# I'm so poor that... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716 "2015-04-28T14:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/1 "2015-04-28T14:06:25Z")
I can’t even afford to rent dirt. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/2 "2015-04-28T14:14:59Z")
I had to scrimp and save to get two pennies to rub together. I sold the shavings at a recycling place. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/3 "2015-04-28T14:39:03Z")
Personally, I lease my dirt. Only $150 a month (plus the $6k deposit (but that doesn’t count)). ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/4 "2015-04-28T14:45:23Z")
I grew up so poor that when I was little I used to try to get abducted just so I’d get some candy. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/5 "2015-04-28T14:47:49Z")
Panhandlers give _me_ money. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/6 "2015-04-28T15:04:19Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I can’t even afford to rent dirt. Dirt? I can’t afford the to rent the empty hole the dirt came from! [& we were lucky to have that!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/7 "2015-04-28T16:31:28Z")
I’m so poor that I can’t even pay attention. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/8 "2015-04-28T16:34:10Z")
(this is an old one my grandmother used to say) …I haven’t got a pot to pee in or a window to throw it out of. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/9 "2015-04-28T17:42:15Z")
I always got clothes and something to play with for Christmas when I was growing up. One year was so bad, all I got was a pair of pants with holes in the pockets. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/10 "2015-04-28T17:56:56Z")
I charge my own kids rent on their rooms. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/11 "2015-04-28T18:08:52Z")
…if they were selling mules for a nickle, all I could afford to do would be jump up and down hollering “Ain’t that cheap!” ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/12 "2015-04-28T18:13:05Z")
…I eat _Bottom_ Ramen. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/13 "2015-04-28T18:19:38Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > …I eat _Bottom_ Ramen. I don’t even eat it, I can only smell the one bowlful I have. The good thing is, the smell changes every couple of days. It’s like a new bowl! ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/14 "2015-04-28T18:29:56Z")
All my garbage is plastic because I can’t afford the real stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/15 "2015-04-28T18:30:22Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Panhandlers give _me_ money. I actually had that happen once. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/16 "2015-04-28T18:34:54Z")
I have to rent myself out as a diialysis machine – kidney patients run their blood through me for a cleanup. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/17 "2015-04-28T18:35:55Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I always got clothes and something to play with for Christmas when I was growing up. One year was so bad, all I got was a pair of pants with holes in the pockets. All my parents could afford were the holes. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/18 "2015-04-28T18:38:40Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > All my parents could afford were the holes. At least you got more than one. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/19 "2015-04-28T19:42:14Z")
I got hand me down holes…with holes in them. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/20 "2015-04-28T19:43:34Z")
I can’t afford to renovate the cardboard box I live in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716.md?page=2)