# You were just given $500... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795 "2014-11-05T19:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/21 "2014-11-05T20:21:36Z")
I could use a nice new suit. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/22 "2014-11-05T20:23:27Z")
A $500 Amazon gift card, just to sneak around all your restrictions. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 5, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/23 "2014-11-05T20:26:14Z")
New phone. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/24 "2014-11-05T20:25:44Z")
A tablet, because I don’t really want one. Anything I really want I can get. Or some really good classy wooden jigsaw puzzles. They go about $100 each. Would a really high end dinner, with expensive wine, count. L. Ron Hubbard (yeah, him) had a similar story in Unknown in the early '40s, where a guy was cursed by having to spend $100 a night in Manhattan, and was not allowed to buy things with it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/25 "2014-11-05T20:27:02Z")
Really nice, used vintage Mickey Mouse Watch. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/26 "2014-11-05T20:27:30Z")
Snowblower. (And I promise to clear the sidewalks on my street and all my neighbours drives!) ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/27 "2014-11-05T20:31:32Z")
Assuming it can be spent in sections: MTB upgrades (roughly $100) Used BMX bike ($200-ish) Biking accessories - new gloves, etc. ($75ish) Scotch (guilty pleasure #1) ($100) Beef Jerky (guilty pleasure #2) ($25) Mostly bike stuff, but two things just for kicks. 🙂 Brendon ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/28 "2014-11-05T20:40:42Z")
A new Behmor 1600 coffee roaster. Mine’s busted and I can’t be arsed to fix it again. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/29 "2014-11-05T20:41:39Z")
Fly rod ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/30 "2014-11-05T20:43:43Z")
Books 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/31 "2014-11-05T20:44:25Z")
A bunch of new home brewing equipment. I’ve got a lot of stuff that needs replacing and/or upgrading, so I never want to use it…but since I never use it, it doesn’t seem worth the money to replace it… ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/32 "2014-11-05T20:47:13Z")
> [@kk\_fusion](#): > > A laptop. This. > [@silenus](#): > > New phone. Or this. Guess I’ll have to flip a coin. Can you make it $500.25? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/33 "2014-11-05T20:48:27Z")
Haircut and color. That’d only be like $120 but I need it so bad and I haven’t been able to afford a cut all year. I am dying under my hair mop. I’d also get this [star projector](http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/1200/) from ThinkGeek. I guess I’ll spend the rest there, too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/34 "2014-11-05T20:59:18Z")
A new bike. Or given what the damn things cost, maybe that’s half the bike. I could get some stuff for the house, but that’d be for both of us, so per the OP it doesn’t really count. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/35 "2014-11-05T21:01:28Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Books 🙂 Bookcases. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/36 "2014-11-05T21:02:27Z")
I’d probably add navigation to the existing system in our car. Yeah, we’ve got a stand-alone GPS, and we’ve got our phones, but sometimes I’d like it to just be built-in to the damn car. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/37 "2014-11-05T21:02:41Z")
A bottle of Highland Park 25 year old Scotch. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/38 "2014-11-05T21:02:59Z")
As good a bottle of single malt scotch as $500 would get me. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/39 "2014-11-05T21:06:16Z")
High grade chocolate and a nice shopping spree at my favorite used book store. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-were-just-given-500/703795/40 "2014-11-05T21:07:48Z")
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