20 Overindulgent Things You Could Buy Instead of the $20,000 Bondy's Cocktail

Twenty G's. Two-oh g-duckets. Twennythow. However you throw it out there, $20,000 is a significant amount of cashola for any of us. But would you bl0w a whole novelty suitcase full of dollar dollar bills on something as fleeting, indulgent and spillable as a cocktail?

Brand new, super lavish Sydney bar Bondy's has sparked furious WTFs in recent weeks after opening its '80s, Alan Bond-inspired ultra-wealtho doors. But the hoo-ha had little to do with the bar itself, everyone was laaaaidback with the idea of Viennetta fingers and drinks named for Pat Cash. Instead, the 'wait, what' reactions have been stemming from a cheeky little $20,000 cocktail on the menu. That's right, $20K for one regular Tuesday night bev.

Sure, it's a mythmaking thing; the drink apparently takes 48 hours to prepare, according to manager Jean Munos, and comes served with a real pearl necklace (yep) and no guarantee of protection against some idiot backing into you on first sip. Quite the step up from those little stick-in-your-eye mini-umbrellas we all know, love and throw away immediately.

Sure, you might be old hat at dropping $20K on a libation, followed up with a $19K bottle of Cristal (also on the Bondy's menu), but couldn't you put that money toward better unspillable overindulgence? Sure, you could provide fresh water to an entire sub-Saharan community, but we're being jerks and overindulging here. Order a Pat Cash from the regular Bondy's cocktail menu and spend your money on these 20 other $20K reasons to shell out a five-figure sum on a whim. If we're makin' it rain, we're makin' it pour.

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One round for the entire suburb of Forest Lodge

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100 High Teas in Sydney

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2000 rolls of glow in the dark toilet paper

Fuck light switches.

One Living Room Set by St Vincent

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One God Damn Alfa Romeo

Drive it to Bondy's, park on the sidewalk, order a soda water. With fresh lime. Use a hundy. #zerophucks

80 Afternoons at the InterContinental Double Bay Rooftop Pool

At $250 per head minimum spend after midday, Double Bay's newest hipdigs is your ticket to a few more Instagram likes and everyone thinking you're a big ol' fat cat.