# An eccentric billionaire is buying. What'll you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013 "2015-06-08T22:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/61 "2015-06-09T17:47:58Z")
A huge tract of forested timberland butted up to a lake. I’d create an experimental forest of my own design. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/62 "2015-06-09T17:58:04Z")
Clean underwear. (hey, he startled me when he jumped out) ETA: OK, ferreals? One of those big foot-long Milky Way bars. Really. For a couple reasons: shock value to match the shock he was looking for, and I don’t think I could enjoy something lavish if it were given on a whim. As a gift to ME for just being ME? Sure. But random windfall? Nah. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/63 "2015-06-09T18:05:57Z")
Lots of land in Oregon, to operate a huge organic farm. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/64 "2015-06-09T19:39:18Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > ETA: OK, ferreals? One of those big foot-long Milky Way bars. Really. For a couple reasons: shock value to match the shock he was looking for, and I don’t think I could enjoy something lavish if it were given on a whim. As a gift to ME for just being ME? For some reason, that reminds me of an old sketch from “Fridays” - anyone remember Ganja Man? He did a bit where he was “Ganja Claus,” pulling various doobies out of his bag for punchline names. Finally he pulls out this two-foot monster. “Now whooo could dis be fo’?” (Peers intently at label. Slowly grins about six feet wide.) “Well, waddya know. It’s for ME!” ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/65 "2015-06-09T20:23:27Z")
Well I DO live in Colorado… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/66 "2015-06-09T21:06:59Z")
> [@The Great Sun Jester](#): > > ETA: OK, ferreals? One of those big foot-long Milky Way bars. Really. For a couple reasons: shock value to match the shock he was looking for, and I don’t think I could enjoy something lavish if it were given on a whim. As a gift to ME for just being ME? Sure. But random windfall? Nah. Can I change my answer? [http://www.hersheysstore.com/product/worlds-largest-york-peppermint-patties](http://www.hersheysstore.com/product/worlds-largest-york-peppermint-patties) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/67 "2015-06-09T23:46:57Z")
[The East Broad Top Railroad](https://www.facebook.com/ebtrr), plus a million or so to put it back in operation. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/68 "2015-06-09T23:53:21Z")
I’ll take the Yankees please. Thank you Mr. Billionaire. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/69 "2015-06-10T00:01:34Z")
If I had a Faberge egg I would feel supremely fancy. Oh, but which one would impress the baroness the most? If I can’t decide, and I guess I haven’t so far, I might go for that silver swan with the clockwork parts. You know the one I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/70 "2015-06-10T01:27:56Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I’ll take the Yankees please. Thank you Mr. Billionaire. …and then _disband_ them. Just because you _can_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/71 "2015-06-10T01:45:52Z")
I’m gonna go with a pallet load of cash, like the one in _Breaking Bad_. This is not just a load of money, but an art installation at MOMA in NYC or the Art Institute in Chicago. The purpose is to remind the public how much money can be made by producing a high quality product at a competitive price. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/72 "2015-06-10T02:40:54Z")
The dream house my husband and I have been talking about for years. Big enough to have a music studio for him and a crafting room for me with a home theater room as well. I suppose we ought to ask for the gym room and 6 bedrooms with a loft for all the grandkids we are expecting (eventually.) It should be on about 5 acres. Enough that my husband doesn’t feel shorted, but not so big it’s overwhelming to take care of. It should be slightly outside of town, but not so far it takes more than 10 minutes to get to a grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/73 "2015-06-10T03:12:35Z")
The Amazon rain forest, to hold as a wildlife sanctuary. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/74 "2015-06-10T03:22:23Z")
I’d like American Pharoah, please. ---
**Author:** ![Dibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/75 "2015-06-10T04:00:21Z")
It’s a fun question – thanks for posting it! In '81 (maybe late '80) I was living on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas and, believe it or not, was beamed straight out of my bed one night and onto a UFO craft…! And so, I’d VERY MUCH like to be given said craft, or one just like it (with lessons on how to fly it, of course). P.S. Like Larry King used to say on his nightly radio program back in the day, “There is no accounting for taste.” (No offence, but that lady in the painting you’d dearly love to have almost makes the new Bruce Jenner seem very desirable by contrast.) ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/76 "2015-06-10T04:40:05Z")
I’d like a ticket to fly on one of the Virgin Galactic flights into orbit once those get started. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/77 "2015-06-10T08:51:32Z")
Choices, choices! 🙂 I think it would have to be an aircraft. If the gift comes with a trust fund for maintenance, insurance, etc, I’ll have a Spitfire, please. I would have asked for an Arado AR-234, but there’s only one of those left and it’s in the Smithsonian, and it needs RATOs, so there’d need to be a supply of those as well. If maintenance funds are not available, I’ll go for a PBY Catalina. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/78 "2015-06-10T10:45:00Z")
[del]Kuala Lumpur[/del] France Seriously though, there’s not a lot of “stuff” I really want, especially not big stuff. I suppose my dream home would be the closest thing at the moment, but I’m not sure I could articulate what my dream home looks like without a lot of additional thought. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/79 "2015-06-10T11:39:19Z")
A seat on a [DSE-Alpha expedition.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSE-Alpha) Honestly, it’s not even really that important if I wouldn’t make it back alive. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013/80 "2015-06-10T12:07:47Z")
A private beach party in either the Caribbean or Australia with music provided by [Jimmy Buffett](http://www.celebritytalent.net/sampletalent/1009/jimmy-buffett/). Fellow Dopers are invited as well. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eccentric-billionaire-is-buying-whatll-you-have/722013.md?page=5)