Character sheets are of course useful not just for recording your stats and skills, but also your loot and gear. And the players normally hold on to their character sheets. Where the GM can't always keep an eye on them.

Not that we're suggesting anything.

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GM: Adam, your mother calls you.
Beru Lars: Adam! Adam! Come to dinner.
Adam: Can I see my inventory?
GM: You're carrying the bolt you removed from R2-D2. Write it on your sheet.
Adam: Whoa, low tech. Okay, I go to dinner.
R2-D2: And that, ladies and gentledroids, is how you escape from inescapable mind control.
C-3PO: By taking advantage of an ignorant farm boy?
Adam: Hey, you aren't following me out of the garage, are you?
GM: No, they're talking while you're in a different location.
Adam: How come I can still hear them?
GM: You can't.
Adam: But I just did.
Captain Antilles: {dead} I know this is confusing. I think I can explain it best. You see—
Adam: Oh, I get it. I should just pretend I didn't hear it.
Captain Antilles: {dead} Wow. I never thought of it that way.