# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/61 "2008-10-21T04:35:35Z")
Land, land and land. Except for books and toys for small yappy type dogs, I can go without most things. I’m not a shoe or purse woman. Just trees and land not turned into strip malls. Seriously? How many nail salons need to be within five minutes of driving? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/62 "2008-10-21T05:01:24Z")
Acres of land, so I’d have room for the cars and animals. Books. Computers and every stupid USB device made on earth–I have no idea why I’m such a sucker for USB trinkets but there it is. By animals I’m talking horses, cows, goats, sheep, llamas, dogs, cats and ferrets. I’d like to be accompanied by a herd of critters wherever I go on my extensive holdings. Also, “cars” includes bulldozers and forklifts, which I have an unholy love for. Gyrocopters, too, those are cool. ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/63 "2008-10-21T05:44:20Z")
LPs ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/64 "2008-10-21T06:03:26Z")
Similar to **runcible spoon** , but more. I’d have to have acres of mansion space, filled with intricate electro-mechanical objects on display. Difference engine. Grandfather clock. Baird scanning-disk TV. Airplane jet engine. Anti-tank sabot. Molten lead printing press. Doppler radar set. Now that I think about it, I think what I really want is a physically touchable 3D Wikipedia. Right now I end up perusing the hardware store every couple of weeks and buying stuff that’s on sale that I intend to use, but rarely do. If you keep me to under a million, I’ll just end up with the same type of stuff, just more and better brand names. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/65 "2008-10-21T06:23:55Z")
Camera gear. Lots and lots of camera gear. Lots and lots of lovely expensive camera gear. Mmmmm. I’ll have a [Canon EF 600 F/4 IS](http://www.euroffice.co.uk/i/HV41/Canon-Ef-600-40L-U-Is-Lens?AFF=FRXM8142&CAWELAID=90463473) to start with, please. Make that two. Ah, what the hell; I’ll take three. Books. Music. Probably chase one of my dreams and learn to fly, and end up with a bunch of planes. My own supercomputer, just for the bragging rights. Land and houses, I suspect; I’d love to have a huge set of nature reserves all over the world, with tasteful yet comfortable accommodation for me and my minions. Oh yes, and lots of cute suitably \*unoccupied \*panties, on my bedroom floor. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/66 "2008-10-21T07:04:33Z")
Comic books and off-road vehicles. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/67 "2008-10-21T07:15:55Z")
Random furniture. Book cases. Desks. Chairs, sofas, beds, tables, etc. I keep thinking I need a table here or a book case somewhere else and my wife has to bring me back to earth. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/68 "2008-10-21T09:22:16Z")
books, dvds, external hard drives, turtles, maybe plants ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/69 "2008-10-21T12:27:09Z")
Books, music and candles. And Cash. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/70 "2008-10-21T12:30:21Z")
Guitars, amplifiers, books and tools. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/71 "2008-10-21T12:45:17Z")
Classic muscle cars. I’d need a '63 Vette, a '70 HEMI Cuda, A '68 Cobra and a '70 GTO, plus a stocked garage to care for them all. Art, lots and lots of oils and sketches. Fossils, rocks and Indian artifacts. ---
**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 21, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/72 "2008-10-21T13:38:02Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > One of my goals when I become an Evil Overlord is to breed giant chihuahuas! I figure that a bunch of really high strung, giant dogs will make things “interesting” for folks. 😃 You’d be surprised how phlegmatic big dogs can be. My Neo puppy (who now weighs distinctly more than I do) will barely lift his head when I get up in the evening. If I pet him, he probably won’t even roll on his back to get belly rubs. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/73 "2008-10-21T14:30:15Z")
I’d end up with a lot of land between me and the rest of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/74 "2008-10-21T15:28:29Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > 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. Me too, I already have more books and comics than I have space to store accessibly. I’m resorting to the loft, but it’s not easy access. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/75 "2008-10-21T15:44:24Z")
Time. If money were no object, I wouldn’t have to work and I could spend more time with my family and doing things I enjoy. Oh- and “cute panties” wins the thread, hands down. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/76 "2008-10-21T16:10:02Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Having read this thread though, I’d like to add lots of cute panties, appropriately occupied I want to change my answer 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/77 "2008-10-21T16:41:13Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > One of my goals when I become an Evil Overlord is to breed giant chihuahuas! I figure that a bunch of really high strung, giant dogs will make things “interesting” for folks. 😃 Especially if you attach some frikkin’ laser beams to their heads! I’m in for wristwatches and cigars. I’d have rooms dedicated to each. And handsome underpants. ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/78 "2008-10-21T17:36:25Z")
Acres. Wooded acres. Lots of them. With a lake. And a small mountain. And a bunch of dogs that could run around and sniff things in the wooded acres. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/79 "2008-10-21T18:24:45Z")
Comic books and superhero action figures. Art of all kinds. Since I’d have the room a lot of sculptures and big ass paintings. ( The paintings may not necessarily be displaying an ass but if it did that’s just bonus points.) Stand up video arcade games. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-money-and-space-were-no-object-what-would-you-end-up-with-a-lot-of/468805/80 "2008-10-21T19:21:18Z")
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