What's in your...

[Tundra]

I've got a bunch of characters being kidnapped by aliens. They'll be kidnapped in different situations, perhaps some from school, some from home, some from work, some from shopping. I don't want all my characters to be 'bare handed' while being kidnapped, ie, only with the clothes on their backs. Don't worry, none of the characters will be conveniently carrying a gun (and if they are, i'll disarm them pretty quickly)
so... I need suggestions of places that people might be when they're kidnapped by aliens. (and not through a zappy tube thing, they need to be actually physically taken to a portal/spaceship) If i have suggestions of where they are, i might have suggestions of things they might have with them.

So, out of interest, if you don't mind sharing... (and you don't have to do all of these)

What is currently in your schoolbag?
Your workbag?
Your handbag?
your purse? (ie wallet type thing)
in your pockets?

[skyscape]

In my work bag there is a laptop and half a packet of mixed nuts that I spilled in another compartment and have been too lazy to take out :P They would make a decent snack if I was ever abducted by aliens though, maybe I should keep em in there...

[trainman]

Workbag/Schoolbag(for me the same thing):Camera, 5 Lenses, Film, Flash, Cable release, Macro rings, Discman, Comb, pens, notepads, flashdrive, and light meter.

Wallet: Credit card... Um that's it, I hate being broke.

Pockets:Keys, wallet, bus tickets, library cards, mobile phone, change (if their is any), and two bus timetables.

Is that of any help?

[kiss_me_now9]

What is currently in your schoolbag? A load of junk - just books, random scraps of paper, and rather strangly, lots of pencil sharpenings - which is strange 'cos I don't really use a pencil sharpener that much...
Your workbag? Don't have one.
Your handbag? God knows, I have about fifty. Probably some gum, a pen, small notebook.
your purse? (ie wallet type thing) Lots of reciepts. I'm in the habit of collecting them :) Also, bus, train and german tram tickets. Possibly some money, but not likely.
in your pockets? Nothing.

[Tundra]

"Junk" could be useful.
Depends what it is of course. Even hairties could be of use.

[felixia]

What is currently in your schoolbag?
Hmmm. A plastic bag from dymocks, some m&ms wrappers, some silver coins, some paper and a plastic container. and a bus timetable.

Your workbag?
Nil =/

Your handbag?
A comb, a headband and a mechanical pencil

your purse? (ie wallet type thing)
Coins, coints, some notes, a receipt (from dymocks =P) cards and a photo

in your pockets?
lint, and some kind of lolly wrapper (from a milko i think)

Well, that was from memory. There might be more in my school bag but I'm too scared to look~

[Tundra]

you lot really don't have a lot in your bags lol. I'm trying to see how much stuff would be plausible. My mum once had an icecream scoop in her bag.

[felixia]

Ok, I have another - a lollipop in a pocket. Took that from a friend who I was talking to on msn. Though, I reckon it could depend on the character (as you probably know, and may even have mentioned), because I'd never leave a lollipop just lying around =D

[kiss_me_now9]

I know people who keep (horses) headcollars in their bags.

[melydia]

Don't worry, Tundra, I carry loads with me at all times. And, as anyone with children can attest, compared to many people I barely carry anything at all.

In my backpack, which is the bag I lug to and from work every day: a notebook, several pens and pencils, a book to read, my lunch, my purse, my work badges, a calculator, a small notepad, ponytail holders, contact solution & case, a small bottle of hand lotion, an emery board, some access codes for work, and these weird compliment cards I got from some people during a class a year ago.

In my purse, which I lug just about everywhere (and you listed as a handbag): keys to car/apartment/file cabinet/firebox/mailbox, notepad, business cards (mine, my fiance's, and a couple from wedding vendors to remind me of appointments), cell phone, comb, chapstick, medicine (pain killers, lactaid, pepto bismol tablets, allegra, and immodium), lotion, wallet, asthma inhaler, pens, coinpurse, hand sanitizer, transparent heart favor, freaky beaded Chinese thing I found in a parking lot once, highlighter, ponytail holders, emery board, breath strips, PDA, and eyedrops. (Believe it or not, I have a relatively small purse.)

