If you won a ridiculous amount of money....

[Frank the Tank]

My wife and I had the discussion last night about what we would each do if we won a ridiculous amount of money. Say something like 30-35 million in the 6/49. Now besides the obvious buy a new house/pay off mortgage/buy new car stuff, what would everyone do?

Myself: I'd pay the Flames 5 million (tops) to dress me for one game. Let me practise and be a part of the team for one week, dress for a game and be on the ice for the opening faceoff. As soon as the puck is dropped, I'd come to the bench and work the gate for the rest of the game. Thats all I'd want. My 5 seconds of fame. What I wouldn't tell the Flames is that I'd take a penalty so i could tell people I got on the scoresheet.

My Wife: Well, since her family is all from Winnipeg and she has spent a lot of time there, I guess I can't blame her for being a huge Guess Who fan. She said she'd hire them to play at her birthday. Pretty good idea I thought.

What would you guys do?

Oh and PS, I'd buy seasons tickets and a house in Calgary and commute for the games from Ontario!

[nfotiu]

2 chicks :tup:

[MrMastodonFarm]

Peter Gibbons : What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Lawrence : I'll tell you what I'd do, man, two chicks at the same time, man.
Peter Gibbons : That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence : Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a million dollars I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money.
Peter Gibbons : Well, not all chicks.
Lawrence : Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do.
Peter Gibbons : Good point.
Lawrence : Well what about you now? what would you do?
Peter Gibbons : Besides two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence : Well yeah.
Peter Gibbons : Nothing.
Lawrence : Nothing, huh?
Peter Gibbons : I'd relax, I would sit on my ass all day, I would do nothing.
Lawrence : Well you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Just take a look at my cousin, he's broke, don't do sh*t.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by MrMastodonFarm@Oct 15 2004, 02:33 PM
Peter Gibbons : What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Lawrence : I'll tell you what I'd do, man, two chicks at the same time, man.
Peter Gibbons : That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence : Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I had a million dollars I could hook that up, cause chicks dig a dude with money.
Peter Gibbons : Well, not all chicks.
Lawrence : Well the kind of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do.
Peter Gibbons : Good point.
Lawrence : Well what about you now? what would you do?
Peter Gibbons : Besides two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence : Well yeah.
Peter Gibbons : Nothing.
Lawrence : Nothing, huh?
Peter Gibbons : I'd relax, I would sit on my ass all day, I would do nothing.
Lawrence : Well you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Just take a look at my cousin, he's broke, don't do sh*t.

God bless Office Space!

[Cowperson]

Buy my way onto a Russian spacecraft going to the ISS and get launched into outer space.

That would leave me with $10 million. Unless I blew up and became a meteor.

Cowperson

[arsenal]

Cow.. you could buy a wookie!!!

[Homer_J]

Besides the obvious (house,car, travel the world), I'd take the ultimate hockey road(and/or air) trip. I'd visit every arena in the league, following the Flames whenever possible. I'd buy a luxury suite at the Dome for myself and my friends/family. I'd finally be able to buy all the latest gadgets and toys.

Samir : You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in glorious mutual funds and take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities and

Michael Bolton : Samir, you're missing the point. The point is you're supposed to work out what you [printer starts beeping] PC Load Letter"? What the ###### does that mean?

[troutman]

Become a partner in the Flames ownership group.

[Cube Inmate]

Originally posted by Frank the Tank@Oct 15 2004, 08:14 AM
My Wife: Well, since her family is all from Winnipeg and she has spent a lot of time there, I guess I can't blame her for being a huge Guess Who fan. She said she'd hire them to play at her birthday. Pretty good idea I thought.

Ugh...I heard Randy Bachman on Q107 "live" a couple of weeks ago, and he's lost a little something. You might want to hire them to lip synch a few songs


As for me:


1) p*ss in my boss's gas tank
2) Explore the world until I get tired of it. Start in Hawaii just to "decompress" a bit, and then head for Brazil, Europe, Australia, N Africa.
3) Enroll in flight school so I can be the next John Travolta
4) Book a flight to space, orbital or sub

After all that, I'd probably buy a home in Calgary and one in Arizona, an spend the rest of my life being fed peeled grapes by a harem of women.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Originally posted by troutman@Oct 15 2004, 09:35 AM
Become a partner in the Flames ownership group.

