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(35,940 posts) Wed Oct 2, 2024, 11:06 AM Oct 2

Update-Go into your kitchen junk drawer and throw away 3 items that you haven't needed /used in years. Tell us [View all]

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what it was.Mine was a Happy Meal little car. Make sure you pitch it, We will get the drawer cleaned out. Today I threw away 4 flat Christmas ornaments

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Update-Go into your kitchen junk drawer and throw away 3 items that you haven't needed /used in years. Tell us [View all] debm55 Oct 2 OP

Another wrapped set of plastic takeout ware. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #1

Thank you OldBaldy1701E, Did you throw it away? debm55 Oct 2 #4

Absolutely! OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #7

Most recycling services won't take something like that. Shermann Oct 2 #59

My trash/recycling takes anything but electronics. Out it goes. debm55 Oct 2 #72

The problem is the carryout places themselves. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2 #58

Oh, I know. OldBaldy1701E Oct 3 #96

hey ! ShepKat Oct 2 #2

Not the stuff that is in my kitchen junk drawer. What one item did you throw out today? debm55 Oct 2 #5

Throw out any black non stick type cooking utensils. Like black slotted spoons and spatulas. flying_wahini Oct 2 #3

Thank you I didn't know that. debm55 Oct 2 #6

Absolutely. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #10

Meat tenderizer wooden hammer TommieMommy Oct 2 #8

Thank you TommieMommy. I less item. debm55 Oct 2 #11

Oh no - I use my wooden hammer tenderizer every time I make Swiss steak - pounding well-floured round steak vigorously Backseat Driver Oct 2 #29

It's gone Backseat Driver. Never to be seen again. debm55 Oct 2 #63

Nooooo! buzzycrumbhunger Oct 2 #80

A black plastic cooking spoon, contains high levels of toxic fire retardants. Clouds Passing Oct 2 #9

Thank you Clouds Passing. Good that you threw it away. debm55 Oct 2 #12

It's ok . I've lived long enough mucifer Oct 2 #26

I'm Im like a cat, nine lives Clouds Passing Oct 2 #28

But I might need all of those things someday! subterranean Oct 2 #13

Thank you subterranean. I know you can do it. Throw the keys away. debm55 Oct 2 #14

Are you going to make me go in there ... surrealAmerican Oct 2 #15

surrealAmerican. One at a time.Ifit works , set it aside. if not throw it away. Just one at a time.Or find something debm55 Oct 2 #18

15-year old pack of chewing gum FuzzyRabbit Oct 2 #16

Gross, Why were you saving it?? Throw it out. Thank you FuzzyRabbit. debm55 Oct 2 #19

New or used? mucifer Oct 2 #27

Brand new. Still in the unopened package. FuzzyRabbit Oct 2 #42

FuzzyRabbit. you'll break your teeth trying to chew it. Throw it out. and buy a new pack of gum. debm55 Oct 2 #79

An apple peeler. The kind that is clamped to the counter. And a pizza cutter, too sharp an the guard keeps falling off. Srkdqltr Oct 2 #17

Old expired batteries. arkielib Oct 2 #20

Thank you arkielib we will save for the next clean up kitchen drawer day. I will up it to three items. debm55 Oct 2 #21

Dried up old packets of handi wipes Ziggysmom Oct 2 #22

HAHAHAHAHAH. Set yourself forever free from them, Ziggysmom. You will feel great doing so. debm55 Oct 2 #23

On Monday when the "I looked into my kitchen Junk Drawer and what did I see?" was posted... Niagara Oct 2 #24

Oh well, Over the years tons on them have been thrown Out' My son got Happy Meals and my three dogs got them after a debm55 Oct 2 #25

Our sons, who are 2 1/2 years apart, used to argue over which Happy Meal toys were whose... 3catwoman3 Oct 2 #78

Thank you 3catwoman3. You don't still have the toys do you. I have a 15 foot pine tree in my backyard. For Earth Day , debm55 Oct 2 #85

We still have one that came with a meal on United, for whom my husband was flying at the time. 3catwoman3 Oct 2 #87

That;s sweet and is a keeper. debm55 Oct 2 #88

My children are 4 years apart and would argue over identical toys as well Niagara Oct 3 #95

Ha, What a great idea! Pisces Oct 2 #30

The next one will be for 3 item. Do you have one in your kitchen junk drawer. Thanks Pisces it was a follow up to a post debm55 Oct 2 #31

My Abstractartist Oct 2 #32

Welcome to DU, Enjoy debm55 Oct 2 #34

Kitchen junk drawer Cinjanik Oct 2 #33

That's a great idea. Thank you Cinjanik debm55 Oct 2 #35

4 tubes of very old c..pstick. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2 #36

Thank you Prairie__Seagul. Did you throw them away. debm55 Oct 2 #37

Tossed. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2 #49

I'm Guessing... ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #38

Thank you ProfessorGAC Give the extra to your new kittens. debm55 Oct 2 #39

They Got Spayed Yesterday ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #40

