# What stupid thing would you buy after winning the PowerbBall Lotttery? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122 "2017-05-21T03:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Santelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Santelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santelia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/61 "2017-05-22T12:02:13Z")
A pair of Chistian Louboutin red-bottoms just as, like, an ornament. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/62 "2017-05-22T12:21:28Z")
99,999,999 Powerball tickets, and a Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/63 "2017-05-22T12:25:48Z")
I mentioned it before in a previous thread, but now I’m upping the ante from one of [these](https://hartley-botanic.com/) to also hiring a full-time person to help run it. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/64 "2017-05-22T12:38:53Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I always thought I’d buy a gigantic Kenworth tractor truck with a ton of lights and chrome. Just to drive around. Freightlinter makes [RV](https://www.google.com/search?q=freightliner+rv&rlz=1C1SAVI_enUS598US598&source=lnms&tbm=isch)’s. I know someone who has one; with his race trailer it’s longer than a normal tractor-trailer & because it’s a private vehicle he doesn’t need a CDL & isn’t subject to their rules. As for me, the last edition to the _fleet_ of cars I now own is a [hippity-hop car](https://www.google.com/search?q=hydraulic+car&rlz=1C1SAVI_enUS598US598&source=lnms&tbm=isch). ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/65 "2017-05-22T13:50:01Z")
I’d pay for a nice ski resort for a week in peak season to be shut down to everyone except me. No queues at the chairs or restaurants, no eejits whizzing past my nose, but best of all, nobody to see me trundling down the piste like a pensioner or falling over like a twat. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/66 "2017-05-22T13:54:48Z")
A Singer Porsche. A Seiko Credor. And I’d design and have built a Frank Lloyd Wright style Farmhouse. Imagine a sprawling ranch set into the landscape with just perfect liveable style and detailing. Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/67 "2017-05-22T13:59:45Z")
Moderate size RV. Then it would be adios for a year as we travel around the country. Or maybe two years. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/68 "2017-05-22T14:14:20Z")
Edison wax cylinder gramophone with a recording stylus. A bunch of really nice suits. Nothing high fashion, just a solid collection of single- and double-breasted three-piece outfits, and then probably a summer wardrobe. There are a few other things I have on a list around here somewhere but I can’t be bothered to look for it at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/69 "2017-05-22T14:52:34Z")
a big, big area of land and put in buffalo and elephants. Let them run free. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/70 "2017-05-22T15:16:42Z")
Most of these aren’t very stupid; they are dreams you have and many of them you would try to do if you could. Now me, I’d use some of it to sponser the First World Championship Bikini Oil Wresting Tournament. Probably hold it on the beach in Rio DeJaniero. Bet I’d make my money back just on pay-per-view, too… ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/71 "2017-05-22T16:19:06Z")
I’d buy old machines, like comptometers, an enigma (if any available), switchboards with plugs, and old fashioned wall phone with two parts and a ringer and stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/72 "2017-05-22T17:10:55Z")
I would hire the hot male celebrity of my choice, changing to a different one every day, for hour-long footrubs. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/73 "2017-05-22T17:27:27Z")
Buy a Single A baseball team. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/74 "2017-05-22T17:30:58Z")
I’d double the size of my existing house. _Vertically_. ETA: Alternatively, a decommissioned missile silo. It’s the ultimate Man Cave! . ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/75 "2017-05-22T18:49:23Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’d fund a classical music radio station, in the largest U.S. city that doesn’t already have one. I’d offer to underwrite 50% of your costs if we could ensure that opera is 50% of your classical mix. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/76 "2017-05-22T19:13:00Z")
I’d do [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762582). ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/77 "2017-05-22T21:38:12Z")
I would get a set of replica [Kraftwerk mannequins](https://goo.gl/images/1AE4eS) made. Naturally, I would buy a fairly large house if I had all that money, so I’d be able to display them in a lesser-used hallway or somewhat out-of-the-way place so they would surprise visitors. I think I’d get a set of neon[Ralf/Karl/Wolfgang/Florian](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5DBc5NpyEoo) signs made to go with them. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/78 "2017-05-23T06:23:49Z")
> [@davida03801](#): > > a big, big area of land and put in buffalo and elephants. Let them run free. I hope the skies are not cloudy all day. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/79 "2017-05-23T06:24:57Z")
Make high quality porn versions of my favourite pop culture entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/80 "2017-05-23T12:13:14Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > 99,999,999 Powerball tickets, and a Coke. You wont have enough time to scratch them all before they expire, and you have no money left to hire others to help you. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122.md?page=5)