You Win £999 Billion Trillion - What Would You Do With It?

[joko]

If you won a ridiculous amount of money - as above - what would you do with it?

Lets assume that -
we would all look after and help out our family and close friends,
we would all donate some i'm sure
we would all move to a bigger house, get a better car and generally just have things that cost more etc
and go on nicer holidays
These things are pretty much the basics and standard stuff really

but what else would you do with it?

start a collection of purple rolls royces?
sail the world in a gold plated yacht?
buy a country?
have a wedding on top of a mountain?
would you buy a huge well known company?
or start one from scratch - like batman?
put money into a massive marine biology expedition to find nessie?
clone people, and make loads of yourself?
collect rare first editions?
go to the moon?
buy the moon?! haha

basically you can do anything you want - and even if something is not currently possible, you could fund research to make it possible.

doesn't have to be anything weird or extravagant, just your dreams

i would definitely think about time travel ... and real travel

i would also fund research for doctors to be able to do skeleton transplants - i would like my whole skeleton replaced - either with real bone or a terminator type thing haha

cheers

[RATTER15]

I would fund research into many different diseases, especially cancer, Dementia, and Autism and set up care homes where money does govern everything and the staff are well paid and respected.

[Zacs-Master]

I'd spend it on fast cars loose women and beer. The rest I would squander.

[RATTER15]

Does = doesn't

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Been done Zac ;)

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

It would be nice to see art mixed with usefulness. Perhaps I could commission wind sculptures instead of wind machines to harvest our energy, and oh, I would throw a tidal duck most of the way round Britain.
I'd renationalise some sh*t. If I pay enough, they'd let me.

[anneasquith]

i would ensure that every town/city/village in the world had a 'safe house ' for anyone in an abusive relationship/, a world recruitment drive to train social workers/health visitors to ensure every child is living in a safe environment, id ensure Scotland won the world cup at least once before I die.

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

You haven't got enough money for that last one Anne ;)

[anneasquith]

^^^^ cheeky wee devil :)

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

hehe

[woofgang]

I would take over the running of the NHS....with a flamethrower.

[douglas9401]

I need good shoes.

[pixie373]

Yes, woofgang. I was going to say, I'd buy the NHS and reorganise it from scratch.

[emmie]

treat everyone on the planet to an ice cream, always makes people feel better. except perhaps those that are allergic, but they could have an ice lolly instead

[woofgang]

pixie we could run it as a consortium!

[pixie373]

Deal!

[woofgang]

:-)

[tiggerblue10]

I would buy several known big companies and open up branches in the poorest counties to help with employment for the poor.

I would take over all the sweatshops and clothing production companies in the far east and provide workers with decent working conditions and pay.

I would attempt to pay off all endangered animal poachers in Africa and India and wherever else there are poachers.

I would ensure that all schools in the UK have a breakfast club and make sure that every child has brekkie. No child should go hungry.

Give loads to children and animal charities and fund research into illness.

For myself, I would buy pad in Central London and a cottage in Cornwall and a plane.

[New Judge]

Actually you'd struggle a bit because although the total wealth in the world is a bit hard to estimate (Jim's guess at $50trillion is as good as any, though I've heard amounts up to $200trillion quoted) it certainly is nothing like £900 billion trillion.

Unless there is to be money printing on an epic scale there would not be anywhere near enough money in the world to pay you your winnings. So you would bankrupt every other individual, company and nation on earth. In fact, if you received your winnings in £50 notes they would form a stack which would reach to the sun 13 million times (and most of them would get burnt when they got too close) or the nearest star 50 times. I've also worked out the approximate weight of the £50 notes but won't bore you with the answer (I must get out more!).

Best return to the more flippant answers we've had so far, I think :-)

[jennyjoan]

wouldn't want it ever in my life nor would I would even want a million either - brings nothing but misery.

[China Doll]

Open a centre specificially for children who have been accutely or chronically sexually abused or victims of FGM; it would have the relevant doctors, social work practitioners, play therapists/specialists, clinical nurse specialist, pyschology/psychotherapy support and specialised admin all in one place; plus a place for the CAIT/Sapphire units to interview children. Perhaps even a walk in centre for children who have been victims of physical abuse to come to and have their injuries documented. Basically a specialist, private hospital almost (but that doesn't actually the patient anything).