Good , did you name them? debm55 Oct 2 #41

Sure! ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #43

Thank you ProfessorGAC All of your fur babies are beautiful debm55 Oct 2 #48

Shhhh! ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #50

Hahahahaha, debm55 Oct 2 #62

My wife has numerous potato peelers in there. If Emile Oct 2 #44

Hahhahahahahahhahahahahah, coward. Why so many potato peelers? debm55 Oct 2 #45

I think she's a hoarder, but I didn't say that. Emile Oct 2 #46

Sorry. about that. I now have a great idea for my next OP. debm55 Oct 2 #47

You might like this. 3catwoman3 Oct 2 #81

LOL so true. Emile Oct 3 #101

A round plastic thing that I don't know what it is. Ocelot II Oct 2 #51

Thank you Ocelot II , if it is the white thing that goes in the pizza boxes , throw it away, If it is not, throw it away debm55 Oct 2 #64

It's not the pizza thing. It's a black plastic ring that looks like it's supposed to fasten to something Ocelot II Oct 2 #73

Ocelot II, I am so proud that you decided to throw it out. But sooner or later the others will have to go. You can do it debm55 Oct 2 #74

A solidified super glue tube Zambero Oct 2 #52

Zambero, throw it away. Thank you. debm55 Oct 2 #65

Hey! If any of you are throwing away corkscrews... Enter stage left Oct 2 #53

Thank you. What do you have that needs to be thrown away? Did you look in your junk drawer??????? Don't be collecting debm55 Oct 2 #66

We live in a motorhome, and carry virtually nothing we don't need. Enter stage left Oct 2 #67

Sorry I didn;t mean to hurt you. . debm55 Oct 2 #77

A very old film cannister with 30 year old marijuana in it. jmbar2 Oct 2 #54

Emergency. It is more then likely all seeds and stems at this point. Throw it out and if possible buy new. It is a debm55 Oct 2 #68

Fourteen wooden and bamboo chop sticks. PufPuf23 Oct 2 #55

Puf,Puf , I would throw out or donate to a friend. Think about it , you are not physically able to use so why hang onto debm55 Oct 2 #69

Went into fireplace insert that is main source of heat in my home already.nt PufPuf23 Oct 2 #75

I an so proud of you. debm55 Oct 2 #76

Thank you but hold your praise. PufPuf23 Oct 2 #83

I am glad you had fun, Can you ask a neighbor, relative or church group to help you? debm55 Oct 2 #86

Thank you but alas not that simple. nt PufPuf23 Oct 2 #93

Oh soooo much fun! WVGal1963 Oct 2 #56

What the hell, they took my idea. What about you WVGal1963, ? Did you look in your kitchen junk drawer???? did you debm55 Oct 2 #70

We have two knife sharpeners. Lunabell Oct 2 #57

Lunabell. don't tell her that you threw them out, If by any chance, she one day decides she wants to use it/them , tell debm55 Oct 2 #71

I'll do one at a time! Lunabell Oct 2 #91

Thank you Lunabell. Way to go! debm55 Oct 2 #92

Leftover furniture parts Shermann Oct 2 #60

Thank you Shermann. Put in a trash bag or throw in the garbage. You can do it. I believe in you. debm55 Oct 2 #61

A box of little silicone petit four molds in card suit shapes (clubs, hearts, spades, diamonds) woodsprite Oct 2 #82

I remember those. They were for making ice cubes for drinks. If not using and no attachment to them I would pitch. You debm55 Oct 2 #89

I can't. Back in the 80s I hid a hit of acid in something in there. I hid it so good I can't find it but it's in brewens Oct 2 #84

What the hell do you have acid in a container for? Pick one thing, check it out and it the acid is not in there, pitch debm55 Oct 2 #90

Cannot do if..fish..had..wings Oct 2 #94

Thank you . Very good. Now take one thing from the kitchen ultilites drawer. you did great, I am proud of you!! debm55 Oct 3 #97

Turkey baster if..fish..had..wings Oct 3 #98

Great. I am so proud of you, debm55 Oct 3 #99

I tried like hell a few years ago Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #109

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I just threw out three more things that i didnt know I had ,one was baby nail clippers debm55 Oct 3 #100

Olive picker. Moved it to the workshop. You never know what it will take to pickup a non magnetic just out of reach part usaf-vet Oct 3 #102

Once it reaches the workshop, it is beyond rescue, Unless you make a full fledge effort to set it free, You will not debm55 Oct 3 #104

A Hamburger Habit ketchup packet.. Tikki Oct 3 #103

Question for you. If no one in your house uses ketchup, why are you saving? Tikki, walk over to the trash bin and throw debm55 Oct 3 #105

Prob the grandson stuck it in the drawer. His dad has him put any condiments in a drawer Tikki Oct 3 #106

Thank you Tikki. Now doesn't that feel good? debm55 Oct 3 #107

Lip quencher circa 2001, the cover of a kid's stamping tool, a gray thing Phentex Oct 3 #108

Wow, congratulations Phentex, You had some unique items there, All in the trash We will get these junk drawers cleaned debm55 Oct 3 #111

After much consideration and research. haha Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #112

Thank you Prairie_Seagull. Did you find anything to throw away from your junk drawer?????? debm55 Oct 3 #113

I could give you a pass on this but Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #114

My computer is not working right. sorry. I am not getting notification of any new posts unless I read through the list. debm55 Oct 3 #115

I was just giving you shit deb. Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #116

That's okay, But it is a pain not to have the new post light up debm55 Oct 3 #117

The thought of doing that gives me anxiety! nt ecstatic Oct 3 #118

I have an update on something crazy in my kitchen Niagara Oct 9 #119

Actually, something just got placed in to the Sacred Shrine (junk drawer) Conjuay Oct 9 #120