# I wish I had a dollar for every time I've... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528 "2005-02-05T15:45:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/1 "2005-02-05T15:45:08Z")
…typed Exit Bus instead of Exit Sub when programming in VB. …turned off the pilot light instead of turning up the flame on the gas logs. …walked into the kitchen and forgot why I went. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/2 "2005-02-05T16:01:39Z")
heard the phrase “I wish had a dollar for every time…” ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/3 "2005-02-05T16:04:49Z")
…every time I’ve had to explain the difference between a phrase and a clause. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 5, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/4 "2005-02-05T16:06:03Z")
> [@don't ask](#): > > heard the phrase “I wish had a dollar for every time…” …every time I wanted to say this. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/5 "2005-02-05T16:06:16Z")
… mistyped th eword “the”. Whoops, that’ll be a dollar, please. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/6 "2005-02-05T16:32:54Z")
The worst part of the walking into the supply room at work, and not remembering what I came in there for is the sure knowledge that when I get back to work, I am still gonna need the thing I came in her to get. I shall return. Tris ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/7 "2005-02-05T20:16:59Z")
… taken a breath. Wouldn’t you? I’m only 15 and assuming that each year lasts exactly 365 days of exactly 24 hours each; that I am exactly 15 years old as of this very moment; and that you take very roughly one breath every 5 seconds, I’d have $94,608,000. That’s quite a bit of money. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/8 "2005-02-05T20:40:19Z")
…my ankle has done that thing where it turns sideways and makes me trip. A nice new dollar would sure make that better. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/9 "2005-02-05T20:45:59Z")
[quote] I wish I had a dollar for every time I made a vB coding error :smack: ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/10 "2005-02-05T20:50:31Z")
I wish I had a dollar for every time: I had to tell one of the cats or dogs to _move, dammit!_ Someone at work asked me something I’d already told them ten times. I lost my keys, cell phone, or pda. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/11 "2005-02-05T21:16:50Z")
. . . everytime I spent a dollar. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/12 "2005-02-05T22:02:31Z")
> [@clayton\_e](#): > > . . . everytime I spent a dollar. Every time I spent fifty cents! ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/13 "2005-02-05T22:42:22Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > …every time I’ve had to explain the difference between a phrase and a clause. 😉 Yeah but I thought the clause in question was “If I had a nickel for every time…” Has inflation really gone this far??? :eek: Anyway, I go with “…I logged on to the SDMB” Probably make a lot of people here rich. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/14 "2005-02-05T22:52:46Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > The worst part of the walking into the supply room at work, and not remembering what I came in there for is the sure knowledge that when I get back to work, I am still gonna need the thing I came in **her** to get. I wish I had a dollar for every typo I’ve seen that leads to an interesting mental picture. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/15 "2005-02-05T23:03:57Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > … mistyped th eword “the” I know teh feeling. I wish I had a dollar for everytime my main tutor the last year said the word ‘bus’. (“2+2=/=bus” was pretty much a catch phrase for him) ---
**Author:** ![Miabella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@Miabella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miabella)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-i-had-a-dollar-for-every-time-ive/288528/16 "2005-02-05T23:22:29Z")
I use an intranet site called “Repnet”. Every damn time I type “Repent”. I am sure there is subconscious meaning there.