# You get one free luxury item for life! What would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582 "2010-02-11T19:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/21 "2010-02-11T21:06:05Z")
I hope your pockets are deep. I wanna sailboat. Lotsa teak. **FairyChatMom** ’s description is a good start, although mine would be a bit larger and nicer. 😉 I’d better start studying so I’m ready to captain the vessel. When abouts do I take possesion? ---
**Author:** ![This\_Just\_In\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@This\_Just\_In\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_Just_In_2)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/22 "2010-02-11T21:14:59Z")
Since staffing and consumables are provided, and money seems to be no object - I’ll take a Ford-class aircraft carrier. I’m waiting. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/23 "2010-02-11T21:25:32Z")
I would like a tropical island ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/24 "2010-02-11T21:26:46Z")
A heated built-in swimming pool with hot, willing pool boy… ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/25 "2010-02-11T21:32:57Z")
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s\_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=shell+beach,+ca&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=53.035373,54.404297&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Shell+Beach,+San+Luis+Obispo,+California&ll=35.153376,-120.667104&spn=0,359.996878&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.153299,-120.667159&panoid=5VIdOaah08Syrjx2o1JFZQ&cbp=12,297.59,0,5](http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=shell+beach,+ca&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=53.035373,54.404297&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Shell+Beach,+San+Luis+Obispo,+California&ll=35.153376,-120.667104&spn=0,359.996878&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=35.153299,-120.667159&panoid=5VIdOaah08Syrjx2o1JFZQ&cbp=12,297.59,,0,5) I’ll take one of these houses. I used to date a girl who’s aunt lived on this street and it is the greatest place I’ve ever been to. they’re small houses so would be easy to maintain but they have ocean, city and mountain views. Not to mention they have the world’s most perfect weather. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/26 "2010-02-11T21:43:26Z")
Uuups I should have checked the link it didn’t go to the streetview like I intended I want a two story on Cliff Ave up preferably accross from the park. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/27 "2010-02-11T21:50:19Z")
I would like a sauna. Mmm. Sauna. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/28 "2010-02-11T21:57:37Z")
I want a casino. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/29 "2010-02-11T22:04:31Z")
Stealing Lewis Black’s idea, I’d want my own personal ball washer. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/30 "2010-02-11T22:04:38Z")
An absolutely _gigantic_ mansion, like the one in _There Will Be Blood,_ but bigger, built with brown brick and partially half-timbered facades, also incorporating modernist elements. Part of the home would be underground, part of it a tall tower. ---
**Author:** ![volcano\_snail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c89c15/32.png) [@volcano\_snail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/volcano_snail)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/31 "2010-02-11T22:10:35Z")
One pretty nine hole golf course with a small lake please 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/32 "2010-02-11T22:20:41Z")
Hmmm. I’ll settle for my own house, built brand-new to my specs. As soon as I finish drawing them up. (Now where will the Jacuzzi go?..) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/33 "2010-02-11T22:25:07Z")
Large (but not huge) custom designed house with fun things like a dedicated computer/game room, exercise room, home theater, large sunroom for the cats, library, and a secret hideaway room/suite hidden behind a bookcase or something. I’ve always wanted a house with a secret room. Also, a finished basement and attic. None of this has to be particularly luxurious–just a nice upper-middle class style house in a nice neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/34 "2010-02-11T22:41:38Z")
I want the library to end all libraries. That includes computers, CD’s, DVD’s, and special collections. I’ll have to think about the topics for the special collections. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/35 "2010-02-11T23:13:34Z")
A reasonably modest (but quirky - maybe half underground) custom-built home with a dozen or two acres of land, half the land comprising mature mixed woodland. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/36 "2010-02-12T00:54:25Z")
A small cabin on a lake I know well, about 8 hrs from here. Not a mcmansion/cottage now, a smallish, understated cabin. No insulation, no running water, no electricity, no phone - like that.(It’s not a trick right? I get the land too?) I’ll do the unkeep, happily, buy the boat, you name it. I’ll be in heaven! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/37 "2010-02-12T00:54:37Z")
The largest ocean-going fishing boat that could be reasonably manned by one person. (Does this slip come with it?) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/38 "2010-02-12T01:07:29Z")
I’d like my own country. You _did_ say that consumables and maintenance were paid for? That frees my people from the toil and drudge of earning a living, and there will blossom a new Renaissance in Silenusia. Plus, my well-maintained armed forces will deter any anti-social inclinations of my neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/39 "2010-02-12T01:13:45Z")
My tastes are simple - I could be very happy with the annual delivery of a couple of cases of Chateau Petrus. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582/40 "2010-02-12T01:27:37Z")
> [@volcano\_snail](#): > > One pretty nine hole golf course with a small lake please 🙂 Your wish is my command. [If will cost you 2.5 million for the house though.](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/21401-244Th-Ave-Se_Maple-Valley_WA_98038_1113730400?source=web) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-one-free-luxury-item-for-life-what-would-it-be/528582.md?page=3)