# Things to do with $50 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726 "2003-08-08T01:40:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crimson\_Hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aca169/32.png) [@Crimson\_Hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crimson_Hunter)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/21 "2003-08-08T22:56:46Z")
Hmm… You can buy a PS2 game 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/22 "2003-08-08T22:58:32Z")
If I lived in Melbourne, I would be happy to come over and make a fool of myself for $50. I do it everyday for free here in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![anewthought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@anewthought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anewthought)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/23 "2003-08-08T23:01:17Z")
Go to the local sex store. Buy sex toys. You seem to be excited about that kind of stuff. If you spend all $50 you can get 3-4 toys that will last you several action packed years. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/24 "2003-08-09T00:00:06Z")
I’ve narrowed down my list to three items - Buffy DVD as mentioned - Noir DVD - Cowboy BeBop DVD I was going to save it up and buy the LOTR TT DVD but Leechboy told me that I couldn’t because he was going to get it for me. So a DVD for sure (as I’m going to be stuck in bed for 6 weeks post-op) but what DVD I can’t decide. Books I can borrow from the library for free but their DVD/Video library is very limited. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/25 "2003-08-09T00:01:54Z")
If the Buffy DVD is $59, wont the tax push you over $60? ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/26 "2003-08-09T00:21:10Z")
Nope. It is $59 inc. gst. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/27 "2003-08-09T04:01:04Z")
If you are within driving distance of St. Lucas, Iowa, $50.00 can get you and a buddy a very nice dinner at an old time supper club. Nice relish tray with quartered dill pickles, radishes, celery, black olives and ranch dressing. Garlic toast. No nutrition at all salad with high fat dressing. Broiled shrimp with drawn butter for the lady, small tenderloin (medium rare), hash brown potatoes with onions, some sort of almost green vegetable. A couple quarter liter bottles of inexpensive wine. After dinner drinks–a Pink Squirrel and a Brandy Alexander, and a 20% tip for the waitress. Go home and fall asleep watching the local weather report. General Grant never did better than that. And, best of all, no WOO HOO tail pipe inserts. ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/28 "2003-08-09T05:44:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by superstar \* > \*\*\ > Don’t waste it on booze or bills. Imagine calling your parents and saying thanks for the money I bought beer with it??? \*\* That’s not necessarily a bad thing. If my parents gave me $50 and I told my Dad that I’d bought a good bottle of well aged single barrel bourbon, he’d most likely ask when he was going to come over to share it with me. That’s the idea of spending gift money on _luxuries_. You don’t have to feel guilty about indulging in a frivolous treat. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/29 "2003-08-09T06:47:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Latch \* > \*\*There’s a slab of Crownies for 50 bucks at a bottle-o in Melbourne somewhere… Some place on the east side of Melbourne that starts with a B. \*\* There’s a lot of places on the east of Melbourne that start with a ‘B’. Blackburn, Box Hill, Boronia, Bayswater, (The) Basin…which one is it?? ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/30 "2003-08-09T11:18:55Z")
Bills, Leechie. Get the bills paid off. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/31 "2003-08-09T11:25:12Z")
$50 is a bit steep for a slab o’ Crownies. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/32 "2003-08-09T12:12:11Z")
Buffy DVD. 🙂 What’s a slab of Crownies? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726/33 "2003-08-09T12:21:07Z")
Buy me dinner. Kidding. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-50/193726.md?page=1)