given $1 billion dollars

JOOROWNED · 11-04-2002 11:47pm #1

what would you do and why .......

JOOROWNED · 11-04-2002 11:48pm

travel the world. pay off all my debts. get married in style . invite and pay for all my alcobuds friends to come over for the wedding and some other net friends ive known for years . Donate about 50 million to cancer research , 50 to asthma research and another 50 million to aids research .

Would but myself a house in Ireland a nice big house . Give my mom and dad anything they wanted and set up all my family with enough money for life. Probably buy some houses in lets see . Miami . japan . sydney .
Chicago .,Andorra . sweden somewhere .

Id buy some pubs in Ireland and some in america and have lots of kicking partys . Would invest heavily in alcobuds and the redevoplment of it and also make mmoderating it a paid job Lots of major advertising worldwide .

Thats about it for now .... oh yeah i would buy a dog , lol

daftbegger · 12-04-2002 12:05am

Populate it with blank sites, and laugh as you lot try and find real lives!!!

Giblet · 12-04-2002 12:40am

Buy a studio, a hell of a lot of guitars and amps, and lots of spare ribs!

fi · 12-04-2002 11:41am

well first i would pay off all my debts, the buy my dad the car of his dreams and send my parents off on the orient express which has been thier life long dream

then bring my children and a few friends to florida for a month.

but a new house and new car, probally a BMW.

get an ISND connection

:):)

a anew wardrobe for the family.

also probally try to convice my parents to move to Wales and buy them a house thier near Dad's family, as now they are on the south east coast of the UK mile from everyone.

I wouldnt give up my job.

SheroN · 12-04-2002 11:43am

Go on a drink and drugs bender, having both the money to fund the bender, and the money to pay for rehab and any resulting needed operations.
that is all.

four_star · 12-04-2002 11:45am

i'd offer brad pitt 20 million for one night with his wife.

seamus · 12-04-2002 12:14pm

Originally posted by fi

get an ISND connection :):)

Hehe, I'd just lay down a fibre optic direct connection to the net for myself, and start up a small rebellious telco called IOFFL

.

I'd buy a huge gaf close to Dublin city centre, and a helicopter to avoid the traffic. Get married, populate my garage with some of the most unfeasibly expensive cars available. Buy houses for my 3 brothers and pay off my parent's mortgage(they wouldn't wanna move).

Of course the house would be the piece de resistance. Full-size studio, full-size swimming pool, chill-out (dope smoking) room, mini cinema.

I don't know, ppl here seem to be a bit conservative. it $1 billion (1,000 million) ffs.

Kolodny · 12-04-2002 12:25pm

Buy a private jet and travel the world in it - buying a home in every country that I liked. Give some to charity I guess - surely no one needs that much cash.

tribble · 12-04-2002 12:43pm

i'd buy a new rabbit

ToxicPaddy · 12-04-2002 1:10pm

too bloody many things to do...

bye a small island somewhere in the tropics ... and retire...

Khynareth · 12-04-2002 2:38pm

Buy a house to put all my books in.
Close the house
Buy a bike and go travel around the world

'cose there are so many places I haven't seen yet, and so many cool people yet to meet!

the fnj · 12-04-2002 8:40pm

I'd take it all out in notes and burn every last one of them. Then I'd make my money back touring the international talk show scene charging the various media money for my story.

scuzzy · 12-04-2002 9:04pm

Buy a private jet and travel the world in it

It's not actually that expensive...

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/CGIBIN/PERLCON.PL

"The L39 is a Russian Air Force jet. Fairly similar to our RAF Hawk which sells at around £5 million, at only £150,000 it's a bargain!

Simple to fly, this sporty little number attains jet speeds and has the added attraction of BRI rocket assisted ejection seats for getting rid of annoying back seat drivers. The cockpit is fully air-conditioned as standard and the windscreen is anti-iced for those cold morning starts. "

Me, I would buy a studio, make a record and buy 50 million copies of it.:)
Then I would get absolutely whacked out of my mind and donate the rest of it to charity in the sprit of peace and love... (probably)

sisob · 12-04-2002 9:54pm

get a hellicopter that looks like the delta flyer - fly into a star trek convention and laugh as I become a god

build a house with wall's made of fishtanks

get a pet snow leoard

SantaHoe · 12-04-2002 9:56pm

I'd use it to pay off my next phone bill.

gg thx eircom

conZ · 12-04-2002 9:59pm

go into a shop and buy 29 cornettos...
cn this chick today doing that., got hungry:D

Victor · 12-04-2002 10:40pm

Originally posted by scuzzy
http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/CGIBIN/PERLCON.PL"The L39 is a Russian Air Force jet..."

"The service you have tried to access is not available at this time, please try again later."

