what would you do if you won $100,000,000?

SimonomiS said:
I would love you even more than I already do, which is an achievement in itself. :D

If you did, go for Emma Watson first.
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Illegal for another year or so!
Hurry up and turn 18 and we'll compromise by going to a boobyclub.

-Angry Lawyer
 
Angry Lawyer said:
Illegal for another year or so!
Hurry up and turn 18 and we'll compromise by going to a boobyclub.

-Angry Lawyer
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I'm working on it, I'm working on it.

*concentrates on aging*
 
Put some in the bank and mainly live off the interest, and invest most of it.

This is following the typical everyone's answer of "Pay off bills, new house, etc."
 
If I had that kind of money, I would spend about 2-3,000,000 immediately on things I don't need, then I will gradually use the rest of it throughout the course of my life hoping that I would never have to work.

But thats not going to happen.
 
SimonomiS said:
I'm working on it, I'm working on it.

*concentrates on aging*
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Physically age by doing lots of weights.
Or alternatively push it to the limit until you are the right age.
 
Angry Lawyer said:
I'd probably hire thugs to beat the living crap out of the majority of you. The thug may or may not be Short Recoil. He's like Santa. He could visit/asskick you all in one night.

-Angry Lawyer
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I bet I could take him and still live!


If I had 100 million I'd buy out Valve.
 
I read the above as "Alternatively push some limes until you age"

No, I don't get it either. But if you want to join me in a lapdance joint, Recoil, you're free to join us

-Angry Lawyer
 
short recoil said:
Physically age by doing lots of weights.
Or alternatively push it to the limit until you are the right age.
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Is safety guaranteed?
 
short recoil said:
Physically age by doing lots of weights.
Or alternatively push it to the limit until you are the right age.
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Actually I'm working on a time machine to go forward in time. You can come with me if you like, but your safety is not guaranteed. I've only done this once before.
 
Angry Lawyer said:
No, I don't get it either. But if you want to join me in a lapdance joint, Recoil, you're free to join us

-Angry Lawyer
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Prob would be disastrous with my testosterone levels :p
 
I'd get an escalator fitting next to my computer.
Then i'd buy a slinky.
Then i'd place the slinky on the escalator and leave the escalator running. the slinky will never reach the bottom... ENDLESS FUN!

I'd burn the rest of the money :)
 
Ren.182 said:
I'd get an escalator fitting next to my computer.
Then i'd buy a slinky.
Then i'd place the slinky on the escalator and leave the escalator running. the slinky will never reach the bottom... ENDLESS FUN!

I'd burn the rest of the money :)
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Money well spent.
 
Buy a little caribbean island, maybe Cuba, expand the Communist ideal. Export Cuban Cigars illegally for mucho money. Stock up on nukes and force the rest of the caribbean to turn Communist! :D
 
Evo said:
Buy a little caribbean island, maybe Cuba, expand the Communist ideal. Export Cuban Cigars illegally for mucho money. Stock up on nukes and force the rest of the caribbean to turn Communist! :D
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lol, Cuba is worth way more than 100 million.
 
Hmm...

1) Set my parents up for the rest of their lives
2) Set my family up for the rest of their lives
3) Buy a certain house on Little Gasparilla Island in Florida, and furnish it with all sorts of cool stuff
5) Invest a bunch of it
6) Put a bunch of it in the back
7) Donate the rest to various charities.
 
Lou said:
When you give money out to charity you do it and you shut the **** up about it.
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Oh yes.
Those white wristband things piss me off: It's this statement rather than a donation. "Look! I made a donation to charity! Look! I gave like a whole pound!"
Yeah whatever. Also the fact that there were so many permutations and all kinds of different ones and then the ones that meant nothing.
There were "anti-chav" bands. I hope every single person who bought one of those got hepatitis.

But I digress.

I don't find the charity ribbons as offensive for some reason. I think because they're a longer-running thing, not so whorishly prevalent and haven't been sullied by misuse.
 
