# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/21 "2015-04-28T19:44:16Z")
I’m so poor that I have to pay cash at the library. ---
**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, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/22 "2015-04-28T19:46:14Z")
I have an itch from back in '96 that has gone unscratched because I had to sell my fingernails to an eccentric millionaire. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/23 "2015-04-28T20:03:50Z")
We were so poor that I had to use my Sister’s hand me down textbooks. I didn’t _want_ to be a dental hygienist. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/24 "2015-04-28T20:25:18Z")
When our hand me downs reached the bottom the cycle was reversed. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/25 "2015-04-28T20:51:21Z")
We were so poor when I was a kid, we had to convert to Orthodox Christianity so we could celebrate Christmas in January with a tree our neighbors left out on the curb. ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/26 "2015-04-28T21:53:24Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I have an itch from back in '96 that has gone unscratched because I had to sell my fingernails to an eccentric millionaire. You had fingernails?! I didn’t – my children needed _something_ for lunch. ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/27 "2015-04-28T21:55:28Z")
Y hv vwls? I cn nly ffrd cnsnnts. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/28 "2015-04-28T21:59:56Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Y hv vwls? I cn nly ffrd cnsnnts. Pt Wntz, s tht y? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/29 "2015-04-28T22:09:00Z")
> [@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. Ha! Took me a few seconds. ---
**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, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/30 "2015-04-28T22:18:51Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > You had fingernails?! I didn’t – my children needed _something_ for lunch. Yeah, but they weren’t much good without the fingers, which I planed to get on an installment plan. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/31 "2015-04-28T22:23:55Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > Yeah, but they weren’t much good without the fingers, which I planed to get on an installment plan. My family couldn’t afford installment plans, we had installment wishes. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/32 "2015-04-29T00:35:26Z")
We had to live on Scraps for a month. I still miss that dog. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/33 "2015-04-29T00:59:28Z")
Children in Africa used to hold telethons to raise money for us when we were growing up. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/34 "2015-04-29T01:31:59Z")
I still remember the day my mom brought home the big box that said GE television on the side. We spent hours sitting around watching the empty box. ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/35 "2015-04-29T02:44:47Z")
My rainbows come in black and white. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/36 "2015-04-29T13:40:26Z")
I can’t afford the electrons for the rest of this ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/37 "2015-04-29T21:23:10Z")
I think therefore I owe. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/38 "2015-04-29T21:42:41Z")
We were so poor we had to use our toilet paper twice. ---
**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 29, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/39 "2015-04-29T21:48:47Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > We were so poor we had to use our toilet paper twice. That makes sense. Once for the front, once for the back. We had to wash ours. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716/40 "2015-04-29T21:56:03Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I have an itch from back in '96 that has gone unscratched because I had to sell my fingernails to an eccentric millionaire. Ohhhhhh, they were _yours_ were they? I think I gave them to the under-gardener’s children. I’ll see if they’ve still got them if you like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-poor-that/718716.md?page=3)