# What's the smallest amount of money you ever spent that brought the most pleasure? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 26, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-smallest-amount-of-money-you-ever-spent-that-brought-the-most-pleasure/301155 "2005-04-26T14:37:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-smallest-amount-of-money-you-ever-spent-that-brought-the-most-pleasure/301155/41 "2005-04-29T16:43:18Z")
When I was a young feller, I bought a copy of [The Incredible Hulk #181](http://www.nighthawkcomics.com/comics/hulk181.jpg) off the newsstand for 25 cents. That issue, it turns out, featured the first appearance of The Wolverine (of X-Men fame) and is now worth upwards of $1,000.00. I’m pretty happy about spending that quarter. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-smallest-amount-of-money-you-ever-spent-that-brought-the-most-pleasure/301155/42 "2005-04-29T19:20:25Z")
$1 US at the Houston Museum of Natural Science for five of the most realistic rubber cockroaches you’ve ever seen. Oh, the fun I had with those… ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-smallest-amount-of-money-you-ever-spent-that-brought-the-most-pleasure/301155/43 "2005-04-29T19:37:04Z")
Bag of catnip - $1 4 surly cats - mostly free Watching cats get stoned and happy and “I love you, Man!” - priceless [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-smallest-amount-of-money-you-ever-spent-that-brought-the-most-pleasure/301155.md?page=2)