# I've won the lottery, what can I buy for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207 "2007-05-23T12:35:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/21 "2007-05-23T15:52:58Z")
I’d like you to host a gigantic Dopefest. ETA: I guess I was beat to the punch… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/22 "2007-05-23T15:58:20Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I’d like you to host a gigantic Dopefest. [/QUOTE] Unselfish me likes this idea. Selfish me just wants the cash. Enough so that I don’t have to work from May to October next year. Oh, and an extra $200 per day for the hotel rooms. Plus $50 per day meal allowance. We’ll negotiate the cost of souveniers. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/23 "2007-05-23T16:11:34Z")
What a kind, generous offer! Thank you! I’d like one of these, please: [http://www.miraresearch.org/events/2006%20corvette%20b.jpg](http://www.miraresearch.org/events/2006%20corvette%20b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/24 "2007-05-23T16:14:04Z")
Getting rid of my student loans (there isn’t TOO much) would be just dandy. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/25 "2007-05-23T16:14:18Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I’d like you to host a gigantic Dopefest. ETA: I guess I was beat to the punch… [/QUOTE] Buy yourself a 787, and have it fitted out as a party palace. Fly from place to place, collecting and depositing Dopers throughout the world, for the World’s largest mobile Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/26 "2007-05-23T16:14:34Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Unselfish me likes this idea. Selfish me just wants the cash. Enough so that I don’t have to work from May to October next year. Oh, and an extra $200 per day for the hotel rooms. Plus $50 per day meal allowance. We’ll negotiate the cost of souveniers. [/QUOTE] Honestly, though, cash can be made. Even this kind of cash - you just have to be willing to do some things. Something like a worldwide Dopefest though is a once-in-a-lifetime event and not to be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/27 "2007-05-23T16:15:46Z")
How about a new house. Nothing much, maybe five beds, three baths with a an ocean view in Malibu. Of course I will need an annual stipend to pay for the upkeep, gardening, pool, etc. Of course you can stay in one of the guest rooms when you come over, it’s the least I can do. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/28 "2007-05-23T16:23:01Z")
A cool username? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/29 "2007-05-23T16:40:20Z")
I would like my sense of childlike wonder and trust restored. You probably won’t be able to get it back to its shiny new condition, but as long as it’s serviceable, I’ll be happy. And thank you. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/30 "2007-05-23T16:56:04Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Honestly, though, cash can be made. Even this kind of cash - you just have to be willing to do some things. [/QUOTE] I’m not that kind of guy. Actually, I am, but I don’t see how I can spend a summer on the Vineyard for a buck fifty. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/31 "2007-05-23T17:00:30Z")
[One of these in 16 bore](http://www.hollandandholland.com/~newyork/bespoke/the_royal_side_by_side_shotgun.htm) would do nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/32 "2007-05-23T17:23:57Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I’d like a [gold coin](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=409463) as well. [/QUOTE] Without clicking that link, I already know what you’re talking about. But I want something I can carry around in my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/33 "2007-05-23T18:13:25Z")
My university tuition paid off? Failing that, a really nice bound copy of Shakespeare’s plays would be cool. Or a katana. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/34 "2007-05-23T18:19:35Z")
Just something for the kitty…one of those large cat houses with several stories, covered in carpet for scratching. Also work on the huge dopefest thing. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/35 "2007-05-23T19:16:12Z")
I always hope for lottery winners to be able to access a fruitful lifestyle that serves as a good example to the next generation. Get yourself a good education, age is irrelevant, use your education to help others. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/36 "2007-05-23T19:37:15Z")
One signed, framed picture of Cecil Adams will do nicely, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/37 "2007-05-23T20:04:11Z")
[QUOTE=Hypno-Toad] Without clicking that link, I already know what you’re talking about. But I want something I can carry around in my pocket. [/QUOTE] How big is your pocket? ---
**Author:** ![akira5822](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@akira5822](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akira5822)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/38 "2007-05-23T20:45:09Z")
A new or slightly used Hamilton Ventura watch…i’ve been good really i have. ``` Thanks ``` ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/39 "2007-05-23T20:54:49Z")
An [ELP Laser Turntable](http://www.elpj.com/) would be nice. The price has been reduced by $5100! It costs only $9900 now, not including shipping from Japan. If you were feeling really benevolent, you might throw in the real-time declicker for the ELP. That’d save me a whole bunch of work. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207/40 "2007-05-23T21:04:31Z")
I think it’s pretty obvious what I’d like. I’ll be more than happy to give rides to my fellow Dopers in it. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-won-the-lottery-what-can-i-buy-for-you/405207.md?page=3)