# What are the Biggest Status Symbols People Have?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 8, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-status-symbols-people-have/678296 "2014-01-08T18:54:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-status-symbols-people-have/678296/41 "2014-01-11T15:15:05Z")

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> [@River\_Hippie](#):
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> A shadow yacht. You have your regular yacht that you cruise around on and a shadow yacht that follows behind with the helicopter, vehicles, speedboats, jet skis, servants and all the other stuff you don’t want cluttering up the yacht that you are on.
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> [Shadow yacht](http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2008/05/07/the-35-million-shadow-yacht/)

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> The shadow yachts are made from decommissioned oil-supply boats, which were used to service offshore oil rigs.

$35 million and you don’t even get a new boat?!

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-status-symbols-people-have/678296/42 "2014-01-11T15:59:30Z")

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Fewest seats away from…  
(State Dinner: Head of State)  
(Showbiz Dinner: Person with the largest collection of major awards)  
(Buisness Dinner: Person with the biggest fortune)  
…at the head table.  
Being the go-to guy for asking questions about X subject on TV News Analysis shows.

. . .  
And people, please: _Sequential_ hot trophy wives. Trade 'em in every decade. 😛

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-biggest-status-symbols-people-have/678296/43 "2014-01-12T02:05:40Z")

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Depends upon the audience, of course.

I bought my wife a Rose Tyler (Doctor Who) [jacket](http://www.ebay.com/itm/DOCTOR-New-Earth-companion-Rose-original-Billie-Piper-prop-Costume-w-COA-/360402833623?pt=UK_Collectables_SciFi_fantasyCollectables_EH&hash=item53e9aed0d7&autorefresh=true), worn by Billie Piper in the “New New… New York” episode, which is apparently one of the more famous ones, being used in dolls, [promotional shots](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/gallery/rose/1024/tardis_rose.jpg), etc.

This is a BIG DEAL among her fellow DW fans/friends, but others that we know couldn’t really give a shiite.

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