Winning a $340m lottery would be a nightmare!

[Iamme]

I dont' want to earn my money that way.

I want to invent something, or problem solve, to help mankind and feel good where I got all my big money from. Not some 'gift' that befell ME and not others, where *I* became stinking rich, while others who slave away and get dirty everyday, who may go from paycheck to paycheck, while *I* get to live like a king, for not having to have lifted a finger.

Nope.

I won't even play the lottery out of fear that I could win, and this could then force my hand, like a test from the Almighty, to see just what I'd do with all that money.

What would I expect of myself to do? To give 1/2 of it to charity/churches? Would I turn away all the phone calls from all the victims of Katrina, Rita and mudslides and tsunamis?

What would I do when the phone calls would start to come in from people who tell me they have cancer and had strokes and heart attacks and had 6 operations and gave birth to a deformed child and they are $275,000 in debt to the hospital?

Would I feel secure anytime there was a knock at my door late at night? Would I have to glue a set of eyes on the back of my head?

Nah. *YOU* go win that cursed money. Not me!

[Jyera]

Did someone just won $340m?

[Soapy Sam]

If so, please give me a measly $5 million. I promise to squander every penny.

[Just thinking]

I dont' want to earn my money that way.

I want to invent something, or problem solve, to help mankind and feel good where I got all my big money from. Not some 'gift' that befell ME and not others, where *I* became stinking rich, while others who slave away and get dirty everyday, who may go from paycheck to paycheck, while *I* get to live like a king, for not having to have lifted a finger.

That's not entirely true ... by playing the lottery you invest a small amount (the price of a ticket) which by itself is not much, but when added to all the other contributors goes to whatever the local establishment has allocated. You earn your chance of winning it all in a manner no different than that of everyone else -- and everyone accepts the game as played (or they wouldn't play it). If you should become the sole winner of millions it's yours -- you earned it fair and square by playing the game. You took a risk (however small your chances of winning) with that knowledge going into the game. It's in no way a gift as you played the game -- no one came to you out of the blue and said "Here's $10 million dollars -- have fun!"

Now, what you do with it can really make the difference in showing everyone what kind of person you really are -- a feat you might never be able to do on your regular income. Think about that. Think of how you might benefit mankind with vast amounts of capital at your disposal instead of having to hope some company will offer you the opportunity.

Now go and win those millions!

[epepke]

I dont' want to earn my money that way.

I want to invent something, or problem solve, to help mankind and feel good where I got all my big money from. Not some 'gift' that befell ME and not others, where *I* became stinking rich, while others who slave away and get dirty everyday, who may go from paycheck to paycheck, while *I* get to live like a king, for not having to have lifted a finger.

Oh, I do.

I have as solid a work-ethic as anybody. But I've been unpaid and underpaid for enough of it that I don't think that it would ruin the planet for me to have some free money.

Besides, with that much money, I could actually do something to improve the lives of other people.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

I dont' want to earn my money that way.

I want to invent something, or problem solve, to help mankind and feel good where I got all my big money from. Not some 'gift' that befell ME and not others, where *I* became stinking rich, while others who slave away and get dirty everyday, who may go from paycheck to paycheck, while *I* get to live like a king, for not having to have lifted a finger.

Nope.

I won't even play the lottery out of fear that I could win, and this could then force my hand, like a test from the Almighty, to see just what I'd do with all that money.

What would I expect of myself to do? To give 1/2 of it to charity/churches? Would I turn away all the phone calls from all the victims of Katrina, Rita and mudslides and tsunamis?

What would I do when the phone calls would start to come in from people who tell me they have cancer and had strokes and heart attacks and had 6 operations and gave birth to a deformed child and they are $275,000 in debt to the hospital?

Would I feel secure anytime there was a knock at my door late at night? Would I have to glue a set of eyes on the back of my head?

Nah. *YOU* go win that cursed money. Not me!

