Ally has come up with a great meme all about the useless stuff we gather around us. What’s that I hear you say? You don’t collect useless stuff. Well, good for you! If that is the case read on and sympathise with this lesser mortal. If, on the other hand you are a kindred spirit, who lives in a house full of strange and unnecessary junk, why not have a go yourself, but read my list first 
In the lounge we have a brass coal box, it’s purely decorative and has never been used for coal (we have a gas fire) instead we fill it with junk, which includes:
- an assortment of defunct computer wires and cables
- a box of scented oils that smell like burnt plastic when used
- a betamax video (we have never owned a player for it)
- a packet of plasters that don’t stick
- a small plastic bag containing odd earrings
The kitchen drawer:
- half a dozen packets of seeds which are out of date
- half a tape measure
- a bent screwdriver
- a glasses/spectacles case for glasses I no longer own (converted to contacts)
- a mobile phone cover which doesn’t fit anyones’ phone
- several more computer wires/cables
The utility room cupboard:
- dozens of carrier bags ( I never throw them away, they may come in handy. Of course I always forget to take any to the supermarket)
- a packet of plaster which has gone lumpy
- a pair of shoes I decided would be ‘good for the garden’ but which I have never worn
- a box of drill bits for a drill we don’t have
- a pot of polish we will never use because it smells like turps
- an circular thing which you use to dry socks indoors, which has lost half it’s pegs.
The bookcase by the back door:
The shelves contain about 3 dozen books no one will ever read – amongst the titles are;
- a 1970s road atlas
- a biography of Fred Truman ( no one in the family likes cricket, and if we did we wouldn’t like him)
- an almost complete set of Learn German books, not that learning German is useless, just that I know some, and no one else has an interest in learning
- three manuals for printers we no longer own
- three or four books we have other copies of
- several Shaun Hutson books – no one will ever read these, because well – suffice it to say he isn’t to our taste.
The cupboard at the bottom of the bookcase includes:
- approximately 300 Amiga games – we haven’t owned such a machine since 1996
- a dozen PC games for a child aged 3 – 7 years, no such child lives here, and what is more, due to upgrades/improvements in computer technology these games now run so fast a child would need the reflexes of a cat to play them.
So there you have it, my useless stuff.
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Jack Yan
It’s such a relief to know that we are not the only house to harbour all this ‘stuff’.
We keep saying we are going to sort it all one day and have a proper filing system for papers and such and throw unnecessary stuff away. We occasionally have a stab at it, which generally involves moving said stuff into a different location in the house.
Kate, I have never read a listing of such totally useless stuff in my life. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to top it.
And think about this: you have not included the basement, attic, garage, or tool shed.
Every American has a “junk drawer”–that is what it’s called. As far as I’m concerned, every drawer is a junk drawer. Take, for example, my sock drawer: It has socks I have never worn and will never wear–therefore, it is a junk drawer.
Thanks for the laugh. And I’m starting to wonder about Yorkshire sensibility.
*retires from competition, gracefully*
. That’s very comprehensive, I feel a lot better about all my stuff now 
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It was She Weevil who asked me the initial question, just in case anyone things I came up with such a brilliant idea by myself
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Hey Kate just wondered what you thought about England yesterday? How about Argentina eh?
“half a dozen packets of seeds which are out of date”
…sounds like we share the same kitchen drawer.
I have an identical kitchen drawer. And a utility room cupboard suspiciously similar too.
Hmmmmm. Are yoo the goblin that sneaks in when my back is turned and messes everything up? If so, you owe half the mortgage money x
I have manuals for all sorts of things I don’t have now. I even have a brochure for a car we traded in long ago – and when I say ‘we’, I mean my sister! I don’t drive. Having said that, check eBay before you throw anything out. Old car brochures are saleable too…
Does 5 broken pens, a can opener that no longer opens, a pen knife without a blade and about 23 keys for unidentifiable locks count? Maybe, like me, your hoping they will turn into something useful. Trouble is, it hasn’t happened yet – here’s hoping
Digi-birder – We do the same, stuff just gets shunted around the house. Eventually, some of it does get thrown away, but only when we have accepted that it is completely useless.
Charlie – We don’t have a basement or a garage – maybe if we did we could just shove it all in them and forget about it. Our attic is too small to keep anything in. Well, the attic is large, but the entrance is small, since Sons Numbers Four and Five have grown no one in the family can get up there. When we had the insulation put in the man had to cut a hole in the ceiling to fit up himself. I did suggest we ask him to keep it that way, but no one was listening. Our shed is suprisingly uncluttered, apart from a pond liner we think has a leak, and four dining chairs with no seats.
“And I’m starting to wonder about Yorkshire sensibility.”
Aah, this is part of the Yorkshire sensibility. You see Yorkshire folk are cautious with their money, and will throw nothing away that may later prove to be useful. My FIL is a prime example of this, he has two sheds full of stuff. Occasionally some of it does prove useful, therefore he will throw none of it away.
Pippa – Well I’m late in replying, so it was England v Sweden yesterday LOL That wasn’t a bad match, I was disappointed but not surprised when Sweden got their second goal. Poor Michael Owen, out for so long, and wow, that fall looked nasty! Ouch!
Argentina did play well, although it galls me to say so.
Attila – You too! I don’t why we would keep those, they aren’t going to improve with time are they!
Cherrypie- You caught me. I am slowly decluttering my house, by bringing my stuff over to yours LOL
Diddums – I did wonder about that. I mean, just because we don’t own a particular item, it doesn’t mean someone else won’t. A used manual might be useful if you bought something second hand and it didn’t have one.
Widescreenboy – that is it! For some reason we believe this stuff will be useful in some way. So far it hasn’t been, but you never know LOL