Good day boys & girls, so what would you do if you had millions/billions of dollars to spare?
zandiago 115 Nearly a Posting Maven Featured Poster
Serunson 413 Posting Maven
>Buy a PS3 :P
>Buy out the English Parliament, so i become the Prime Minister
>Buy Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3 when Polyphony Digital can be bothered to make it.
>Implement 1Giga bit per second internet speeds for the whole of the UK :)
>Also buying a lot of sports cars, and becoming a presenter on Top Gear.
Also btw Congrats on featured poster Zandiago
sneekula 969 Nearly a Posting Maven
Build a utopian society where every citizen is properly informed, educated, motivated and a thing of beauty and logic.
zandiago 115 Nearly a Posting Maven Featured Poster
Serunson...thanks...i feel very honored to be awarded! If I had lots of money & political power, I'd try to balance the scales..meaning you wouldn't have one person making millions per year...and another person making only thousands...
scru 909 Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
Develop weapons of mass destruction to bomb Utopian societies.
Build a private state of the art island empire for me, myself, and I (okay maybe a few close ones too).
uniquestar 26 Posting Whiz in Training
If I had lots of money & political power, I'd try to balance the scales..meaning you wouldn't have one person making millions per year...and another person making only thousands...
<cough>Communism</cough>
Serunson 413 Posting Maven
oooo political in-correctness there uniquestar!
:X :D
EnderX 352 Posting Shark
oooo political in-correctness there uniquestar!
:X :D
Where? All I see is a semi-accurate assessment of the situation.
Ezzaral 2,714 Posting Sage Team Colleague Featured Poster
Where? All I see is a semi-accurate assessment of the situation.
Same. You might want to throw socialism in there too.
twomers 408 Posting Virtuoso
I'd like to buy a smallish island. Seriously.
hbk619 228 Master Poster
Get my own place.
Do all the things I dream of - parachute jumps, climb sydney harbour bridge etc.
Pay for me n mates to go skiing.
Pay for their dreams to come true - where possible lol
sneekula 969 Nearly a Posting Maven
I'd like to buy a smallish island. Seriously.
Hehe, until the first hurricane comes around and washes it and its only palm tree away.
sneekula 969 Nearly a Posting Maven
Build a utopian society where every citizen is properly informed, educated, motivated and a thing of beauty and logic.
Of course the ultimate utopian society would have at its disposal the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. This has to be an integral part of its survival against the many "bombers" of the world.
EnderX 352 Posting Shark
Of course the ultimate utopian society would have at its disposal the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. This has to be an integral part of its survival against the many "bombers" of the world.
Nah, the real survival technique there would be a workable defense against the assaults of the 'bombers'. But keep the WMDs on hand; MAD might have a deterrent effect on some of them. Then again, it might not...
sneekula 969 Nearly a Posting Maven
Nah, the real survival technique there would be a workable defense against the assaults of the 'bombers'. But keep the WMDs on hand; MAD might have a deterrent effect on some of them. Then again, it might not...
Offense is the best defense! How about a super slick preemptive strike weapon?
MidiMagic 579 Nearly a Senior Poster
1. Pay off my mortgage.
2. Work to change the following:
- Remove the powers of all governments to do anything other than prevent crime.
- Abolish the Plurality Voting System and all other voting systems with biases built into them.
- Require all politicians in office to pay three times the taxes all other people pay.
- Get Political Correctness and Environmentalism recognized as the religions they are, and treated appropriately by governments. Their tenets would not allowed to be made into laws.
- Limit the amount of tax any individual is required to pay to 10 percent.
- Require scientific reviews by disinterested scientists of all scientific claims presented to governments with the intent to require laws to be passed.
Narue 5,707 Bad Cop Team Colleague
>what would you do if you had millions/billions of dollars to spare?
The same thing nearly everyone else on Earth would do: spend it selfishly, and maybe donate as little as possible to shut up the people who feel the need to tell me what to do with my money.
Sturm commented: Good idea except without the donation part +2
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
give it all away to relatives and charity. I would hate to be filthy rich -- people who have lots of money have to work their tails off just to keep it. I'm perfectly happy with what I have now.
jaepi 22 Practically a Master Poster
give it all away to relatives and charity. I would hate to be filthy rich -- people who have lots of money have to work their tails off just to keep it. I'm perfectly happy with what I have now.
Yeah, I do agree with you.
Ene Uran 638 Posting Virtuoso
I would build the world's largest bar.
Ancient Dragon commented: I'll drink to that (hickup!) +21
hbk619 228 Master Poster
I'd go to Ene's bar. :)
jwenting 1,905 duckman Team Colleague
Most of it would end up being invested in such a way as to provide me with a comfortable income.
A small percentage I'd likely use to buy a house (cheaper in the long run than renting), hire a maid (I hate housework), and make some extended voyages.
Why squander away money when you can make it work for you?
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
I would build the world's largest bar.
I like that idea -- especially if it has some strippers :)
Jx_Man 987 Nearly a Senior Poster Featured Poster
i would build a software development house...it my dreams...:P
Sulley's Boo 490 Posting Pro in Training
Invest the money .. the double/tribble/()*%&$#)%&ipple that ill get from that, ill keep on donating it to those who need it ..
and ofcourse I'd save some for me n ma family :P
nav33n commented: shabbaaaaash :P Lol.. +1
Jishnu 160 Posting Pro
I'd go mad!! I'm better off without it.
uniquestar 26 Posting Whiz in Training
I'd go mad!! I'm better off without it.
Well if you really didn't want it, I spose I could take it off your hands.
Jishnu 160 Posting Pro
lol.. What I really meant was that once you've achieved what you wanted to, its pretty difficult to maintain balance in one's life. I do believe that "An idle mind is a devil's workshop". After you've hit the jackpot, the only things that you'd be probably doing is social work, socializing with friends, etc. There would not be enough quality work to do and I might become idle (devil) sooner or later. Everyone might not succumb to such things, but I think I am not strong enough to be able to remain steadfast to that extent. Instead, it is good that I have a real goal in life, always.. Who knows, the road travelled may turn out to be more beautiful than the destination reached. I want to enjoy leading my life whatever it turns out to be.
Sulley's Boo commented: :P I like your signature +4
invisal 381 Search and Destroy
I would start my own company, it was my dream. Enjoy my life as much as possible
jaepi 22 Practically a Master Poster
Donate to wikipedia....
Jishnu commented: I like that idea :) +2
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