junk drawer

I have a drawer in my kitchen full of odds and ends. Everything gets chucked in there to make the place look tidy.

Anyone else have a junk drawer?

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Im afraid all my drawers could be described as that, strange thing is i know where to find things.

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Nope we have a man drawer.. Thats any drawer by the way, and OH saves keyrings, pens, radiator vent keys, odd foriegn coins etc etc in them,..

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Nom when I worked in an office years ago my boss's desk was like a tip, yet he could put his hand on anything he wanted immediately. It was organised chaos

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I'm just the same.

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I would not have got away with it when i was married, everything had to have a place, every now and then i have a clear out, and you can be sure a few days after, i will need something that used to live happily in my drawer.

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I am afraid I have several but I know within a bit what's in them. I really feel it is time to have a clear out but you know the second you do, you will want something you have thrown away!

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[QUOTE=Nom;653753]I would not have got away with it when i was married, everything had to have a place, every now and then i have a clear out, and you can be sure a few days after, i will need something that used to live happily in my drawer.[/QUOTE]



That's one of the positives of living in my own, I can clutter me drawers all I want.
and Yes, I agree with always suddenly needing something you've not long cleared out. Even if I haven't used it for years, you can be sure I'll need it if I chucked it away.

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A couple of times in recent years I have made the mistake of tidying up and I still can't find my address book and favourite comb.
Anyone got them ?

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I recently saw something interesting & amusing in a shop window. It was a plain metal box, a bit like the old biscuit tins. It was labelled

MAN BOX - INSTRUCTIONS

1 ) Place unwanted items in the box
2 ) Place the box on a high shelf
3 ) Leave for seventeen years