Moron

[Jeff Corey]

Iamme,
So, you don't gamble? Buy a lottery ticket? Go to a casino and throw money away? You must be a moron just like me. I was at TAM2 in Vegas and didn't gamble 1 cent.
I must be a moron.
Just because I know that Blaise Pascal designed the gambling systems at Monte Carlo so the house always wins in the long run, that makes me a moron.
Hang in there and say hello to your buddy in Eau Claire.

[eri]

According to CNN.com, the odds of winning this particular lottery are one in 146 million. Now if the payout is $340 million, wouldn't that make buying EVERY SINGLE COMBINATION worth it?

I have never played myself, so I don't know how many numbers there are in this drawing to choose from (and so can't verify their odds), but even if you only bought half the combinations, you'd still have a 50% chance of winning with only an initial investment of, oh, about $73 million. Right?

I seem to remember hearing that someone tried this once for a lesser pot - it was worth buying all possible combinations for. I heard they didn't manage to buy all the possibilities in time for the drawing, but got lucky with the ones they had managed to buy.

Of course, if you have $73 million lying around anyway, you probably wouldn't gamble it on a 50/50 shot. Or would you?

[eri]

Oh, and I'll take that dirty money any day. I know a few good causes that could use it ... mostly the 'send eri to central america for christmas' cause and the 'buy eri a new violin' cause.

[richardm]

According to CNN.com, the odds of winning this particular lottery are one in 146 million. Now if the payout is $340 million, wouldn't that make buying EVERY SINGLE COMBINATION worth it?

People have set up large syndicates to do this sort of thing in the past. Unfortunately I can't remember the details, but I don't think they had to spend $146 million dollars to do it.

Their biggest worry was that they would go to all the trouble and expense and then have to share the jackpot with someone else.

Edited to add: Yes, of course I'd take the money, you'd have to be an idiot to refuse it. If you were a hedonist you could live a life of Riley. If you were a philanthropist you could do so much good.

I've heard people say strange things like "I wouldn't let it change my life", too. Why are you playing, then?

[Just thinking]

According to CNN.com, the odds of winning this particular lottery are one in 146 million. Now if the payout is $340 million, wouldn't that make buying EVERY SINGLE COMBINATION worth it?

I have never played myself, so I don't know how many numbers there are in this drawing to choose from (and so can't verify their odds), but even if you only bought half the combinations, you'd still have a 50% chance of winning with only an initial investment of, oh, about $73 million. Right?

You have omitted some very important issues:

1) You may very well be guaranteed a winning ticket by purchasing all possible combinations (if it could in fact be done) -- but what if another person has a similar ticket? Now you must split the pot in two. And if there's a third? The bigger the payoff the greater the chances of this happeneing since there will be many more tickets purchased. It's a catch 22 -- the smaller payoffs prevent you from doing it because the pot's too small. The bigger payoffs prevent you from doing it because you're likely to have to split the pot -- again making it too small.

2) You must deduct all taxes before you consider the true payoff. This gets worse for multiple winners as just mentioned above. Plus, most big payoffs are paid out over time -- a lot of time. Still worth it to get your money back in small bits at a time?

3) Buying only half the possible combinations is insane! Think not? Go to some legal casino and bet $500 on black at a roulette table, if you've the nerve. If you hesitate with $500, think of doing it with $73 million.

[Psi Baba]

This is weird. Moments before I saw this thread I handed $2 to a cow-orker who was heading out to buy Powerball tickets. I now have two tickets in my hand. But don't worry Iamme, if I win I promise not share it with you.

[uruk]

If money is a curse, CURSE ME WITH IT, OH LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Curse me till I'm dead and buried in my solid gold casket!

[Iamme]

Originally Posted by Iamme :
I dont' want to earn my money that way.

I want to invent something, or problem solve, to help mankind and feel good where I got all my big money from. Not some 'gift' that befell ME and not others, where *I* became stinking rich, while others who slave away and get dirty everyday, who may go from paycheck to paycheck, while *I* get to live like a king, for not having to have lifted a finger.

