Lottery winners
They really get on my wick when they win a massive amount and then say,

"I'm just going to buy my council house, maybe a new(?) secondhand Volvo, a weekend in Bognor and I'll keep my job as a dinner lady."

What?

Why play the lottery?

Use whatever you need and give the rest to charity (or me).

Granted, they may not have been terribly affluent before winning and probably had to be tight with money and can't get out of that way of thinking.
But now? Ten million pounds! Get it into your thickheads that the world is your oyster, you can do all those things you've ever dreamt of, you're not poor any more, you don't need to be tight with money ever again.

It's no good being the richest person in the graveyard.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:12, 11 replies)

That pisses me off too
If I won the lottery, I'd be upfront about the massive amount of partying, frivolous wasting, and assorted, expensive, shenanigans I'd get upto.
I'd also not keep my job and buy a fucking huge house.
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:18, closed)

I've always wanted to do the following
Buy a top of the range Ferrari.
Crash it into a wall outside a pub.
Get out and casually light a cigarette.
Pull out a sledgehammer and go to work on the car.
Then walk into the pub and announce a free bar all day.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:26, closed)

Nice.
If I'm ever rich, that's number 10 on the list of things to do!
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:44, closed)

I once spotted a beatiful Fender bass in a shop window in Denmark Street
It was quite a special one - at least, it must have been, to justify a £2500 price tag.

My friend, witness to my salivating, said:
"Well, if I win the lottery this weekend, I'll buy that bass."
"Aw, that's awfully kind."
"I didn't say I'd buy it for you. I'll buy the bass, and then a wood-chipper. You can watch while I put it through the wood-chipper. Then I'll buy you a pint to cheer you up."
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:36, closed)

Definitely.
See also: Witless twats on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' who, when asked how much they'd like to win, say "I'd be happy with sixteen thousand pounds, that'd be enough to take the family on a nice holiday and do up the garden".

Jumping Christ in a gay sauna, how soul-crushingly dull is that? Have these people not noticed the name of the programme? The whole point of the show is to try and win ONE MILLION POUNDS. What's the point in applying with such feeble aspirations? It's like going to an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet for a bowl of chips.

Why do these dullards bother? Is it because they're still waiting for UKTV Boring to launch 'Who Wants to Sit Like a Gormless Beige Fuckwit and Try to Win Enough Money to Repaint the Spare Bedroom and Maybe Take the In-Laws to a Harvester'?

Scum.
(costas, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:47, closed)

£10M
it's not stonkingly rich if you're the sort of person who wastes it. I mean you could blow a couple of mill of that on a decent plot of land and a nice big house (more if you wanted to make it entirely self-contained so there were no running costs). Then a car or two would drop you another million*. Start jetting off all over the world, develop a drug habit for you and your friends, and your remaining few million will be frittered away before you can say "stuck in rehab/back on the dole".

*And then- the real killer- you'd have to buy a tank of petrol for each of the cars.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:48, closed)

If it was me
I'd probably die in a high-speed crash or from organ failure before I ran out of cash.

Better to burn out than fade away.
(oneinthepink is at your cervix m'lady, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 12:56, closed)

uberdeity is right
If you ever watch or read anything about lottery winners you find that the bigger your lifestyle change, the more miserable you tend to be.
( MatJ LOOK, Fri 24 Oct 2008, 19:18, closed)

I think those people just aren't doing it right.

(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 13:58, closed)

I remember watching a documentary that said
to lead the "millionaire lifestyle" you need atleast £35million as a lump sum, or a steady income of £2million a year atleast, or a combination thereof.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 14:00, closed)

It's no sin to born in the dirt
but it's a terrible sin to want to stay there.
(Seance Trumpet has got no beef with a man enjoying a croissant, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 13:58, closed)