownie beanie and ankle socks...I am 67. Nanuke Oct 29 #51

Thant is great. Thank you Nanuke. debm55 Oct 30 #74

I keep a jar of curiosities and oddities by my garage desk... MiHale Oct 29 #54

Than k you MiHale. That sounds very interesting. debm55 Oct 30 #75

Several shoeboxes of toilet paper tubes TlalocW Oct 29 #56

As a teacher for 42 years , I can agree with you it was one of the things I collected and had my neighbors collecect. debm55 Oct 29 #62

Dinosaur poop and fossilized animal holes. Plus.. duncang Oct 29 #57

Those are neat, Thank you duncang. debm55 Oct 29 #58

Before replying I asked my husband what he thought was the strangest thing in our house. arkielib Oct 29 #59

Don't we all something in our homes that one day will get fixed. debm55 Oct 29 #61

My death box. Solly Mack Oct 29 #66

Thank you Solly Mack . Very unique debm55 Oct 30 #76

Probably the moose-shaped hanukiah sakabatou Oct 29 #70

Thank you debm55 Oct 30 #77

well, my skull collection isn't really strange. OOH i have mink faces from a estate sale. lady made fur teddy bears. pansypoo53219 Oct 30 #71

thank you pansypoo53219 debm55 Oct 30 #78

I built this 600+lb working replica of the fortune teller from "Big" ZoltarSpeaks Oct 30 #72

That's neat and you are vert creative. Welcome to DU debm55 Oct 30 #79

That looks amazing. What skill and creativity. How could you let it go? Doodley Nov 3 #109

Probably the treadmill with dust on it. Emile Oct 30 #73

We must have the mate here, debm55 Oct 30 #80

A very large hot pepper sauce collection Zambero Oct 30 #81

Thank you Zambero. should you throw them out? debm55 Nov 3 #99

I plan to go through and toss most of them Zambero Nov 3 #103

That's a good idea. thank you Zambero. debm55 Nov 3 #107

oh, you probably don't want to know Kali Oct 30 #83

HAHAHAHahH. okay. debm55 Oct 30 #88

Early 20th century mining stuff from my great grandfather. Elessar Zappa Oct 30 #84

Thank you Elessar Zappa. Rich was a mining inspector for the Federal Governorment. We have a lot of that stuff here.too. debm55 Oct 30 #89

My gargoyle collection Wicked Blue Oct 30 #85

That's neat. Thank you, Wicked Blue. debm55 Oct 30 #90

A singing Cactus toy that Tree Lady Oct 30 #86

Thank you Tree Lady. That sounds fun. debm55 Oct 30 #91

This thing: LudwigPastorius Oct 30 #92

HAHAHAHAHAHhaha, thank you LudwigPastorius debm55 Oct 30 #93

So that's where mine went. kairos12 Oct 31 #94

HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you kairos12 debm55 Nov 3 #100

A small preserved shark and some animal skulls. NNadir Nov 1 #96

I had the shark in the bottle given to me as a Christmas present from a student. I had it in the basement for years, debm55 Nov 3 #101

I'm a few days late for this thread but I had to stop to think about Niagara Nov 3 #97

Unique items Niagara. Thank you very much. debm55 Nov 3 #102

I have a bag of socks with no mates Shermann Nov 3 #104

Very good Shermann. thank you. debm55 Nov 3 #106

Mr. Bayard Bayard Nov 3 #105

Hahahahahah, Is he cremated? debm55 Nov 3 #108

A Victorian undertaker's hat brush. greatauntoftriplets Nov 3 #110

Thank you greatauntoftriplets ..Very unique. debm55 Nov 3 #111

Cold chest with blue ice for live mealworms in my guest room closet. quaint Nov 3 #112

Very different .Thank you quaint debm55 Nov 3 #114

Not my house, but my Mom's. Texasgal Nov 3 #113

Texasgal , I am sorry about your dad. Was the writing in Arabic or Hebrew? debm55 Nov 3 #115

Nope! It was the actual Heinz Texasgal Nov 3 #117

Thank you Texasgal. debm55 Nov 3 #118

You must not have young people in your house. Bev54 Nov 3 #116

HAHAHAHAHAHH. That is funny. Thank you Bev54 debm55 Nov 3 #119

A big box of sockets and socket wrenches and absolutely no 3/8" or 10mm socket at all LiberalArkie Nov 3 #120

Thank you LiberalArkie. That's funny. debm55 Nov 3 #121

My Husband Deep State Witch Nov 3 #122

HAHAHA Thank you Deep State Witch debm55 Nov 3 #123