# What do you want? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352 "2012-08-13T05:53:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/21 "2012-08-13T15:45:34Z")
$3000 :d&rvf: ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/22 "2012-08-13T16:08:15Z")
More free time. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/23 "2012-08-13T16:11:38Z")
A second child More time to myself I can only have one of these things. Hmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/24 "2012-08-13T16:25:17Z")
To pay off my house. It’s the only debt I have. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/25 "2012-08-13T16:36:04Z")
A Winnebago. Hell, a whole herd of Winnebagos. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/26 "2012-08-13T16:41:48Z")
> [@Indian](#): > > I want …to… know …what..do.. women..want? This woman wants a pony … oh, and a villa in Tuscany would be nice too. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/27 "2012-08-13T16:46:34Z")
> [@Scotty Mo](#): > > I want to be with somebody I would die for. > \ Got it. Now I’d like to split the lottery with **Clothahump**. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/28 "2012-08-13T20:58:16Z")
I’d like to have more free time to spend in my workshop. I have a list of projects I’m dying to get to if it weren’t for this pesky job. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/29 "2012-08-13T21:08:31Z")
To either get a different job I don’t hate with the fury of a thousand suns, or for my fiance to get a huge raise so I can quit when we want to have a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/30 "2012-08-13T21:13:01Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > I want my people to reclaim their rightful place in the galaxy. I want to see the Centauri stretch forth their hand again and command the stars. > > 🆒 Ah, a Babylon 5 fan! Actually, I was thinking of Vir Cotto’s response to the question Morden asked. \*I’d like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I want to look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this. [waves] Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden? \* ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/31 "2012-08-13T22:07:53Z")
I’d like a really good beer and a really cool hat. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/32 "2012-08-13T22:16:17Z")
To paraphrase Kennedy, to either have an easier life or be a stronger man; right now I haven’t got _either_. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/33 "2012-08-13T22:23:55Z")
> [@rjk](#): > > Got it. > > …\*\*. Awwwwwww. Where’s the heart smiley when you need it? \<3 :)🆒🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/34 "2012-08-13T22:35:14Z")
A job. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/35 "2012-08-13T22:36:52Z")
To know what I want. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/36 "2012-08-13T22:37:10Z")
$500,000 free and clear. That should be enough to get everything else that I want. fix the plumbing clean the gutters rent a dumpster fix Mom’s car get a car for me clean the carpets clean up the yard landscaping remodel the kitchen a new mattress set a new pair of sneakers craft supplies pay off all our credit card debt pay off our mortgage take a vacation for the first time in 8 years ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/37 "2012-08-13T22:42:11Z")
not sure who I am quoting (Boston??) but it’s absolutely true: _ **"All I Want Is To Have My Peace Of Mind"** _ ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/38 "2012-08-13T22:44:20Z")
A nice MLT, where the mutton is just a little crispy. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/39 "2012-08-13T22:46:46Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > No reasonably priced affection? > > I want the house in Idaho to sell fast without my little sister melting down. If I win the lottery tomorrow I’ll buy it from you outright! Wait…depends on WHERE in Idaho. Nah. Really doesn’t matter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-want/631352/40 "2012-08-13T22:53:49Z")
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