# How would you spend a million dollars in 30 days? (rules enclosed) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591 "2004-11-19T01:43:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/1 "2004-11-19T01:43:21Z")
Someone gives you a million dollars but makes you promise that in order to spend it you have to follow some rules. The rules are; No medical procedures. No gambling. No donating. Has to be spent on you and one other person. Nothing to show for it after the 30th day. In other words, you have to spend a million bucks without having anything material to show for it. I’m thinking things like first class trips, limo rides everywhere you went, personal servants for the month, five star dining three times a day, front row seats for every event you could possibly go to. Is it possible to plow through this kind of dough under these guidelines? Tell me how… ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/2 "2004-11-19T01:49:33Z")
First class plane ticket to Nevada. Five Star Hotel for a month. First class plane ticket back. I’m sure I can find something fun, legal, and non-gambling there to spend it on. . . 😃😉 ---
**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:** [November 19, 2004, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/3 "2004-11-19T01:49:56Z")
High end call girls, high priced champagne, and a room over looking Central Park West! ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/4 "2004-11-19T01:52:25Z")
forgot to add, you have to spend ALL of it. Pretty much without a trace. ---
**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:** [November 19, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/5 "2004-11-19T01:53:08Z")
> [@Garfield226](#): > > First class plane ticket to Nevada. Five Star Hotel for a month. First class plane ticket back. > > I’m sure I can find something fun, legal, and non-gambling there to spend it on. . . 😃😉 Great minds think alike . . . ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/6 "2004-11-19T02:16:24Z")
Could I bribe local politicians for future favors? 😃 If not, I’ll spend it all for one night with some pretty Hollywood actress. Maybe Keira Knightley or Hilary Duff. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/7 "2004-11-19T02:18:19Z")
Amnesty International. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/8 "2004-11-19T02:19:17Z")
Wasn’t this an 80’s movie? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/9 "2004-11-19T02:26:12Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Wasn’t this an 80’s movie? [And an 1906 play](http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=6304) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/10 "2004-11-19T02:29:50Z")
Supercar Demolition Derby! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/11 "2004-11-19T02:47:13Z")
I’d buy plane tickets for me and about a couple dozen of my closest friends and family members to New York, Chicago, San Francisco or some other large city with lots to do and then I’d rent out some nice hotel and then just party for a month. I’d much rather put it in a bank account and let it gain interest though. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/12 "2004-11-19T02:49:29Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I’d much rather put it in a bank account and let it gain interest though. In a month? You’d get a couple thousand. Nothing exciting. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/13 "2004-11-19T02:50:36Z")
Give it to NASA in exchange for a ride on the shuttle (when they start it again) Or Book an hour of premium Tv time and hire my favorite bands/comedians to do one big show. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/14 "2004-11-19T02:51:25Z")
I’d buy all the Dopers a present 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/15 "2004-11-19T03:19:32Z")
Rent out however many hotel rooms in NYC I would need to make it cost one million dollers. I can probably do it in a night. I mean, there are how man five star hotels charging how many thousand a night with how many hunderds of rooms? Bam. Done and done. ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/16 "2004-11-19T03:28:17Z")
Move to some really expensive city like San Francisco. Put down a month’s rent on a penthouse apartment. Hire a personal assistant and maybe a few professional friends. Eat sushi every night, and afterwards go get hammered on expensive drinks. Whores? Sure, okay. Go to the movies twice a day, every day (I never get to go to movies now). Oh yeah, and I’d probably take up drugs too; I’d definitely start smoking again at the very least. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/17 "2004-11-19T03:32:47Z")
Best … Dopefest … Ever ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/18 "2004-11-19T03:35:13Z")
Oh wait, I can only spend it on myself and one other person. So I guess it’ll just be me and Rebecca Romijn shacking up for a month. Throw in a copy of the Chicago Reader and it’ll still be the Best Dopefest Ever as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/19 "2004-11-19T03:37:40Z")
> [@Random](#): > > In a month? You’d get a couple thousand. Nothing exciting. My million’s going to be taken away at the end of the month no matter what? I meant to keep. And considering I make about 15,000 a year, a couple thousand’s quite a bit to me. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591/20 "2004-11-19T03:51:53Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Wasn’t this an 80’s movie? Hell, it was in a 1940’s movie. Just wait, someone will come along and tell you Charlie Chaplin starred in a movie like this. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-a-million-dollars-in-30-days-rules-enclosed/275591.md?page=2)