# It's expensive and big. Therefore I want it. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-expensive-and-big-therefore-i-want-it/428215 "2007-11-29T19:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-expensive-and-big-therefore-i-want-it/428215/1 "2007-11-29T19:46:38Z")
In town I saw a Canon DV (High Def) Video camera for around £2600. I couldn’t help mentally salivating over it. It’s big and it’s expensive and I wants it. I would probably never use it to anything like it’s full potential. But boy would it feel good to be seen with it and pretend to be an in-the-field BBC cameraman! ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-expensive-and-big-therefore-i-want-it/428215/2 "2007-11-30T00:10:49Z")
Apropos of nothing, the OP is hilarious if you replace the words “Canon DV (High Def) Video camera” with “giant penis.” ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-expensive-and-big-therefore-i-want-it/428215/3 "2007-11-30T00:20:44Z")
[QUOTE=Gozu Tashoya] Apropos of nothing, the OP is hilarious if you replace the words “Canon DV (High Def) Video camera” with “giant penis.” [/QUOTE] Heh, I’ve done that before. Er, salivate over a giant penis, I mean. Er, no, I mean, insert “giant penis” into, a, uh…nevermind.