# Who wants me? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751 "2004-11-03T14:32:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/1 "2004-11-03T14:32:48Z")
I’m up for grabs and I’m a pretty good catch. Canada, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia may all put in bids. They must also tell me why I should come to their country. I’m going to be an attorney soon, familiar with securities. I come with an electrical engineer and two cats. I’m wonderful; I would want me. Who’s first? Don’t be shy. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/2 "2004-11-03T14:37:34Z")
Hmm. You didn’t put in the U.S. (Not that I can blame you, but still…) Well, if you don’t want us, we don’t want you. Neener, neener, neener. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/3 "2004-11-03T14:39:18Z")
We can probably qualify for political asylum now… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/4 "2004-11-03T14:43:03Z")
No, no, you don’t understand, I’m in Ohio right now. No bids? Maybe the bar was too high. Come on, let’s start the bidding at two (of whatever denomination) dollars. Two dollars? Two dollar, people! That’s a bargain! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/5 "2004-11-03T14:45:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, if you don’t want us, we don’t want you. Neener, neener, neener. “America. Love it or leave it.” :rolleyes: Hey, I’d move to England, Australia, Italy or France in a heartbeat; but you can’t just emigrate to another country. You need to meet strict requirements, which I don’t. Unless the “love it or leave it” types would like to start a fund so that I can have enough money in a country’s bank so that I can become an ex-pat, this Liberal has to stay right here. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/6 "2004-11-03T14:50:47Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > “America. Love it or leave it.” :rolleyes: > > Hey, I’d move to England, Australia, Italy or France in a heartbeat; but you can’t just emigrate to another country. You need to meet strict requirements, which I don’t. Unless the “love it or leave it” types would like to start a fund so that I can have enough money in a country’s bank so that I can become an ex-pat, this Liberal has to stay right here. ☹ Huh? I was just teasing! Didn’t mean for anyone to take it personally. I am most definitely not of the “love it or leave it” type, more like the “love it or do something to make it better. And clean yourself up while you’re at it. Pick up that trash. Don’t drop that cigarette butt over there. Go out and vote.” Sorry if you thought differently. I didn’t even realize he was from the States. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/7 "2004-11-03T14:58:33Z")
_She_, **Elenia**. One dollar? Five shining pennies? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/8 "2004-11-03T15:15:17Z")
6 Pence AND two paper-clips, very useful in your new role. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/9 "2004-11-03T15:27:42Z")
If you’ve got two cats, that lets out England. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/10 "2004-11-03T15:35:07Z")
I was going to recommend you to some friends living overseas until you said you live in Ohio. Now I can’t give you away. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/11 "2004-11-03T15:36:34Z")
Okay, we have 5 pence and two paperclips…that’s about 5.00001 p. Anyone in for a pound? A whole pound? **Sean** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/12 "2004-11-03T15:37:50Z")
I think I could talk my parents into giving you my old room. You’d just have to find someplace else to stay for Christmas, summer vacation, and spring break. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/13 "2004-11-03T15:38:20Z")
Ooops, you said _six_ pence. One pound for a total ditz and her wonderful electro-optical engineer? He works on lazers. He’s very smart. And our kitties aren’t bad _all_ the time. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/14 "2004-11-03T15:40:22Z")
I’ve got 500 Romanian Lei. Not exactly sure what you could get for that since I had a hard time getting one of the coins but I’ll throw that in. ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/15 "2004-11-03T15:48:37Z")
**Edward** , 500 Lei are 1.6 American pennies. Since **BadBadger** ’s 6.0001 p. are about 10 American cents, I’m he’s in the lead. Bidding is fast and furious now! Who’s next? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/16 "2004-11-03T16:04:42Z")
Ok, ok you’ve got me, I’ll raise it to a 20,000 Lei bill, I don’t think I have a 10,000 but I might. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/17 "2004-11-03T16:07:28Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > If you’ve got two cats, that lets out England. Ireland and the UK have strict anti-rabies quarantine regulations, but they’re not insurmountable. Your kitties would have to spend six months in quarantine, but they may qualify for the new [PETS](http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/PETS/Procedures/owners.htm) regulation, which would get round this. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/18 "2004-11-03T16:14:16Z")
BTW, if you want an offer I’ll slip you my dong. (Vietnamese dong, that is. I once had 6,000,000 dong in a bag in used notes. Unfortunately that was only worth about $600.) ---
**Author:** ![Elysian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Elysian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/19 "2004-11-03T16:21:17Z")
$.64 = 20,000 Lei $.00006 = one dong (I had no idea they were so cheap!) **Edward** takes the lead! One dolla, one dolla!! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751/20 "2004-11-03T16:45:32Z")
I could bid a couple of bawbees if you would like to come to Scotland\* Cats is good, and so are electrical engineers. As has been said, the catssesss, my precious, have to spend some time in quarantine though. btw - I wondered why you left Wales out of the list. Scared the dragons might eat the cats? I can’t think why you’d want to come to anywhere in the U.K. though. Look what we are stuck with as Prime Minister. ☹ And Oz has that Howard chap. And so on. \*Ah - forget that - I could send some really _cute_ money - actual pound notes with nice pictures on. Now _that_ is something you could not get in England, Wales, or the north of Ireland. And for when it gets cold, we cleverly invneted whisky to deal with that problem.🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-me/272751.md?page=2)