# Help me blow 300 bucks **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330 "2016-07-30T21:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/41 "2016-08-03T00:50:23Z")
Blow 300 bucks? A game farm’s probably your best bet, and hope the employees aren’t looking! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/42 "2016-08-03T00:56:05Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Sounds like it’s time for a new [stand mixer.](https://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-KV25GOXER-Professional-5-Quart-Empire/dp/B0001HLTSE) Yes! There are some gorgeous colors out there. And the glass bowl and its lid, the flour shield, and the paddle attachment that scrapes the bowl as it mixes. > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I need an extra $200 for this fantastic Muppet Show clock: > > [http://www.bradfordexchange.com/prod...koo-clock.html](http://www.bradfordexchange.com/prod...koo-clock.html) > > Frankly I don’t know anyone who couldn’t benefit from one of these in their home as well! Thanks! Now I know what I’m getting a dear friend for Christmas! One year was these, which came in adult sizes! [![](http://i.pinimg.com/736x/e1/3d/3e/e13d3e9408d069d8950879bc082436ea.jpg) ](http://i.pinimg.com/736x/e1/3d/3e/e13d3e9408d069d8950879bc082436ea.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/43 "2016-08-03T01:03:05Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Blow 300 bucks? A game farm’s probably your best bet, and hope the employees aren’t looking! Good one… wish I would have thought to put something similar in the first line of the OP. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/44 "2016-08-03T01:05:34Z")
I read every post too, but perhaps not thoroughly. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/45 "2016-08-03T02:09:58Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > If you want to be frugal, a fleshlight and marijuana. Careful. If you procure the weed first, you’ll never figure out what possessed you to buy that 30,000 candlepower maglight. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/46 "2016-08-03T02:38:44Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I read every post too, but perhaps not thoroughly. No harm, no foul. Done it many times myself. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/47 "2016-08-03T03:17:25Z")
[Matching t-shirts](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PHSDDJU/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER), my friend!. XL in gray please. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/48 "2016-08-03T03:50:17Z")
A nice bottle of Macallan 15 Year Old whisky. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/49 "2016-08-03T04:20:57Z")
20 handles of Ten High ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/50 "2016-08-03T14:22:21Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > A nice bottle of Macallan 15 Year Old whisky. Not a bad idea… but I need to wait until my boys go back to college. For some reason good bottles seem to spring a leak when they are here. > [@snfaulkner](#): > > 20 handles of Ten High This would probably be even more appreciated by my college age sons. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/51 "2016-08-03T14:58:39Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > … > Also, 300 dollars should get you one hooker and a couple of blows…or a couple of blows and one hooker. You local costs of living may vary. Yeah, I don’t think you can afford hookers AND blow with $300, but surely one or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/52 "2016-08-03T14:59:19Z")
Is it just me, or is anyone else, upon reading the thread titles, getting a mental image of a herd of smiling deer? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/53 "2016-08-03T15:07:38Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > Because I think I’ll get tired after 7 or 8 and also the does will get angry. > [@Ludovic](#): > > Blow 300 bucks? A game farm’s probably your best bet, and hope the employees aren’t looking! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Is it just me, or is anyone else, upon reading the thread titles, getting a mental image of a herd of smiling deer? Nope, you’re the only one! now I don’t feel so alone ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/54 "2016-08-03T17:47:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yeah, I don’t think you can afford hookers AND blow with $300, but surely one or the other. It all depends on how low you are willing to set your standards. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/55 "2016-08-03T18:03:26Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > It all depends on how low you are willing to set your standards. But his mom wants him to spend his money to have _fun_. I’d say that sets a higher bar than the cheapest whore and the most diluted coke you can find. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330/56 "2016-08-03T18:41:21Z")
You can get a 3D printer for under 300. I think it would be a great toy to play with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-blow-300-bucks/761330.md?page=2)