What would you do?

[Big Black Dog]

If you were lucky enough to win the Lottery and suddenly found yourself 5 million dollars richer (after taxes), what would you do?

Would you help out friends and relatives? Donate to charity? Donate to church? Buy a fancy new car or house? Travel? How would the new found wealth change your life?

 

[BaltimoreBob]

Quote: Would you help out friends and relatives? Donate to charity?
Donate to church? Buy a fancy new car or house? Travel?
How would the new found wealth change your life?

A guy in my Homeroom of my Graduating 1968 High School Class
won $10 Million in Texas Lottery.
He picked up his check the day before
he came to our 35th reunion in 2003.
That cheap bastard could have paid $25,000 for our 40th reunion.
Because that's what I would have done.
I guess no one in that class wanted to do the work necessary for a reunion.
And he could have hired someone to do all that work.
And so we had No 40th reunion.

I have an outstanding Deal with GOD
to give Half the money to Charity.
I don't think he even gave any money to his family members.

I've already in my life paid for dinner for about 13 people.

I'm a GOOD guy obviously He really wasn't.

Baltimore Bob

 

[Coloradomtnman]

Well, it it was ONLY 5 million, I'd pay off mine and my girlfriends debts, have a wonderful wedding, buy some climbing gear and some sea kayaks, a Subaru Outback, a used Toyota Tacoma with a camper top, and give the rest to charity.

 

[Metternich]

Put it all in a a few safe bets out in the market; muni-bonds, blue-chip bonds; invest in some solid dividend companies like Intel, Apple... Collect away and never work again!

ObviouSly with my returns I'd give to charity as I paid off more and more of my debt, my family's debt, and my closest friend's debt. Yet I'd never give it all away - that's just wasteful.

 

[007]

If you were lucky enough to win the Lottery and suddenly found yourself 5 million dollars richer (after taxes), what would you do?

Would you help out friends and relatives? Donate to charity? Donate to church? Buy a fancy new car or house? Travel? How would the new found wealth change your life?

Move to Montana and buy a ranch.

 

[Big Black Dog]

Pale Rider - I'm with you! Can I carry your suitcases?

 

[JBeukema]

Mind if I dispose of a few political roadblocks in the premises?

 

[Big Black Dog]

JBeukema - I'll bite... Just how in the world can you bring politics into something as generic as to what you would do if you won the lottery? I think you're really reaching here...

 

[JBeukema]

JBeukema - I'll bite... Just how in the world can you bring politics into something as generic as to what you would do if you won the lottery? I think you're really reaching here...

What? If he wins the lottery and buys the ranch, I just want to know if I can, how do you say, drop a few 'friends' off behind the barn...

 

[Phoenix]

Move to Montana and buy a ranch.

Can I go too?

I can carry small suitcases and, ummm ... oh, I'm a decent cook. Can make some wicked chocolate chip cookies and monster cookies.

 

[Big Black Dog]

I'm pretty dense. What does that mean?

 

[Phoenix]

I'm pretty dense. What does that mean?

I think he wants to whack some politicians and bury the bodies behind the barn.

 

[AllieBaba]

I love to fantasize about winning the lottery...which is ludicrous since I NEVER gamble....

But I've given it lots of thought.

#1 - I'd take the whole family, their spouses and children and the children's spouses and their children on a cruise.

#2 - I'd write out checks for each family member to be presented on the cruise....$25,000 each. That would be.....$450,000 in checks.

#3 - I'd buy a ranch and go broke over the next 20 years running it, then sell it to some poor slob who just won the lottery.

 

[Big Black Dog]

Sounds like a plan... Eve - I can help dig the graves!

 

[Phoenix]

Sounds like a plan... Eve - I can help dig the graves!

I'll hold the flashlight so you guys can see what you're doing.

 

[AllieBaba]

Houses for myself, my mom and each of my kids on the ranch....

 

[JBeukema]

Move to Montana and buy a ranch.

Can I go too?

I can carry small suitcases and, ummm ... oh, I'm a decent cook. Can make some wicked chocolate chip cookies and monster cookies.

Yes, but can you do the Monster Mash?
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[007]

JBeukema - I'll bite... Just how in the world can you bring politics into something as generic as to what you would do if you won the lottery? I think you're really reaching here...

What? If he wins the lottery and buys the ranch, I just want to know if I can, how do you say, drop a few 'friends' off behind the barn...

With 25,000 acres, they won't have to be anywhere near the barn. Take them up in the mountains and feed them to the mountain lions, bears, coyotes and wolves. They need to eat too ya know.

 

[007]

Pale Rider - I'm with you! Can I carry your suitcases?

Can you saddle a horse...

 

[007]

Move to Montana and buy a ranch.

Can I go too?

I can carry small suitcases and, ummm ... oh, I'm a decent cook. Can make some wicked chocolate chip cookies and monster cookies.

I LUUUUVV chocolate chip cookies... you're hired!

How does $50,000 a year sound? ...