1 winner of lotto

Hail 2 Da Thief · 25-10-2010 12:48PM

They steal our jobs, our women & now our Lotto! Feckin Polish!

Oh wait..............I thought the thread title was "I winner of lotto" by Waltkowalski.

Nevermind.............carry on :pac:.

fonecrusher1 · 25-10-2010 01:32PM

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah, and begrudgery my hole. I'd be delighted if it was a person who could do with the money.

I agree. If its a wealthy v-neck wearing toss pot whos won the feckin thing i'l be gutted.

When i seen where the ticket was bought on the news last night i went oh noooo....

Some richo probably rolled up in his 2010 range rover, parked in a disabled parking space, kicked a dog out of the way as he walked into the shop, ignorantly grunted at the shop assistant pointing at the lotto machine, slammed 30euro on the counter & wobbled out.

My name is URL · 26-10-2010 12:41PM

Anyone else hear that it may have been an RTE presenter that won it?

ibarelycare · 26-10-2010 12:44PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Anyone else hear that it may have been an RTE presenter that won it?

Yeah I heard that, but chances are the rumour was just started because the ticket was bought in Donnybrook.

Ryan Tubridy AND Colm Hayes are off the air today though! Do presenters get mid-term breaks?

Overature · 26-10-2010 12:47PM

sonic85 wrote: »

nice. any word what county/counties no? id be happy to win 100 grand never mind 16 mill! be much better if they split that 16 million into 16 seperate prizes

id be happy if i won a 100 quid

My name is URL · 26-10-2010 12:51PM

ibarelycare wrote: »

Yeah I heard that, but chances are the rumour was just started because the ticket was bought in Donnybrook.

Ryan Tubridy AND Colm Hayes are off the air today though! Do presenters get mid-term breaks?

Yeah, there's probably not much truth in it. Imagine it was true though.. some overpaid eejit winning 16 million with a ticket paid for essentially by the tax-payer!

force eleven · 26-10-2010 12:51PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Anyone else hear that it may have been an RTE presenter that won it?

Marian Finucane. Hasn't been heard on radio much lately. Oh wait, that's not unusual I hear....

who what when · 26-10-2010 12:54PM

gurramok wrote: »

...the Lotto is a voluntary tax on the poor....

The lotto is a tax on the stupid!

Fighting Irish · 26-10-2010 01:31PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Yeah, there's probably not much truth in it. Imagine it was true though.. some overpaid eejit winning 16 million with a ticket paid for essentially by the tax-payer!

so much jealousy in your post, it hurts my head

Hail 2 Da Thief · 26-10-2010 01:39PM

Fighting Irish wrote: »

so much jealousy in your post, it hurts my head

So can you seriously say someone like Pat Kenny is not overpaid & keep a straight face?

My name is URL · 26-10-2010 01:41PM

Fighting Irish wrote: »

so much jealousy in your post, it hurts my head

Well it doesn't take much to hurt your head, does it?

Mezcita · 26-10-2010 01:48PM

mike65 wrote: »

I saw the RTE report earlier, that shop looked very expensive and the people in it well groomed.

They spent 30 euro on a quick pick, so money is not an issue. I hate it when someone who almost certainly doesn't need a dig out wins.

Brilliant Mike. Plenty of Miss. Marple style assumptions there.

First off it could have been bought on behalf of a syndicate. Second, it could have been bought by someone who was just passing by or who works in the area as opposed to (God forbid) someone who was not skint.

Irish begrudgery. Alive and well despite the current economic times.

Fighting Irish · 26-10-2010 02:37PM

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

So can you seriously say someone like Pat Kenny is not overpaid & keep a straight face?

OK from now on, only poor people are allowed win the lotto

My name is URL wrote: »

Well it doesn't take much to hurt your head, does it?

:rolleyes:

Mezcita wrote: »

Brilliant Mike. Plenty of Miss. Marple style assumptions there.

First off it could have been bought on behalf of a syndicate. Second, it could have been bought by someone who was just passing by or who works in the area as opposed to (God forbid) someone who was not skint.

Irish begrudgery. Alive and well despite the current economic times.

Thank you

Dudess · 26-10-2010 02:42PM

Fail to see how viewing it as a waste when it's won by someone who doesn't need it/preferring someone who DOES need it is the winner = begrudgery/jealousy... but I suppose it's easy to trot those out lazily.

Dudess · 26-10-2010 02:44PM

Fighting Irish wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Wo... good comeback.

Thank you

There's a thanks button.

And yeah, being sickened at the thought of an overpaid RTE presenter winning several million - jealousy? Surely just an objection to unfairness? It would be jealousy/begrudgery if it was resentment at ANYONE winning it.

SV · 26-10-2010 02:47PM

Dudess wrote: »

There's a thanks button.

Well seeing as he already had a post that was going to be up, does it not make sense for him to put it in there anyway?

bullpost · 26-10-2010 02:53PM

In fairness now Pat is not overpaid when compared to premiership footballers and eh Simon Cowell!

