# Free Money!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money/127355>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 6, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money/127355 "2002-09-06T22:30:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money/127355/21 "2002-09-07T20:40:13Z")

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Woo-hoo, free money! Are we allowed to add some money of our own if our total expenses are going to be _more_ than $1,000? If so, I would like to go to Australia or Japan.

If we have to spend $1,000 and only $1,000, I’m thinking either a laptop or a week in Spain would be about right.

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**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2002, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money/127355/22 "2002-09-07T23:51:30Z")

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I would visit London.

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money/127355/23 "2002-09-08T00:09:19Z")

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If we’re talking about completely self indulgent, then you can’t really spend it as it would benefit the seller of whatever item you wished to purchase.  
That pretty much narrows the options down to  
a) wiping my ass with it  
b) burning it  
In which case I choose c) both (with the caveat that A comes before B).

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**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money/127355/24 "2002-09-08T00:26:50Z")

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Go back to Krabi, Thailand, and go diving for a week.

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**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money/127355/25 "2002-09-08T01:31:00Z")

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Hey, **twickster**!

For some people, a very thorough health checkup might very well _be_ self-indulgent. 😉

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-money/127355/26 "2002-09-08T01:59:03Z")

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Okay, **Soup** – but _socks_?!?!?!?

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