Sugar Daddies & Other "Get Rich Quick"

Recently, I’ve tried to think of the wackiest ways in which I could earn, say, $14,000 in a very short amount of time. Get Rich Quick. Here are a few ideas that have topped the list: 1. Move to England. The pound is sooo much stronger than the US dollar (soon to be called the American Peso). Even if I were to pay the same amount, say £500 instead of $500, my debt would decrease at a much faster rate. At present, $14,000 = approx . £8,000. Hmmm ... England. I could learn to eat Marmite. Really, I could. 2. Wage-Slave Myself into Oblivion. A second job? I could teach university courses as an adjunct. I have a Master’s degree. Therefore, a university would hire me to teach and they’d pay a fraction of the salary someone with a PhD would get. The upshot? Extra $$$ for bills. The downside? I’d commit suicide because I’d be miserable. I’ve done it before (teaching, not suicide). Even when you do it part-time, it’s a full-time job. I simply cannot work a 20-hour work day. 3. Find a Sugar Daddy. Following up with Jay’s comment yesterday, I have two friends that had and/or have honest-to-God Sugar Daddies: Anna-Scarlet and Bruce. Anna-Scarlet dates much older men and I admire her honesty about it. They pay. She plays. Bruce once served as a beck-and-call boy to a gentleman who took very good care of him financially. Anna-Scarlet and Bruce warn, “Nothing comes for free; you have to pay it back tenfold one way or another.” That’s not a price that I am willing to pay. 4. Whore My Blog Out. Okay, if not me, maybe my blog? Some blogs/websites make money. Dooce and SaveKaryn are examples that immediately come to mind. The decision to go commercial is a very personal one. I’ve decided not to add ads to this site because: (1) blogging and “meeting” bloggers is a Zen-like therapy for me, not a financial endeavor and (2) well, honestly, my blog isn’t famous enough to actually generate any cash. ;-) In the end, I’ve decided that the best option will be, as I’ve said before, the slow and painful process: 5-Year Financial Plan for getting out of credit card debt. I appreciate the book recommendations, shared debt stories and suggestions that a few of you have given. Now, for fun—whether or not you are and/or have been in credit card debt—what are your goofy, wacky, funny or creative Get Rich Quick schemes?