Hail 2 Da Thief wrote: »

So can you seriously say someone like Pat Kenny is not overpaid & keep a straight face?

ibarelycare · 26-10-2010 02:59PM

bullpost wrote: »

In fairness now Pat is not overpaid when compared to premiership footballers and eh Simon Cowell!

Premiership footballers and Simon Cowell aren't paid with our tax money.

SugarHigh · 26-10-2010 03:04PM

Dudess wrote: »

Wo... good comeback.

There's a thanks button.

And yeah, being sickened at the thought of an overpaid RTE presenter winning several million - jealousy? Surely just an objection to unfairness? It would be jealousy/begrudgery if it was resentment at ANYONE winning it.

How is a wealthy person winning a competition based on randomness unfair?
Everyone has the same odds and an equal right to win.

Standard Toaster · 26-10-2010 03:06PM

I got 3 numbers and won.....wait for it....wait for it......€1

Far play to who ever won it....Jayus, 16million

spoonface · 26-10-2010 03:13PM

Awful_Bliss wrote: »

I've done that several times and have won zilch. Will keep trying though! Disgusted with a D4 winner.

If you're happy enough for affluent people to pay into the lotto fund, you should be happy enough for them to be paid out of it too. Without them the total winnings wouldn't be so large and either would the cut the State receives either.

bullpost · 26-10-2010 03:13PM

Whoops - must apologise. Forgot to put that little smiley thing at the end of my post which indicates humour.
But that shouldn't detract from your point , which is very true.

ibarelycare wrote: »

Premiership footballers and Simon Cowell aren't paid with our tax money.

Fighting Irish · 26-10-2010 03:16PM

Dudess wrote: »

Fail to see how viewing it as a waste when it's won by someone who doesn't need it/preferring someone who DOES need it is the winner = begrudgery/jealousy... but I suppose it's easy to trot those out lazily.

Fair enough

Dudess wrote: »

Wo... good comeback.

If i wanted my come back i'd wipe it off your _______ face :pac:

Sorry but i had to

Mezcita · 26-10-2010 03:25PM

Dudess wrote: »

Fail to see how viewing it as a waste when it's won by someone who doesn't need it/preferring someone who DOES need it is the winner = begrudgery/jealousy... but I suppose it's easy to trot those out lazily.

Lazy my ar.se.

By "needing it" should the qualifying criteria for the be that the winner is unable to feed and clothe their children? Or should the thousands of people who owe loads on their mortgages/ college loans not be allowed to get it as they are lucky enough to have have jobs?

It's a random process and whoever has won is perfectly entitled to it as the odds of winning are insane. Fairness does not come in to it.

gurramok · 26-10-2010 03:34PM

Mezcita wrote: »

Fairness does not come in to it.

Which is why its a tax and should be boycotted!

kelle · 26-10-2010 03:41PM

I recall a £3million winner from Dalkey years ago. Everybody was saying "Typical somebody from a wealthy area won it".

It was won by a syndicate of 3, of which a consultant based at the hospital where I work was a member - he got £1 million pocket money. What made it worse was that he then won another £200,000 in a different syndicate a couple of years after this. In all the years he was in a syndicate with us, we won nothing:(

Good luck to the person who won this, let's hope it's somebody who desperately needs it (Alison O'Riordan?)

Standard Toaster wrote: »

I got 3 numbers and won.....wait for it....wait for it......€1

I won €5!:D

Calibos · 26-10-2010 03:45PM

Mezcita wrote: »

Lazy my ar.se.

By "needing it" should the qualifying criteria for the be that the winner is unable to feed and clothe their children? Or should the thousands of people who owe loads on their mortgages/ college loans not be allowed to get it as they are lucky enough to have have jobs?

It's a random process and whoever has won is perfectly entitled to it as the odds of winning are insane. Fairness does not come in to it.

Of course there is nothing unfair about it. Its not jealousy or begrudgery either though to say to yourself, "FFS!!" when out of all the people to win the big one, one hears it might be a €900,000 a year RTE star, or a Blackrock Clinic Consultant who won the jackpot twice in the nineties, or Jennifer Lopez' mother winning a multi-million jackpot on the slot machines in Vegas etc etc.

Dancor · 26-10-2010 03:50PM

I won €3 wayheyyy

Rabble Rabble · 26-10-2010 03:55PM

money is all relative. The latest winner of the euro millions in the uK - who won €113M - would be the poorest person in the room, if the 510 richest people in the uK got into a room.

Chap would be a pauper. Must be clubs who wouldnt let him in.

Dudess · 26-10-2010 05:26PM

Mezcita wrote: »

By "needing it" should the qualifying criteria for the be that the winner is unable to feed and clothe their children? Or should the thousands of people who owe loads on their mortgages/ college loans not be allowed to get it as they are lucky enough to have have jobs?

It's a random process and whoever has won is perfectly entitled to it as the odds of winning are insane. Fairness does not come in to it.

True, but not liking the idea of an already monied person winning it, and rejoicing at the idea of a struggling person (poor or in debt) winning it is not begrudgery or jealousy - the opposite really IMO.

1 winner of lotto

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