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Kangoogle
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17 Feb 2009, 3:53 pm

Buy up a country and then do it up in style.



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17 Feb 2009, 4:05 pm

Invest and with the interest buy a condo, maybe go on a vacation and then give millions to charity and philanthropy.


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17 Feb 2009, 4:28 pm

Hawthorne wrote:
1. Cheer like mad
2. Create an aspergers/autism charity
3. Buy a house, a very large house
4. Become a shut in with all of my games
5. Other things!
6. Have fun


I think I'd do these, too!



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17 Feb 2009, 4:32 pm

I'd buy a boat, hire a crew, then go searching for shipwrecks. That, and purchase many motor vehicles. :thumleft:


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17 Feb 2009, 4:53 pm

i would found an organisation with the sole aim of completely reorganising the canadian economy into one based in agrarianism, and to move away from--and eventually abandon--industrialisation. i would do everything within my power to create a completely green, non-polluting canada.



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17 Feb 2009, 4:56 pm

I'm not British so I do not know.


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17 Feb 2009, 5:23 pm

Even though I'm not British, I would get the biggest house I can possibly get, I would donate money to some disability organizations and animal organizations (I draw animals), I would get my own Learjet, my own airport, get nice cars for everyone in my family (I don't drive), travel the world, and other stuff I can't think of right now. Maybe I'll take over the world like Microsoft!



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17 Feb 2009, 5:36 pm

Kangoogle wrote:
Buy up a country and then do it up in style.

Why, I know just the place; prime real estate in the North Atlantic. Buy at the bottom, man!


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17 Feb 2009, 6:52 pm

Buy every Ferrari that is available, then a building to turn into the International Ferrari Museum.

The rest I would squander on a home in Hawaii USA....


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17 Feb 2009, 7:15 pm

I would give a generous endowment to this place.

I would buy a castle in Europe.

I would get a really expensive MA in Vocal Studies.

I would keep a gorgeous mistress who could accompany me on piano.

And I would adopt about 50 Siberian Huskies in need of good homes.



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17 Feb 2009, 8:27 pm

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OK, according to my converter, £100,000,000,000 is $1,418,500,073. Some help for the Americans :D


Thank goodness, because my response to this thread was going to be "How much is that to we Americans?" :D

I don't know, I would invest wisely, that's for sure. I would sell this house and buy a larger one outright. Not HUGE, but larger. I don't want to owe anyone for a house anymore.



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17 Feb 2009, 9:03 pm

DeLoreanDude wrote:
OK, according to my converter, £100,000,000,000 is $1,418,500,073. Some help for the Americans :D


thx i didnt know the conversion rate from euros to dollars... :P

erm wait are you forgeting 3 more zeros??? 8O

because the rate i pretty sure is like 5dollars per euro... or...

Well asnyway... 1.4 billion dolars :chin:

Big house like the one from iorn man... :) that house is FTW!! !

erm... Evry videogame preordered... Super HD 60inch any bigger and i wnt be able so see the eintire screen : p

The most top of the line computer ever!! ! :D

And of corse... my rides... An M1-A1 Abrams, AH-64, and of corese a modified boeng 747 :) With private air field


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17 Feb 2009, 9:07 pm

Relicanth7 wrote:
DeLoreanDude wrote:
OK, according to my converter, £100,000,000,000 is $1,418,500,073. Some help for the Americans :D


thx i didnt know the conversion rate from euros to dollars... :P

erm wait are you forgeting 3 more zeros??? 8O

because the rate i pretty sure is like 5dollars per euro... or...

You're kidding right? First of all, that's pounds (which dropped below a buck fifty last year), while Euros are last I checked hovering around a buck thirty (down from, like I think like a buck fifty over the summer)


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17 Feb 2009, 9:09 pm

1. Tour England

2. Tour Scotland

3. Tour Ireland!

4. Check out castles

5. Want more money...


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17 Feb 2009, 9:36 pm

twoshots wrote:
Relicanth7 wrote:
DeLoreanDude wrote:
OK, according to my converter, £100,000,000,000 is $1,418,500,073. Some help for the Americans :D


thx i didnt know the conversion rate from euros to dollars... :P

erm wait are you forgeting 3 more zeros??? 8O

because the rate i pretty sure is like 5dollars per euro... or...

You're kidding right? First of all, that's pounds (which dropped below a buck fifty last year), while Euros are last I checked hovering around a buck thirty (down from, like I think like a buck fifty over the summer)


EHhhhhhh??? I thought they all transfered to euros in like '99 8O

o oops i 4get the eruos are the e with the = going through it... :(

gahhhh i hate stupid not known to me currency... :x


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17 Feb 2009, 9:42 pm

* Send small slices of it to my relatives

Then I would have a decent amount to:
* Move to my own (small) place, furnish it and paint it to my liking
* Help people in the remote areas of Australia improve living conditions and health facilities
* Travel the world and learn from other people and places
* Take over as the majority shareholder of a football (soccer) club

The rest can go to different charities.



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