# If I Ever Hit The Lottery. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232 "2004-11-23T03:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/1 "2004-11-23T03:57:16Z")
I know one of the things that I’m going to do. You see, I just found [this site](http://www.govliquidation.com/index.html), and it’s got auctions for [**SPACE VEHICLES!!!** Of course, at the moment, they only have [url=“http://www.govliquidation.com/list/c7028/lna/1.html”]space vehicle support equipment](http://www.govliquidation.com/list/c7007/lna/1.html) and [space vehicle repair equipment](http://www.govliquidation.com/list/c7045/lna/1.html), but that’s okay, I don’t have any money right now, so I couldn’t buy anything anyway. And if I _really_ hit it big at the lottery, I can buy [guided missile stuff!](http://www.govliquidation.com/list/c7044/lna/1.html) That way, if get pissed off at my space ship, I can blow it up! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/2 "2004-11-23T04:06:22Z")
Well, that’s nice and all, but if _I_ win the lottery, it’ll be shoes. Custom-made shoes. Pumps, slingbacks, slides, and mules. Knee-high 4-inch heel leather motorcycle boots. Strappy sandals, thongs, and flip-flops. Custom-made Nikes, plushy furry Uggs, Oxfords and Penny Loafers. I will need a walk-in closet just for my shoes. If you think my dreams ridiculous, hey, YOU try wearing size 9 1/2 Narrow. It’s Very difficult and frustrating to find shoes that fit. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/3 "2004-11-23T06:08:24Z")
If I ever win the lottery I’m going to make an offline version of Everquest. ---
**Author:** ![Ithaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Ithaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ithaka)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/4 "2004-11-23T09:56:41Z")
If I ever win the lottery I will be most surprised as I never play it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/5 "2004-11-23T11:15:07Z")
If they had space vehicles available often, that would be one thing. I think I’ll just go on with setting up a scholarship fund: The Tremain Lysenko Foundation For the Retardation of Western Science. And then give scholarships to friends and now children of friends. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/6 "2004-11-23T11:25:06Z")
What would I do? (You didn’t ask, but I’m sure you’re curious. 😃 ) Here’s what I think I would do, probably in this order: 1. **Pay for the rest of my education myself.** That way, I could be totally independent from my parents; they couldn’t tell me how to study or how to live my life in this regard or that because I’d be totally self-sufficient. 2. **Get inebriated a few times.** I won’t lie. 3. **Put the rest in savings.** Get a nice apartment/house with it several years down the road. Maybe a nice car. Maybe invest a little. Who knows? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/7 "2004-11-23T12:18:02Z")
> [@Ithaka](#): > > If I ever win the lottery I will be most surprised as I never play it. 😃 How true, how true! If I ever win the lottery it’ll be because I found the winning ticket stuck to the bottom of my shoe. I don’t even remember the last time I bought a lotto ticket. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/8 "2004-11-23T12:54:03Z")
If ever I won the lottery, the first thing I’d buy is a new ass. Mine current one has a crack in it. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/9 "2004-11-23T14:01:20Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > Well, that’s nice and all, but if _I_ win the lottery, it’ll be shoes. Custom-made shoes. > Pumps, slingbacks, slides, and mules. Knee-high 4-inch heel leather motorcycle boots. Strappy sandals, thongs, and flip-flops. Custom-made Nikes, plushy furry Uggs, Oxfords and Penny Loafers. I will need a walk-in closet just for my shoes. > If you think my dreams ridiculous, hey, YOU try wearing size 9 1/2 Narrow. It’s Very difficult and frustrating to find shoes that fit. Please tell me you’re a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/10 "2004-11-23T14:18:10Z")
If I win the lottery, I am going to pay for first class seats on a flight for my friend, her husband a daughter, along with accomodations and the finest car rental on their quick coming trip to Germany over Xmas. She is flying over to Frankfurt to be a stem cell donor for her older sister who’s Leukemia has gotten worse. The insurance for sick sister pays for the donor to come over. Since it is a multi- day, multi donation procedure and it will be done during the Xmas holidays, she wants her husband & 3 year old with her. They have to pay for those tickets out of pocket. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/11 "2004-11-23T15:06:28Z")
