If I had all the money I needed.....

TheScribbler

You know the famous song from 'If I Were A Richman.....' If you had sufficient wealth to tend to your needs, what would you with your life? How would you spend your time? Any innovative suggestions people?

cherryghost

Despite all the money in the world, I reckon I'd still be posting on boards

mikom

TheScribbler wrote: »

You know the famous song from 'If I Were A Richman.....' If you had sufficient wealth to tend to your needs, what would you with your life? How would you spend your time? Any innovative suggestions people?

You know the famous song from fiddler on the roof.........

tony1kenobi

Snort coke and mock plebians...just like the Romans......maybe buy a midget that looked like me.

TheScribbler

cherryghost wrote: »

Despite all the money in the world, I reckon I'd still be posting on boards

Well said that man. Now that is commitment!

TheScribbler

You could play golf all day!

TheScribbler

Wander around the world on a tramp steamer

Crumble Froo

man, just enough to get by *comfortably* without counting every dollar would be awesome.

to get things as i need them, rather than having to save and budget and all that crap.

imagine how awesome it would be to say 'hey, my jeans are covered in holes and nothign stays in my pockets anymore. i know! ill buy new ones!' and then just go and buy new jeans. wow! same, i spent 2months this winter with holes in my shoes and rather wet feet (and was consequently quite cranky for a lot of winter), because i couldnt afford new shoes (no, not even the cheapo ones).

i'd just love to be able to have enough to get by comfortably. to food shop and be able to buy thigns cos they're healthy and part of a decent diet, and not because they're cheap, or you get more with that one.

i'd be happy to keep my job, and still keep saving up for things i wanted that weren't necessary, like nights out, gigs, tattoos, surf/skate stuff, cds. i'd love that. im not greedy, money's not the be all and end all, but i'd love to be able to live comfortably.

though failing all that, if i could have *all* the money in the world, i'd have houses by the beach in nz, samoa, ireland and indonesia, heaps of surfboards, and a private plane to get to those coutnries as and when i please ^_^

drunkmonkey

inebriated mostly

GLaDOS

cherryghost wrote: »

Despite all the money in the world, I reckon I'd still be posting on boards

I could finally afford to subscribe :pac:

mawk

i'd buy a pier. And hire a man to collect the leftovers from all the fishmongers, then dump said leftovers over the side of my private pier. This would attract plenty of fish. Then i'd go fishing.

TheScribbler

ScienceNerd wrote: »

I could finally afford to subscribe :pac:

Naw! That would be extravagance!

nicegirl

I would emigrate.

TheScribbler

mawk wrote: »

i'd buy a pier. And hire a man to collect the leftovers from all the fishmongers, then dump said leftovers over the side of my private pier. This would attract plenty of fish. Then i'd go fishing.

I like it. I could spend all year at Disneyland admiring the blond tourist guides!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I'd come back.

for a week

TheScribbler

nicegirl wrote: »

I would emigrate.

You could probably buy most of Dubai for a weeks pay at the moment

me-skywalker

I would give all the money I needed to people who really needed it, until I had just enough to live comfortably and help people.

Ild love to do one of them foreign aid trips building houses or nursing kids, but I reckon you'ld need lots of money to be able to do that how ironic!!

Crumble Froo wrote: »

imagine how awesome it would be to say 'hey, my jeans are covered in holes and nothign stays in my pockets anymore. i know! ill buy new ones!' and then just go and buy new jeans. wow!

but if nothing stayed in the pockets how wold you carry your money?

TheScribbler wrote: »

I like it. I could spend all year at Disneyland admiring the blond tourist guides!

or just do a wacko and build your own disneyland :

TheScribbler

I hasten to suggest that they are all over 18

citizen_p

id go to me hobby.... no genius needed to work it out...

and id buy some shop or somthing for somthing to do....


but no money worrys would be savage

Sea Sharp

I'd buy apartments in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, New York and Tokyo. Then I'd buy land with mansions in Canada, Argentina, New Zealand & Donegal.
For the remainder of my days I'd just sit around all day getting wasted and drinking Capri Suns.