In my wallet, which is inside my purse: 4 credit cards (2 regular, 1 work, 1 debit), driver's license, change of address card (because it costs $10 to get a new license), probably expired prepaid phone card, library card, Metro SmarTrip, club cards from Safeway and Giant grocery stores, insurance cards (health and auto), Honda roadside assistance card, "hey I had major heart surgery in 1985 and this is the kind of precautions you need to take if I'm in an accident" card, 2 Metro farecards I keep meaning to cash in, a half-used JC Penney giftcard, and cash.

There's nothing in my pockets except a stick of Chapstick. I used to carry my keys and wallet in there too but then I got a job that more often than not involved wearing a pocketless skirt, so I started carrying a purse everywhere.

[Orion283]

I tend to keep everything in my pockets, though on an average day I could have all sorts of things in there. Especially if I have cargo pants. A book, a granola bar, a screwdriver, some paperclips, rubber bands, pens, pencils, keys, a usb drive, a mini flashlight, a pocket knife, numerous movie ticket stubs, a lucky widget, an mp3 player & headphones, shades, and probably some other stuff I don't recall.

When we were kids and we had our neighborhood superhero team they called me 'Pack' cause I always had something in my pockets. Kinda like Batman. Except I had utility pants!

[snooze]

What is currently in your schoolbag? My purse, pens, a random Visa receipt, my green notebook for ideas, my clipboard with a mixture of philosophy and Greek & Roman studies notes, and my philosophy anthology book.
Your workbag? Lap top, journal I have yet to write in, the Sims 2, an empty Ziploc bag, deoderant, my Italian workbook and text book and answer key and notes.
Your handbag? And now for your viewing pleasure...*dumps the contents onto her bed* three pens, two blue, one black, the black one is the only one that works. A slip of paper from the library, I've checked out four books. Another slip, I've checked out two CDs. A grocery receipt, a ten-tablet packet of adult Gravol in blister strips, a set of spare car keys, a spare house key (I lost my regular keys for both,) face powder make up thinger, crystal ice flavoured Softlips balm, a toffee wrapper, an almost-empty travel-sixe bottle of hand santizier, and a dime.
your purse? (ie wallet type thing) Oh lordie...uhm...7 debit card reciepts: for 2 deposits and a withdrawal at the bank; for buying a sandwich in the bistro on campus; for a coffee thing at the bookstore; for a hot chocolate at starbuck's and another for video rental at the local store. 6 receipts from my meal card at the dining hall. Three more grocery receipts. Hey! I just found 15 bucks wrapped up in the receipts! 70 cents in change. Hookay, for cards I have: meal card, Social Insurance Number, a Movie Gallery rental card, student card for 2003-2004, 2 starbucks coffee cards, Pleasure Craft Operator Card, another student card for 2003-2004 (I don't know WHY they gave us two,) a student card for 04/05, a day-pass metro card for the new york city subway system, a British Columbia CareCard, (I'm an organ donor!), my novice Driver's Licence, debit card, Visa, library card, and university student card and bus pass combo.
in your pockets? Lint and a very crumpled tissue.

[vindemiatrix]

In my absolutely enormous black messenger bag, the one I take everywhere, there is currently:

One black notebook I'm using for NaNo
Several blunt pencils
Notes from my training at work (filled with pictures of buildings and places in my NaNo)
A booklet from my recruitment agency
My Jobseeker's Allowance forms
My work security pass and ID
A blue biro
A Tupperware container that usually contains lunch (two cheese and onion rolls)
Tampons
A very hairy hairbrush
Body spray (Impulse Thrill, I think)
Three tubes of black eyeliner
A handheld mirror
A broken necklace
Two or three pairs of discarded hoop earrings
My spare pair of glasses
My black-and-white stripy scarf
A very battered copy of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita
Several Blue Riband low-calorie chocolate snack bars
A squashed satsuma that I'm saving for a fruit crisis
My purse, some of the time
Assorted bag-debris: receipts, change, bus tickets, lint, old tissues...

