More money is spent on _____________ than on any other hobby!?

Question

Fill the blank!

Answer 1

gardening

Answer 2

I asked that qsrn to yahoo and this is what yahoo came up with:


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by Darkling48 on Oct 31, 2006 at 4:21 pm Permalink

While it's not the most expensive hobby one could take up, this is definitely one I've seen take a chunk out of people’s wallets and souls.

Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 (or Wallethammer as it's affectionately called by some). They're tabletop war games (one is fantasy based, the other science fiction based). First you pay $50 for the rulebook, $20 for the codex on the army you want to play, and maybe another $20 for the collector's guide. Next, you have to have interesting terrain for the army to fight on. You can buy a book on how to make terrain for $25. If you don't want to make it yourself, you can pay for a $90 boxed set. More than one boxed set may be necessary. Then you pay upwards of $114 for one pewter model or $150 for one regiment (they aren't all that expensive, though). But wait! Remember that this is a war game and you have to field an entire army of little pewter models!

While games can take from several hours up to an entire day or more to complete, painting the models is actually the most time consuming activity. I'm not sure if it is an official rule or just a house rule but the people I know won't allow a model to be fielded unless it has at least a basecoat of paint. Good looking models are a point of pride for most players so they won't just slap on some paint to meet the minimum standard. You can buy the biggest, baddest paint set they offer for $250 and go to town or, if you have no artistic talent, you can pay people to professionally paint your models. I found prices that ranged anywhere from fairly reasonable (one to ten dollars per figure) to stratospheric. There was one complete professionally painted army available for $2500. The most expensive painter I found was asking up to $1500 for the highest level of detail on one model.

After spending all that time and money on those figurines, it would be ridiculous to just toss them in a sack after the game and pull them out all chipped and bent next time. Fortunately, you can buy a case for $90 and foam padding for $20.

I think the bitterest irony of this game (at least in regards to the group of people I know) is that it caused so many squabbles over cheating, rules, and fairness that individuals were likely to quit playing because it wasn't worth the hassle. This game brought the use of the insult “Rules Lawyer” into fashion in that group and some relationships were permanently damaged because of the fighting.

http://store.us.games-workshop.com/storefront/store.us
http://www.rolljordan.com/viewimages.php
http://www.bluetablepainting.com/prices.php

Answer 3

Traveling, especailly space tourism. $20 million per ticket, the Russian Space Agency is fully booked until 2009.

Answer 4

Filliing the blank

Answer 5

Fishing

Answer 6

Video games?

Answer 7

Gambling?

Answer 8

tennis.new racket 180 euro , tennis bag 40 euro spare racket 80 euro , new grips 8 euro tennis balls every week 8.50 euro, club membership 150 euro twice yearly. forgot... re - strung 20 euro.

Answer 9

The War .

Answer 10

Stamp Collecting?! lol

Answer 11

Yachting ....... Those things cost an absolute fortune.