If I had a million pounds

I was chatting the other day when the conversation turned to why on earth people who win the lottery exhibit such a lack of imagination when spending their windfall.

The conversation then turned, rather predictably I’m sorry to say, to what I would do if I won the lottery. It turned out that this is one of life’s important questions - it’s the people that are unprepared for this sudden glut of dough that end up frittering it on trifles. It is therefore vital for all of us that we prepare ourselves for this outside chance (I’m sure, like me you’ve got a plan if you wake up to a world of zombies, or are in the middle of a shark attack).

I therefore have put my steak in the sand with the following plan. I will spend my money on creating an exact replica of the Lotus Esprit in the 1977 James Bond romp, The Spy Who Loved Me. I won’t however tell my wife until we’re on the end of a small pier in Sardinia travelling at around 60mph - what a wheeze!

What would you spend it on?

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Published:: 10.03.07 / 3pm

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Colin Boyd 10.04.07 / 9am

This is a very good question, it needs real thought.
Most people say houses, cars blah blah blah boring stuff.
If I won the lottery and had a spare few mill lying around what would I do with it? I have no idea, maybe buy up old russisn strategic bombers, about 100, fly them over the UK, scare alot of people and just when the Tornado pilot is about to fire, release the payload of 1 million balloons covering the sky with bright coloured balloons making people smile.

It takes me back to when Kim and I lived in Thailand and while drunk one night down the Khao San road we decided to buy all the balloons off the balloon sellers and give them to people that smiled, it most mad, the photos are great, I might have to put them on flickr.

It was a spur of the moment, once in a lifetime experiance.
dotnetdave 10.05.07 / 3pm

Colin, that sounds like an excellent night in Thailand alright! I’m afraid I’m probably one of the boring ones with the lottery win, with the exception of travel. I could spend a hell of a lot on travel (in fact, I just did!). Backpack my ass off and then check into a boutique resort in the Maldives with the missus when we started to get jaded… now that would be heavenly!

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