In my purse:

More receipts
More ancient bus tickets
Some old cinema ticket stubs
My debit card (useless until Friday)
Assorted business cards
My National Insurance Numbercard
A donor card in case I am knocked down in a freak traffic accident or something
My birth certificate
My Citizencard proof-of-age ID card (with absolutely awful picture of me with short red hair)
A stamp card from Claire's Accessories that entitles me to a free pair of earrings when I buy nine pairs
A letter from my psychiatrist's office that I use as proof-of-addess
A bank statement
A bit of paper with my work computer login on it
A ten pound note and assorted change

And attached to the outside is my house key and a sharp bottle-opener keyring in the shape of a dolphin that could probably be used as a lethal weapon. As I keep accidentally finding out when trying to get to my house key.

[trainman]

you lot really don't have a lot in your bags lol. I'm trying to see how much stuff would be plausible. My mum once had an icecream scoop in her bag.

It may not sound like much, but you carry my workbag for a day. It's weight that matters!

Also, forgot a couple of things, during summer I always have a bottle of water with me. And depending on the situation I might have a multi-tool on my belt (it usually resides in my cars glove box).

I tend to keep everything in my pockets, though on an average day I could have all sorts of things in there. Especially if I have cargo pants. A book,...

Ah, yeah, I used to be like this, till my pants started falling down without a belt! Now I find a camera bag is handy for those things that just weight too much. Although when bush walking army webbing is usually better.

[Not Indigo]

What is currently in your schoolbag?
Your workbag?
Your handbag?
your purse? (ie wallet type thing)
in your pockets?

Backpack: NaNo notebook, French textbook, math textbook, math notebook, a book to read, a dollar in quarters, an unwashed (but licked clean) soup spoon, letters, emergency pads, my planner, a pencil bag, an exploded pen, and a rose petal.

Purse: bus directions, the address of a local Barnes and Noble, the combo to my PO box, my checkbook, a couple euro (in coin form), a box of Ricola throat drops, a mechanical pencil I took from a German hotel, the contact info for a friend of mine, and a ten-dollar gift certificate to Noodles.

Wallet: Driver's license, state ID, laundry card, traveler's check card, debit card, a little inspirational God card, a tip table, receipts, my roommate's senior picture, used tickets to NASA and Disney World, nine dollars, five euros, some change, and a letter telling me not to let my mental illnesses get me down. :P

[sillypants]

My stuff changes depending on what I'm doing and where I'm going, but this is what's in there today:

Uni bag:
water bottle
book to read
uni excersise books
my diary and various other notebooks
pens, pencil, texta, eraser, ruler
bus timetables
umbrella
muesli bars, etc that have been in there for a long long time
spare pads
assorted reciepts and library printouts
sticky labels for videos
lots of rubbish (mostly muesli bar wrappers)
tissues (unused)
headphones
3 copies of my resume that are so crinkled that I'd never actually give them to anyone
at other times there can also be: cds, scarf, deodorant, sunglasses, books/cds/dvds to return to the library, lipgloss, random origami, and toys hidden in there by my dog.

Handbag:
usually just purse, phone, keys, water. Other stuff if I need it.

Purse:
$4.55 in change
2 used bus tickets
3 public library cards
Proof of age card
uni ID
uni photocopy card
bank card
member cards for various cd/dvd shops
bus time info

The only stuff I ever have in my pockets are used tissues and empty lolly wrappers.

[Sulis]

Purse: 2 debit cards, 3 library cards (for libraries in 3 different cities), a checkbook with only 2 checks left in it, a small pad of notepaper, a small bag with 3 coins in it (a gift from a friend that is a spell for prosperity), one fortune cookie fortune of personal significance, my cell phone, loose change, and assorted reciepts, some of which have story info scrawled on them.

work/knitting bag: writing notebook, index cards with in-progress outlines for 3 novels, 4 pairs of knitting needles, 3 balls of yarn, 1 sock, a bag of chocolate mints, a bottle of superglue, a seam ripper, 3 crochet hooks, 2 books (one on knitting, one novel), 2 knitting charts, 4 quilt plans, 4 ink pens, a hair stick, and the dragon cross stitch I'm working on.

Occasionally useful, but mostly it's just a lot of stuff to sort through.

[Thren]

What is currently in your workbag?
Well, my workbag consists of my laptop and various different cables I use with it for work, some blank cds and a few miscellaneous documents I need.

