Which do you take, and what do you do with all that money?

For me, I'd take the lump sum. 1 million goes into a "Frivolous shit account," and the rest gets conservatively invested. I live happily and lazily ever after off the interest. As for the 1 million, Some items up for purchase would be:
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Leftovers go to building my tower. Yes, tower, as in wizard tower. I'm serious about this.

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Maradon! says ta-ma-to, I say to-ma-to:
Lump sum, 50% invested through a broker, 50% invested in the business I want to start.

Leftovers go to building my tower. Yes, tower, as in wizard tower. I'm serious about this.

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Will it be shaped like a giant penis?

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Peanut butter ass Shaq Blindy. booooze lime pole over bench lick:
Will it be shaped like a giant penis?

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I always thought towers more closely resembled giant, elongated breasts.

That you see a penis must be a sign of your latent homosexuality.

In short, no probably not.

And chocolate. Maybe some bunnies. And a pepsi.

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Led wrote this stupid crap:
And chocolate. Maybe some bunnies. And a pepsi.

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Why not a delicious combo of flavor?! Chocolate Bunnies filled with Pepsi!

3/4 would go to investments/retirement/savings, and the remaining 1/4 would go towards buying my family a new home, at least 2 cars, a beastly computer, and starting a computer game studio.

20 million invested so I can live off of the interest.

1 million to build the house I want. In eastern NC, it wouldn't be that much for the land, leaving a ton for the actual house.

1 million to pay off my parents house, my grandpa's house, and all of their cars. Same thing for my two brothers. If they want, I'd buy each immediate family member + grandpa any car they wanted. Same for all their debt.

1 million to set up a scholarship fund at my school.

1 million to fund a franchise of some restaurant. not sure what that would cost.

5 million for random spending.

In short: Money House.

Hell, I plan on moving there sometime within the next year anyhow, if I can manage it, lottery or no.

Oh, yeah, and knowing my sweetie, we'd end up with, like, 20 cars.

Invest 75% of it, take the rest and build a vacation home up north, and start doing all of the world traveling that is on my list.

10% into long term safe investments 40% into real estate investment and the last 20% into personal use (car&house)

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Skaw had this to say about dark elf butts:
Lump Sum, invest in a substance that could go over paper/cloth and make it resistant to weather, then paper mache myself a house/shack with the rest and coat it in said substance.

In short: Money House.

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Everyone wondered WTF when Maradon! wrote:
Lump sum, 50% invested through a broker, 50% invested in the business I want to start.

Leftovers go to building my tower. Yes, tower, as in wizard tower. I'm serious about this.

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Dude I was planning on living in a wizard tower too

Invest.

Gain funds enough to secure a private army.

Take over a small African country with little effort.

Boost the economy while flying under the radar of the United Nations.

Eventually expand further, fighting up to the Middle East.

Become a global nuisance.

Clear fiscal debts, clear other debts (gotta look out for your friends)

Set up a 20% of Net winnings slush fund, invest the rest through my Head-of-the-bank in Mass. uncle.

After that year, move back to the US, namely Atlanta, and start my business.

Provide for the initial employees of my business to move to the ATL.

Maradon understands what I'm talking about.

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Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into Mr. Parcelan who doth quote:
Become a global nuisance.

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Good one.

I wonder how much it'd cost to get one built...damn stairs'd sure get you in shape fast, though.

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x--Zephyer KyuukazeO-('-'Q) :
Wow...a wizard tower would rock.

I wonder how much it'd cost to get one built...damn stairs'd sure get you in shape fast, though.

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Everybody knows wizard towers rely on telekinesis and/or teleporters.

Or at least elevators.

The hardest part to swing is plumbing, so you're kinda stuck having to go to the ground floor to go to the bathroom. Other than that the cost should be only slightly higher than constructing a house out of the same material (obsidian)

Maradon! fucked around with this message on 09-27-2006 at 08:54 PM.

Take enough money to buy a house and buy a decent car, you know just pay it all off right then right there.

Pay my parents' house off.

Put enough money somewhere safe so that I can buy my brother a home and car eventually.

Fully furnish a home. Doesn't have to be super nice, neither does the house, something livable and something that could house a decent sized family. This includes a top of the line computer and HDTV.

Stick enough money somewhere else that's safe so I have cash to buy food and crap with for the rest of the year.

Then stick the rest in a 3% savings account at the bank and kick back.

Willias fucked around with this message on 09-27-2006 at 08:54 PM.

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Peanut butter ass Shaq Willias booooze lime pole over bench lick:
Then stick the rest in a 3% savings account at the bank and kick back.

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Considering that you're talking about millions of dollars, you'd actually have to work pretty hard to find a financial institution that would only give you 3%

If I could be offered more, and be able to withdraw money as I need, I'd go with that.

Willias fucked around with this message on 09-27-2006 at 08:59 PM.

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Peanut butter ass Shaq Willias booooze lime pole over bench lick:
Whatever, I'm just saying that 3% would probably be enough, and the little money I have in the bank (in a savings account) is only 3%.

If I could be offered more, and be able to withdraw money as I need, I'd go with that.

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You are nowhere near assertive enough to make it as a rich person.