Just thinking:
That's not entirely true ... by playing the lottery you invest a small amount (the price of a ticket) which by itself is not much, but when added to all the other contributors goes to whatever the local establishment has allocated. You earn your chance of winning it all in a manner no different than that of everyone else -- and everyone accepts the game as played (or they wouldn't play it). If you should become the sole winner of millions it's yours -- you earned it fair and square by playing the game. You took a risk (however small your chances of winning) with that knowledge going into the game. It's in no way a gift as you played the game -- no one came to you out of the blue and said "Here's $10 million dollars -- have fun!"

Iamme:
Ya, but........even though uyou took the chance and made the "investment", the investment in relation to the payoff is soooo lopsided that you may as WELL call it a gift from heaven.

Just thinking:
Now, what you do with it can really make the difference in showing everyone what kind of person you really are -- a feat you might never be able to do on your regular income. Think about that. Think of how you might benefit mankind with vast amounts of capital at your disposal instead of having to hope some company will offer you the opportunity.

Iamme: I already addressed the PROBLEMS...the turmoil that I would go through by having to decide what to do with al that money based on feeling the guilt that I'd have to give so much of it away, or feel like some greedy heel of a person. By not playing, and hence not winning, I don't have to go through that torment. :). Besides, I could give let's say everything but $50,000 away and all it would take is one loon who wouldn't believe I did, and blow me away after I told him I didn't have any (big) money anymore to dole out to him. No thank you. Currently I can walk down dark alleys feelign pretty good. But after winning such an amount?; forGIT it.

Just thinking:
Now go win those millions!

Iamme: Be my guest. Good luck.
__________________

[izittrue]

i want to make money the new fashioned way..
win it...

[Iamme]

Iamme,
So, you don't gamble? Buy a lottery ticket? Go to a casino and throw money away? You must be a moron just like me. I was at TAM2 in Vegas and didn't gamble 1 cent.
I must be a moron.
Just because I know that Blaise Pascal designed the gambling systems at Monte Carlo so the house always wins in the long run, that makes me a moron.
Hang in there and say hello to your buddy in Eau Claire.

Jeff, I don't think people that DO take small petty chances (buying one or a few tickets) on the lottery are doing anything bad. It's their choice. As long as they aren't going hog wild and spending so much of their money that they put their family's financial affairs in some sort of disarray.

*I* don't do it , especially for these big lotteries, for the reasons I stated. And for the chump change lotteries I still don't play because of more like what you talk about.

You aren't a moron though, by choosing not to gamble. But neither are those who DO gamble. At least those that can afford to.

We all know that the odds are stacked against you. But at the same time, we all know that somebody has to win.

I will tell Dave EC that you give him your regards. I just did and he said, "Hi Jeff." :)

[Iamme]

Originally Posted by Iamme :
I dont' want to earn my money that way.

I want to invent something, or problem solve, to help mankind and feel good where I got all my big money from. Not some 'gift' that befell ME and not others, where *I* became stinking rich, while others who slave away and get dirty everyday, who may go from paycheck to paycheck, while *I* get to live like a king, for not having to have lifted a finger.

Nope.

I won't even play the lottery out of fear that I could win, and this could then force my hand, like a test from the Almighty, to see just what I'd do with all that money.

What would I expect of myself to do? To give 1/2 of it to charity/churches? Would I turn away all the phone calls from all the victims of Katrina, Rita and mudslides and tsunamis?

What would I do when the phone calls would start to come in from people who tell me they have cancer and had strokes and heart attacks and had 6 operations and gave birth to a deformed child and they are $275,000 in debt to the hospital?

Would I feel secure anytime there was a knock at my door late at night? Would I have to glue a set of eyes on the back of my head?

Nah. *YOU* go win that cursed money. Not me!

The Central Scrutinizer:
Moron


Iamme:
But I think I am a pretty SMART moron. :)

[Iamme]

i want to make money the new fashioned way..
win it...

