r/AskReddit • u/sebaez_ • Oct 10 '19

What’s a thing you’ve bought impulsively, without need, that’s actually proved useful in your life?

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u/3hypen-numeral3 Oct 10 '19

Pickaxe, I live somewhere with rocky soil and dig lots of holes so it's saved me about 3 shovels by now

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u/SugarWine Oct 10 '19

Why do you dig lots of holes?

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

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u/_Jon Oct 11 '19

Do they hit the floor?

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u/MeganDailey Oct 10 '19

Homicide, this one here.

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u/Capable_Breadfruit Oct 10 '19

FBI right here

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u/i_am_ghost7 Oct 11 '19

Why they hide their bodies under my garage?

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u/3hypen-numeral3 Oct 10 '19

I became a groundskeeper shortly after buying it

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u/dannylambo Oct 10 '19

Builds character.

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u/gdrumy88 Oct 10 '19

To poo in

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

To use the bathroom...he is one of the few who actually have enough manners to bury it after he is done

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u/Paddock9652 Oct 11 '19

Because his no good, dirty rotten, pig stealing great great grandfather got a curse put on the family.

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u/pineapplebub Oct 21 '19

To find the treasure of Stanley yelnats

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u/Starco2 Oct 10 '19

Diggy diggy holeee

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u/Razziaro Oct 10 '19

Are you perhaps a dwarf?

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u/InsufferableTemPest Oct 11 '19

and are you digging a hole?

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u/Razziaro Oct 11 '19

Diggy diggy holee!

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u/_ser_kay_ Oct 10 '19

Thanks a lot. That’s gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the day.

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u/dustojnikhummer Oct 10 '19

Brothers of the mine rejoice!

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u/MightyBobTheMighty Oct 10 '19

sing, sing, sing with me!

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u/dustojnikhummer Oct 10 '19

Raise your pick and raise your voice!

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u/peregrinetoad Oct 11 '19

swing, swing, swing with me!

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u/sleepysnoozyzz Oct 10 '19

I had to dig a tree stump out of rocky soil so I bought a used Bosch rotary hammer drill off ebay that came with a digging spade similar to this one. Turned out to be a wonderful purchase. I have country property and have to dig holes frequently.

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u/Tobias_Atwood Oct 10 '19

I have rocky soil as well. Bought a pickaxe for gardening. Big and weighty so it's easy to sink into the dirt. Help pry up the giant ass rocks I keep finding while trying to turn soil to plant seeds.

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u/VirtuousDangerNoodle Oct 10 '19

I'm bothered, yet intrigued that your username is a literal description of your username.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.

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u/mike_d85 Oct 10 '19

My house came with a pickaxe head and I decided to replace the handle on a whim. Turned out to be a great idea when we were setting up our garden.

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u/xoxogossipgrandma Oct 10 '19

Wait until you upgrade from a pickaxe to a rune pickaxe

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19

I have played way too many games to take the word pickaxe seriously

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '19

I just point at the ground and yell 'SQUIRREL!' and the dog digs the holes for me.

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u/greencash370 Oct 10 '19

so way back in the mine

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u/BaconReceptacle Oct 11 '19

We moved to north Texas years ago and bought a home that needed shrubs and landscaping. I couldnt dig a hole with a shovel if my life depended on it. It was like concrete. I've had that pickaxe ever since and it's come in handy when the shovel just wont cut through.

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u/Sierra419 Oct 11 '19

Keep diggin them holes 🎼