Introducing the “Dad Box”. Nothing may be removed without permission.
Posted by watchingsongsDL@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 90 comments

So I spent the afternoon going through random drawers and cabinets and I found a bunch of useful stuff from years past. I’ve decided it’s time for me to define a save space for my useful stuff. I hate looking for commonly used stuff, and now I won’t have to anymore.
Now I’m going to fire my up old 3rd XL. I wish Nintendo would make a huge larger one, with big screens and clicky buttons.
CountPacula@reddit
Love the 70s-era electronic basketball game. I didn't have that particular one, but I had a few similar ones, like the Merlin.
ATFGunr@reddit
I had the football version as a kid, I loved that damn game!
MikeyRidesABikey@reddit
I had the basketball and one of my friends had the football!
PsychologicalKoala22@reddit
I wanted that, but my mom got me the Coleco knock-off instead :(
wharpua@reddit
I always loved that the screen was surrounded by miniature stadium bleachers
MinimumAnalysis5378@reddit
My grandmother had the baseball one, and one summer I mastered the timing on it and could get home runs at will.
Watcher-Of-The-Skies@reddit
Loved the gorgeous red LED lights on all of those games! I think Mattel made them. Football was my favorite.
bill_tongg@reddit
What model of Swiss army knife is that? I've been carrying a Victorinox Huntsman in my pocket for the last 35 years, but I've been looking at their larger models like yours.
Jombhi@reddit
Needs a ninja star or two. One black, one chrome.
watchingsongsDL@reddit (OP)
Not legal in California. Plus my wife would not be happy. I got shot in the eye with a BB gun when I was a kid. If we gad ninja stars no one we all make it to adulthood without one of us losing an eye.
Jombhi@reddit
It's not like you're waving it around in traffic. Jeez. I have no idea on the legality of switchblades in my state but I'm going to keep using them for opening mail.
Prestigious_Stay7162@reddit
I was obsessed with that basketball game when I was young
watchingsongsDL@reddit (OP)
Me too. I still play it. I only play til halftime because otherwise I’ll break 100 and the score rolls over.
Prestigious_Stay7162@reddit
That game kept me sane through many an epic road trip. My dad loved road trips.
mavenry@reddit
I have so many questions. #1 — Are those…poop bags? 🐶
watchingsongsDL@reddit (OP)
Yep. I am the designated dog walker of the house. Always good to have poop bags around!
Survive1014@reddit
What year of Tiger Woods is that? 07 was one of the best golf video games ever made.
bkcrypto8629@reddit
Coleco Basketball!!! I had the Football one!!
six28eightyfive@reddit
MILLE BORNES!!! Used to play that with my parents and brother
ONROSREPUS@reddit
lol before I really zoomed in I thought the turquois blue was lube. I was like man I don't think you wanted that in the picture.
TheBugHouse@reddit
Looks like someone already forgot to put your tire pressure gauge back.
Interesting_Whole_44@reddit
No fireworks?!?! Lame dad box you got there.
jfdonohoe@reddit
No reader glasses?
NaniFarRoad@reddit
Reader glasses, a couple of combs, tooth picks, that little collapsible magnifying glass and some broken camping equipment (e.g. compass or binoculars).
massiebeck@reddit
You can look at someone’s DS touchscreen and tell how much they’ve played Tiger Woods.
Ellen6723@reddit
Solid picks… would respect that rule (oops I’m not sure on the wine opener..)
SoapyCheese42@reddit
Needs a billy
jcpham@reddit
So a junk drawer
imadork1970@reddit
Needs hockey tape and Superglue
WonderlandAlice1980@reddit
I have stuff hidden all over my house. Scissors, tape, sharpies, fancy toothpaste, the little screw drivers that open battery compartments… if I share this stuff with my husband and kids I’ll never see any of it again. I support your endeavor!
SasquatchIsMyHomie@reddit
My "dad box" includes my Milwaukee drill (big time no touchie), leatherman wave, tiny screwdrivers, favorite tape measure, diamond knife sharpener, felco pruners, the one good kitchen knife and my favorite rubber mallet. Honestly I'm running out of room in there.
Hellfire260Z@reddit
Are the Felco secateurs "roll handle "?
RiplyBelievesNot@reddit
Ditto. It is not if, but when. Every. Single. Thing.
Phog_of_War@reddit
It's missing a tire air pressure gage.
Chrispr30@reddit
Yo I’m missing that screwdriver. 😆
coci222@reddit
Had that basketball game! My family took long car rides to visit family so my parents bought stuff to keep us occupied
Accurate-Response317@reddit
I don’t have a box. I have a shed full of don’t touch.
saint_ryan@reddit
Hey! We had that basketball game!!!
poopydiapersandwich@reddit
Needs a Band of Brothers DVD box set
millersixteenth@reddit
Mille Bornes!
