# Craziest things you have spent money on. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704 "2014-08-03T11:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/41 "2014-08-06T18:07:32Z")
6 dice made from Vesuvian lava. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/42 "2014-08-06T18:42:23Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > A painting/photo blend, nicely framed, of Michael Jackson leaning on a car hood while looking up adoringly at Elvis Presley, who is sitting on the hood and playing guitar. Is this a velvet painting? Cuz that would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/43 "2014-08-06T18:48:26Z")
A piece of trinitite, 1" in diameter. Cost me $35. It’s authentic; a co-worker checked it with his geiger counter. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/44 "2014-08-06T18:58:30Z")
A [velomobile](http://www.bluevelo.com/quest_velomobile.html) - basically a streamlined adult tricycle. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/45 "2014-08-06T19:17:33Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Prostitutes and parachutes. > > But not at the same time. > > Yes, it’s been done (but not by me). That just _cries out_ for a new portmanteau word. “Prostichutes.” If that existed, it would probably become the crazyest thing money was ever spent on, bar none. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/46 "2014-08-06T19:24:57Z")
I paid $400 to have my cat x-rayed only to find out he was consipated and needed some cod liver oil. Damn Cat. :mad: Oh, and I spent $4000 on a trip to Vegas with my girlfriend only to have her stab me in the chest the following week. :eek: She of course is the living embodiment of crazy thing. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/47 "2014-08-06T20:46:18Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > I paid $400 to have my cat x-rayed only to find out he was consipated and needed some cod liver oil. Damn Cat. :mad: > > Oh, and I spent $4000 on a trip to Vegas with my girlfriend only to have her stab me in the chest the following week. :eek: She of course is the living embodiment of crazy thing. Hopefully ex-girlfriend :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/48 "2014-08-06T21:12:49Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > That just _cries out_ for a new portmanteau word. > > “Prostichutes.” > > If that existed, it would probably become the crazyest thing money was ever spent on, bar none. “For all your airbornication needs.” ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/49 "2014-08-06T21:57:51Z")
Darnit, I can’t think of it, but surely there must be one. But I easily know the craziest thing I sold: my vanity license plates on eBay for $1000. GO LKRZ ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/50 "2014-08-06T22:07:21Z")
> [@PurpleClogs](#): > > My Miata. So impractical. But oh so very fun! My motorcycle…so impractical, ditto. My wife and I flew across country to attend a college football game. We lost. But it was otherwise a great trip. ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/51 "2014-08-06T22:35:22Z")
I paid $4,000 for my custom-made dressage saddle. I call it my leather living room suite. On the plus side, it is beautiful and I will ride in it for 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/52 "2014-08-07T17:56:08Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > I paid $4,000 for my custom-made dressage saddle. I call it my leather living room suite. > > On the plus side, it is beautiful and I will ride in it for 20 years. Shit, I forgot what a money pit owning horses can be. We dropped $7200 on eventing and dressage saddles back in June for Miss DrumBum. Seems like every time we hear from her she was just returning from the Dover Saddlery. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/53 "2014-08-07T19:17:44Z")
Well not me, but my husband bought me a really nice engagement ring. I was surprised he dropped as much cash as he did on it. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/54 "2014-08-07T19:26:02Z")
About $500 20 years ago on a rare 45 single. £2500 on-the-spot downpayment on a new (to me) Mini Cooper when the transmission failed on the old one, and I broke down on the M3 during the morning rush hour. I had RAC tow me directly to the dealership and put the money down on the new one. That old one really pissed me off. Most of my savings (at the time) to make a major house move/life change that I was assured by the majority of people I knew that it was a foolish venture. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/55 "2014-08-07T20:21:44Z")
> [@Scoobysnax](#): > > Hopefully ex-girlfriend :eek: [Read all about it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=692871&highlight=stabbed) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704.md?page=2)