Make sure that some poor guy gets a proper meal tonight, for one. (Really poor. Unfairly poor. Not just "I don't feel like working and food stamps are just as good" poor.)

Then I'd probably finance my Legions of Terror. We need new uniforms.
 
el Chi said:
Oh yes.
Those white wristband things piss me off: It's this statement rather than a donation. "Look! I made a donation to charity! Look! I gave like a whole pound!"
Yeah whatever. Also the fact that there were so many permutations and all kinds of different ones and then the ones that meant nothing.
There were "anti-chav" bands. I hope every single person who bought one of those got hepatitis.

But I digress.

I don't find the charity ribbons as offensive for some reason. I think because they're a longer-running thing, not so whorishly prevalent and haven't been sullied by misuse.
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The only wristbands I wear are discount ones for bars!

:|
 
I would eat the $100,000,000. Slowly, and with great relish.
 
Hmmm
I'd quit work, because my job sucks and my immediate career prospects aren't great.
I'd get a personal trainer to motivate me into getting fit - then I'd be able to take up a sport - rugby, I'd like to play that.
Once I've got all fit and slim, I'll get some decent clothes
I'd buy some freakin' shoes! - my feet are size 13 (UK sizes) and on the rare occasion I find some shoes I like that would fit, they're way beyond my means
I'd get surgery to sort my slightly wonky teeth out

On the entirely ordinary, shallow level, I'd get a 60GB video iPod, a 30" flatscreen monitor, and I'd buy the components to build a very powerful PC. I'd buy a Mac laptop as well. I'd buy a Sony Ericsson M60 smartphone.

I'd get some more driving lessons and take my test again, then get a car - something simple like a Mark II VW Golf.
Get classes on taking photographs - and buy a better camera, an entry-level DSLR - no point getting a £5000 thing if I don't yet have the skills to make proper use of it
Catch up with people - go and visit the village I grew up in (it's only 500 miles away but I've never had time or money to visit); go see my Grandad more often, go and see my Aunt and Uncle who live in Washington state (I live in England), and my other Aunt and Uncle who live in Spain, go and visit my friends from Uni in Swansea, go see other old friends around the country.
I'd let my parents retire - they're only 10 years off - they're not big spenders, and only work to get enough money to survive, and they'd only really want money for travelling round Europe and I think my Dad wants to set up a gallery near where they live
Pay off my debts to my bank - £3500 - and student loan - £14000
Get some dancing lessons, and learn to sing. Learn to play guitar again, plus piano and flute
I don't think I'd buy a house, I don't really know where I want to settle down. I might buy or rent a couple of flats, one here in Birmingham and one in London, maybe.

I'd take my Masters, maybe in politics or international relations.

I'd travel around the world, I dunno why it just seems to be a valuable experience.
Then study, learn and grow my mind for the rest of my life - science, philosophy, politics, ecology, business, languages. That's what I'd do if I had money and didn't have to work.

I'd pay off my sister and brother-in-law's mortgage. I'm not sure about giving family and friends big lumps of money.. I'd have to think about that. I'd probably pay off friend's debts to an extent, cos I know how easy it is to get into debt and how much of a difference it would make not to have it.

Sort out homelessness in the UK - I don't think 100,000,000 is enough to sort out big problems in other countries or stop famine or war, but I think we could make a good start on investing in getting people off the streets and sorting their lives out..

Sorry for the length, I am too introspective.
 
100,000,000... wow.

i'd buy an island, move Hetairia's base of operations there, as well as all of my friends, and we'd live for the rest of our lives on it. put some of it wisely away of course so we don't spend it all at once.

spend the rest of my life traveling, working on modifications, reading/learning, and writing. oh yes.
 
Ennui said:
100,000,000... wow.

i'd buy an island, move Hetairia's base of operations there, as well as all of my friends, and we'd live for the rest of our lives on it. put some of it wisely away of course so we don't spend it all at once.
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Awesome, cheers Chris :D

I find it funny how people would spend an amount then 'save it'. Guys really, you don't need to, you'd never run out of money assuming you aren't extremely stupid.

