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21. That would actually be pretty easy for me.

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Wed Mar 6, 2013, 04:12 PM

Mar 2013

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If you had $1 billion in cash but you still had to work every day, what would you do? [View all] Yavin4 Mar 2013 OP

I'd probably work at getting that stupid rule changed. bluedigger Mar 2013 #1

The rule is the rule. Yavin4 Mar 2013 #4

Drat! bluedigger Mar 2013 #5

Same thing I'm doing now Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #2

Be a professional traveler Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #3

That would be fun! GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #23

No idea who Rick Steves is DFW Mar 2013 #46

My Job Would Be To Ring The Bell...... becca da bakkah Mar 2013 #6

I'd "work" Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #7

It would be a life's dream come true. I'd be a philanthropist lunatica Mar 2013 #8

Mattress Tester... Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #9

Tutor LeftInTX Mar 2013 #10

+1 TexasTowelie Mar 2013 #76

Who wouldn't want to work, if it's fun and emotionally rewarding? mainer Mar 2013 #11

That's my pick.... we can do it Mar 2013 #52

I would work at an animal shelter. nt alsame Mar 2013 #12

Photographer. edbermac Mar 2013 #13

I would want the job of selecting your models.... lastlib Mar 2013 #27

Bar reviewer. geardaddy Mar 2013 #14

Not nearly as easy as you'd think Yavin4 Mar 2013 #16

Yeah, but I wouldn't have to write well. geardaddy Mar 2013 #17

You would still have to write. It's still a job. You can't half-ass it. Yavin4 Mar 2013 #18

That wasn't in the rules. geardaddy Mar 2013 #19

Well then the entire exercise is fundamentally flawed and totally invalid. sir pball Mar 2013 #95

That would actually be pretty easy for me. geardaddy Mar 2013 #21

Mike Royko, is that you? Brigid Mar 2013 #44

Make art. nt rrneck Mar 2013 #15

Counting the money. Scruffy Rumbler Mar 2013 #20

Okay. Five days a week. 8 hours a day. Every day. Yavin4 Mar 2013 #24

lol....Call me Uncle Scrooge McDuck! Scruffy Rumbler Mar 2013 #40

Head of a scientific research foundation. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #22

You'd need more than $1 billion for that BainsBane Mar 2013 #87

No, I wouldn't. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #89

No, I'm not being sarcastic BainsBane Mar 2013 #96

I would put half of the $1B in the bank and save it in case of an emergency, Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #25

I would continue doing what I do now, but invest the money into... Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #26

Wow, that's nice tavalon Mar 2013 #67

Thanks. If I had money that's what I would do. And who knows, I just might get there Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #70

I didn't see that as sexist at all, tavalon Mar 2013 #73

Thanks. Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #75

I'd be a professional student. Neoma Mar 2013 #28

If I can find the answer to that, I'll be cured and become an adult. graywarrior Mar 2013 #29

Stalk republican operatives and cliffordu Mar 2013 #30

+1 Scuba Mar 2013 #41

farm and ranch and write my thesis on Hamlet. volunteer at the local shelter. finish my oils. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #31

Work full time on my art and do radio shows Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2013 #32

If I had a younger body - raise horses csziggy Mar 2013 #33

Write novels. Brigid Mar 2013 #34

I would start a one stop shop for people with AIDS and AIDS related illnesses. LeftofObama Mar 2013 #35

Buy a 1969 Good Humor ice cream truck and run it all year 'round. talkingmime Mar 2013 #36

You would be very popular. Brigid Mar 2013 #45

When my kids were little we had a guy who came around with a '56 Ford with a working freezer. talkingmime Mar 2013 #79

1969 prices? HoneychildMooseMoss Mar 2013 #56

Having more money than you can possibly spend means getting to share some of it. talkingmime Mar 2013 #80

