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The lady just won a buttload of money in the lottery. Do you think people will publicly call her a ?
I've seen that show. Lottery winning rednecks show off their new house, new boat, new RV and then about how everyone they know is hounding them for money.
The lady just won a buttload of money in the lottery. Do you think people will publicly call her a ?
I don't know. You are taking this story a lot more seriously than I did.
I couldn't care less, I'm just sayin'. If you worked with someone who won the lottery, would you say nice things or insulting things about them with a news camera in your face?
No, I don't say things about people I do not mean.
But I try not to bad mouth people either ( out of respect; again not for my own benefit) so if I did not like her, I would do my best to avoid being interviewed.
gotcha.
I find it interesting that most Christians frown on gambling, but if they are given lottery tickets that end up winning, they have no problems cashing them in and praising God for the winnings.
I don't know what I would do honestly. I'd be afraid of turning out like those folks who end up worse than what they were before.
I would hope to be smart with it. I wouldn't go all out. I'd pay my debts and help my family out with their debt as well. Of course I move into a new house, but nothing too big that has like 11 bathrooms and like 13 bedrooms.
It is definitely harder to maintain a sense of one's self when winning the lottery. I know for me it would definitely be easy to spot a johnny-come-lately because I don't have a large family and I keep my friend circle rather tight. Now, I would definitely help pay off the debt of any family members that have been crucial in my development and stayed fair with me. I would also take heed of the friends that were there when I struggled through the hardest time and those who were always true people to be around with.
I would invest a little in the medical field and give back to USC and other universities. Probably buy a house in Laguna Nigel/Newport or the Pacific Palisades and a vacation home somewhere outside of California. Perhaps a place in Las Vegas that I would rent out for supplemental income. I wouldn't buy a fleet of cars, because of how fast the value of cars drop. The best case scenario would to buy one daily, one for the gf/wife, a weekender, and a 64-drop rag-top Impala just because that has always been my dream since Boyz N The Hood.
I would then go back and get a doctorate in something entertaining and prestigious sounding. Perhaps in Industrial Psychology so I can tell people I counsel the human psyche in times of major need and feel important lol.
Philanthropy would be my full-time job and I would donate to causes that I already do contribute.
Other than that...I haven't given much thought to the idea of winning...
£20m Lottery Winner Found In Concrete Grave
7:32pm UK, Saturday February 20, 2010
Alison Chung, Sky News Online
A lottery winner who repeatedly told his family "I'd have been better off broke" has been found buried five-feet deep under a concrete slab.
Mr Shakespeare often wished he had never bought the winning ticket
American Abraham Shakespeare, 47, who scooped $31m (£20m) in 2006, vanished nine months ago, although he was not reported missing until November last year.
His friends and family had hoped he was on a beach in the Caribbean, but police found his remains in the woods of a private property near Plant City in Florida.
Using heavy equipment, investigators broke up the large concrete slab and for two days they dug up dirt, much of it by hand, and sifted through it.
Mr Shakespeare's body was so badly decomposed that detectives had to use fingerprints to identify him.
The property where he was found belongs to the boyfriend of a woman named as Shar Krasniqi who befriended Mr Shakespeare in 2007, authorities said.
He really didn't understand it at all. It was moving so fast. It changed his life in a bad way.Samuel Jones, a friend of Mr Shakepeare's
Police believe Mr Shakespeare was murdered, but they do not yet know how he died and have made no arrests.
Mr Shakespeare's brother, Robert Brown, said his sibling often wished he had never bought the winning ticket.
"'I'd have been better off broke.' He said that to me all the time," Mr Brown said.
Before his windfall, Mr Shakespeare was an assistant truck driver who lived with his mother. He was barely literate and had a criminal record.
After he struck lucky, he bought a million-dollar home and was said to be extremely generous to others.
"He really didn't understand it at all," said Samuel Jones, a friend since childhood.
"It was moving so fast. It changed his life in a bad way."