Svenderhof@reddit
Coup fourre!
Iron_Chic@reddit
Increvable!
summonthegods@reddit
Creve!
CySnark@reddit
As du volant
Svenderhof@reddit
Merde.
Ok-Description-4640@reddit
Wow j'avais oublié ce jeu.
doorbell2021@reddit
That is a great game.
rangeo@reddit
TIGER SHOT!
syzygybeaver@reddit
I'll have my knife back tyvm.....😄
CleverName9999999999@reddit
Is that the box of all your stuff from when you used to be cool?
Relevant-Package-928@reddit
You need a 10mm socket in there. And a level
Ok-Bug4328@reddit
lol. I learned the pattern on that basketball game and would hold it behind my back.
Confident-Ad-2726@reddit
We used to play Tiger Woods for money
Ok-Description-4640@reddit
Labeling the lid “books” is perfect camouflage.
CONFUSED_Kitt@reddit
I’m just gonna leave this here
UpOrDownItsUpToYou@reddit
Good luck
mkstot@reddit
My keep your mitts off box is my tackle bag. It’s got all my supplies, my fish whistle, a wind proof lighter, and my panther martins. Don’t even look at my tackle bag.
discourse_friendly@reddit
I've got that same screw driver!
Animal2@reddit
Same screw driver, same deck of cards, same color 3DS XL...
discourse_friendly@reddit
I didn't even notice that deck of bicycle brand cards . lol yep
SwerbX@reddit
Haha. Me too
2K84Man@reddit
Needs a 10mm socket
saucyfister1973@reddit
I thought it was the 15mm that was always missing?
Substantial-Stage-82@reddit
It's possible I suppose, but nothing and no one can forever hold onto the 10mm. They're as free spirited as birds and vanish as effectively as Houdini..
deedeejayzee@reddit
This is what I cam e here to say, lol
BluestreakBTHR@reddit
Sorry, all the 10mm sockets are at the bottom of an unreachable crack in the floorboards and somewhere in the block.
hells_cowbells@reddit
10mm sockets go to the same dimension as all the socks that disappear in the wash.
ShakespearianShadows@reddit
It had one, but no storage container is strong enough to contain the free will of the 10mm.
Haagen76@reddit
I don't have kids, but if I did I'd, forgive anything missing from the box except that screwdriver!
I ALWAYS know where I last put my screwdriver. If it's not there, YOU took it!
njdevil956@reddit
No gorilla glue or duct tape?
Watcher-Of-The-Skies@reddit
No Lagavulin?!?
watchingsongsDL@reddit (OP)
I’m partial to Laphroaig. Cool username!
Watcher-Of-The-Skies@reddit
Thanks! Laphroaig is an acceptable alternative — enjoy a glass with your cool Dad Box! : )
WatermelonMachete43@reddit
WD40 and duct tape are missing
benaresq@reddit
I estimate three days until that tape measure is missing...
watchingsongsDL@reddit (OP)
That’s actually the thing that got me started. I found it and was pretty happy. It’s so rare to find one. I own 3 but they just vanish.
YellowBreakfast@reddit
I never got the 3DXL. Sometimes wish I had. Almost pulled the trigger on a sale near the end of it's retirement.
Probably good I didn't, stopped playing the 3DS years before.
Got a Steam Deck and that thing rocks, does almost everything.
AssignmentFar1038@reddit
And why do we have the box? Because we are given nowhere else in the entire fucking house to put our shit.
GenXyupornope@reddit
Yup
Goodmourning504@reddit
Where's the weed
watchingsongsDL@reddit (OP)
I never lose track of that…
West_Pilot_2455@reddit
Where’s the duct tape?
Reginald_Sockpuppet@reddit
Is that fucking MILLE BORNES?!
GymHog@reddit
Love it, needs flashlights.
NL_Gray-Fox@reddit
Who took the flathead screwdriver, also where's the whetstone?
Mysterious_Main_5391@reddit
Needs a thermostat
Muggi@reddit
Mille Bornes! Seriously underappreciated card game!
Also, I lived below a married couple from about 99-2009, I cannot count the thousands of hours the three of us spent playing that iteration of Tiger Woods. Good times, solid Dad Box
SwerbX@reddit
I have that exact same screwdriver
Amazing_Farm2563@reddit
Needs a PBR
cricket_bacon@reddit
I'd throw in a COVID mask... just in case.
Everything else is legit!