Post your favorite lottery fantasy here!

[Love Bug]

I don't mean the altruistic ones about helping poor and disadvantaged unwed mothers. Nooooo, I'm talking about the ones were you go up to your boss and tell him/her to piss off in some spectacular fashion. Or tell your feckless brother-in-law who is always hitting you up for money to FOAD. C'mon, admit it, we all have them. Time to share.

Here's one of mine:

I hire a marching band and a limousine. I have the limo drive through the parking lot where I worked for 21 years and as I stand in the sun roof wearing a (fake) fur and tiara and wave like the Queen, the marching band follows behind playing "Take this Job and Shove It."

What's yours?

[LynneSin]

1. I have such basic needs

I'd pay off my house and add that 2nd bathroom addition in the laundry room.

Then I would buy the empty store front that is 2 blocks from my home and in there I would put a used record/book store. Since I won the lottery I wouldn't give a rats ass if I had customers or not. I would just be doing what I want to do.

[Love Bug]

2. That's the spirit! Doing what you want without regard to profit!

:fistbump:

[rurallib]

3. I have this dream all the time

1) set up my kids
2) rebuild the house & garage
3) set up a scholarship program for my (small) town. ETA - we already work with a group to do some of this
4) A certain democratic senate candidate would get lots of help, legally of course.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Six words:

Margot Kidder and large piles of money.

[Fleshdancer]

5. travel travel travel

Before I go on the long family trip around the world, I would schedule a short trip for just me and a few of my girlfriends to NYC. Great food, great spa treatments, nightclubs, shows, shopping, the whole thing. The only thing they would have to do is take the time off work. I would take care of everything else.

[supernova]

6. Travel as much as possible

Fix up my present house to be used as a temp residence for people being treated at Duke and UNC hospitals. It's cute, quiet and close to both hospitals.

Build my dream house with solar and other alt energy needs. Open floor plan, renewable materials. Killer master suite, gourmet kitchen, and home theatre. Maybe a fireplace too.

Set up a foundation for arts in the schools with the rest.

[Richardo]

7. It involves extensive travel, ski trips, European villas...

...buying the Pittsburgh Pirates, and running a jet ski rental/tavern in Florida - all with a beautiful buxom travel companion/bartender.

[Wapsie B]

8. Put up a pro-choice or antiwar road sign near one of these anti-abortion signs.

Make it in a high traffic area and outfit it with a hidden security cam. Then record all activity there, waiting for some fetus-worshiper to vandalize it, then have them arrested and prosecuted.

[Bunny]

9. Get my baby, hop on a private jet, and take off for Europe.

Spend a lot of time there, seeing whatever there is to see. Come back home, buy a nice place and get a job at the local jet ski rental/tavern. ;)

[Initech]

10. I would buy the big-ass printer at work and take it out to an open field.

There me and my buddies could beat the shit out of it Office Space style.

[JohnnyLib2]

11. A lifetime supply of socks that match.

I'll wear 'em to the house at Tahoe.

[EndersDame]

17. My boyfriend said he would buy a pair of socks a day so he could always have "fresh" socks

he loves his socks!

[Zomby Woof]

12. Buy DU and ban everyone

:evilgrin:

[skygazer]

13. Honestly, I really don't have any of those

The ones I have are about paying off all my kids' and my nieces' and nephews' student loans, buying a nice piece of property and having a barn and horses.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Give me land, lots of land...

Haven't quite decided where I want that land, but I'm thinking Northern New Mexico. Hawaii, Arizona, Colorado, and the Pacific Northwest also high on the list. Then, I'd build a "green" house with a scientific lab attached so I could spend my days doing invertebrate taxonomy. That is, when I'm not off traveling. So many places to see. So little time.

[dropkickpa]

15. Someone else does the laundry

I tripped and fell down the motherfucking basement steps again last night.

[proteus_lives]

16. I would have the greatest comic book collection the the world has ever seen.

I would build a seperate climate-controlled Fanboy-lair to house it. It would be the envy of the fanboy world!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. After I finished all my altruistic stuff (and there would be a lot)

I'd do a grand tour of the U.S. and visit all the states I hadn't seen yet.

I'd buy homes in Tokyo and somewhere in Europe (country as yet to be determined) and divide my time between them. I would indulge in all the regional travel and cultural events I had time for. In my spare time, I'd write mystery novels.

Oh, and I'd never fly coach again.

[LisaM]

19. I send a group email

that says, "write your own damn reports!"

[Bertha Venation]

20. It's fun to think about this.

Ever the good girl, I'll give two weeks' notice. Because despite a few weird things, my current employer is good to me.

Then, while I prepare our house for sale and Mrs. V. looks for a house in Tennessee, where we'll live until her parents are gone, I will be researching the best way to move eleven cats 500 miles.

That's as far as I've gotten.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

21. By the way, Love Bug

We're having a Minnesota holiday gathering, so check in at the MN Forum and see if you can make it.

[Love Bug]

24. Thanks! I'll check it out!

[Bluzmann57]

22. Standing at the entrance

of my employer and stopping all employees to hand them at least $200.00 each if they take that particular day off. It'd be neat to see management scramble to do what we actually do, especially the ones who are "know it alls".

