Fill in the blank!

[mrissa]

Entertain me, monkeys!

I just typed the phrase, "I fumbled in my pack for two items no young woman seeking her fortune should go without:". And then my hindbrain filled in, "Tampons and a switchblade!" Umm. Not quite.

So what goes there?

(Not in my story. I already know what goes there in my story. But if yours entertains me enough and you don't thief it for yourself, I might be willing to write it for you.)

Comments

[callunav.livejournal.com]

Duct tape and a swiss army knife?

A safety pin and a pair of chopsticks?

No, no, no. You know, those are things no one should be out, not specific to seeking one's fortune.

An apparently blank scrap of paper and a favor owed one from a goose.

[markgritter.livejournal.com]

These days, one of them should be a Blackberry.

[jebbypal]

sodium pentothal and a lighter. :)

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

Don't deny your first instincts. Go with tampons and a switchblade!

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

I really don't think the switchblade should be *in the pack*. You never need a switchblade except when you need it *right now*.

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

A ring that distorts probability in your favour, and a five-shot hand crossbow.

[cardeia.livejournal.com]

A book on how to ride a camel and a geiger counter.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I've never ridden a Geiger counter.

[madmanatw.livejournal.com]

The possibilities are near endless, especially if you play with the era.

A stolen credit card and a fake wedding ring.

A dirk and a small vial of odorless poison.

For the very young crowd: Some sweets and a secret decoder ring.

A tricorder and a personal Farcaster generator.

A piece of bent wire and a stick of gum.

I keep getting Barenaked Ladies in my head, though:
"The holy trinity was there in your purse, a condom, Obsession, and mace."

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I must have sung that song fifty times before it occurred to me that they meant the spritzy kind, not the metal spiky kind.

And the thing is, it's BNL, so I don't even have to think, "How ridiculous of me to think so!", because they would totally put the metal spiky kind in a song.

[pabba.livejournal.com]

A switchblade constructed of a broken switchblade and a tampon. Also, a cell phone.

[mkille.livejournal.com]

What popped into my head was "a cell phone and a machete."

[ellameena.livejournal.com]

Sunglasses and a dry pair of socks.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

A 9mm pistol and a Snickers bar, of course.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

"Packed with ammo, pistols really satisfy"?

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

Yarn and a book! But maybe that's just me.

[pieslut.livejournal.com]

A Leatherman tool with locking blade and at least $100 worth of the currency appropriate to the region. At least that's what I make sure I have when on vacation, where I am definitely seeking good fortune, or at least a good time.

[bradipo.livejournal.com]

I was thinking a bag of silver dollars rather than local currency, and a less versatile tool than a Leatherman. The Leatherman wins tool/knifewise speaking, but I still like the silver coins better than local currency. Your local currency goes in your wallet.

I saw a quote somewhere that I can't remember or find on the web, but the gist was that there are few problems that cannot be solved with [something I can't remember], a bag of Maria Theresa dollars, or the sharp thrust of an adversary off a precipice. I don't think the thing I can't remember was a weapon, it might have been a passport or something else travel related.

When I first saw the quote I had no idea what a Maria Thersa dollar was. It turns out that Wikipedia has a nice article on the Maria Theresa thaler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler).

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I should probably keep this clean. :)

A lock-pick and a flashlight.

Lipstick and knock-out drops.

A police whistle and pepper spray.

Hairspray and a lighter

A bag of marbles and a jar of ground pepper

Garlic and a wooden stake

A jar of salt and grandma's spell-book

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

If you feel like keeping it clean, I suppose I can't stop you.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Gosh. But I like that answer.

A calling card and a very small pistol.

A portable hole and a magic dagger.

A cell phone and a healthy snack.

Currency and a caltrops.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

My hindbrain agrees with your hindbrain. Like, eerily so.

[columbina.livejournal.com]

Yah, I'm liking the hindbrain answer too.

[dreadmouse.livejournal.com]

A letter of introduction from the Duchess of Vallen and a set of brass knuckles.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Lock picks and a pocket blowtorch.

In my own case, more like a Wenger Swiss Army knife and a pair of X-Acto pointed tweezers.

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

Your suggestions are so nearly perfect that all I can do is tweak. I'd pick a Diva Cup (because the problem with taking a tampon is, well then what happens 4 hours later if she only took the one?) and a multitool (because knives are good, but piers and screwdrivers are awfully handy as well).

If I could have a third item it would be a book because seeking one's fortune inevitably has boring parts.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

It's not a tampon, it's tampons. Which gives me another line of that story: "My mother always told me that if I was gone long enough to go through more than a box of tampons, I should have called in backup to begin with."

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

A Leatherman and a towel. Clearly. How is she going to get anywhere if she doesn't know where her towel is? And doesn't everybody need a Leatherman?

[seagrit.livejournal.com]

Chocolate and a gold-sniffing parrot (so it can TELL you when it smells out the gold)

[seagrit.livejournal.com]

Although you don't want to keep the parrot in your pack probably.

[intrepida.livejournal.com]

gaff tape and red lipstick

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Being neither young, nor a woman nor seeking a fortune, my hindbrain gives different answers to your question, depending on temperament and precisely what route she is taking to fortune. My imagination comes up with no one answer, so here is an Idea Dump.

Towel and Million Pound Note

Make-up kit and packet of condoms

MBA credentials and PDA

Blackmail tape and throw-away cell phone

Resume and Letter of Introduction

Snorkel and Dolphin Translator

Anti-space sickness pills and star chart

Hand-held camera and satellite uplink

I'm surprised no one else has offered this yet

[careswen.livejournal.com]

Duct Tape and WD-40

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Lipstick and truth serum.