# Any wealthy Dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370 "2001-10-19T04:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370/61 "2001-10-23T22:27:21Z")
[quote] I am Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht. [quote] Do all duh widdle wadies dig what you got? ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoAlaReno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SteverinoAlaReno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteverinoAlaReno)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370/62 "2001-10-23T23:24:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rastahomie \* > \*\*While I certainly appreciate all the noble platitudes about how wealth is about how you manage your money, and about how you’re wealthy if you have happiness & health, etc., I don’t believe that you’re addressing what the OP was _really_ asking. Which is to say, does anybody on these boards have moolah flying out of their ass? Why won’t somebody just step right up and say, “I’m rollin’ in it! I’ve got a mansion (or a hellacool condo), a yacht, 2 or 3 Jaguars, more zeroes in my bank account than you can shake a stick at, yada yada yada…” > > So either there are no wealthy Dopers (in the sense I just described above), or the wealthy Dopers are too humble to admit it. \*\* Rastahomie, I think it’s more the latter than the former. I won’t speak for others, but I’d consider it crass to post such details of my financial life. Besides, I once had to sell my home to avoid foreclosure, and I know how quickly things can go sour. ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370/63 "2001-10-24T01:31:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \* > \*\*This fellow who lived in a small town in a rural area was taking his first airplane trip. As it happened, he was seated next to a flashy, talkative Texan rancher. Wasn’t far into the flight before the Texan was telling the fellow all about his life down in Texas. After yammering on about how much bigger and better everything was down there, he moved on to talking about his own holdings: > > Texan: “And my ranch? Well let me tell you, it’s a big 'un. You know, I can get in my pickup and ride east for half the day and still not be to the end of my property line!” > > Fellow: “Yeah, I got a pickup truck just like that.” \*\* Hm, I have a similar joke: Two men were on a flight to Texas. One man kept bragging about how much land he owned. “You can drive all day and not get from one end to the other,” he said. “I call it the Super T Ranch, and it’s over 400,000 acres.” The second man, who was older, said he, too, was a landowner. When the first man asked him how much he owned, the older man said, “Oh, about 50 acres.” The first man laughed out loud. “Only 50 acres? And what do you call your spread?” he asked. The older man turned and, with a smile, said, “Downtown Dallas.” ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370/64 "2001-10-24T01:44:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Torgo \* > \*\*I may not have money, but by god I’ve got the biggest dick you’ve ever seen. \*\* I’ve got tears of laughter over this. No, no, I do believe you- it just smacks of pride. I love it. I really do. Now, let me see it. :eek: As for the O.P.? I live job to job, some months nothing comes in and I have no way to pay out, other months it’s fat city. An odd way to live a life, especially with children. They come first- which is as it should be, lest we think I’m being chintzy about it. The wifestrocity does have a steady job, thank god. I don’t have my health, not like I did. That VERY ANNOYING old chestnut is true, I’d trade big paychecks to not have back pain. HUUUUUGE paychecks. We have one new car, one very old used car. The house needs tons of work. We do okay, our savings account is meager to say the least. It’s all just stuff. I love the stone’s I’ve sculpted more than the electronic hoo-has I’ve bought. I love the toys, but the intangibles give a greater sense of being rooted in reality, and are more soothing. Then, there are the cats. 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370/65 "2001-10-24T01:51:03Z")
I’m twenty, just bought a house (which was a fantastic investment - in two months the value went up 10K!), and have a nice job. But the money is _very_ tight, so while I’m doing well for my age, I’m not weathly, but with the right investments, hope to be one day… Uh huh… ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370/66 "2001-10-24T01:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cartooniverse \* > \*\* > Then, there are the cats. 😃 > > Cartooniverse \*\* You were doing so well, right up until you brought up the cats… Evil Hell Spawns they are… Grrrrrrr… ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370/67 "2001-10-24T02:19:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cartooniverse \* > \*\* …the electronic hoo-has I’ve bought. \*\* Electronic hoo-has, eh? Do tell. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wealthy-dopers/88370.md?page=3)