I don't know about that particular plane, but the L39 was actually manufactured in the Czech Republic (I think it is out of production).

che · 13-04-2002 3:13pm

kill my self within a year, through a combo of drink and cocaine over indulgence

phobos · 13-04-2002 3:58pm

TBH I don't think I'm mature enough to handle so much money. Even though I'm nearly 22. But what I do know is that I would have enough money to pay my parents back for all the years they made sacrifices for me.

I would then focus my money on fulfilling the dreams of friends and family. I know bringing a smile to their faces, would be greatest feeling ever. Sometimes it's the most simple of things, that don't involve money, but unfortunately, they usually do.

Even though right now, I don't plan to have kids. But I have changed so much over the past few years, God only knows what the future holds. So in the event that I would spawn my next generation, I could support their needs financially.

I am probably taking all of this too seriously, when I look at the responses from other people. Where's it's been: I'd buy this luxury item, and that luxury item etc. I don't need that much money, and people, things I care out do, so I could definately see myself donating it to some charity like the families who lost someone from the tragic events of September 11th, and Cancer research.

;-phobos-)

zenith · 13-04-2002 4:22pm

Give 50 million people a clean water supply.

And get Lovness in Malawi that damn operation.

Then, I'd probably get the garden done by someone else.

lazer · 13-04-2002 5:16pm

be realistic...if u had 1 Billion Dollars , what could u possibly want... if anything, everything would come to you

mike65 · 13-04-2002 7:37pm

I'd buy Wolves and set up my own flat-rate ISP!

Mike.

Uphamizer · 13-04-2002 11:58pm

That would be around enough to pay off all your ma's.

sisob · 14-04-2002 12:09am

Originally posted by Uphamizer
That would be around enough to pay off all your ma's.

<slap>

Bluehair · 14-04-2002 12:36pm

Sheesh people where' your imagination?? :rolleyes:

I'd buy a big recording company, make a single of myself singing "lollipoppp, lollipop oh lala lollipop etc.. etc.. " (a *really* irritating song", get it published and then buy 100,000 copies of it every week myself or whatever is needed to get it to number 1!!

And then I'll keep buying them until I've smashed all records for most single sold, longest at no1 etc. etc..

Just imagine the news week-in week-out... MTV would be sick and it'd make a constant mockery of the usual crap thats in the charts

azezil · 14-04-2002 12:48pm

Build a really big house, network everything! (firewall to prevent ftp of chocolate moose

)

get an aul E3 line for internet yummyness

Buy an island somewhere in the mediteranian

give a bit to some charity, make a big fuss about it too

pay off family's/ friends debts, give em something to live on

Jpaulik · 14-04-2002 1:23pm

I'd set aside half of the money and start up a childrens charity. I wouldn't trust any of the other charities out there.

I'd give proper broadband to my neighbourhood.

I'd buy a few houses around the world. Paris, Tokyo, New York, and somewhere in the Indian Ocean.

I'd start my own political party and run for election. It would probably only be a minor party but we'll more than likely be needed to prop up a government and we'll have loads of influence.

I'd get a large team of shotshot lawyers and get them to argue and question all the stupid laws in this country.

And in my second year as a billionaire I'd go on holiday.

JustHalf · 14-04-2002 2:02pm

I'd probably give at least half of it away. I go crazy with 1600 a month. I'd hate to think what I'd be like with that much money.

But a wish list:
* Harrier Jumpjet and a light aircraft
* Own small runway
* Large (20 acre?) grounds and a large house
* Fully kitted out recording studio (in my house)
* That crazy >1000bhp Bugatti
* Huge, high definition TV screen and a movie theatre

Or
* Down-payment on a B2 Stealth Bomber

Yurmasyurda · 14-04-2002 3:01pm

I would look after all my friends and most of my family, buy a big house and have 365 holiday days a year

Makaveli · 15-04-2002 10:00am

I would probably buy every cd I could ever possibly want. I'd get a huge house.
I'd also get an s600, sl55 amg, cl600, 911 carrera, 360 spider, and some sort of lexus and bentley just because I've always wanted one of them.
Give a load to charity too.
Then I'd spend the rest on coke (as in the cola) and sweets

, well after getting a savage broadband connection and a savage computer.
Also a home cinema dealy.

BeatTun · 15-04-2002 1:39pm

i'd go for a pint...

Shinji · 15-04-2002 2:50pm

I'd buy houses in places I liked - not many houses, not huge houses, just places to call home in different parts of the world. I'd buy a few cars, but not that many - you can only drive one at a time, after all. I'd put aside enough money that myself, my family and my loved ones could live comfortably for the rest of our lives and never have to worry about money.

Then I'd find ways to get rid of the rest of it on things I thought were worthwhile, and I'd set out to do the things I want to do with my life. I can't possibly use a billion quid on myself - I guess I'd spend a few million and put the rest to use in places it was needed.

given $1 billion dollars

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