# What would you do for $10,000?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 1, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729 "2005-07-01T17:37:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/21 "2005-07-01T22:39:30Z")

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There are many rude, disgusting, and/or embarissing things I might do for $10,000. But the $10,000 would just be an excuse, as I would probably also do them for free if I had the chance to get away with it 😉

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/22 "2005-07-01T22:42:09Z")

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P.S. Sea Cucumber and Jelly fish both taste nice, I’ve paid to eat them.

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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/23 "2005-07-01T22:44:03Z")

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**Bippy** , I know there are people who enjoy both. It’s just the _idea_ of them squicks me. I can’t defend it based on anything rational. I eat sea bugs quite happily, after all. And shrooms, too.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/24 "2005-07-01T22:51:27Z")

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> [@SlowMindThinking](#):
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> Otherwise, I think my limits are more along the lines of not illegal, not immoral (to me), not permanent, and wouldn’t hurt another person (like my wife’s feelings), so
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> Run through town in my underwear? Yes.  
> Run through town in someone else’s underwear and bowling shoes? No.

So, would that fall under illegal, immoral, permanent, or harmful to your wife’s feelings? And is it the “someone else’s” part or the “bowling shoes” part that puts it over the line?

I have pretty much the same rules, except I think I draw the line much further in the sand than you do. I mean, $10000 is several months’ salary. I’m pretty sure I could get over any temporary discomfort for that.

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**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/25 "2005-07-01T23:11:06Z")

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> [@Stuffy](#):
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> I just know i’m going to be sorry, but what’s a brazilian?
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> As for me. I pretty much could care less what people think of me, so it’s likely to be a pretty long list. It’s probably easier to ask what I wouldn’t do. Hell, I can’t even plead poverty as an excuse.

I think it’s a wax.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/26 "2005-07-01T23:53:22Z")

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Wasn’t there a man who got silicone breast implants for a year in order to win a $10,000 bet?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/27 "2005-07-02T00:24:35Z")

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I’m going to buck the trend here and say _nothing_; I wouldn’t accept the offer; the only things I’d do are things I already want to/have to do anyway (if someone wanted to give me the money just to continue living my life, I’m sure I’d find a use for it).  
But this isn’t the deep moral principles protest it might at first appear to be; I’d just be a bit annoyed at the idea of indulging someone whose idea of fun was “haha, look, I can make that poor schmuck do something really stupid!”.

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**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/28 "2005-07-02T02:54:52Z")

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> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#):
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> I think it’s a wax.

Not just a wax. They rip out every hair below the waist and above the legs.

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**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/29 "2005-07-02T02:58:27Z")

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> [@Draelin](#):
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> What if it were your _own_ underwear and bowling shoes? What then? Or is it the bowling shoes that nixes the whole deal?
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> There are a lot of things I can think of that I’d do for $10,000. I don’t embarrass easily, and if someone’s stupid enough to offer me that amount of money to run through town in someone else’s underwear and bowling shoes, I’d totally do it. As long as I also got to wear a bra, of course, 'cause otherwise, it would _hurt_.

I was thinking about communicable diseases. And size differences. I’m 6’ 2", with a 32" waist. Most guys underwear would not stay up. Put me in most women’s thong, and all sorts of illegal bits would be showing.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/30 "2005-07-02T03:07:30Z")

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Yeah, but you do it for a regular paycheck, **Tripler**.

Jeezus Tapdancin’ Christ! Will ya shaddup!!

It’s not like yer getting 12.4% of the profit or nuthin’!

Tripler  
Yeah I wield the six-shooter, but you wield your damn mouth! Shaddup!! 😃

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**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/31 "2005-07-02T03:08:20Z")

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I’d go down on Bea Arthur for $10,000.

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**Author:** ![EarthStone777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ab992/32.png) [@EarthStone777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EarthStone777)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/32 "2005-07-02T15:41:49Z")

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> [@Tentacle Monster](#):
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> I’d go down on Bea Arthur for $10,000.

Wasn’t there a (straight male) comedian who had a routine about what he’d do for $10,000?

He said he’d even be willing to give another guy a blow job for ten grand. Then he’d use one grand to buy a truck load of mouthwash and take a very nice vacation with the other nine thousand.

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/33 "2005-07-02T18:07:40Z")

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> [@EarthStone777](#):
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> He said he’d even be willing to give another guy a blow job for ten grand.

I’ll take $10 worth of that.

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**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/34 "2005-07-02T18:23:24Z")

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Work for 833 hours, apparently.

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**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/35 "2005-07-02T19:25:48Z")

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I’d pretty much do anything that wasn’t gay or involving my ass and didn’t hurt my gf.

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**Author:** ![Mental\_Mishaps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mental\_Mishaps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mental_Mishaps)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/36 "2005-07-02T20:41:30Z")

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I’d do just about anything. Of course the things I wouldn’t do for $10,000 I probably would do for more money.

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**Author:** ![SlyFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/37 "2005-07-02T22:00:50Z")

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> [@EarthStone777](#):
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> He said he’d even be willing to give another guy a blow job for ten grand. Then he’d use one grand to buy a truck load of mouthwash and take a very nice vacation with the other nine thousand.

Charles Barkley had a pretty interesting discussion about how damn near any man would give a blow job for a million dollars. Another variant of the, “Everyone has a price for anything, the only difference is the amount,” theme.

I like Barkley for things like that; he can be pretty kookie and conservative, but he also cuts through a lot of bullshit.

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-for-10-000/310729/38 "2005-07-02T23:14:19Z")

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A lot of things, including giving a blowjob.

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