So how much have YOU plunked down on this particular lottery?

[izittrue]

oh five bucks...
but i split it with my wife...

[Iamme]

According to CNN.com, the odds of winning this particular lottery are one in 146 million. Now if the payout is $340 million, wouldn't that make buying EVERY SINGLE COMBINATION worth it?

I have never played myself, so I don't know how many numbers there are in this drawing to choose from (and so can't verify their odds), but even if you only bought half the combinations, you'd still have a 50% chance of winning with only an initial investment of, oh, about $73 million. Right?

I seem to remember hearing that someone tried this once for a lesser pot - it was worth buying all possible combinations for. I heard they didn't manage to buy all the possibilities in time for the drawing, but got lucky with the ones they had managed to buy.

Of course, if you have $73 million lying around anyway, you probably wouldn't gamble it on a 50/50 shot. Or would you?

You are correct. I too remember when that person won buy buying up 50% or more of all the possible combinations.

Ya...you'd think Donald Trump or someone would do that very thing you suggest. But I suppose he figures it be HIS luck that there would be like a 10-way split of the take, and he'd lose millions.

[Iamme]

This is weird. Moments before I saw this thread I handed $2 to a cow-orker who was heading out to buy Powerball tickets. I now have two tickets in my hand. But don't worry Iamme, if I win I promise not share it with you.

Fair enough. And good luck to you.

Now let's hear what YOU would do with all that money if you happened to be the sole winner.

[eri]

What would I do? Pay off my credit cards and those of my family, then the college loans, put 2 million in Armatrage and collect interest. The rest? I'm sure my former college could use a bigger endowment, to the tune of a million or so. And all the scientific organizations - National Center for Science Education, for one - could use money. And then charity - and none goes near the church. :D

[c4ts]

Would someone explian to Iammie how the lottery doesn't pay you all the money at once, so you can't blow it on the things he talks about? I'm too tired right now.

[Ceritus]

You can get a lump sum!
But anyways, Id toss 3 mil into a 3% savings account live off the 90k a year interest. The rest I would spend on ( Wow I had no idea this decision could be so hard ) Either developing a single 3rd world country so they can become self sustaining or I would create something similar to the JREF to promote critical thinking.

[1984]

I won't even play the lottery out of fear that I could win, and this could then force my hand, like a test from the Almighty, to see just what I'd do with all that money... Nah. *YOU* go win that cursed money. Not me!

This sounds like something John the Savage (from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World) would say.

[Just thinking]

Originally Posted by Iamme :
I dont' want to earn my money that way.

At least you now see it as being earned.

Ya, but........even though you took the chance and made the "investment", the investment in relation to the payoff is soooo lopsided that you may as WELL call it a gift from heaven.

Lopsided, yes -- but not by as much as you think!

When one considers the risk-to-payoff ratio for big lottery payouts, it actually could be better to play the lottery than not. If the odds for winning were 10 million to one and the payout was $11 million, then you are at the advantage -- considering that there are no taxes and you get the money all at once. Why? Because if you buy every combination you still come out $1 million ahead. Of course, this is a very simplistic approach and not exactly what happens, but it displays my point. One must then calculate things like the likelihood of multiple winners, taxes, payout rates, etc. Most of the time you'll find that the risk-to-payoff ratio is against you -- but not in the ratio of millions to one as I think you are seeing it. True, the payout is high, but so is the risk (of not winning).

I already addressed the PROBLEMS...the turmoil that I would go through by having to decide what to do with al that money based on feeling the guilt that I'd have to give so much of it away, or feel like some greedy heel of a person. By not playing, and hence not winning, I don't have to go through that torment. :). Besides, I could give let's say everything but $50,000 away and all it would take is one loon who wouldn't believe I did, and blow me away after I told him I didn't have any (big) money anymore to dole out to him. No thank you. Currently I can walk down dark alleys feelign pretty good. But after winning such an amount?; forGIT it.

