# Need $100,000 fast. Any suggestions? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667 "2008-01-08T00:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/61 "2008-01-08T18:14:41Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] Kiss every frog you can find. No wait, that’s princes - what do rich _princesses_ get magically turned into? [/QUOTE] ogres? ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/62 "2008-01-08T18:46:24Z")
Secure corporate sponsorship for engaging in some kind of attention-getting activity. These guys set a precedent with their corporate-sponsored college educations: [http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0725-02](http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0725-02). ---
**Author:** ![Jimson\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@Jimson\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimson_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/63 "2008-01-08T18:54:15Z")
Become the [Ninja Burglar](http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/01/07/ninja_burglar_blamed_in_20000_heist/7866/) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/64 "2008-01-08T19:18:13Z")
[QUOTE=Ludy] Go on a game show, kick some butt, and volia money to spare. [/QUOTE] Even that doesn’t work. It takes a while between auditioning and the show, and even longer to get your prize - assuming you win. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/65 "2008-01-08T19:22:38Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Smith] I don’t really want to get into it. Let’s just say I’m planning on “voting republican”. [/QUOTE] Hey, Mitt’s been pissing away money in carload lots. If you can convince him you’ve found a way for him to win even one primary in a state with more than a few dozen people, he’d give you $100K. Or, sit yourself down, write the great American novel, find an agent, and profit. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/66 "2008-01-08T19:32:49Z")
[QUOTE=Boscibo] Could you become a man whore? [/QUOTE] How do we know that that hasn’t already happened? 😃 There’s always selling State secrets. Of course, you have to have access to State secrets first. And not just any secrets; no-one’s going to pay you for the presidential oatmeal recipe. Unless “presidential oatmeal recipe” is some sort of euphemism. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/67 "2008-01-08T19:40:17Z")
If only the OP had come to us a couple of months ago. We could have advised him to bet the long odds on a Huckabee/Obama Exacta in Iowa. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/68 "2008-01-08T19:46:54Z")
I’m thinking “How much do you really need that liver?” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/69 "2008-01-08T20:41:06Z")
Invent a real male-enhancement pill. 100K? Try 100M at least. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/70 "2008-01-08T21:29:38Z")
Sell everything you don’t need, then take the money to Vegas or Atlantic City (whichever is closer). Bet it on Black 26. If you win, give me the extra. If you lose, what kind of idiot are you to bet everything you own on roulette?? –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/71 "2008-01-08T23:43:18Z")
Funny thread, unless the OP is serious, in which case, give up on “paying back” the “debt” you’ve “incurred,” and say goodbye to your “kneecaps.” ---
**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:** [January 9, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/72 "2008-01-09T00:10:38Z")
It’s January and he mentioned voting Republican. I’m guessing an unexpected tax payment. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/73 "2008-01-09T00:17:58Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] It’s January and he mentioned voting Republican. I’m guessing an unexpected tax payment. [/QUOTE] Oh, in that case: pull yourself up by your bootstraps, lad! No freeloading here. And I withdraw my (very generous) offer to pay your debt for you. Mooch. Jeesh, the nerve some jumped up people have. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![enigm4tic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@enigm4tic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigm4tic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/74 "2008-01-09T03:29:18Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Join the National Guard. Get 50 other people to join. You get $2,000 when they ship off to basic. Thats $100,000 right there without even counting your signing bonus. I smell the ultimate pyramid scheme right here. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/75 "2008-01-09T03:49:52Z")
It costs 30 thousand a year to keep a prisoner in jail. Call the police and tell them you were going to do a crime with a 5 year sentence. That would cost them 150m thou to keep you. Offer not to commit the crime for 100 k ,thereby saving them a quick 50 thou. How could they pass that up? ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/76 "2008-01-09T07:01:45Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Invent a real male-enhancement pill. 100K? Try 100M at least. [/QUOTE] But you’ve fallen into the trap of circular logic. We’ve already discussed how difficult getting $100,000 through prostitution would be, whether he is flaccid or not is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/77 "2008-01-09T09:03:47Z")
It ought to be easy, didn’t it? You know how to make a dollar, don’t you? - So just do that 100,000 times over. If you do it consistently every 53 seconds, you’ll have your $100,000 within two months, quite comfortably. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/78 "2008-01-09T09:46:28Z")
Also, **Winston** , if time and circumstances get tight PM me before you go on a heist. I’ve always wanted to go on a heist. ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/79 "2008-01-09T10:04:57Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] A few of my patients have at least transiently been able to lay hands on such sizeable amounts in short order. I’ll make some discreet inquiries and get back to you. BTW, just how risk-averse are you? And are you allergic to lead? 😉 [/QUOTE] Whoa whoa whoa, share the wealth here, buddy! I could use a nice chunk of change right about now. I am not risk-averse in the slightest, and I’m very open to being poked and prodded for a few bucks. 😃 [QUOTE=Mangetout] You know how to make a dollar, don’t you? - So just do that 100,000 times over. If you do it consistently every 53 seconds, you’ll have your $100,000 within two months, quite comfortably. [/QUOTE] When you put it that way, it sounds simple. The question then becomes, what’s the quickest and easiest way to earn one dollar. Through Google’s warped sense of humor, the banner ad I’m seeing for this thread is “Stop Child Traffiking.” There’s an idea that hasn’t been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2008, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667/80 "2008-01-09T10:09:19Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] When you put it that way, it sounds simple. The question then becomes, what’s the quickest and easiest way to earn one dollar. [/QUOTE] Details left to the imagination of the reader. If you stood in a busy location, such as the arrivals hall of an airport, do you think there’s any way you could convince people to collectively give a dollar a minute? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-100-000-fast-any-suggestions/432667.md?page=5)