# To Get Rich, I am Going To Collect....

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**Created:** [August 9, 2006, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-rich-i-am-going-to-collect/367984 "2006-08-09T09:30:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-rich-i-am-going-to-collect/367984/1 "2006-08-09T09:30:54Z")

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Commodes.

That’s right. Bedpans. The big china ones. I think that as most of America/ Europe/ Australia (at least as far as I understand) is sewered these things will not be produced and will attain some value for their rarity.

It would probably be for my children that I store these things. They won’t make me wealthy. But I’ll buy heaps and put them in the shed out the back.

I don’t mind if you tell your friends if you knew me when I was poor.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-get-rich-i-am-going-to-collect/367984/2 "2006-08-09T09:45:05Z")

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I think you mean chamber pots or night jars. Bed pans will have a place as long as sick people can’t get out of bed.  
Of course, there are glass, ceramic and metal bed pans that are obsolete. Metal, became a liability when electronic defibrillation became common practice. Roasting one’s butt while saving their life is frowned upon.  
That said, I think it might take until your grandchildren are grown for non-plastic bedpans to become rare. They are virtually indestructable.