Go into film or phototography sakabatou Mar 2013 #37

Astronomer RILib Mar 2013 #38

Music scout for an indie label bif Mar 2013 #39

bar tender, night club owner (nt) bigwillq Mar 2013 #42

I'd own a bookstore or a floral shop DearHeart Mar 2013 #43

remodel my hometown in PA to restore to its historic past and work on some major projects Douglas Carpenter Mar 2013 #47

I'd work for Wizards of the Coast Broken_Hero Mar 2013 #48

I'd buy a couple of hundred acres and build shelters... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #49

I'd buy the New York Yankees and spend the next 30 years making them the laughing stock madinmaryland Mar 2013 #50

No you wouldn't. Yavin4 Mar 2013 #53

Dude! I would follow the Kansas City Royals model. I would just pocket the profits!! madinmaryland Mar 2013 #54

Tour guide for Make-A-Wish families at Disney World OmahaBlueDog Mar 2013 #51

I would work on doubling it. femmocrat Mar 2013 #55

Synthesize novel ionic liquids, analyze them using MALDI-TOF devices and other kinds of mass... NNadir Mar 2013 #57

Something with animals. Incitatus Mar 2013 #58

What would be the point of being that rich if you have to work? MrSlayer Mar 2013 #59

That's the deal. You have to work. n/t Yavin4 Mar 2013 #61

The question suggests that you should do a job you enjoy instead of one that makes more money. Incitatus Mar 2013 #62

Yes. And there really isn't a job for what I like to do except maybe Rock Star. MrSlayer Mar 2013 #63

Republican congressman. n/t kurtzapril4 Mar 2013 #107

Attend classes and workshops so I could learn how to teach Perma Culture... love_katz Mar 2013 #60

I'd work at MacDonald's. Llewlladdwr Mar 2013 #64

I was thinking Wal-Mart door greeter Major Nikon Mar 2013 #72

i imagine both of those jobs are highly stressful Enrique Mar 2013 #114

investor JI7 Mar 2013 #65

I would work in a place that wasn't so into horizontal bullying, tavalon Mar 2013 #66

Wow, this was a nice thread to read tavalon Mar 2013 #68

I completely agree. cliffordu Mar 2013 #69

And then do something incredibly philanthropic tavalon Mar 2013 #74

I would invite over all the most creative musicians I could think of and we would make music all day Electric Monk Mar 2013 #71

Reviewing books and movies for a magazine... WCGreen Mar 2013 #77

House sitter. drm604 Mar 2013 #78

I would be a night janitor at a university nt MrScorpio Mar 2013 #81

I would publish poetry. Bucky Mar 2013 #82

Start an airline...with blimps jmowreader Mar 2013 #83

I'd blog union_maid Mar 2013 #84

Run a recording studio Mr.Bill Mar 2013 #85

run a non-profit BainsBane Mar 2013 #86

After making sure that I had enough money avebury Mar 2013 #88

+ 1,000,000,000,000 love_katz Mar 2013 #100

The same thing I am doing now... logosoco Mar 2013 #90

I'd work in a Nursery.... ileus Mar 2013 #91

It would not be "for a living". Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #92

porn star. loli phabay Mar 2013 #93

Start a MotoGP team sir pball Mar 2013 #94

i would be increasing the billion to more than a billion. datasuspect Mar 2013 #97

It is hard to decide IrishEyes Mar 2013 #98

same as now Kali Mar 2013 #99

World tour guide randr Mar 2013 #101

I work my non profit and give Bennyboy Mar 2013 #102

Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #103

Work at home, at my own pace administering charitable orginazations that I would set up with the $ patricia92243 Mar 2013 #104

Dive Master / Photographer! Callalily Mar 2013 #105

Whiskey or ice cream taster. n/t Grantuspeace Mar 2013 #106

I would do what I do now, but I would enjoy it more. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2013 #108

Student RobinA Mar 2013 #109

I'd set up my own little school, LWolf Mar 2013 #110

Movie critic Tabasco_Dave Mar 2013 #111

animal rescue magical thyme Mar 2013 #112

Product Safety/EMC Consumer Advocate One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #113