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make 9184 a reality? with me in charge?

@KC.

Nice new hat.

I forgot to mention the extreme amount of <oregano> I'd have on hand. I'd <season> damn near everyday, as long as I was staying remotely productive.

FITZZ wrote:

kronk wrote:Also, hookers and booze.

Hookers...bah, with that sort of cash at your disposal it would be far more interesting to see how many " amateurs" you could get to turn against their" morals"...

Yes. So much this, it hurts to even think about it. Hookers would do whatever you want, your paying them, they dont care. But some average woman you find in a shopping mall or in line at the cupcake shop, now THAT would turn into some fun. "Cmon! ok fine, how about I add another $100 bill to that stake. Allllright"


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ineptus astartes wrote:make 9184 a reality? with me in charge?

@KC.

Nice new hat.

Thanks, I went with the festive Thanksgiving look, before I bust out the Xmas Avatar

Phototoxin wrote:

I'd possibly buy Northern Ireland from the UK government and reunite ireland.

Also buy israel if possible and give it back to the palestianians.

Mate, your far too intelligent to think that either of those make sense. That was just trolling right?

Damn you for bringing politics into this fun and wacky thread! But you know how people say that there are some things that money just cant buy?

Well children that are raised to feel very very strongly about something from the age they can crawl, by their equally strong feeling parents, they are something that money just cant buy.

Although, I would love to see you try and coax the 60% non Catholic majority out of Northern Ireland's 1.7million population with your paltry sum of cash. Oh and the 75% Jewish from the 7 million population out of Israel. It would literally be laugh out loud funny. You think that these incredibly complex situations brought about by decades/centuries of hate can be sorted out by one extremely short sighted person with some cash?

Peace processes are thankfully ongoing, and Northern Ireland is FINALLY looking like it has a future, but no, lets just turf a 8 million people out of their nations (to where exactly?!) because of one guys political opinions.

And after a few million people try to kill each other I mightn't find it as amusing though.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I forgot to mention the extreme amount of <oregano> I'd have on hand. I'd <season> damn near everyday, as long as I was staying remotely productive.

Oregano and seasoning eh?

Buy GW and burn that mother to the ground with Matt Ward inside. I'd video tape his firey demise and watch it with glee 24/7 while my food was served to me in his burnt remains...

Yep...

Oh, and invest to live off the interest, give large portions to those I feel are worthy (family/friends/etc.). Buy a nice home, not a mansion, just a home with lots of land.

I'd also give a significant amount to Privateer Press to help them open a few new distribution centers, and the only thing I ask in return is them to give Rhyas Pathfinder.

Paizo would also get a nice chunk of change.

Ask for it in pennies.

The most interesting thing I find is that your average Dakka user seems to have more fiscal responsibly/common sense than your average lotto winner...

Same thing I plan every week when I buy my lotto ticket.

1K into 40k models (and Daemon/Tau FW models)

500k into a nice house

10k to pay all of my utilities for the next few years

100 bucks to pay off the rest of my preorders

The rest goes into the bank and I live off the interest.

/retire at 20 ftw.

Buy more lottery tickets.

Hire two accountants who don't know each other, have them make it so I can claim the money without my identity being known, and live off the interest.

I'd let DMX know that I won the 100-120 million dollars and go out to Arizona to help him revitalize his career.

FITZZ wrote: Delving into film would be another thing I'd like to do with my new windfalls...

Now your talkin.
I would like to see a good high-calibre movie about the battles at Kursk.

Go half price!

Karon wrote:

I'd let DMX know that I won the 100-120 million dollars and go out to Arizona to help him revitalize his career.

Your a generous man Karon! I rather liked DMX, he had a cool voice.. you know, like he sounded as if he gargled every day with whisky and razorblades.

mattyrm wrote: First of all, what's the point in getting more money when you have enough to live for the rest of your life in absolute luxury!?

Well, I want an education because I'm honestly interested in that sort of thing...

Melissia wrote:

mattyrm wrote: First of all, what's the point in getting more money when you have enough to live for the rest of your life in absolute luxury!?

Well, I want an education because I'm honestly interested in that sort of thing...

Sure! If i won id study astronomy as it was my favourite subject at school. The cosmos fascinated me.

what has that got to do with not caring about making more money though?!

Because education is usually used as the route to get more money if you don't have tons already lol

I would spent it all on making my own private army, and slowly but surely take over the world, and make my own Imperium of Man .

Change all of it over to 1$ coins and make it hail over a small town for a few days.

Seriously though, i'd make some sort of compound, in an area with generally warm temps all year round, perhap AZ, or NC. Also id like to buy a few of these empty malls and open a zombie survival theme park adventure.

Melissia wrote:Because education is usually used as the route to get more money if you don't have tons already lol

Oh i see Mel. Only i basically meant i don't want any stress if im wadded! I think being at uni and learning whilst wealthy and not worrying about finding employment afterwards would be pleasurable and relatively stress free.

Running an enormous conglomerate though... screw that! Id rather spend a week in the stocks!

The medieval kind. ;-)

I'd take the 6million a year for 20 years after taxes.

After that? Who knows.

Buy all the lemonade from some kid's lemonade stand.

My big luxury item would be some kind of private game cave.

My second luxury item would be finding someone willing to design
a Mouse Guard army for me.

My third luxury item would be hiring Hollywood set designers
to build me some terrains for Warmachine.

Assuming the 260 million is after taxes...
I would give 50 million to my parents, 10 million to my brother, 100 million spread throughout several charitable organizations, pay off the mortgage on my house, and put the rest in the bank and live off the interest.

malfred wrote:I'd take the 6million a year for 20 years after taxes.

After that? Who knows.

Buy all the lemonade from some kid's lemonade stand.

My big luxury item would be some kind of private game cave.

My second luxury item would be finding someone willing to design
a Mouse Guard army for me.

My third luxury item would be hiring Hollywood set designers
to build me some terrains for Warmachine.

I would take the buy out, as Id honestly just like to see that big ass number in my account NAOW! But the rest of your post I really liked. I think playing any table top game would be 5-10x more fun/cool, with super awesome professionally done terrain on it

What do I need a bigass number now for? Stretching the payments
out will help me control the spending.

http://www.smartmoney.com/invest/stocks/why-lottery-winners-go-bankrupt-1301002181742/

More than 1,900 winners went bankrupt within five years. That number implies that 1% of Florida lottery players (winners and losers) go bankrupt in any given year, about double the rate for the broader population during the study period.

Big lottery winners, defined by the researchers as those awarded between $50,000 and $150,000, were half as likely as small lottery winners to go bankrupt within two years of their score but just as likely to go bankrupt three to five years after. "The results show that giving $50,000 to $150,000 to people only postpones bankruptcy," the authors concluded.

I see your point, but I also know that most people (Americans especially) have no clue how to manage their finances. I can tell you, from years of experience in failing in that department, the wife and I are pros at it now. Money management is easy as breathing for us now. So I know personally, I wouldnt lose all that money for sure The only time Id burn through a lotto winning, would be if it was enough to pay off my house. But again, paying off my house would be a smart money decision.

I would buy a vast ammount of land in a Scandavian Country and carve my own country out of it. My own laws, not forced by International Standards. I would donate a cent because most organisations who get donations get 80% of profits. If I had to donate to someone, I would donate $10000 to some Homeless guy on the street.

So with 260 million, youd give 10k to 1 homeless person? Wow, you can tell its close to Christmas, the giving spirit in this one is just awe inspiring

rockerbikie wrote:I would buy a vast ammount of land in a Scandavian Country and carve my own country out of it. My own laws, not forced by International Standards. I would donate a cent because most organisations who get donations get 80% of profits. If I had to donate to someone, I would donate $10000 to some Homeless guy on the street.

Good luck getting a country with a military to allow you to grab it's land and declare a new nation! I'm sure it'll go over very well, seeing as how your nation won't be affected by the Geneva Convention.

Let me get that napalm and agent orange out...

KingCracker wrote:So with 260 million, youd give 10k to 1 homeless person? Wow, you can tell its close to Christmas, the giving spirit in this one is just awe inspiring

If communism is introduced right, we would have no need to donate money. It's the Government's job to look after the poor not mine.


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Chowderhead wrote:

rockerbikie wrote:I would buy a vast ammount of land in a Scandavian Country and carve my own country out of it. My own laws, not forced by International Standards. I would donate a cent because most organisations who get donations get 80% of profits. If I had to donate to someone, I would donate $10000 to some Homeless guy on the street.

Good luck getting a country with a military to allow you to grab it's land and declare a new nation! I'm sure it'll go over very well, seeing as how your nation won't be affected by the Geneva Convention.

Let me get that napalm and agent orange out...

Actually people have legally bought fair ammounts of land and made their own Countries. There are alot of small countries in America. Anyway, the Geneva Convention is aload of foolish liberalists. Scandavia should be for the Norse not the Muslim Immigrants. I'd rather die with my head head, then live on my knees.