Well, the math in doing risk-to-payout ratios should eliminate your guilt -- if not, have a mathematician do it for you. If you fear someone stealing your money, or worse yet killing you for it, that's pretty remote. Stuff like that would make the news, and I don't recall any problems lottery winners as a group are experiencing. Plus, killing you would not get him/her the money. Do they expect you to just carry the stuff around with you at all times? Or even have it in large liquid assets? Your fears seem unfounded.

I think you are just convincing yourself why you don't want to play -- knowing that you're likely never to win. But you need a comfortable excuse, and this is it.

[Diamond]

I want to do it the old-fashioned way - have a parent who robbed people blind and inherit the money.

[Hardenbergh]

If I won $340M, I wouldn't want it made public. I guess there is a way of doing that through a lawyer but I don't think you can touch the money for a year. I wouldn't mind doing that. I've been poor this long. I wouldn't want every charity there is under the sun hounding me for money all the time.

[American]

I would most definitely make privacy my number 1 priority if I played and won.

Fighting off the lunes, criminals, and "charities" would be hell. (Note, those 3 groups are all the same, quite often.)

[Starthinker]

First I'd offer a million dollar reward for the capture of a bigfoot or proof of something paranormal. Then I'd buy a bunch of stuff. Then I would do eccentric things like offer scholarships to students who can beat me at Asteroids or put huge spotlights pointed out every window in my house so it would look like I was time warping in there or something. Or I'd buy a multi-million dollar fireworks display for the 4th of July and set it off in some small town that barely gets a sparkler as a surprise to the locals. Then I'd have my head frozen for a thousand years. The possibilities are endless.

[EdipisReks]

Either developing a single 3rd world country so they can become self sustaining or I would create something similar to the JREF to promote critical thinking.
i would fund a genetics research organization that is tasked with creating a living ewok.

[Metullus]

I always keep it very quiet when I win the lottery, especially when I win the multi-hundreds-of-millions-super-jackpots. Plus I take it all in a single cash payment of used $10s and $20s and stash it all in the garage behind the water-heater. I am saving up to but a nuclear-powered submarine so I can cruise the Med and pick up really hot chicks.

I also have a really cool money-clip with the Seal of the FBI on it.

[Iamme]

Oh, I do.

I have as solid a work-ethic as anybody. But I've been unpaid and underpaid for enough of it that I don't think that it would ruin the planet for me to have some free money.

Besides, with that much money, I could actually do something to improve the lives of other people.

I have a good work ethic and am morally sound. Like, I may even be a better person than some born-again Christians, in some people's eyes. Yet, even though I have not cashed in on all the financial rewards that I may even feel entitled to, I still would not wanted to be handed $340 million.
That is just almost sinfully too much money for any one person to havce. Aftr taxes, I believe the person will still be able to get over $15 million cash money. Not even most millions, or, maybe even billionaires! can't get their hands on that much liquid cash!

So epepke...just what would YOU do with the money to improve the lives of others. And how much would go to others and how much would go to you?

[Iamme]

Would someone explian to Iammie how the lottery doesn't pay you all the money at once, so you can't blow it on the things he talks about? I'm too tired right now.

Like Ceritus says.............

:)

If you opt for the lump sum payout, you would still get somewheres around $150 million after taxes were taken out. Cash. One lump sum. No installments! Can you IMAGINE getting that much money in liquid cash?!

[Metullus]

Like Ceritus says.............

:)

If you opt for the lump sum payout, you would still get somewheres around $150 million after taxes were taken out. Cash. One lump sum. No installments! Can you IMAGINE getting that much money in liquid cash?!
You can also stash it under tyhe floor boards of your bedroom but sometimes the cockroaches and silverfish get to it...

[Iamme]

I would most definitely make privacy my number 1 priority if I played and won.

Fighting off the lunes, criminals, and "charities" would be hell. (Note, those 3 groups are all the same, quite often.)