In Soviet Union, _lottery_ hits _you_ ! It had to be said. 😛😃 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/12 "2004-11-23T15:31:58Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > If you think my dreams ridiculous, hey, YOU try wearing size 9 1/2 Narrow. It’s Very difficult and frustrating to find shoes that fit. Piff. 10 1/2 narrows here. Damn, we’ve got some noodle feet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/13 "2004-11-23T15:32:12Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > How true, how true! If I ever win the lottery it’ll be because I found the winning ticket stuck to the bottom of my shoe. I don’t even remember the last time I bought a lotto ticket. Well, I buy lotto from time to time, so I’ll make sure to set you up with all the mayo and nanners you can handle. ::queasy smiley:: ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/14 "2004-11-23T20:32:19Z")
I’m not really sure what I’d do or buy if I hit the lottery, but where else am I going to get to tell a story of a friend of mine who won 2/3 of the poweball because he forgot he bought a ticket, so he purchased a 2nd one with the same numbers. [http://www.lotterypost.com/threads76276.htm](http://www.lotterypost.com/threads76276.htm) [http://atlanta.about.com/cs/lottery/a/lotteryx2win.htm](http://atlanta.about.com/cs/lottery/a/lotteryx2win.htm) [http://www.galottery.com/stc/mediacenter/pressDetail.jsp?focus=mediacenter&id=698171](http://www.galottery.com/stc/mediacenter/pressDetail.jsp?focus=mediacenter&id=698171) [http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-13-double-winner\_x.htm](http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-11-13-double-winner_x.htm) I actually had a friend tell me that his chances are really blown now, because the odds are now much worse that hell win because he knows someone who’s won! :rolleyes: E3 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/15 "2004-11-23T20:44:33Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I’m not really sure what I’d do or buy if I hit the lottery, but where else am I going to get to tell a story of a friend of mine who won 2/3 of the poweball because he forgot he bought a ticket, so he purchased a 2nd one with the same numbers. Did your friend offer you the extra 13 million that he didn’t need? I wonder if the other winner was upset that he only got about $23 instead of $30 million? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/16 "2004-11-23T22:29:17Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Did your friend offer you the extra 13 million that he didn’t need? I wonder if the other winner was upset that he only got about $23 instead of $30 million? I ‘heard’ that he tried to make an argument that he was still entitled to half. I have no way of verifying that, though. It’s kind of neat looking through the eyes of a lottery winner. He was warned by the lottery ‘wisemen’ that it’s not outside soliciters that you have to worry about, its friends and family. That turned out to be so true. After a few weeks (months) the churches and things like that stop soliciting you for your money, but family members just expect it, and then bitch if you don’t just open up your wallet. E3 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/17 "2004-11-23T23:05:10Z")
If I ever won the lottery, the knowledge of this event would be on a need-to-know basis. My wife, if required by law. My immediate family: no. Everyone else pretty much no. My attorney and tax advisor would know and be instructed to set up a trust to hold the proceeds. And except for extra time off from work and more interesting travel, my life would only incrementally change. I’d explain off any new niceties to some lucky stock investments, or a small but tidy inheritance from some obscure relative or old friend. I’m not even sure I’d tell my children (who would surely want to buy a candystore or Toys-R-Us). ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/18 "2004-11-24T00:57:26Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Please tell me you’re a woman. And how, **Shibb** 😉 And **jsgoddess** , at least (IIRC) you’ve got the height to balance your ski-feet. I’m 5’4, so I just look odd. I have a theory that I was supposed to be 6 feet tall, but caffeine really \*does \* stunt your growth. I’m so sick of New Balance tennies I could just puke, but they do come in narrow. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/19 "2004-11-27T05:35:56Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > And how, **Shibb** 😉 > And **jsgoddess** , at least (IIRC) you’ve got the height to balance your ski-feet. I’m 5’4, so I just look odd. I have a theory that I was supposed to be 6 feet tall, but caffeine really \*does \* stunt your growth. I’m 5’3", wear size 9 shoes, and have long had a similar theory… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232/20 "2004-11-27T05:49:49Z")
> [@trublmakr](#): > > Well, that’s nice and all, but if _I_ win the lottery, it’ll be shoes. Custom-made shoes. \ You have a soul-sister! When 17-year old Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova(sp?) won a recent tennis tournament and was told she had won a million dollars she replied: “That’s a lot of shoes.” Walk in peace. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-ever-hit-the-lottery/276232.md?page=2)