Mr Jones said Mr Shakespeare would tell him: "I thought all these people were my friends, but then I realised all they want is just money."
money doesn't fix stupid.
Doughboy's ride was a rag-top Trey! (I always liked the 63 better than the 64 model)
64's are ugly when you compare them to 60-63. 61 was always my favorite.
Yeah, the 61 is nice. I always thought that one was the 62 until I just looked it up.
My uncle had a 62. It was in great condition when he bought it(I wouldn't know, since I probably wasn't even born when he had it) and he got it for 1,000. He got deported and it got ed up. He had to sell it for 65 hundred to keep up with the bills, though.Yeah, the 61 is nice. I always thought that one was the 62 until I just looked it up.
And 64's are a dime a dozen. The only other "classic" car you see more is a 65 mustang.
Freakin weird I just watched that movie today from my collection for no apparent reason.
If I won the lottery, I would never claim it publicly. I would be one of those anonymous claimers who did it through her attorney. Only the people close to me would know.
I would buy a house and a condo at South Padre, and my kid could go to college wherever he wanted for as long as he wanted.
It would probably be "best" to win like 2 million dollars. You would be comfortable and could do all the fun stuff, but it would not be so crazy.
Trust me brah if I ever win the lotto I'm gonna fill every room of my house floor-to-ceiling with the finest chronic man can buy and keep the fridge stocked with gallon jugs of LSD. I'll also sign up to have a keg of Budweiser delivered to my door every Wednesday. And another delivered on Friday, in case I get thirsty on the weekend.
I always thought that if I ever won the lottery or something, I would like to go to work, just for a couple more days. Just being there knowing that if any of my bosses ed to me about anything, I would be like... off, I don't need this...She opted not to go in for her shift Sunday. Duh
i guess i saw a different one then. it was of winners that have really haven't "bettered" themselves after winning. they're either junkies, wanted by the law, or who is dead broke. pretty brutal. it's more than just winning money. like cheech says, having responsibility is a heavy responsibility. you having, and maintaining, money is a heavy responsibility. your head has to be on straight or somewhere down that road it's gonna get verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry bumpy. tyson, for example. yes, i know he didn't win the lottery, but in a way, he did.
That's the 60.00 dollar question.
(inside joke you have to go to the TRoll forum to see the whole meltdown topic)
I have asked God to help me with the Texas lotto but him and I still can't seem to get all six numbers,
God finally told me to just stick with the scratch offs for now.
Last year I lost my index finger nail scratching 10 tickets a day. I thought God was angry at me so I stop buying scratch off tickets.
Then a miracle took place and the nail grew back!! on that day I knew God wanted me to continue scratching those tickets!.
I thought if you won the HUGE jackpot you had to claim publicly?
I would drastically change my lifestyle either. I am happy with my life the way things are.
It would be cool for Bo and I to open some sort of music school- something he has talked about wanting to do. Bo is gifted at playing and teaching people to play the guitar and I would be a good administrator.
I would definitely take an extended trip to Europe- maybe live there for a summer. I would want to stay in Slovenia, Paris, London, and Germany for sure. And visit Turkey for several days at least.
I wish I had 20 million bucks. I'd buy myself a nice 4 bedroom, two story house, a good car, pay off my moms house and give her a million bucks, and buy the fattest sack of the dankest dank I could find. I don't understand all this BS about lottery winners' lives are worse after they win. It's because they're ing stupid, like bb said, buying yachts and planes and gold plated toilets or whatever...
that. I'm a simple man who enjoys simple pleasure. Good house, big yard, fuel efficient car, and my own underground grow operation. That's all I want.
i don't know what the i'd do.
i like the attorney idea because i'd want to keep it quiet too.
i don't need mouse taking a bus to find me and suck my all of a sudden, or joe asking if i can buy him a prosthetic toe...
i'd keep it quiet, pay all the bills, and keep living my life as is until i figure out what's what.
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