But see...that's just it. You CAN'T be private and collect the money. Sorry. Beep. You have to have the whole country know who you are and where you live!

The only way would be to change your identity. Wouldn't this then make it truly seem like it were a curse to win...to have to go through something like that?

[Iamme]

You can also stash it under tyhe floor boards of your bedroom but sometimes the cockroaches and silverfish get to it...

Don't get me started on cockroaches.

Oh, what the hell........

I lived in a ram shackle trailer in Texas for a few months after coming to that state not knowing what I was going to do. Sharing the trailer with me were hundreds, if not thousands of cockroaches, (there were so many that every cabinet had roach motels in each door and each motel got so full of stuck roaches that live roaches could crawl over the dead bodies and no longer worry about getting stuck!) and 3 mice a night would be in the traps, and rattlesnakes would live under the trailer. And then there were the diaper smells left behind from the ex-welfare mother that was trhere before me. I used to catch roaches and put them in the frying pan.

[Iamme]

I always keep it very quiet when I win the lottery, especially when I win the multi-hundreds-of-millions-super-jackpots. Plus I take it all in a single cash payment of used $10s and $20s and stash it all in the garage behind the water-heater. I am saving up to but a nuclear-powered submarine so I can cruise the Med and pick up really hot chicks.

I also have a really cool money-clip with the Seal of the FBI on it.

You don't happen to be a player for the Minnesota Vikings, are you? :)

[Metullus]

But see...that's just it. You CAN'T be private and collect the money. Sorry. Beep. You have to have the whole country know who you are and where you live!

The only way would be to change your identity. Wouldn't this then make it truly seem like it were a curse to win...to have to go through something like that?
Actually, I think that you can take steps to establish a certain degree of anonymity, at least in some jurisdictions.

[Metullus]

You don't happen to be a player for the Minnesota Vikings, are you? :)
Not anymore - it's a long, sad, story...;)

[Iamme]

First I'd offer a million dollar reward for the capture of a bigfoot or proof of something paranormal. Then I'd buy a bunch of stuff. Then I would do eccentric things like offer scholarships to students who can beat me at Asteroids or put huge spotlights pointed out every window in my house so it would look like I was time warping in there or something. Or I'd buy a multi-million dollar fireworks display for the 4th of July and set it off in some small town that barely gets a sparkler as a surprise to the locals. Then I'd have my head frozen for a thousand years. The possibilities are endless.

I wonder what it WOULD cost to have your head frozen for a thousand years? Can you imagine someone just letting your head thaw out while they keep collecting the money anyway?

The fact that Osama hasn't been captured yet on a $25m reward? Maybe you will have to up the ante if you want someone to seriously go looking for Bigfoot. :) One million dollars today is chump change.

[Iamme]

If I won $340M, I wouldn't want it made public. I guess there is a way of doing that through a lawyer but I don't think you can touch the money for a year. I wouldn't mind doing that. I've been poor this long. I wouldn't want every charity there is under the sun hounding me for money all the time.

I never heard of this tactic. But IF it is true, I would definitely go that route. And I would also make it perfectly clear that if anyone in my family got the word out that I won, I would have no choice but to chop them up and put them in the freezer. (Maniacly LOL! :) )

I can't wait to learn more about the person who won it all, out in that small town in Oregon...can't you?

[RandFan]

Nah. *YOU* go win that cursed money. Not me! Lotteries are mostly a waste of money. Any gambling is with such bad odds. I play for fun from time to time. As a comedian once said, "when you buy a lottery ticket you know what you will be doing for the rest of the day."

Give me the money, I'll work through the pain somehow.

[RandFan]

I never heard of this tactic. But IF it is true, I would definitely go that route. And I would also make it perfectly clear that if anyone in my family got the word out that I won, I would have no choice but to chop them up and put them in the freezer. (Maniacly LOL! :) ) Two friends of mine were arguing this point. One fried says that award can't be anonymous because then the public will lose faith in the whole affair. Making the name public is the best way to keep the game above board. That sounded reasonable to me. Still, I don't know that for a fact.