Put it this way, if i won that much money, i wouldn't tell anyone. I would treat myself to a few things in my life and thats it. I'll explain why. Firstly, people get cushy and dependant on you, i would help out alot of people around me, but i wouldn't go crazy. Charities and family issues would get money, and any considerable donations would of course be by a stranger in a dark black coat! With that amount of money i'd never need to work, but i want a life/ career, so i'd use it to aid me in my life, but never to rely upon purely. Lastly the reason i'd keep it secret would be because i'd be a target for fraudsters/ identity theft etc. My family would probably get kidnapped and hostage demands for their safety. (yes i'm paranoid perhaps)

$100,000,000 is too much money to win. Sure you'd have financial security for life...but thats not everything to me. Sorry i'm not exciting enough for this thread :)
 
Ideally, my plan would be:
  • set aside 50-75% of the money for donation to various charities or, perhaps, use it to start a self-sustaining charitable foundation
  • buy a simple apartment (studio or one bedroom) in Manhattan
  • spread the rest of the money out such that the allotted money for each year would be constant after inflation with the assumption that I will live to be 100
  • any money left over after I die would go to my family if it exists... or, failing that, to the aforementioned charities
I don't like uselessly extravagant things. So, it would probably end up with me living pretty much as I do now... but with solid financial security.
 
I'd give some to worthy causes/people, and live off the rest(although a bit more nicely than I probably would).
 
OCybrManO said:
Ideally, my plan would be:
  • set aside 50-75% of the money for donation to various charities or, perhaps, use it to start a self-sustaining charitable foundation
  • buy a simple apartment (studio or one bedroom) in Manhattan
  • spread the rest of the money out such that the allotted money for each year would be constant after inflation with the assumption that I will live to be 100
  • any money left over after I die would go to my family if it exists... or, failing that, to the aforementioned charities
I don't like uselessly extravagant things. So, it would probably end up with me living pretty much as I do now... but with solid financial security.
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coulden't have really said it better myself
 
Hectic Glenn said:
Awesome, cheers Chris :D

I find it funny how people would spend an amount then 'save it'. Guys really, you don't need to, you'd never run out of money assuming you aren't extremely stupid.
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Most people mean put in the bank and live off the interest.

$50,000,000 at .05% interest = $250,000, more than most well off families make.
 
el Chi said:
There were "anti-chav" bands. I hope every single person who bought one of those got hepatitis.
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There were anti-chav bands??? :eek:

Where do I get them???!!!

:LOL:
 
Buy a Tessco, make it not so evil and smash the windscreen of any f*cker who parks in the handicaped spaces when they aren't disabled!
 
I'd move on with my life... pay my way through college... buy a house of my own and all the stuff for it(furniture, tvs, computers, microwaves, stoves, etc.)...

Then I'd put the rest in my banking account :D
 
Well after tax I guess that would leave me with somewhere in the region of £30m.

I'd definitely buy a Bugatti Veyron.. what a sweet car.
A big house somewhere other than England.
Pay of all of my family's debts (but also make some of them sign legal documents in which they'd agree not to get the same debts again (I have one Auntie who's in about 100 grand of debt thru catalogues and loans and stuff and she's terrible when it comes to borrowing and not paying off)).
I think I'd also start up my own production studio in a similar vein to the Channel 4 one and look into producing some home grown talent in some cheap (5m and less) movies.
 
I'd buy a few nice things here and there and help out my family, but generally I would sit on most of the money in the event of hard times in the future.

I wouldn't be one of those people who acquire money and blow it all as fast as possible.

I guess you could say I would invest it, to turn it into further money. That would be the wisest thing to do. Buy a buisness, develop it into a nice money maker so you can live comfortably for a long time. Treat your employees right, etc.
 
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