# If you had a billion dollars: What are some truly bizarre or weird or eccentric things you would do? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-billion-dollars-what-are-some-truly-bizarre-or-weird-or-eccentric-things-you-would-do/1030356 "2026-05-24T22:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 60
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-billion-dollars-what-are-some-truly-bizarre-or-weird-or-eccentric-things-you-would-do/1030356/60 "2026-05-25T20:31:25Z")
> [@Past\_Paper](#): > > Did any previous thread similar to this one of mine actually do the whole “Specifically only talk about weird eccentric and bizarre things” angle I did? I doubt it but let me know Similar in many ways, but no, not the same though I’m sure some overlap: > [@If you had tons of excess money to waste, what niche employees would you hire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-tons-of-excess-money-to-waste-what-niche-employees-would-you-hire/947347): > > For me, I want a full-time Tall Person. Someone to just be there, instantly ready to retrieve stuff from the top shelves of the kitchen cabinets or dust the top of the fridge or replace burned out light bulbs in ceiling fixtures. Oh, and he has to accompany me on my grocery shopping trips, for some reason what I want is way too often stocked on the top shelf and there’s only two packages left and they’re sitting way the heck back against the wall. (Yes, my husband is good for this stuff, but h… It would have been a perfect thread for the ball-washer as an example of the overlap. 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-billion-dollars-what-are-some-truly-bizarre-or-weird-or-eccentric-things-you-would-do/1030356)._