Most useless item in your wallet/purse

c_man

I'm 30 years old, no longer live in Ireland and yet I have a Garda Age Card in my wallet. Usually I try and keep it somewhat tidy but I'm kinda amazed I've never questioned why I still carry that bloody thing until now! I think I might retire it to the box of documents (which also contains some fake IDs I used when I was underage, you never know when they could come in handy...).

So what's the most useless item you carry around daily in your wallet or purse?

recylingbin

c_man wrote: »

I'm 30 years old, no longer live in Ireland and yet I have a Garda Age Card in my wallet. Usually I try and keep it somewhat tidy but I'm kinda amazed I've never questioned why I still carry that bloody thing until now! I think I might retire it to the box of documents (which also contains some fake IDs I used when I was underage, you never know when they could come in handy...).

So what's the most useless item you carry around daily in your wallet or purse?

Anglo Irish bankcard

El Weirdo

In before someone hilariously mentions a condom.

libelula

GAA Allianz player pass for 2014. Useful.

the evasion_kid

euro banknotes

The Backwards Man

Student card from 1997.

redbel05

Cheque to me for €5 from about 3years ago that I forgot to cash.
Also swiss army style fork/ knife/ spoon set that I got from aldi a year and a half ago and used once. Not only do I never have the opportunity to use it, but if I did have the circumstance, I probably wouldn't as it could hardly be too hygienic sitting at the bottom of my bag for so long...

My bank card

Boom_Bap

I have a laminated picture of David Brent in my wallet.

jessiejam

Receipts for things bought over 12 months ago. No reason for it. Just makes my purse a bit fatter giving the illusion that there is cash in it. (real reason is im too lazy to clean it out)

Peregrine

1c coins
2c coins
A random receipt from two years ago which I've just thrown out
Gym membership card which expired three years ago

Sonics2k

El Weirdo wrote: »

In before someone hilariously mentions a condom.

Heh yeah, it's not as if someone clicked on this thread just to write that in...

(Dammit)

Lollipops23

A loyalty card for my hair salon in Toronto.


I moved back to Dublin in June.

Samaris

Until I cleared out my purse a little while ago, I had all sorts of rubbish in there. My English provisional driver's license, a half-stamped card for an English coffee shop. A number of thoroughly expired bus receipts. Coppers. Actually, I still have coppers in there, 1c and 2c coins really are useless - I tend to use a batch of them in the self-service Tesco machines every so often to pay the odd amount of a bill, like E32.17, I'll shove in 17c worth of coppers just to be rid of them. I'm sure it upsets the people behind me, but it actually doesn't take long. Shall be glad to be rid of the dratted things.

Edit: I moved back to Ireland in September 2014, so that coffee card really was pointless!

mattaiuseire

My wife's left hand.

MilesMorales1

My KFC loyalty card. God knows why I got one, I've used it once in 8 months.

deadybai

Condom from Dealz

Boom_Bap

deadybai wrote: »

Condom from Dealz

Fun fact: They can also be used as a strainer for pasta

smash

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Fun fact: They can also be used as a strainer for pasta

Should I buy one for my grandma for Christmas? She loves kitchen stuff.

Boom_Bap

smash wrote: »

Should I buy one for my grandma for Christmas? She loves kitchen stuff.

Don't forget to buy her a matching purse to put it in.

smash

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Don't forget to buy her a matching purse to put it in.

If I get an XXL condom it could double up as a purse.

Man, condoms are versatile!

Boom_Bap

I'm wearing one on my head at the moment as a hipster beanie

I've just had another look in the wallet. I have this small smiley face bit of cardboard with a Columbian girls name and number on it. It's been there about 13 years now.

keano_afc

I still have 2 Cypriot pounds in my wallet from a holiday in Cyprus in 2001. No idea why they have lasted that long in there.

Jaxxy

Multiples of those coffee shop stamped loyalty card thingies. None of them have enough stamps for a free coffee. A $1 bill. A cash-out slip from a casino in Vegas worth 0.15c.

