whats your favorite "think"-item

SnowInChina

so, i don't know if i'am the only one, but whenever i need to think about something, or iam reading something i tend to play with this disfigured and maimed thing (yep, i cut off one end out of boredom)
this thing has survived several years of heavy abuse

anyone else with similar habbits, or am i the only weird one here ?

MagicSugar

My kid's tennis balls - i'd just hand dribble one in the living room.  It's lighter and softer but can still rebound waist high and make a smacking sound.  Make it a game by finding the floor joists based on the dullness of the sound.

Marshkin

I always think better if I have a pen to fidget with. I always have one or  two sitting on my keyboard above the F keys for that exact reason, both at work and at home.

RyanB

SnowInChina said:

i tend to play with this disfigured and maimed thing (yep, i cut off one end out of boredom)
this thing has survived several years of heavy abuse

  O.o

pigart

I like taking risks and living on the edge so I fidget with/spin my wacom pen.

PyrZern

pigart said:

I like taking risks and living on the edge so I fidget with/spin my wacom pen.

Same. Or sometimes it's gently fondling my Razor Naga...

JedTheKrampus

Kneaded eraser

rube

This weird squeezy cow thing. 

Valandar

I grab a Transformer off the shelf, and pop it from robot to vehicle and back.

Zitch

There is this metal thing screwed into my desk that has no purpose. I loosen it and fidget with it .

Joopson

I keep one of these on my desk, and fiddle with it pretty often. Old tools are really inspiring to me, and this one's especially great, since it's one of the most universally considered useless tool designs. Since it's useless for actually woodworking, that means it can stay on my desk, without me having to worry about it:

spexel

I wont post any photo of my penis here.

almighty_gir

if i'm really trying to puzzle something out, i'll start playing my guitar...

Drocho

I fiddle with a nail clipper. I always have very short fingernails.

pior

I use a wooden shelf with skatebaord trucks and wheels hooked to it for a foot rest, and I am constantly sliding it around with my feet and steering the trucks while working. For some reason I feel like it is helping with posture and back health !

Shiniku

I twirl my handlebar mustache like a cartoon villain.

Also I keep those little hand-grip exercise things on my desk to fiddle with. I end up chewing the handles mostly.  I've gotten better about it recently, but I'm really bad about chewing on anything plastic or rubber, from wacom pens to a lightweight keyboard. 

Chimp

Lol spexel, you got there first
I spin my pen through my fingers a lot, or drum with it on my thighs. 

Jonas Ronnegard

I have two dumbbells under my desk that I rarely use that I tend to put my feet on and drag back and forth to my neighbors delight.

gfelton

Have had this shitty little 2 GB flash drive that has a plastic slide that the actual USB part sits in and I slide that thing open and closed for hours yet I barely even notice. 

SnowInChina

ok,

Shiniku said:

I twirl my handlebar mustache like a cartoon villain.

Also I keep those little hand-grip exercise things on my desk to fiddle with. I end up chewing the handles mostly.  I've gotten better about it recently, but I'm really bad about chewing on anything plastic or rubber, from wacom pens to a lightweight keyboard. 

i'am really trying to visualize how someone would chew on a keyboard

ExcessiveZero

Baoding balls, you rotate them in the palm of your hand and they make a little jingle, works for me.

krraej

I tend to pace around in a small cirlce whenever I think hard about something.

pmiller001

I usually bight the knuckle on my left index finger. 

frmdbl

A think-pad

furiouslul

Toothpicks

lotet

zetheros

I click and drag the model I'm working on around in the viewport repeatedly. Makes everyone else think I'm working :awesome:

lotet

zetheros said:

I click and drag the model I'm working on around in the viewport repeatedly. Makes everyone else think I'm working :awesome:

@zetheros - haha, thats procrastinating, not thinking =P

Kwramm

zetheros said:

I click and drag the model I'm working on around in the viewport repeatedly. Makes everyone else think I'm working :awesome:

nothing wrong with taking a break. A colleague of mine called it "goof off time". The time everyone needs, doing something completely different from work, to stay productive during the day. Like checking twitter, playing with some item on their desk, or just sitting back pondering and collecting their thoughts before moving on with their work.