# If money and space were no object, what would you end up with a lot of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 20, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805 "2008-10-20T21:52:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/1 "2008-10-20T21:52:39Z")
If you could turn off the “I really don’t _need_ another one of these… I shouldn’t spend the money on it, and where would I put it?” filter, what would you end up with a lot of? What store(s) or sections thereof always make you wish you were independently wealthy? I’m not really asking about big-ticket items, but if those are what tempt you, okay! For me, it would be purses and tote bags and diaper bags and such. They wouldn’t necessarily be high-end, but there are some out there that really want but definitely can’t afford, and they would definitely make it into my collection. And then I would never be able to find anything, because all my stuff would be scattered amongst my thousands of bags. Also, I would probably buy lots of kitchen gadgets. And, probably, shoes. Oh! And yarn, too. What about you? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/2 "2008-10-20T21:57:44Z")
Pairs of skis. ---
**Author:** ![Ro\_Carter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Ro\_Carter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ro_Carter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/3 "2008-10-20T22:00:25Z")
Books, shoes, and cute panties. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/4 "2008-10-20T22:01:57Z")
Kitchen gadgets, art glass, books, art supplies, craft supplies, kittens and puppies. That’s if time were also no object. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/5 "2008-10-20T22:02:01Z")
Clothes. Many wardrobes full of clothes! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/6 "2008-10-20T22:02:09Z")
Books and music. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/7 "2008-10-20T22:08:41Z")
Hmm. This is tough, because in the last few years I’ve become more more oriented towards simplicity, so the thought of acquiring a limitless supply of almost anything fills me with quiet horror. Except when I think about art, since both money and space mean I don’t own as much as I’d like. Even buying prints gets expensive once you involve framing, and there’s always a premium on wall space. Mostly [gig posters](http://gigposters.com/) and pop surrealist art, originals or prints, in all likelihood. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/8 "2008-10-20T22:12:08Z")
Books! T-shirts. I would have so many T-shirts that I would never need to do laundry again, except when something other than T-shirts needed to be washed, or I wanted to re-wear a particular favorite T-shirt. Shoes too, but they would all be Birkenstocks, Crocs, flip-flops, sandals, or moccasins. I’m not interested in uncomfortable shoes. Kitchen gadgets here, too. Two or maybe even three of each (for milk and meat, and possibly also for parve). And some extras in case the one I want is dirty. I don’t like hand-washing a kitchen gadget so it can be used again- I hate hand-washing dishes or kitchen gadgets, and I’m not sure something is really clean unless it’s gone through the dishwasher. I live with the non-dishwasher-safe stuff being hand washed, but there’s no excuse if something is dishwasher safe. Pots and pans, too, for the same reason as kitchen gadgets. Cats. I’d take home a new fuzzer every time I went by the rescues at Petsmart or Petco if I thought I had the space, time, and money to take proper care of them. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/9 "2008-10-20T22:12:36Z")
Guns of all types, shapes, sizes, makes and models, all held in a very large arsenal with an indoor range. Why, you ask? Because money and space are no object, of course. That, and the fact that they all have different characteristics and unique qualities that make them enjoyable to shoot in varying degrees. Guns are like cars in that respect. Speaking of cars… Yeah, them too, for the same reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/10 "2008-10-20T22:15:09Z")
Derelict cars and boats. Oh, and cute panties. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/11 "2008-10-20T22:16:36Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Guns I knew you would say that when I saw you were the last one to respond to the thread. As for me, books. Books, books, books, and more books. Did I mention books? Also a bookcase or three. Dozen. I’ll have to disagree with the ‘cute panties’ semi-theme, though. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/12 "2008-10-20T22:33:55Z")
I’d get in to letterpress printing. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/13 "2008-10-20T22:42:05Z")
If money and space were no object, I would be a-swimmin’ in old Chinese porcelain. I got too much as it is. I have no idea why I love that stuff so much, but I seriously do. And not just to sit around either. I use the stuff I got! Vases and plates and platters… my mouth is waterin’!! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/14 "2008-10-20T22:46:09Z")
How about lots of cute pandas? (I had to re-read that twice.) ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/15 "2008-10-20T22:47:56Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Guns of all types, shapes, sizes, makes and models, all held in a very large arsenal with an indoor range. Why, you ask? Because money and space are no object, of course. That, and the fact that they all have different characteristics and unique qualities that make them enjoyable to shoot in varying degrees. Guns are like cars in that respect. > > Speaking of cars… Yeah, them too, for the same reasons. Yeah, what he said. Plus gasoline and ammo, of course. And timepieces. _Mechanical_ clocks and watches. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/16 "2008-10-20T22:49:56Z")
Fruit trees. Ask me again in six months and the answer will be different, but will still require land. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/17 "2008-10-20T22:50:34Z")
Horses. ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/18 "2008-10-20T22:51:07Z")
Typewriters. Also film projectors, sewing machines, clocks, watches, and pretty much anything mechanical. If I had a garage, it would be full of machines, both whole and in parts. Also tools, I’d _kill_ for a CNC router right about now. Kitchen tools too (bonus points for mechanical kitchen tools). ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/19 "2008-10-20T22:54:41Z")
Cats. Glassware (stemware, mostly, but I love pretty much anything made of glass!) Cute panties (actually, there’s a lot of clothes I’d probably buy). ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/20 "2008-10-20T22:56:29Z")
Probably video games and books. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805.md?page=2)