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If you were a billionaire, what's the most ridiculous and indulgent thing you would use your money for?

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Vasya · 18/08/2019 08:19

Setting aside for the moment the fact that the existence of billionaires is a sign of a broken economy and they shouldn't exist... what is the most self-indulgent, ridiculous thing you would pay for if you were one?

I'll start:

  1. Hire Stevie Nicks to work with me to write a love song about my husband.
  1. Host a dinner party catered by Alain Passard
  1. Daily back, neck and shoulder aromatherapy massage before bed

(And I don't want any worthy suggestions about world hunger and scholarship programmes. That stuff is all assumed. I want the fun, stupid stuff you could have just because you were rich enough.)

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WeirdAndScary · 27/08/2019 15:32

I would hire a PA to become my mind. Clothes shopping, grooming, diet and exercise will become their domain. I will never have to think about these things again.

I would have a house with a pool, beautiful garden, orchard and lake. It would also have a sunken bath in my own personal ensuite (DH would have his own because he hates sunken baths). I would have a library with floor to ceiling bookshelves and huge squishy sofas. Only I would be allowed in there!

And finally I would work through my list of things that I want to try and when I have found my passion I will pay people to make me great at it! Like hiring Mary Berry to teach me how to bake or Serena Williams to teach me tennis.

And a massive animal sanctuary. For all animals apart from spiders and snakes!

TheSandman · 27/08/2019 16:17

Billionaire? Build a film studio. Stages, workshops, post-production facilities - the lot. I would be sole executive producer. Imagine being able to let David Cronenberg or David Lynch make whatever they wanted without having to worry about making a profit for some corporation.

There you go, David (or David), 100 million. Go make a movie.

That would be fun.

Raynedance · 27/08/2019 19:08

Yy to daily massage.

Christmas room

I love diff decorating styles so the joy of totally diff themes in rooms. House would have hand painted stuff, tree in hall way... Etc birds flying around...

janj2301 · 27/08/2019 21:55

I lived in the far east for a few years in the 90s, had a chauffeur and a housekeeper. Absolute luxury.

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