[rebel with a cause]

23. Sorry, but I would give some to charity and to my one sister.

Then I would pack up the sentimental things I have and leave this damn place and never look back. I would buy a RV and travel until I found the perfect place to settle. With my health problems, an RV or plane would be the only options open to me for travel and I would have to have a plan on where to get my blood testing done monthly and doctors to redo my prescriptions every three months but if I had money that should not be a problem.

When I found a place that I liked with doctors that I trusted, I would buy me a nice house, hire me someone (probably more than one) to take care of me and my house. I would allow my one sister to visit me, even let her move close by if she wanted to, but no one else (besides my children) would know where I lived. That is how I would live out the rest of my life. Being comfortable, traveling when I could and just putting myself first most of the time. That is about as selfish and as bold as I can get because of my health. If I was young and healthy, then it would be an adventure and a half!!

[arcadian]

25. Take it all and go to Vegas.

bet all except $1 on Roulette. One large bet.

[bluedigger]

26. I would become the bestest golfer in the world!

You know, like Tig...er, nevermind...

[flvegan]

27. I'd buy a Ferrari F430 Spyder

not because it's the best exotic (I'd have the Pagani Zonda Spyder for that) but because the bright red paint and prancing horse badge says it all for me. I'd then make a point of making lunch appointments with ex-coworkers with whom I'm still friends but work at places that I don't work at anymore. And I'd pick them up...and drop them off. Maybe take a victory lap.

Because it's not about them knowing that my 4.3 liter V8 makes near as makes no difference 500 horsepower, nor that I can go 0-60 in under 4 seconds. It's about them leaning against the windows in their cubical hells and saying, "shit, that's a Ferrari" and "God, I hate that guy"

[quakerboy]

28. There are so many options

The most recent one to pop into my head is : no calorie fake sugar that does not have aftertaste or a reasonable likelihood of later chemical complications. Followed by the same for flour. I am mildly missing baked goods at the moment. Also milk that tastes right, but does not have ill effects for lactose intolerant me.

A standalone off the grid home ranks high on the list, along with vehicles to match.

I would certainly invest in at least a 50%, preferably a 51% stake in the company I work for. I would keep working, I really value what I do. And the owner has vision for the company that I lack, but having that stake would give me a greater peace of mind in the stability and security of my job. As well as letting me veto certain bad ideas that come through.

Travel, of course. Pay down of loans. Education of my family paid for. A computer with a ridiculous amount everything, particularly LCD space. Lots of medical checking and poking and prodding, to make up for the utter lack of that in my life. And the practical altruistic ones, but you said leave those out.

And I would stop to talk to people. The guy on the corner with the "my dog needs food, anything helps sign". I really want to know if he really has a dog, and if he will really be feeding it with what I give him. I could afford to find out.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. Pay off my bills. Build my house. Put the kids in boarding school.

A five gaited horse and a ski boat. Travel the world. The end. ~sigh~ thanks. that was fun :)

[Bertha Venation]

30. What's a five gaited horse?

A horse that can run five different ways?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. walk, trot, canter, slow rack, fast rack ....

Every horse moves forward, and gaited horses ease the journey onward. By moving their legs in a four-beat lateral gait, these horses produce a smooth ride. Their locomotion pattern varies from horses which trot in a diagonal beat. The easy-gaited horses appeal to riders who want a comfortable journey.

http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-showing/american-saddlebred-gaits-322.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/v/nlv_npk9edQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b

good to see you Bertha :hi:

[Bertha Venation]

32. Thanks, TA

:hi: :hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

33. you are welcome --

They are so much fun to ride :) :hug:

[BlueIris]

34. Heh. I hold a press conference and specifically tell my ex-boyfriends I won't be giving them

any money. Then I describe all of my fabulous plans for the winnings (financing my Ph.D., four beach houses, never going without health coverage, traveling the world, etc.). Then I cackle maniacally.

[SanddancerUSA]

35. Errrrrrrm....... I win?

[Ineeda]

36. If I ever played the lottery and won, I have a list

of friends and family to share with. Depending on the prize, I'd keep half and give the rest away. Some of these folks don't even speak to me anymore, but I'd do it anyway, and say 'don't EVER ask me for help again.' I'd also donate generously to like-minded politicians and no-kill animal shelters. With the half I keep, I'd renovate my home to be maintenance-free and green, not luxurious, and then hire a team to do a top-to-bottom cleaning. During the renovation process, I'd visit and travel with my darling sister and maybe a friend. Damn, I really should buy a ticket once in a while.

[mdmc]

37. I would create a MADE IN AMERICA campaign, including my own company

The only way out of our current free trade nightmare is to take pride in our own creations.

I would also use my money to reduce crime and poverty in Newburgh NY

[soleiri]

38. I'd buy a compound

with four houses on it.
One house for me, one for my mom and one for each of my two sons for when they grow up.
I'd buy my brother a condo near his work, or a restaurant if he wanted one (he's a chef).
I'd also use the money to get my Ph.D. in Special Education.
and I'd still work... occasionally.
And I'd send my sons to the best universities for what they're planning to study.

I'd also build a cat wing, attached to my house. lots of toys, temperature controlled, cat furniture and best of all... some sort of cat toilet that I'm sure I could pay someone to invent so I'd never have to change the litter box again.

[dysfunctional press]

39. pretty simple, really....

a compound on the big island for me and my friends. :shrug:

[phasma ex machina]

40. Endow a research and teaching facility at a college. nt