Little Acorn

If say I had limitless money to last my lifetime,
I would try to:
.open more youth clubs
.open more after-school centers to help kids with their homework
.open more centers and employ more staff in them for victims of domestic abuse.
.same as above for the rape crisis centers around the country
.donate money and possibly supply more premises to SVP
.donate money to barnardos
.put huge money into medical research centers.

Presuming I still had endless money, I would build myself and my family members, crib style mansions,and holiday homes,buy a huge load of electrical goods,cars and clothing,
and then to pass my days,I would like to:
.Travel the world.Go on safari,Visit the rainforest.Visit Lapland etc.
.Go swimming with dolphins
.Do the highest bungee in the world
.Go cage diving with sharks
.Go sky-diving
.Get a trip to space(when possible)
.Visit a chocolate factory.
.Get cookery lessons for a year from a professional chef.
.Attend an art class(as a hobby)
.Attend a photography class(as a hobby)
.Complete an interior design course.(A short one,just out of interest)
.Attend lots of luxurious spas.
.Visit Disneyland,and other massive theme parks
.Attend lots of concerts worldwide
.Learn a few languages (Irish,Spanish,French,and German)
.If I had the ability(? dunno if I would?) complete a degree in Biotechnology,and also in Psychology, and maybe an English Literature degree.

All these are assuming I had my entire life to achieve these things,and didn't have to worry about getting a job etc.
If I managed to pass a degree in any of the above subjects,I would probably try to get a job with the one I liked best,when I was abit older.

Novella

I'd be a pretty happy lil lady.

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy everything I need to make happiness!

AlmightyCushion

I'd probably spend my days burning money in front of poor people. And by poor people I mean every one else on the planet because I would be so rich that you'd all be poor by comparison.

SoupyNorman

If I was flush with money I'd goto Tescos and fill the trolley solely with Tescos Finest products.

Sharpshooter

TheScribbler wrote: »

You know the famous song from 'If I Were A Richman.....' If you had sufficient wealth to tend to your needs, what would you with your life? How would you spend your time? Any innovative suggestions people?

Feck off, there are wimminzs on te Internet.:mad:


'If I Were A Richwoman.

I would think long and hard as to what I spend my money on.:D

/All the while gathering interest...

TheScribbler

Nothing wrong with that. I guess we all hanker after the same thing really - assurance and peace of mind. Decadent lifestyles do nothing for me. It just makes me sad. But at the back of my mind there is always a wee devil that hankers for adventure

Jesus Wept

High stakes snap and beg o' my neighbour.

Whosbetter?

Novella wrote: »

I'd be a pretty happy lil lady.

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy everything I need to make happiness!

I'd like to have all the money in the world, just to see how unhappy it would make me!

Crumble Froo

me-skywalker wrote: »

but if nothing stayed in the pockets how wold you carry your money?

that's the point. i have no feckin money now, and my pockets can't hold any. though if i put my wallet in my right pocket, and my phone on the inside of that pocket, the wallet usually works as a plug and stops the phone falling out.

if i'd money though, i could replace my trews before the holes became substantial enough to lose things.

GiftofGab

Novella wrote: »

I'd be a pretty happy lil lady.

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy everything I need to make happiness!

Money isn't everything but it will do till everything comes along

wolfric

probably waste it all on one night in vegas and then come back and complain on boards

renko

I'd pay Morgan Freeman to walk around behind me and narrate my life in real time.

lisajane

I would love a nice little farm and have all sorts of animals. Or maybe a zoo. Or move to texas and get myself a ranch (i think i have been listening to too much country music)!

mardybumbum

Id get Irish grinds

Wazdakka

Buy a herd of midgets...


Then race them.

Wazdakka

Sharpshooter wrote: »

I would think long and hard as to what I spend my money on.:D

/All the while gathering interest...

Pffft... No you wouldn't

You'd buy a wrestler

TheScribbler

It would be the simple things about having enough money that appeal to me like buying a meal without having to scan the menu to see how much it costs first, could I afford a couple of weeks in the sun, could I replace a suit that I have had for the last 7 years.