Unfortunately at 30-35 million you're small fry for the current Flames ownership group. Between Markin, Edwards, and the most recent addition Riddell I'd hazard a guess that these 3 guys are worth about 2-3 Billion CAD.

However, you could always be one of the Oiler's 36 small cap owners

[calf]

If it was 30-35 million, I'd be able to buy the Stampeders

Then house, new car, cabin, etc.

And a box at the Saddledome

[CaptainCrunch]

Two words

Dangerous drugs

Seriously if I won that much money there's next to no chance that I'd ever be sober again. Its the ultimate dream, live fast die young leave a pretty corpse.

Oh yeah and that 2 chicks thing

[troutman]

Originally posted by I-Hate-Hulse+Oct 15 2004, 03:56 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (I-Hate-Hulse @ Oct 15 2004, 03:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-troutman@Oct 15 2004, 09:35 AM
Become a partner in the Flames ownership group.

Unfortunately at 30-35 million you're small fry for the current Flames ownership group. Between Markin, Edwards, and the most recent addition Riddell I'd hazard a guess that these 3 guys are worth about 2-3 Billion CAD.

However, you could always be one of the Oiler's 36 small cap owners [/b][/quote]
Actually I think $35 million would buy a fairly significant chunk of the Flames. It does not matter how much other $ you have (unless you would be expected to cover losses).

http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2002/1223/098tab.html

CALGARY FLAMES
/Calgary Flames Limited Partnership ('80) $94 Million (Franchise Value December 2002).

[Neeper]

If I won 35 million dollars, I would start my chain of restaurants. After my money multiplies, thanks to my great ideas for a restaurant, I would travel the world.

And oh yeah, I'd pay the $10,000 buy in for the World Series of Poker and see how far I would get.

[Fobulous]

I would start my own reality show...

It would be called what chicks would do for money...

I am sure you can figure out the rest...

[Incinerator]

I would buy every regular poster on CP a Flames home authentic jersey crested with his/her CP handle & choice of number, to qualify you have to have a postcount of at least 100.

I would then buy a suite at the dome and make it the CP suite, make a plan kinda like the CP season ticket plan and get everyone to go to at least one game in that box a season, all expense paid of course

Then I would buy a charter jet and have everyone at CP sign up for dates that they can take off and do our own CP Flames Road Trips, follow the team for all 41 road games, practices, the whole 9 yards... become "Flames groupies" haha

muahahahaha

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It's nice to have a dream isn't it?

[Tron_fdc]

I would go to Vegas, put a million on red, and yell "let 'er ride" till I lost. I have no idea what that means, but I always thought it would be cool to stand around a table and yell it. After that, pull a Captain Crunch with about 10 friends and get WAAAAASTED for a week or so, do peyote in the desert, and basically spend as much as possible in 10-12 days. My relationship with my g/f would be finished, but with the amount of money I would have who the hell cares?

I'd then stand up in front of a large crowd somewhere and yell "I'M RICH BYATCH!" (another one of those compulsive things).

I guess if I won 35 million I would set aside about 10 million to absolutely p*ss away, which would take a long time to do (and quite possibly my life) but hey, how much fun would that be????

[Frank the Tank]

Originally posted by plett22@Oct 15 2004, 05:32 PM
I would go to Vegas, put a million on red, and yell "let 'er ride" till I lost. I have no idea what that means, but I always thought it would be cool to stand around a table and yell it. After that, pull a Captain Crunch with about 10 friends and get WAAAAASTED for a week or so, do peyote in the desert, and basically spend as much as possible in 10-12 days. My relationship with my g/f would be finished, but with the amount of money I would have who the hell cares?

I'd then stand up in front of a large crowd somewhere and yell "I'M RICH BYATCH!" (another one of those compulsive things).

I guess if I won 35 million I would set aside about 10 million to absolutely p*ss away, which would take a long time to do (and quite possibly my life) but hey, how much fun would that be????

Thats what I'm talkin' 'bout!! Haha! Damn that made me laugh out loud at work!

[Skip2mylou]

Donate it all to charity.

"Money don't make my world go round, I'm reaching out for a higher ground" :P

[albertGQ]

I would invest it in some stocks that are low risk with a high yield.

JOKING!!

I would retire and party it up until I die