What Would You Do with Unlimited Funds?

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The forum discussion centers around imaginative and whimsical responses to the question of what individuals would do with unlimited funds. Participants express a range of desires, from purchasing extravagant items like fighter jets and haunted castles to philanthropic endeavors such as funding research for incurable diseases and environmental restoration. Notable mentions include flying experiences with companies like Incredible Adventures and Air Combat, as well as unique purchases like penguins and ski-boats. The conversation highlights the blend of personal indulgence and altruism in the context of wealth.

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We've probably all dreamt at one time or another about what you would do if you had all the money that you ever wanted. I think that this would fun - buy the http://graydesign.se/" and get a free car.

So, what would you do if you had enough money?
 
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WhoisHo said:
I'll hire some gangsters to finish off those who made me suffer

Obviously not a fan of the "well lived life is the best revenge" philosophy
 
I would buy a ski-boat...and ski
 
Office_Shredder said:
Obviously not a fan of the "well lived life is the best revenge" philosophy

Right. Some people think revenge is the best revenge.
 
Buy several hundred acres of land, build a hobbit hole-ish style home in more or less the center of it. Spend my time growing crops, brewing ales, smoking southfarthing pipe-weed, and all the while ignoring the world.

Investments will take care of income, so wouldn't need to work for income, but I'd work the land and do as I please.
 
Sorry! I'm too busy (to enjoy my life) to post here!:biggrin:

going to trips around the world, buying a house and I guess I try to help sick and poor people. Who knows? Maybe spending that on researchs on incurable diseases
lisab said:
Right. Some people think revenge is the best revenge.

And it never accurs to them : 2 wrongs don't make a right!:rolleyes:
 
If I had an infinite supply of money, I'd hire some slaves to go to my job instead of me having to wake up so early to go.
 
Buy an island or two.
 
I'd buy all the land around one of my favorite trout ponds and build a modest lodge out there as a permanent residence. I'd still garden and split firewood, etc, but I'd have the opportunity to take a quick dip and do a bit of fly-fishing after getting sweaty.
 
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Lisa! said:
2 wrongs don't make a right!
But 3 rights make a left.
I'm living the life now, not waiting for money.
 
  • #11
I'd by a gymnasium and set up a ping pong arena. Then I'd get a high quality sound system and Lamborghini.
 
  • #12
I'd buy a penguin.
 
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Pengwuino said:
I'd buy a penguin.
You'd also need a nice cool aquarium/habitat and a bunch of penguin buddies. Penguins are quite social critters and would not appreciate isolation.
 
  • #14
Pengwuino said:
I'd buy a penguin.

If you don't have the money you can always buy a nice pair of http://www.penguin-place.com/component/page,shop.product_details/flypage,shop.flypage/product_id,813/category_id,52/manufacturer_id,0/option,com_virtuemart/Itemid,109/"
 
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  • #15
Honestly? Nothing in particular. Buy a ton of collectible figures and novelty toys, maybe? I'd get a nice estate and a fair amount of land, and some nice high-tech equipment in my home. A nice car, too. Other than that, there's nothing I really long for that I can't get by normal means.
 
  • #16
I wouldn't touch it, things that are worth something are mostly free and the rest is only fun when you have made the achievement yourself. I have a ton of money saved up that I don't touch since there isn't anything I want to spend it on.
 
  • #17
If I had the money...

solar panels for everyone, and gravity research
 
  • #18
I would finish getting my pilots license and then either buy, build, or restore a Spitfire...those planes are works of beauty.

I would also spend some time attaching buttered bread onto the backs of cats and sell them as anti-gravity devices.
 
  • #19
I'd buy Tsu and I an Su-37, and an F-22, along with personal training pilots.

I flew Air Combat once and had the time of my life - literally. It easily rates as one of the top five experiences of my life. I hope to fly a fighter jet before I'm too old, through Incredible Adventures, or a similar company. Some dreams are within reach without first getting rich [or joining the military!].
http://www.aircombat.com/
http://www.incredible-adventures.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LECDwRhs4w
 
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Only reason I like money is because it is scarce. Had I have too much money, everything would become invaluable, I might move to a cave. :smile:
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
I'd buy Tsu and I an Su-37, and an F-22, along with personal training pilots.

Oh heck YES! I would be able to fly around with my penguins as navigators! (Unfortunately... or maybe fortunately... i wasn't able to find a pic of a penguin in an airplane cockpit :( )
 
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Pengwuino said:
Oh heck YES! I would be able to fly around with my penguins as navigators! (Unfortunately... or maybe fortunately... i wasn't able to find a pic of a penguin in an airplane cockpit :( )

Are you trying to convince others to buy you adn your friends with their money?:-p
Now that I think of it penguin soup must be delicious!
 
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If i had heaps of money(billions) i think i would use it make this planet a better place n save the planet Earth. Money = Power riight?

I would use the money to control the human poplulation(maybe give money if couples don't have any children), educate people in poor country, save/repair the environment/ecosystem, r&d new energy source, etc.

Umm i guess i'll use bit for myself too :) maybe a decent houes and a Ferrari 458? ;p
 
  • #24
[PLAIN]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Zimbabwe_%24100_trillion_2009_Obverse.jpg

All your wishes granted.
 
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  • #25
umm isn't that only ~US$20?
 
  • #26
Chaballa said:
umm isn't that only ~US$20?

Well, it is still billions of money.
 
  • #27
If I had the money (which isn't to say a whole bunch) I'd take a leave of absence from work, hire a full-time, live-in caretaker for my cat, and go down to the Gulf and help clean animals and birds.
 
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Pengwuino said:
Oh heck YES! I would be able to fly around with my penguins as navigators! (Unfortunately... or maybe fortunately... i wasn't able to find a pic of a penguin in an airplane cockpit :( )

Here you go. :-p

[PLAIN]http://www.ohdeedoh.com/uimages/ohdeedoh/2007-12-17-flying%20penguins.jpg
 
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Borg said:
[PLAIN]http://www.ohdeedoh.com/uimages/ohdeedoh/2007-12-17-flying%20penguins.jpg[/QUOTE]
wiki said:
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds
Emphasis mine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin"
 
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rootX said:
[PLAIN]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3e/Zimbabwe_%24100_trillion_2009_Obverse.jpg

All your wishes granted.

boy, what if inflation got really bad there in Zimbabwe?


they should just use exponentials...
 
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