# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/61 "2006-05-22T16:38:34Z")
[QUOTE=Priceguy] Oh, and the “you” in “the kind of thing you’d say” is the general “you”. I don’t know how **Ellen Cherry** usually responds to people who insult others for being monolingual. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > Monoglottism (Greek monos, “alone, solitary”, + glotta, “tongue, language”) is the condition of being able to speak only a single language. Persons living in the United States and the United Kingdom are commonly stereotyped as monoglots (see “Languages in the United States”). Persons whose native language is widespread, commonly used, influential, culturally, economically, or otherwise useful are likely to be monoglots. > **[Monolingualism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolingual)** > > Monoglottism (Greek μόνος monos, "alone, solitary", + γλῶττα glotta, "tongue, language") or, more commonly, monolingualism or unilingualism is the condition of being able to speak only a single language, as opposed to multilingualism. In a different context, "unilingualism" may refer to a language policy which enforces an official or national language over others. Being monolingual or unilingual is also said of a text, dictionary, or conversation written or conducted in only one language, and o... ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/62 "2006-05-22T16:39:56Z")
[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry] You may now return to your regularly scheduled BS meter explosions. [/QUOTE] Because of a scheduling conflict with an upcoming BS meter explosion, mine can’t go off here until Tuesday afternoon at the earliest. Until then, not only do I have to take the BS but I’ve got to like it too. So tell me, how much can you bench? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/63 "2006-05-22T16:47:49Z")
So let me get this straight: You didn’t know what “monolingual” meant, so you looked it up on Wikipedia. That search term redirected to the page for “monoglottism” and that page didn’t use the term “monolingual”. This led you to believe that “monolingual” was an incorrect term, so you quoted the page to show that this was the case. That is funny on so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/64 "2006-05-22T17:40:11Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Because of a scheduling conflict with an upcoming BS meter explosion, mine can’t go off here until Tuesday afternoon at the earliest. Until then, not only do I have to take the BS but I’ve got to like it too. [/QUOTE] So…you’ve gotta believe _everything_ you hear until Tuesday? Sweeet. [QUOTE=lieu] So tell me, how much can you bench? [/QUOTE] 45 tons. Now PayPal me all your money or I’ll give you the mother of all Charlie Horses. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/65 "2006-05-22T17:53:51Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] So…you’ve gotta believe _everything_ you hear until Tuesday? Sweeet. 45 tons. Now PayPal me all your money or I’ll give you the mother of all Charlie Horses. [/QUOTE] Nice, but that’s an odd ton. After you put 22 tons on each side of the bar where does the extra ton go? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/66 "2006-05-22T18:00:29Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Nice, but that’s an odd ton. After you put 22 tons on each side of the bar where does the extra ton go? [/QUOTE] He got you there, **Hal**. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/67 "2006-05-22T18:20:53Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] So…you’ve gotta believe _everything_ you hear until Tuesday? Sweeet. 45 tons. [/QUOTE] I think he’s exaggerating. hh ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/68 "2006-05-22T18:58:18Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] tell me how is it that some attack someones language skills ? the lack of valid arguments? [/QUOTE] i’ll tell you it is because that some people wont bother to speak right this is a literate board make the effort or we will make fun sorry so sad get over it No, seriously. Maybe you think it’s cute. Maybe you’re adopting this as your “signature style”. Just keep in mind that it’s annoying for the rest of us to read your unstructured posts, and we’re going to tease you about it. It’s like you’re making a deliberate effort to ignore basic rules of grammar. Even if English is your 17th language, I’m sure that with the amount of time you’ve spent here already, you’ve seen that your writing looks nothing like ours. Why not try and learn a few things and improve yourself a little? Start by capitalizing the first word in your sentences, and maybe putting a period at the end. It gets a little more complicated than that, but go take your approximately 3 million winnings and find an English tutor. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/69 "2006-05-22T19:12:11Z")
[QUOTE=Minotaurus] you don’t even pay taxes from the rent the first year [/QUOTE] Because nobody else has questioned this, I guess it’s a cogent sentence. Could someone explain _to me_ what it means? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/70 "2006-05-22T19:18:51Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Nice, but that’s an odd ton. After you put 22 tons on each side of the bar where does the extra ton go? [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: The bar itself weighs 1 ton. Amateurs! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/71 "2006-05-22T19:30:46Z")