Your handbag?
Eeee, this is the fun part, I carry this sucker with me everywhere. Currently it is holding:
A zip up carrier bag thingy (we have to pay 15c if we want a plastic bag in a shop)
Make up bag
Umbrella
Echinecea and Zinc vitamin tablets
2 packets of Fruit Mentos
A Milky Bar
A Bounty Bar (I had a craving for sweets over the weekend and forgot to eat them)
Lip Gloss x 2
My swipe card for work
My house and work keys
My wallet
My MAC foundation
Face cream
Hand cream
2 pens
2 invites for press screenings
A Subway loyalty card thingy
My driver's licence
My turquoise iPod
3 hair ties
An emery board
My USB stick
A packet of chewing gum
Book: Foucault's Pendulum
A cheque I really need to lodge soon
And 5 comics I bought on Friday and forgot to take out over the weekend.

your purse? (ie wallet type thing)
Credit Card
Bank Card
Weekly Bus Ticket
Video Store card
IFI membership card
Optician's appointment card
Savoy 75th anniversary celebrations pass
Old LUAS tickets
A Lottery ticket
Three Bus timetables
A couple of business cards
Marks and Spencers receipt
Charm that came off my bracelet
Change
Money

in your pockets?
10 cents and a receipt
(I don't like to carry anything in my pockets, it's uncomfortable, but change I find gets out in there as I consider it lucky)

[Tundra]

In my handbag thing at the moment
a pencil, a pen, some tissues, lip balm, a notebook, an umbrella, a douglas adams book, a camera,a mobile phone and a used ticket to Lano and Woodley. a purse, with bus tickets, money, id card, some phone numbers, photos, some coins, some used train tickets/tram tickets, library card, library photocopying card, a key.
The bag itself is made from that sort of raffia string stuff. And it has a synthetic silk type lining.

So, what ways could someone use them in a weird situation?

[felixia]

Pens and umbreallas go stabbity stab. Wires on wirey notebooks might come in useful... like, if they happened to come across a lock (dunno if they ever will, or if any of them can pick a lock...) Food, well, thats rations.
Just you wait, others will come flying in with great uses for these things!

[AXJ]

What is currently in your schoolbag?
Your workbag?
Your handbag?
your purse? (ie wallet type thing)
in your pockets?

I have no schoolbag, handbag, or purse.

Workbag: Generally a sandwich and a cold carbonated beverage of some sort. If I had to bring work home that night, I'll take it back with me, along with a USB flash drive.

Pockets: Mobile phone, wallet, knife (Spyderco Delica (http://www.knifesite.com/fullsize/C11PSBK.jpg), with clip, usually clipped into the corner of my pocket.

Wallet: Drivers license, two debit cards, car insurance card, health insurance card, access card for work, $26 US

...and I usually also take a backpack containing my workout clothes- one pair of shorts, one sleeveless shirt, one pair of socks, one pair of underwear, one small towel (for sweat), one large towel (for drying off after showering), deodorant, a hair brush, a pair of swimming goggles, and usually some sort of reading materiel.

[Tundra]

paper planes from pieces of notebook paper? pushing notes under doors?
library card thing for picking locks perhaps? (it's sort of like a credit card looking thing)

[AXJ]

Ah wait, I forgot about my keys. On my keyring I have:
- 1 large rock climbing caribiner
- 4 keys
- 1 pill fob with 3 ibuprofen and 2 benedryl
- 1 swiss army knife, "midnight manager", with small blade, scissors, flathead screwdriver, phillips head screwdriver, bottle opener, retractabe ink pen, and LED flashlight

[Jenevieve]

