# You come into a huge fortune. What frivious thing do you buy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440 "2010-07-12T20:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/41 "2010-07-13T00:16:36Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > \ > > And an Edsel. Just because I could. On that note, I’d start funding an [Avro Arrow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow)restoration project. > [@j66](#): > > Permanent hair removal. Oh yeah - that’s a good one. We would also start building our “See ya, civilization!” compound in the Canadian wilderness. We have all kinds of ongoing plans for it. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/42 "2010-07-13T00:30:58Z")
List of frivious things I’d buy: A 100-acre tulgey wood A pet frumious bandersnatch A vorpal blade that goes snicker-snack ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/43 "2010-07-13T00:48:49Z")
I would hire my favorite musician to do a private concert with a setlist supplied by me. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/44 "2010-07-13T01:24:59Z")
A Jay Leno-esque garage of really kick ass cars. And a full time mechanic to maintain them. And my own insurance company so I could have cheap rates on all my cars! ---
**Author:** ![gone2thedogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@gone2thedogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gone2thedogs)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/45 "2010-07-13T02:25:41Z")
A couple hundred acres with a “normal” size house, don’t need a mcmansion. The greyhounds, horses, and I could go on some super outings everyday. Plus a custom RV and driver to take the dogs and me to the dog shows. My friends and their dogs could visit both the house and the RV at the shows. Total relaxation… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/46 "2010-07-13T02:42:03Z")
> [@Ruby Sees](#): > > I would hire my favorite musician to do a private concert with a setlist supplied by me. I would go further, and offer patronage to mine. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/47 "2010-07-13T02:44:27Z")
A fully reconditioned antique sock knitting machine. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/48 "2010-07-13T03:12:23Z")
A grotto. All Playboy and stuff. A pool with a waterfall and a grotto underneath. And probably while I’m at it, a swim-up bar/blackjack table. And maybe at the top of that waterfall, it would be a hot tub that overflows to become the waterfall… ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/49 "2010-07-13T03:18:34Z")
Most of my house would be normal, but I want a nice, big space to entertain my friends. Wet bar, dance floor, sound system to rival a dance club, etc. I’ve already got an HD projector, so… I’d want a better one. I also need a go kart track and about 8 shifter karts in the back yard. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/50 "2010-07-13T03:30:49Z")
I would paint the exterior of my house madras plaid. Just for the summer of course. The house needs new siding anyway, so paint it up for shock value and then replace the siding in the autumn. Then sell the place and move the heck out of suburbia. I think it would be good to remind neighbors that homes don’t have to be beige or taupe. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/51 "2010-07-13T03:35:33Z")
A private railway car. Also, I’d probably get involved in sports car racing (“How do you make a small fortune in racing? Start with a large one”). ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/52 "2010-07-13T04:10:54Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > A grotto. All Playboy and stuff. A pool with a waterfall and a grotto underneath. And probably while I’m at it, a swim-up bar/blackjack table. And maybe at the top of that waterfall, it would be a hot tub that overflows to become the waterfall… We’ve totally got a grotto in the plans for the Compound. > [@carnut](#): > > I would paint the exterior of my house madras plaid. Just for the summer of course. The house needs new siding anyway, so paint it up for shock value and then replace the siding in the autumn. Then sell the place and move the heck out of suburbia. > > I think it would be good to remind neighbors that homes don’t have to be beige or taupe. Which term do you prefer, Beigeburbia or UTaupe-Ia? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/53 "2010-07-13T04:17:56Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I know I said everyone could define _frivolous_ for themselves. I was, of course, lying. > > That is NOT frivolous, damn it! It’s clearly an investment, plus it’s freaking Robert Anson Heinlein. Who’s that? ---
**Author:** ![Acantha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@Acantha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acantha)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/54 "2010-07-13T04:21:41Z")
Indoor pool. vacation home in SF spare cars ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/55 "2010-07-13T04:21:43Z")
I’d upgrade my wife to an 18 year old version… ---
**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:** [July 13, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/56 "2010-07-13T04:30:18Z")
I want a meditation chamber that is built to look like the [Emperor’s Throne](http://www.pbase.com/bigturc/image/106634892) [Room](http://www.pbase.com/bigturc/image/106634885) from _Return of the Jedi_. And parked outside, a full scale Speeder Bike. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/57 "2010-07-13T04:34:05Z")
I want a giraffe. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/58 "2010-07-13T04:35:35Z")
I’d like a Mustang, not one of those new fangled Fords. I want a classic ,a North American P-51D. And a B-17 to go with it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/59 "2010-07-13T04:50:58Z")
A Tesla. I don’t actually want the roadster – I’m not that great a driver – but I want a Model S. Only I want it in brass and glass and woodgrain. I want a steampunk Tesla. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440/60 "2010-07-13T04:53:39Z")
I’d buy the Dope. Make a few staff and policy changes. Such as: 1. People that post recipes for stuff that sounds good have to make it, and send me some. 2. Rule 1 applies double for cookies. 3. The Current Pit is eliminated. Instead, we’ll have The Steel Cage forum. You wanna throw down? Fine. But you’re gonna really throw down. In a cage. And the event will be youtubed for all to see. 4. Admin Control Panel (or whatever they call it on this software) will be upgraded to include a vuvuzela button, accessible only by me. Piss me off, and you get 10d6 minutes of that horrible sound blasting from your speakers. There is also a timer. Once imposed, the punishment will begin when the offender clicks in order a randomly generated pattern of numbers. If he doesn’t click the right number at the right time, then the timer resets. The only way to remove or disable the buzzing is to sit there and suffer for the entire 10d6 minutes. 5. **Skald** gets his own forum, and sole power to grant or deny access thereto. He can post anywhere else he wants, of course, but in his forum, he’s the boss. 6. **Gfactor** is hereby employed as board law talking guy, with **Bricker** as his deputy. They get to defend any lawsuits arising out of the vuvuzela button in paragraph 4. They will do so by asserting the arbitration and choice of law clauses in the revised user agreement they drafted. Guess who’s current secretary will be the sole arbiter of all disputes? And, if the arbitration clause is held uneforcable, they can try the cases in the character of any pokemon character **Bricker** ’s kid wants. I got a hundred mill drawing more in interest than the first thousand plaintiffs could hope to win. 7. If **Opal** wants, she can request I give people up to three minutes of vuvuzela button for doing that Hi Opal thing. 8. **Hal Briston** can do the same for people making sheep jokes. 9. **Senor Beef** ain’t gonna like the new College Football Forum, because all SEC news, scores, updates, and discussion will be stickied, and stuff for the lesser conferences will start on about page 3. 10. Any self-identified Notre Dame fan is subject to random intervals of vuvuzela button, because I despise Notre Dame. _Yeah, I’ll be buying an island and suitably fortifying same, of course. I’m just not telling most of you where it’ll be._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-come-into-a-huge-fortune-what-frivious-thing-do-you-buy/546440.md?page=4)