# Offbeat things you really want **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464 "2014-12-29T19:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/61 "2014-12-31T23:15:03Z")
To ride (ok, be led around) on a Lippizaner and a Friesian. To ride an Icelandic pony at its special gait. To wander around all the hidden rooms and staircases in an English country house. ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/62 "2015-01-01T11:09:05Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Well what I REALLY want is, once I was driving to, like, Chesterfield or somewhere and saw one of those concrete-stuff places. Like they have St. Francis and birdbaths, you know. Only this one had a huge giraffe. At least ten or fifteen feet tall, maybe taller. Not for people’s houses, for… uh, miniature golf maybe? > > I want that giraffe. > > I want him professionally installed for safety, and I want to decorate him for holidays, and when people ask me about I want to say “what giraffe?” That would make me so freaking happy. You would not believe how cute his Lincoln’s Birthday outfit would be. **Zsofia** , here’s a life-size giraffe garden statue. It’s on sale. [http://www.designtoscano.com/product/mombasa%2C+the+garden+giraffe+statue+-+ng31777.do?sortby=bestSellersAscend&refType=&from=fn](http://www.designtoscano.com/product/mombasa%2C+the+garden+giraffe+statue+-+ng31777.do?sortby=bestSellersAscend&refType=&from=fn) ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/63 "2015-01-01T11:44:53Z")
I’d like to be an Internationally-recognized, superb photographer who is based in New Zealand and gets to try all the major manufacturers’ new kit for free. Unfortunately [Trey Ratcliff](https://www.facebook.com/treyratcliff) beat me too it. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/64 "2015-01-01T12:41:08Z")
I’d like to visit a castle. I’d like to own a pinball machine. However the ones I want cost more than I can afford. ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/65 "2015-01-01T13:05:58Z")
I want a good, non-ex-library, hardcover copy of Clavell’s _Shogun_. The paperback runs in excess of 1200 pages and the three paperback editions I’ve owned all fall apart under their own weight. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/66 "2015-01-01T15:12:44Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > For item: I think I’m gonna go with the powered paraglider. Go for it! I used to have one, and it was a blast. I can’t imagine a safer way to fly. With a light breeze you can launch with hardly any steps at all. I used to carry my whole rig in the back of my Honda hatchback. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/67 "2015-01-01T15:57:29Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > I want a good, non-ex-library, hardcover copy of Clavell’s _Shogun_. The paperback runs in excess of 1200 pages and the three paperback editions I’ve owned all fall apart under their own weight. Very doable. Just check [MXBookfinder.com](http://MXBookfinder.com) and look for decent hardcover versions. I got a first edition that way for a good price… ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/68 "2015-01-01T16:07:26Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Very doable. Just check [MXBookfinder.com](http://MXBookfinder.com) and look for decent hardcover versions. I got a first edition that way for a good price… Thanks, **WordMan**! I’ll check MXBookfinder out. I usually buy off Amazon but there was no hardback there worth buying. A first edition of _Shogun_? I envy you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/69 "2015-01-01T21:05:51Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Two weeks in London England with enough $ to cover any museum entry fee I desire! > > When I was a curious child I began to think everything worth seeing was somewhere in a British museum. It seemed whatever my latest obsession it somehow always led back there somehow. It’s on my bucket list. Most London museums are free entry, with charges only for special exhibitions. Smaller private museums may charge a fee, but as far as expenses in London goes, museums are not what will eat your money! ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/70 "2015-01-02T03:40:31Z")
I’d like to pet and play with a baby tiger cub for about five minutes. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/71 "2015-01-02T03:51:48Z")
I want one of every instrument in a standard concert orchestra, and one hour-long lesson on the basics of each. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464/72 "2015-01-02T04:17:51Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > A Cutlass, because I have a really nice pirate hat and it seems silly to wear it without a good sword. I’ve got a '95 Cierra if you’re interested. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offbeat-things-you-really-want/708464.md?page=3)