What is currently in your schoolbag?
A binder for english class and a textbook, my pencil case (which contains pens, mechanical pencils, highlighters, whiteout, a ruler, a calculator, a day-planner, a compass, a pair of scissors, a protractor, an erasor, and a pencil sharpener), a bunch of random sheets of paper, a library book, my purse, my lunchbag which contains a ziplock bag and a spoon, an extra pair of underwear, a pad, a penny or two, a telescoping metal pointer, the instruction booklet for my calculator, a comic that I snipped out of the paper with the intention of putting it in my locker, a notebook, a CD case, a CD player, a bookmark, bus tickets, bandaids, a dirty kleenex, some clean kleenex, a film canister with a few tylenol and sudafed,and pinned to the outside are five pins: one which says "J'aime tout le monde" with a picture of a beaver holding a globe and a canadian flag, one which says "Peace is a disarming concept", one which says "Students against war and racism", one which says "Engineers are approximately perfect" with a picture of a partially built bridge on which one side is substantially higher than the other and a person standing on one side with a question mark over the head, and one which says "To remember is to work for peace" with a picture of the Mennonite Central Committee logo. Whew. Enough detail for you?

Your workbag? Don't have one

Your handbag? Again, don't have one

Your purse? (ie wallet type thing) A bunch of coins, a bunch of old receipts that I keep intending to throw out, a pad, my debit card, library card, health card, driver's license, student card, and a card with my dad's cell phone number on it.

In your pockets? My trumpet mouthpiece, my keyring (which has the garage key, house key, and bicylcle lock key on it and a little chain coming off that used to have some cute little keyring thing coming off of it that fell off so long ago that I can't remember what it was) my cross-stitched bookmark which says "Jen" in calligraphic writing and has four butterflies on it, and a penny. I collect pennies for Penny Power, so whenever I see one, I pick it up.

[Meepster]

Workbag: Binder containing various papers, pens, pencils, and spare school supplies. Also a couple of books and a house key.
No hand bag, but I have a duct tape wallet. That could definately be used for something. In it is just money and my CPR card.
I don't have much in my pockets, usually. Maybe a wierd piece of paper.

Wierd locations: Maybe just off the street? On the way to work or something?

[Naurien]

My schoolbag SHOULD be cleaned out, but it's not... so in there are a couple filled up notebooks, a binder, a pencil case with lots of pencils, probably some "feminine items", a magnetic locker hanger, random loose papers, and my watch (hey, I've been looking for that...)

My purse is holding my keys, my cell phone, a mostly-empty pack of Orbit Bubblemint gum, my wallet (note the conspicuous lack of money), and a gift certificate to a jewelry store.

My wallet contains my debit card, my learner's permit, two years' worth of student IDs, my library card, a metrocard, two Starbucks cards, an FYE gift card, a Gap gift card, a note from my friend, a $10 bill, and lots of movie ticket stubs.

My pockets have seven cents and some empty gum wrappers.

[Hippie]

Normally in my school bag, I have all the stuff a purse should contain in the front pocket, because I don't carry one. My wallet, house key, an inhaler, um... "feminine things", and lip balm... My wallet has three years of student ID cards, my driver's permit, um... some change, and all my gift cards that have about ten cents on them. In the main part of the bag, I normally have my school books, and binders, and then my notebook that I use to write non-school things. Right now it's got six sharpies in varying colors, two pens (one black one blue) a notebook, a reading book and a sweater.

In my pockets I always have my cell, and I sometimes have some money, or my mom's debit card. Every once in a while I have my pocket knife on me.

[adelaidejane]

Your workbag?
- A bunch of rubbish and other junk in the front pocket, including but not limited to a thing of lip gloss, a hand-held mirror, some old notecards, my address book, an old packet of Lemonheads, and two bus schedules.
- In the main pocket, a little Tupperware container with my decaf Twinings Early Grey teabags in it, my baby journal, Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley (sequel to Gone With The Wind), a flier from the bus company, and in the little pocket up the back, a sanitary pad (though Lord knows how long it'll be before that's useful again).
- In the side pocket, my keys and cellphone.
- In the other side pocket, my water bottle and a quarter.
- In the front-front pocket, my purse.

Your handbag?
- Junk. A pair of earrings, a couple biros and last week's shopping list.