Would I be tempted to blow it all in a Las Vegas casino or dash out and buy the latest Aston Martin? I don't think so.

sammyb

Little Acorn wrote: »

If say I had limitless money to last my lifetime,
I would try to:
.open more youth clubs
.open more after-school centers to help kids with their homework
.open more centers and employ more staff in them for victims of domestic abuse.
.same as above for the rape crisis centers around the country
.donate money and possibly supply more premises to SVP
.donate money to barnardos
.put huge money into medical research centers.

Presuming I still had endless money, I would build myself and my family members, crib style mansions,and holiday homes,buy a huge load of electrical goods,cars and clothing,
and then to pass my days,I would like to:
.Travel the world.Go on safari,Visit the rainforest.Visit Lapland etc.
.Go swimming with dolphins
.Do the highest bungee in the world
.Go cage diving with sharks
.Go sky-diving
.Get a trip to space(when possible)
.Visit a chocolate factory.
.Get cookery lessons for a year from a professional chef.
.Attend an art class(as a hobby)
.Attend a photography class(as a hobby)
.Complete an interior design course.(A short one,just out of interest)
.Attend lots of luxurious spas.
.Visit Disneyland,and other massive theme parks
.Attend lots of concerts worldwide
.Learn a few languages (Irish,Spanish,French,and German)
.If I had the ability(? dunno if I would?) complete a degree in Biotechnology,and also in Psychology, and maybe an English Literature degree.

All these are assuming I had my entire life to achieve these things,and didn't have to worry about getting a job etc.
If I managed to pass a degree in any of the above subjects,I would probably try to get a job with the one I liked best,when I was abit older.

Little Acorn I like your thinking!

TheScribbler

The key message that comes across is that most of us would simply like to have enough money to get by

Twee.

I'd move into a nice apartment in town or Portobello, go to all the gigs I want, eat in all my favourite places. I'd still go to college and keep my job, but like everyone else said, it'd be nice just not having to worry

RMD

I'd use the excess money to open the business I've always wanted to run. With the rest of the money I've live a modest yet comfortable lifestyle in a nice middle class area in my typical middle class house.

Jammyc

Piss off the people working in Mc Donalds by spending most of it on the eurosaver in one go

the_barfly1

If i had all the money i needed...

Then id just barely scrape by but survive...
Methinks this thread should be re-titled "If I Had all the money I Wanted"!!!

/pedantics

AlmightyCushion

I'd buy the moon and blow it up just to be that guy who blew up the moon. I'd also have a solid gold suit and built a mansion out of poor people.

Bubblefett

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I'd also have a solid gold suit and built a mansion out of poor people.

at least you'd be creating jobs

PCPhoto

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I'd buy the moon and blow it up just to be that guy who blew up the moon. I'd also have a solid gold suit and built a mansion out of poor people.

wouldnt you just have a big house thats smells of poor people then ?

I'd just have a big party and invite everyone. (and randomly stop people)


ah.... usual sh1te... clear debts, spend a bit on new stuff...and just get on with life/travelling the world and see if I can beat mr phileas fogg and his 80 days.

jd007

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I'd probably spend my days burning money in front of poor people. And by poor people I mean every one else on the planet because I would be so rich that you'd all be poor by comparison.

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I'd buy the moon and blow it up just to be that guy who blew up the moon. I'd also have a solid gold suit and built a mansion out of poor people.

Jaysus you really don't like the poor do ya?:pac:

AlmightyCushion

PCPhoto wrote: »

wouldnt you just have a big house thats smells of poor people then ?

I wouldn't live there, I'd just have it.

Diabhal_Glas

Id sort out all my family and friends pay off their mortgages, buy them apartments/ houses.
And travel and photograph the world until I get sick of it, take some time off and back to travelling said world ( :

TheScribbler

Diabhal_Glas wrote: »

Id sort out all my family and friends pay off their mortgages, buy them apartments/ houses.
And travel and photograph the world until I get sick of it, take some time off and back to travelling said world ( :

I would do much the same. One would become a traveller rather than a tourist.

Ho chi feen

TheScribbler wrote: »

You know the famous song from 'If I Were A Richman.....' If you had sufficient wealth to tend to your needs, what would you with your life? How would you spend your time? Any innovative suggestions people?

I wouldn't be on boards.ie anyway lad, i'd be knee deep in, other tings.