...to give away 
Would you:
give it to 1 or 2 people who were up **** street
or
give a little to a lot
?????
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If you had a million quid...
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Posted 5 months ago #
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I'd give it to all the people whose lives are so desperate that they would be prepared to swap places with Jeremy Clarkson for the money
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Second option. That's a lot of money, and you could help out a lot of people with that sort of cash.
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I'd put it in an income fund (whether a charity or a trust) so that it kept on working for whoever the beneficiaries were.
Sorry. Boring but sensible answer
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I would give it to my Mrs and she could buy be a new bike and take me on holiday and buy me lots of new toys.
FlockPosted 5 months ago # -
50/50 shared between the hard up bankers and the gold plated pension plundering public sector workers
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nick1962 - Member
50/50 shared between the hard up bankers and the gold plated pension plundering public sector workersNow thats a proper STW answer! Love it
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I would give a little bit to lots of people, like that loads people would like me, rather than just one or two people thinking I was a really great guy. I wouldn't waste it on anyone who already liked me though.
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I wouldn't waste it on anyone who already liked me though.
Some people actually do?
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No not really. I just added that for effect.
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Phew !was worried about the human race there for a second
GoodnightPosted 5 months ago # -
I like you Ernie.
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i have no plan before i own!
but will be very happy ,that can be imagined
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Kinda what SHOULD happen with the lottery - instead of 1 10million pound winner there should be 10 1million pound winners.
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I have a client that won a 7 figure sum, has banked enough for retirement and gave the rest away to charities etc. only a few people know this and quite frankly I am impressed but he is a happy guy with a great family and felt it would spoil them. Interesting. His wife was 100% in agreement.
Edit and by 7 figures I mean almost 8 !!Posted 5 months ago # -
I'd put it in an income fund (whether a charity or a trust) so that it kept on working for whoever the beneficiaries were.
I'd have to agree with Stoner, he generally sounds like he knows what he's talking about, the odd bit of crap, but in general...
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I'd see myself right first. it's like when you get on a plane and the oxygen masks drop down. Sort your own out before dealing with your suffocating child.
Once I was set up in my nice house and my Triumph Dolomite outside, I'd buy lots of people a lottery ticket. Take your chances just like I did.
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I wouldn't give a penny to any feckless waster on the street because they would just go straight to the pub with it. I would give some of it to organisations like St Mungo's and the Sally Army.
If I was as rich as the Hindujas or those eight Greek blokes who have pinched 90% of Greece's money, I would endow clinics in African cities for street children and poor people to get food, shelter and treatment.
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ernie - I'll like you for a tenner, for a pony you'll even think I enjoyed it.
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When the lottery first launched me and my then girlfriend bought tickets for the first draw. I asked her what she'd do with the money if she won
"The first thing I'd have to do is pay you off"
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I'd spread the love and donate it all to the ramblers association.
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I would give it to my community, set something up for da kidz.
actually I live in a middle class community, so I'd give it to a cummunity project(s) in a less well off area of town
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Its always interesting the splits of opinion on whats good to do with money - opens up a lot of viewpoints. For instance I would give to folk in the street coz it helps right at source but not a bean to africa due to them not helping themselves and endemic corruption. Guaranteed to cause a rift this one.
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I'd set up The Southern Yeti center for kids who can't read good and who wanna to do other stuff good too.
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I'd spread the love. Give a lot of money to someone who is not accustomed to having plenty spare and they will spend it all on crap and end up back where they started.
£50k to 20 families.Posted 5 months ago # -
A Triumph Dolomite?
Weirdo.
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but not a bean to africa due to them not helping themselves
Did you really just say that?
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I'd spread the Luv too.
I've a couple of interests I support locally, be nice to give a bit more than just my time.
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spread the love; helping 20-30 with enough to get them out of debt/into a house/whatever it is they need in the immediate to lift the stress from their current situatio; beyond that, they need to help themselves!
Why the question? Got a million? I could do with a few quid...
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i'd set up several supported living properties like the one i work in now, and run them as not for profit. that would mean i'd be able to practically help many, many more people than just giving out lump sums... and once a resident moves onto independence another can move in to be helped
Posted 5 months ago # -
Kinda what SHOULD happen with the lottery - instead of 1 10million pound winner there should be 10 1million pound winners.
Isn't that what happens to the rest of the revenue generated by the lotto?
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I think I would set up a business and employ the disadvantaged and/or homeless. Best chance of longest term help there I reckon.
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Hmmm...
I'd certainly treat the small handful of people who've helped me out when I've been in dire straits before to something nice.
But I do agree that spending it on your kids is only going to spoil them in later life. Better to leave them a little to get starting with than to give them enough to get themselves into trouble with.
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Warton - yeah bit of a generisation really but they do need to stamp out corruption,stop fighting and start to take birth control seriously before Africa can really be helped. Lets face it weve been giving to Africa for years and its still a mess- all the while some of the leaders are among the wealthiest people in the world.
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Rootes the problem with the lottery fund is that its become instead of rather than as well as government spending. Id like to see it continue as is but with the jackpots better spread. 10 x 1million has gotta be better than 1 x 10million! As for the original question lots of 5grand payouts to childrens charities.
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