Your purse? (ie wallet type thing)
- Ahem... let's see. Bank card, Kohl's gift card, license, employment authorisation card, a cute photo of me and Shroomy at our wedding, another biro, credit card, expired Aussie driver's license, dental insurance card, health insurance card, social security card (I KNOW THEY SAY NOT TO CARRY IT WITH YOU BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT OFF BY HEART YET SO BE QUIET), a piece of paper with "my number" and my cell number on it (so if I lose my purse someone can call me and say "hey goober you lost your purse"), mountains upon mountains of old receipts, bus pass holder, "Know The Warning Signs Of Pre-Term Labor" card with midwife and clinic numbers on it, business card for our apartment complex, two dead bus passes, paper that certifies I have my MN driver's license (to have before you get the card one, but I never tossed it afterwards - out it goes now!), some "Targey baby registry!" little card thing to go into shower invites, a bunch of fortunes from fortune cookies, business cards from people at work, my glasses cleany-cloth, Shrek 3 movie ticket, Lano & Woodley Goodbye ticket, Hanson Underneath ticket, The Park @ MOA ticket, eye prescription ticket, and a Post-It reminding me to call St Paul Cardiology last week.

In your pockets?
- BURN! I has no pockets! ^_^



...wow, my purse was full of CRAP.

[snooze]

What is currently in your schoolbag?
Your workbag?
Your handbag?
Now the above three are one and the same, so!

-A really old paystub.
-numerous reciepts
-shopping list
-gum wrapper
-cardboard coffee cup insulator
-shell necklace in pink bag
-iPod Nano minus headphones
-empty bottle of hand sanitizer
-four pens, (1 light blue, 2 dark blue, 1 black).
-four kinds of eyeshadow in one case?
-rubber eraser from grade four (I recognize my handwriting.)
-Cool split art glass ring in colours of the Dutch flag, red, white and blue.
-Torn return trip rail ticket, Victoria-Courtenay.
-black notebook filled with miscellany.
-Postcards! (3)
-The Complete Writings of Emily Carr
-Brideshead Revisited
-another shopping list
-wallet
-an...entire smaller purse, containing: a wee memo notepad, a red pen, my sunglasses, face powder, lipstick and two silver hoop earrings, one with a broken clasp.
-a bottle of Coke.
-CDs: The Best of Runrig: long distance, Josh Groban: Awake, The Best of Bon Jovi: Crossroad, The Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Dirty Boogie (???), and Bollywood Beats Volumes 1-3.
-Packet of king size Reese Big Cup PB Cups. Mmm.

[station break!]

*nom nom nom*

your purse? (ie wallet type thing)
-Airmiles card
-Starbucks card
-Driver's License
-Pleasurecraft Operator card
-SIN card
-Library card
-CareCard (medical card)
-Debit card
-Visa card
-receipts up the wazoo.
-copycard for university copiers with unknown amount on it
-two packets of international stamps
-a picture of my brother and his best friend dressed like sailors.
-a picture of my little cousin
-a toothpick wrapper, folded neatly.

in your pockets?

$12.48 in change.

[Shona]

What is currently in your schoolbag?
-history book
-history notebook
-Spanish book
-2 pencils without a point and 2 pens with no ink
-1 functioning pen
-three scraps of paper with notes that were important last year

Your workbag?
-Physics book
-my 2 physics notebooks
-2 pencils
-calculator

Your handbag?
-cell phone
-3 dollars
-75 cents

your wallet?
-10 cinema ticket stubs
-approx. $100
-approx. $1.50 in change
-Borders card
-Border gift card
-the University registrar's business card
-driver's permit

in your pockets?
-Kleenex
-a screw (...er...)

[Naurien]

While cleaning my room today, I finally found my old wallet, containing $1.13 in change, a photo of my neighbor, my Borders Rewards card [which I've been longing for], and not one, but two Starbucks cards!

[Hippie]

social security card (I KNOW THEY SAY NOT TO CARRY IT WITH YOU BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT OFF BY HEART YET SO BE QUIET)

Most people only carry it with them to go to job interviews. In my wallet I have (forgot to say) a scrap of paper with only some of the numbers on them. So like ###_-_ _-_##. I think... But anyway... I memorized the middle four numbers, so I don't have to remember it ALL but I can carry the scrap of paper without anyone being able to find it and know what it is. :D

[cat_lover_4113]

Schoolbag has my liquid spray deodrant, pencil case (with compass and pencils, also screwdriver for my glasses), glasses case with glasses.

My pocket has my spacer and inhaler.