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Maradon! still thinks SARS jokes are topical, as evidenced by:
Everybody knows wizard towers rely on telekinesis and/or teleporters.

Or at least elevators.

The hardest part to swing is plumbing, so you're kinda stuck having to go to the ground floor to go to the bathroom. Other than that the cost should be only slightly higher than constructing a house out of the same material (obsidian)

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Look for Chuck Pahlaniuk's Stranger than Fiction. There's an article in there about real people who've built castles here in the United States. Working stiffs, too.

The rest gets invested and we get to play philanthropist. Nothing huge, like in a Bill and Melinda Gates way. But you know those stories you see on TV where the local animal shelter's roof falls in or some charity's water heater blows up and floods their office? I'd be the guy who calls them and says, "Don't worry about the bill, send it to me". Or at Christmas when they do the Angel Tree thing for underprivilege kids? I'd let the TV station know that it's in the bag. If they don't get sponsors for all the kids, send any who don't to me and I'll make sure they get something nice for Christmas.

1. Buy a house. Nothing fancy, just a little, quiet place where I can be by myself. Oh, and it has to have a fireplace. You know, for fires.

2. Open an arcade, for two reasons. First of all, it would be sort of awesome to run my own arcade. Secondly, the winnings won't last forever and I'll need some way to support myself.

3. Give a lot of money to my family, who needs it more than me.

4. Do something charitable. Maybe create some sort of shelter/clinic for the homeless which, instead of just giving them a cot and a bowl of soup, would strive to help them rejoin the work force by cleaning them up, rehabilitating them (if necessary) and giving them a place to live while they're job-hunting.
Obviously there a ton of problems with this idea. I'm still working out the details OK jeez

Alternately, I'd just donate a ton of it to an existing charity, which needs it more than me.

EDIT: 5. Just once, I'd completely fill a webcomic artist's broken computer/oh god I'm moving/hey uh I'm a little down on my luck fund, seeing as how they all have one eventually.

Sentow, Maybe fucked around with this message on 09-27-2006 at 10:48 PM.

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Sentow, Maybe said this about your mom:
2. Open an arcade, for two reasons. First of all, it would be sort of awesome to run my own arcade. Secondly, the winnings won't last forever and I'll need some way to support myself.

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Yeah they can.

Stick the cash in a bank, they'll add more to it every year by a percentage.

Even with only 3% interest on a savings account, it'd be fucking easy to live off that with a few mil.

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Willias attempted to be funny by writing:
Yeah they can.

Stick the cash in a bank, they'll add more to it every year by a percentage.

Even with only 3% interest on a savings account, it'd be fucking easy to live off that with a few mil.

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Well, yeah, reason 2 was pretty much bumpkis (or... however you spell that). I was just looking for some financial justification for owning a building full of video games.

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Peanut butter ass Shaq Sentow, Maybe booooze lime pole over bench lick:
Well, yeah, reason 2 was pretty much bumpkis (or... however you spell that). I was just looking for some financial justification for owning a building full of video games.

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How about bringing joy to people who want to play video games?

Isn't that a pretty swell reason?

I kinda almost want to add "and open up an arcade" to my list just because of it!

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The logic train ran off the tracks when Maradon! said:
How about bringing joy to people who want to play video games?

Isn't that a pretty swell reason?

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What, are you bucking for some free tokens or something? You have to pay for your joy like everyone else, buddy.
But yes, that is a swell reason ^^

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Check out the big brain on Willias!
Yeah they can.

Stick the cash in a bank, they'll add more to it every year by a percentage.

Even with only 3% interest on a savings account, it'd be fucking easy to live off that with a few mil.

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You are forgetting your dear old uncle Sam. He will take a shit load every year

Also letting it sit in the bank is supoer retardo. Why would you let those assholes at the bank make money off of your fortune? Invest it your self.

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Peter had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
You are forgetting your dear old uncle Sam. He will take a shit load every year

Also letting it sit in the bank is supoer retardo. Why would you let those assholes at the bank make money off of your fortune? Invest it your self.

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Okay, then there must be something I don't understand.

Okay, after you make the massive amount of millions, pay taxes on it when you get it, and then pay taxes on it again when yearly taxes come up, why would you be taxed for it again?

I mean, I understand that you'd be taxed on the money you'd make through interest I guess, but why would you be taxed on it again?

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Petering:
You are forgetting your dear old uncle Sam. He will take a shit load every year

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ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX also known as RAPE AT GUNPOINT

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Also letting it sit in the bank is supoer retardo. Why would you let those assholes at the bank make money off of your fortune? Invest it your self.

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s'what I'm saying. With so much money you're looking at an immense portfolio with almost zero risk and signifigant returns.

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Peanut butter ass Shaq Willias booooze lime pole over bench lick:
Okay, then there must be something I don't understand.

Okay, after you make the massive amount of millions, pay taxes on it when you get it, and then pay taxes on it again when yearly taxes come up, why would you be taxed for it again?

I mean, I understand that you'd be taxed on the money you'd make through interest I guess, but why would you be taxed on it again?

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Welcome to the world where the government points a gun at you and takes your money with no real justification!

Income tax, capital gains tax, various wealth taxes, the list goes on and on! Balk and a man shows up with a gun to carry you off to jail. Complain and you're painted a right wing extremist.