And a valium! I had no idea that was there until now. Score.

Oh I have a Dublin bikes card. Last year at the Dublin marathon I hired a Dublin bike to go cycling around the marathon. Thought "oh my god these bikes are brilliant I should totally have a card and use these every time I'm in town".

Yeh. Never been on one since.

A Scottish Pound Note gifted to me by a bookmaker and 1/2 a €10 note.

drake70

A non-premier league club membership card for the 2013/14 season
Cardiac first responder card (expired April 2014)
Ticket for last Sunday's Whitesnake/Black Star Riders gig.
And the above mentioned pasta strainer

Figbiscuithead

A button for a dress I gave to charity about 3 years ago.

Penn

Old Xtravision membership card. Mainly because I wasn't an Xtravision member at the time, but my friend worked there and just made one up for me with Dr. in front of my name to help me impress women.

Didn't work.

AnonoBoy

mattaiuseire wrote: »

My wife's left hand.

Just out of interest is it stuffed or did you get it lacquered or varnished?

cowboyBuilder

I have a California ID that is 15 years old, expired in 2006 ....

sentimental value ...

fergiesfolly

A baby tooth.
It's mine, just in case anybody thinks I go around stealing them.

smash

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

I have a California ID that is 15 years old, expired in 2006 ....

sentimental value ...

I have a 20yr old gym membership card. I keep it just to look at the photo and laugh.

Jaxxy

fergiesfolly wrote: »

A baby tooth.
It's mine, just in case anybody thinks I go around stealing them.

Whaaat? :eek:

Why, fergiesfolly, please tell me why!? I must know.

JustShon

A loyalty card for Game, from back when they existed.

Can't bring myself to throw it away.

Mr. CooL ICE

An IRFU membership card. I played for one season back at U16s and the card arrived at my parents' house when I was 22. At that stage, I didn't look anything like the photo.

Father Hernandez

A friends pass card for work with his name and picture on it.

fergiesfolly

Jaxxy wrote: »

Whaaat? :eek:

Why, fergiesfolly, please tell me why!? I must know.

It was only extracted last year( I'm in my 40s) and I thought I've had it this long, I may as well hang onto it.
It lives in a little pocket in the back of my wallet. No rent. Centrally heated. Utilities paid. It has an easier life than I do

brummytom

I've got a load of old train/tram/bus tickets in mine, I should chuck them out, but then my wallet would just look empty.

Medusa22

I had a load of Czech koruna coins in my wallet but I cleared them out the other day. I found a card for a camping shop in Dublin, I have no idea why I have it, I've never been camping in my life. I also found a card for a hairdressers that I went to in Dublin but I haven't gone there since my wedding day in July 2014. I also found a receipt for getting my wedding dress altered and a library pass card to UCD from 2013.

I still have my UCD student card even though I graduated in 2014 but I use that for discounts :P

Mesrine65

Old military ID card & a carte nationale d’identité sécurisée/CNIS

BenedrylPete

There is nothing useless in my wallet.
I am male.

Diamond Doll

Too many trolley coin token yokes.

A few 68c stamps (they cost 70c now!)

A random USB yoke-ma-bob, never know when you might need one. (I never do, though.)

Organ donor card. I plan on living forever, so hopefully that's useless!

rainbow kirby

2009-10 academic year UCD student card...

My Mother In Law bought me a purse about 20 years ago and put a sprig of heather in it for luck. It's only a twig now, but it's still in the purse.

Crumpets

Train tickets from up to 5 years ago

Ally Dick

My Nandos loyalty card

Professey Chin

Those Eircode cardboard slip things they sent out..... I have no idea why it's there

cowboyBuilder

Deleted User wrote: »

My Mother In Law bought me a purse about 20 years ago and put a sprig of heather in it for luck. It's only a twig now, but it's still in the purse.

wow! well do keep it !

Hammer89

Peaches Geldof's phone number.

faceman

This is probably the most useless thing in my wallet but has quite the back story.