# it's nice to be rich **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 21, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625 "2006-05-21T12:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/1 "2006-05-21T12:08:33Z")
i won about $3 million last year i don’t nead to work again it’s nice to be rich 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Shai\_tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shai\_tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shai_tan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/2 "2006-05-21T12:14:22Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] i won about $3 million last year [/QUOTE] Mino… buddy… Did I ever tell you how good you look in whatever it is that you happen to be wearing at the moment? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/3 "2006-05-21T12:23:26Z")
[QUOTE=Shai’tan] Mino… buddy… Did I ever tell you how good you look in whatever it is that you happen to be wearing at the moment? 😛 [/QUOTE] dream on 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/4 "2006-05-21T12:28:03Z")
\*\*Minotaurus \*\*–would you like to buy my Magic Pen™? Sure, it _looks_ like an ordinary pen, but that’s what **They** _want you to think_! You know, **Them**. **The Man**! :eek: My pen is a Magic Pen™ , because it keeps away Polar Bears. My proof? I live here in Beautiful Middle Tennessee. Have you _ever_ heard of a Polar Bear attack in Beautiful Middle Tennessee? HELL NO! See how well it works? Now my asking price is usually one million Austrio-Hungarian Empire Pazoozies, but for you? Hey! You’re my **Pal**! Only 100,000 Austrio-Hungarian Empire Pazoozies. But it’s gotta be cash. Order **now**! Limited time offer! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/5 "2006-05-21T14:51:06Z")
That’s cool. So what was your first thing you bought? I’ve always wondered what I’d buy first if I became rich. Oh, and want a new friend? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/6 "2006-05-21T15:06:33Z")
[QUOTE=AngelicGemma] That’s cool. So what was your first thing you bought? I’ve always wondered what I’d buy first if I became rich. [/QUOTE] [http://www.bmw.com/com/en/index\_highend.html](http://www.bmw.com/com/en/index_highend.html) ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/7 "2006-05-21T15:10:22Z")
Nice! If I were a rich man [cue Fiddler on the Roof], I’d pay off some debt I’ve been swimming/drowning in lately, and then I’d probably buy a house somewhere, and deck out one room as a recording studio. Aside from that, there’s probably about $30,000 worth of keyboards I like to drool over that I’d decide to own. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/8 "2006-05-21T15:11:43Z")
Hey, remember me from the family reunion? I’m your favorite cousin! Keep in touch, OK??? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/9 "2006-05-21T15:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] i won about $3 million last year [/QUOTE] Let us know when they decide the exact amount you won. ---
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/10 "2006-05-21T15:23:35Z")
don’t need to work for a loong time (if ever) and don’t need show up for stinking job interviews ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/11 "2006-05-21T15:41:07Z")
it’s nice to be rich, huh? I was hoping that theory would turn out to be a myth. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/12 "2006-05-21T15:44:52Z")
Three million before or after taxes? Because if the Feds take a third of it, that leaves 2 million. And while I wouldn’t sneer at 2 million, if you invest it at current interest rates and live off the interest, that would only be 50 or 60K/year. Not bad, but not stinking rich either. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/13 "2006-05-21T15:58:46Z")
Hired a manservant yet? Good help can be hard to find.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/14 "2006-05-21T16:08:40Z")
[QUOTE=Finagle] Three million before or after taxes? Because if the Feds take a third of it, that leaves 2 million. And while I wouldn’t sneer at 2 million, if you invest it at current interest rates and live off the interest, that would only be 50 or 60K/year. Not bad, but not stinking rich either. [/QUOTE] zero taxes money you win aren’t taxed in my country you don’t even pay taxes from the rent the first year ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/15 "2006-05-21T16:14:24Z")
What is “your country” and how did you win so much? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/16 "2006-05-21T16:16:19Z")
With all that money, you can finally afford some Upper-Case Letters! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/17 "2006-05-21T16:20:14Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] [http://www.bmw.com/com/en/index\_highend.html](http://www.bmw.com/com/en/index_highend.html) [/QUOTE] Oh! Shiny! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/18 "2006-05-21T17:47:26Z")
Dammit, **Eve**! 😉 (My joke was going to be something like “Goody, now you have the time and money to go learn how to capitalize and punctuate.”) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/19 "2006-05-21T18:01:02Z")
I was going to say that I wish I was in your shoes. Then it occured to me that I if I never had to work again, I’d probably spend the rest of my life with my ass on a chair and my feet on my desk, surfing porn sites. That’s just the kind of guy I am. ☹ Oh well. It’s not like it’s anything I have to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![DooWahDiddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/20 "2006-05-21T18:28:17Z")
[QUOTE=Peak Banana] I was going to say that I wish I was in your shoes. Then it occured to me that I if I never had to work again, I’d probably spend the rest of my life with my ass on a chair and my feet on my desk, surfing porn sites. That’s just the kind of guy I am. ☹ Oh well. It’s not like it’s anything I have to worry about. [/QUOTE] I think you meant, “Then it occured to me that I if I never had to work again, I’d probably spend the rest of my life with my ass on a chair and my feet on my desk, [del]surfing porn sites[/del] posting on anonymous message boards in an attempt to compensate for the positive reinforcement I no longer get from my friends due to the fact that I feel the need to throw my good fortune in the face of hard-working, every-day people.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625.md?page=2)