[Iamme]

Hi RandFan.

What would you do if you took the approximate $150m lump sum cash? What would you do with all the money? By yourself a body guard the size of Shaq, for starters? :)

Oh. There have been cases of robberies from individuals who are known to have lots of money , but no cash on them, where the robber holds them at gun point and forces them to make a withdrawl from the bank.

[RandFan]

Hi RandFan.

What would you do if you took the approximate $150m lump sum cash? What would you do with all the money? By yourself a body guard the size of Shaq, for starters? :)

Oh. There have been cases of robberies from individuals who are known to have lots of money , but no cash on them, where the robber holds them at gun point and forces them to make a withdrawl from the bank. There are sets of answers to that question. One is speculative. The other can only be determined by actually having the money. History shows that the reality does not match the fantasy.

Since I know that fact I could possibly avoid some problems but being human I'm sure I would encounter others that I can't even fathom.

I've actually considered what it would be like so I can tell you what I have thought would be a good idea. I would move out of state and become even more reclusive than I am now. I would guard my privacy and take measures to ensure my safety. I wouldn't walk around declaring that I was rich. I'm not vain and don't care to put on airs. When I was making 3 figures I didn't live much differently than I live now I just had fewer problems.

[Iamme]

Originally Posted by Iamme :
Hi RandFan.

What would you do if you took the approximate $150m lump sum cash? What would you do with all the money? By yourself a body guard the size of Shaq, for starters?

Oh. There have been cases of robberies from individuals who are known to have lots of money , but no cash on them, where the robber holds them at gun point and forces them to make a withdrawl from the bank.

Randfan:
There are sets of answers to that question. One is speculative. The other can only be determined by actually having the money. History shows that the reality does not match the fantasy.

Since I know that fact I could possibly avoid some problems but being human I'm sure I would encounter others that I can't even fathom.

I've actually considered what it would be like so I can tell you what I have thought would be a good idea. I would move out of state and become even more reclusive than I am now. I would guard my privacy and take measures to ensure my safety. I wouldn't walk around declaring that I was rich. I'm not vain and don't care to put on airs. When I was making 3 figures I didn't live much differently than I live now I just had fewer problems.

Iamme:
Coincidently, on the FOX-News screenbar last night, they had where some guy made this woman sign him a $1400 check, and made the woman write on the check that it was for electrical work. Ha. The boob got caught at one of those check-cashing places.

[cajela]

Oh, come on! Pre-existing people have that kind of money. They hire staff to deal with the hassle. They can afford to.

So, let me see. WinAce gets his new lung. (http://www.save-allan.org) I get me & my friends rich and comfortable. A lot of human rights and civil liberties groups get some cash. I have fun deciding who. Yup. Bring it on.

[clarsct]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.


Well, I think I'd have fun giving Randi 9 mil and letting people tell us they don't need 10 million dollars.

Then you hire a financial consultant and a lawyer.

After that, then yeah, probably some bodyguards or something.

There's a whole onion's worth of layers to deal with, but I imagine I could find the time to do so.

Then, of course, I would have to buy a strip club just to give me a reason to get out of bed in the afternoon.

[RandFan]

Then, of course, I would have to buy a strip club just to give me a reason to get out of bed in the afternoon.{snif} What touching sentiment. Brings a tear to my eye. :D

[Jeff Corey]

I'd take a bunch of that money an buy Viagra for all those Chinese guys that need rhino horn or tiger penises to get an erection.
But I would make sure it had something in the Viagra to make them infertile.
And then I'd retire to a farm in Eau Claire or Lake Wobegon.

[clarsct]

{snif} What touching sentiment. Brings a tear to my eye. :D
"Start an escort service, for all the right reasons, and set up shop at the top of Four Seasons."


What do you think? I think 'The Hedonist's Club' sounds pretty good.

I also like 'Naked Atheists', but I think the other will sell better.