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CaptainCrunch · 05-07-2009, 04:44 PM

I'd start an ultra secretive bikini maid service.

Bagor · 05-07-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Also, for those wanting to do a startup - and I'm guessing by startup, they don't mean opening their local 7-11 or burger shack - what would you do?

My business: Open an ecological/environmental, education/interpretation centre with dorms/rooms for high school and university students that could sleep about 20-30. Profs come and do the teaching and management of the students. I'd manage the logistics and provide comments/input when asked. Would have to be coastal or within cycling distance to the ocean. Would have a social area/presentation/conference room and alcohol would be allowed.

Something like this I would buy.

http://www.my-french-house.com/listm...ings/l2318.php

http://www.my-french-house.com/listm...ings/l1582.php

http://www.my-french-house.com/listm...ings/l1734.php

Sit outside with a beer/wine every night. Any storms would be ripping right off the Atlantic.

I'd be doing beekeeping on the side. My wife has always wanted to farm goats for cheese.

Not a multi-million dollar operation but would be priceless to us.

Sly · 05-07-2009, 04:55 PM

Lol.... hell no's! I'd be doing much more productive things like traveling/volunteering around the world, enjoying LIFE!

kermitology · 05-07-2009, 04:58 PM

I'd start my own record label, build my own studio and then get trained on music production. I'd probably base it out of Vancouver and then give my friend a job working with me where she oversees the business operations.

Oh.. and two chicks at the same time.

Tower · 05-07-2009, 06:30 PM

I'd start my own Production Company and hire Students and get them out in the market learning a their trade from experts in the field. It's really tough for new grads to get a look that will pay fair fresh out of College in mainstream TV.

Berger_4_ · 05-07-2009, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Locke

I cant believe this, some people stun me. If I won the lottery, lets say $10 or $20 Million I'd probably be outrageously drunk and high 24/7 until something gives out.

I'd buy Bawlf, bulldoze it and then build an exact replica out of Kelp.

There wouldnt be enough time for me work even if I wanted to.

I'd hire a few huge bodyguards and buy a assload of booze and a recliner and sit right by the Drop-In centre screaming obscenities and throwing empties....egging the hobos on to do something about it so Chongo and Tony could get their Skull Cracking on.

I'd dress like a homeless guy and get into the Mustard Seed undercover and then abduct all of the hobos, buy them each an expensive suit, get them cleaned up and then take them to the ritziest hotel in Vegas and throw a huge party with all the booze, drugs, women and food that anyone could ever want and then exactly at midnight I'd make a speech about how this is how I live every night and kick them out into the street with nothing.

So....many....possibilities....

Some people are pro-active socially conscious and constructive rich guys, I'd be the single most socially and self-destructive rich guy ever. Buy crap to burn it.

I'd buy every single part-time job I ever had and burn it to the ground.

Woah woah woah. I call shenaningans you drunk accountant! Also, that wouldn't cost much as you'd probably only need like....four plants to rebuild the place haha. Actually a kelp building would probably be better structurally than some of the houses.

TheyCallMeBruce · 05-07-2009, 10:15 PM

Now, if I won a huge jackpot, say $50 mil and up, I would turn into Calgary's version of Bruce Wayne. Since the only thing I fear is ghosts, I will be known as Haunted Man so everyone can share in my dread. I will prowl the streets of Calgary with my various gadgets, such as holographic ghost projection, scary halloween noises, a spectral car called the Haunted Mobile, and the ultra secret Haunted Cave located somewhere around Country Hills in the NW.

So next time when you see a news story about a ghostly man fighting crime, you'll know it's that TheyCallMeBruce guy. Then, you can be glad to know the city is safe and you can drink and drink until you fall into the most beautiful of drunken slumber.

3 Justin 3 · 05-08-2009, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kermitology

I'd start my own record label, build my own studio and then get trained on music production. I'd probably base it out of Vancouver and then give my friend a job working with me where she oversees the business operations.

Oh.. and two chicks at the same time.

Nice! I am going to Business school next year and that is the exact thing I want to start, a Record label.

Mightyfire89 · 05-08-2009, 08:33 AM

Depends on the amount. If I won 10,000,000.00+, after I had myself all setup, most of it would be given away to people I like and to charities. Then to keep busy, I'd do volunteer work.

If it was more like 1,000,000.00 I just wouldn't give so much away.

People either think I'm crazy or don't believe me when I talk about giving away so much money, but wealth is not a big determining factor in my personal happiness. I grew up in a household with very little money, we learned to get by and be happy without alot of it.

Traditional_Ale · 05-08-2009, 08:45 AM

I would live at University to get a PHD in music in a building named after me (having donated a couple million to the program) and then would just live the ultimate student experience. Once complete I would probably accept (read: buy) a position at the school and just continue to live it up.

troutman · 05-08-2009, 09:22 AM

I'd buy a vineyard, and hire homeless people to pick the grapes.

Wookie · 05-08-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by troutman

I'd buy a vineyard, and hire homeless people to pick the grapes.

Umm... sick, let me know if this ever happens so I can avoid your wine! That said, it's still better than CaptainCrunch - who I guess would make wine with the homeless people.

CaptainCrunch · 05-08-2009, 09:50 AM

I would have a stash of cash that would allow me to act like a rap star. You know throwing cash in the face of my personally hired camera man while fat bottomed girls in bikini's dance suggestively behind me.

I'd rename my self after the mayan symbol for Dog.

I'd also become a bounty hunter with a heart of gold, but only after I murdered somebody for street cred and then paid my way to freedom through our justice system.

Beat that Playahhhs