[QUOTE=F. U. Shakespeare] You’d be rich [/QUOTE] And creamy. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/72 "2006-05-22T19:44:48Z")
And **Satisfying Andy Licious**. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/73 "2006-05-22T19:48:03Z")
[QUOTE=bup] Could someone explain _to me_ what it means? [/QUOTE] You get to deduct rent from your income in calculating the taxable income? You get to deduct gifts from the 'rents? You get to deduct the cost of any garment you subsequently rent during the wearing? Do stains count too? What if it was your green dress that was rent? ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/74 "2006-05-22T19:51:44Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] You get to deduct rent from your income in calculating the taxable income? You get to deduct gifts from the 'rents? You get to deduct the cost of any garment you subsequently rent during the wearing? Do stains count too? What if it was your green dress that was rent? [/QUOTE] What if you rented a green dress from your 'rents, and you rent it? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/75 "2006-05-22T19:52:38Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] What if it was your green dress that was rent? [/QUOTE] As long as it’s not a real green dress, that’s cruel. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/76 "2006-05-22T19:52:53Z")
**Misnomer** > [@](#): > > I don’ gettit … how would you having money make the Army have better gear? I wouldn’t be sharing! While I probably couldn’t get away with buying a brand new weapon, I could buy an infinite amount of accessories to make it more effective. I wouldn’t have to settle for the issued sights, optics, grip, light, mags (New Expensive Magazines would be the FIRST thing I’d buy!!!-- Maybe HK Extreme mags or something better!), slings, etc. An M-16 is like a barbie doll. You can dress it up a billion different ways. Plus I would probably buy new internals for it and better springs, new trigger, new stock… hell I would probably replace everything except the receiver. Same with my shotgun and if I ever get issued an M-9. There’s not much you can or would want to fix on an M-9 (You can’t fix garbage!). But I would definitely get brand new expensive magazines for it. Checkmate mags suck ass! But I could afford a kick ass holster for it, instead of the issued one. Starting to get the idea? And the shotgun… The shotgun is like the M-16 as far as the variety of accessories. I’d get a shorter barrel, better/brighter taclight, side saddle, new sling, new grip, folding Choate stock, etc!! And that’s just weapons. As far as wearable gear, I could spend THOUSANDS on better gear!! Boots, packs, bags, pouches, ruck, ruck accessories, NVGs, IBA MOLLE pouches, better plates, kickass watch, GPS, New Eagle headset etc. . . This is just for me, though. I’m not talking about buying shit for other people. If they don’t have liquid cooled level 9 body armor with optional forcefield, that’s there problem!! ^\_\_\_^ **Yllaria** > [@](#): > > I’ve heard that the Army discharges million dollar winners. Don’t remember why at the moment. Is this just a rumor? I’ve heard that as well. However, it’s not normally necessary to disclose your finances to the military. Maybe if your TS is up for renewal, or you’re doing a background check packet for some new job, you may have to disclose your current financial standing. But having more money and more credit would just increase your chance of getting approved, since you’re less of a bribery or embezzlement risk. **handsomharry** > [@](#): > > I won’t swear to it, but I think I overheard BN talking about a mink M-16. Could be mistaken, though. Hell no!!! Chinchilla is the only way to go. Mink M16s are soo 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/77 "2006-05-22T19:57:08Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Even if English is your 17th language, I’m sure that with the amount of time you’ve spent here already, you’ve seen that your writing looks nothing like ours. [/QUOTE] Not only that, but you’d think with some of the multi million units of after tax currency, some could be sent to Berlitz to learn how to speach good. Me, I’m poor, so I don’t need to do that. Besides, I’m huked on fonicks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/78 "2006-05-22T22:55:17Z")
Even if I won a few million dollars, I still wouldn’t quit my job … at least, not right away. I think it would be more fun to go the _Office Space_ route and see how long I could slack off before getting fired (or promoted to management!) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/79 "2006-05-23T00:17:35Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] My bullshit meter has pegged. [/QUOTE] Oh please. Then it stands to reason that my bullshit meter pegged on **Hal Briston** ’s post. Right? We believe one Doper but not another? NOW, I call bullshit. Why can’t the fellow have won? Because his English is imperfect? -cough- intolerant -cough- I know a woman who won the Pennsylvania Lottery about 18 years ago. She won 1 Million. Didn't stop working, but it sure does grease the skids apparently to have an extra 30,000 a year rolling in after taxes. No bullshit meter pegging here. I believe the guy. Cartooniverse ---
**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 23, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625/80 "2006-05-23T00:22:51Z")
Personally, I thought this whole thing was posted as a gag. I am _amazed_ that so many Dopers were whooshed by it. Good job, **Minotaurus**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-nice-to-be-rich/357625.md?page=5)