# What stupid thing would you buy after winning the PowerbBall Lotttery?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 21, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122 "2017-05-21T03:08:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/121 "2017-05-28T14:02:20Z")

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I’d look into buying an A10  
and flying lessons.

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**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/122 "2017-05-28T15:53:05Z")

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OK more on the pointless annoyance side:

Nationwide billboard buy stating “You are ALL doing it WRONG - God”

Buy a local political party franchise in NY and run for whatever election there is in any given year.

Scrupulously laundering the cash to avoid it getting traced to me in the lawsuit, finance a series of gayporn productions filmed in the campuses of Liberty U, Oral Roberts U, Bob Jones U, BYU.

Develop subdivision with covenant \*\*\*requiring \*\*\*disruptive architecture, decoration and landscaping.

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**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/123 "2017-05-28T23:58:13Z")

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Giant-ass aquarium filled with sea slugs, and a specialized staff to take care of it.

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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-would-you-buy-after-winning-the-powerbball-lotttery/787122/124 "2017-05-29T01:46:42Z")

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Horse ranch and a Mercedes 300.

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