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We hear a lot these days about people who are simply astonishingly rich; pop stars with millions, company directors earning seven or eight figure bonuses, and of course, the hyper-rich people such as Bill Gates, worth somewhere between £20billion and £50 billion, depending on who you listen to.

Now I have no particular moral or political objection to people being rich and think that it is good to see the success of our economies. What I wonder, however, is what on earth anyone does with that much money. Take £50 billion; I could buy multiple houses, all the cars I wanted, a personal jet (or even a fleet of them), perhaps my own little island retreat somewhere nice.

But... then what? What do you do when you've bought everything you've ever wanted and still have £48billion in change?

It's too much to ever spend on 'normal' things, too little for the projects of nations (I wouldn't mind building my own space project, but I doubt it's enough, nor is it enough to end poverty or finance a cure for AIDS); so, if you had a Bill Gates sum of money, what on earth would you do it with it?

One could always buy a decomissioned battleship and turn it into a really big yacht.

Run for President, of course.

Buy shitloads of condos in NYC and give em to the homeless, or sell em and get more rich.

Buy Martha Stewart.

Start your own metropolitan (correct word yes?) city.

Bribe Tony Blair to say Bush molested him.

Buy influence in government.
Or give a lot to charity, or maybe even set up one, or something.

Spend the money on a secret army of clone ninjas.

so, if you had a Bill Gates sum of money, what on earth would you do it with it?
Knowing this forum, I'll probably make a huge ass of myself, but I'd love to have that kind of money - imagine how much good you could do with it.

I'm not "holier than thou", so I would certainly want to buy myself a nice house/apartment in a nice place, and finally buy those two VW beetle convertibles :p (an old VW bug and a "New Beetle") and make journeys to far-away places, and stuff like that.

But no matter what, I'm not the type to go on some "MTV Cribs"-like spending extravaganza. So with that kind of money, and after making sure friends and family were financially cared for, pretty much all the money would go into a philantrophic foundation.

Say about Bill Gates what you want, but I really commend his choice of causes just as much as the scale of the donations he's able to make.

With money like that, you actually could make some steps towards ending poverty or finding a cure for AIDS...

Find a nation somewhere in the world willing to part with a little land and start my own Technocratic city-state. Literally build a government and a true 21 century, completely self-sufficient metropolis from the ground up.

well u cant have EVERYTHING U EVER WANTED AND IN THE WORLD, there is always the hand of some devine god-thingy-majigy who will make u lose the worlds only super sized condom or a new "Pop Craze" and them to have more than 1mil products , and also u cant buy microsoft :P

or... CLONE CHUCK NORRIS!!!

You basically use the money to fulfill every single fantasy you've ever had.

You basically use the money to fulfill every single fantasy you've ever had.
Like having sex on the space shuttle with a space prostitute?

Meh. Buy 48 thousand Buggatti Veyrons :D

If I had £50billion I would instantly give £49billion split between a loads of charities, and then give whatever's left when I die to more charities.

We hear a lot these days about people who are simply astonishingly rich; pop stars with millions, company directors earning seven or eight figure bonuses, and of course, the hyper-rich people such as Bill Gates, worth somewhere between £20billion and £50 billion, depending on who you listen to.

Now I have no particular moral or political objection to people being rich and think that it is good to see the success of our economies. What I wonder, however, is what on earth anyone does with that much money. Take £50 billion; I could buy multiple houses, all the cars I wanted, a personal jet (or even a fleet of them), perhaps my own little island retreat somewhere nice.

But... then what? What do you do when you've bought everything you've ever wanted and still have £48billion in change?

It's too much to ever spend on 'normal' things, too little for the projects of nations (I wouldn't mind building my own space project, but I doubt it's enough, nor is it enough to end poverty or finance a cure for AIDS); so, if you had a Bill Gates sum of money, what on earth would you do it with it?
Ted Turner buys states. He also sends money to the U.N. in some misguided effort.

Like having sex on the space shuttle with a space prostitute?

Or a herd of space goats, if that's your thing.

I'm sure if I ever ended up with more than a few million, let alone a few billion, I'd set up a charitable foundation and run it.

I'd put 10 million aside for myself then give the rest away to family, friends, educational establishments, medical charities, foreign aid charities, animal and environmental protection agencies, scientific researchers, classical music organisations, sports groups and some to the local government (not the party; directly to the various subcommittees) in that order. Then invest the 10 million in a reasonably high-return bank and go into either research, writing, politics or all three, making use of the publicity in whichever field I wind up in.

Wewt.

I would use the money to set all my close family and friends up with houses and businesses (as well as myself), then use the rest to:

start a rehabilitation center (mainly for the homeless but also for junkies, gangsters, go nowhere dropouts and ex cons) where residents would be given shelter, food, medical care, psychiatric care and schooling in the trade of their choice. The Shelter itself would be it's own mostly (if not completely) self sufficiant city (using as many green enviro-friendly methods I can), without the use of cars (mostly bikes and walking).

There would be farms and factories for people to work at. Many of the goods produced would be sold in the city economic center as these cities would become tourist attractions because of the concept and beauty as well as the low priced goods being created for their consumption.

To speak of the concept and beauty, these cities will be big but layed out in a distance-friendly manner that is vertical rather than horizontal, I kind of envision it looking like a mountain, having a very artisitic look as well as many parks.

I think that with enough brilliant minds working on this project, I bet something like this could be workable and help a lot of people as well as make it's own money, and perhaps become a model for others around the world to copy.

I'd buy natalie portman.

And fix the olympic results so Sasha Cohen wins the gold.

There's other stuff too. I could probably blow through it pretty quick.

I could probably blow through it pretty quick.

"Fifty billion on black" has a nice ring to it.

I'd create the world's biggest piano-I'm shooting for something the size of South America. I'd finally have an instrument large enough to play it with my penis.

Either that or I'd eat the money.

Just because I can.

With 50 billion id set up my own reaserch facility and use 10-15bn to find cures for cancer,AIDS etc.With the rest i'd enjoy myself to the fullest.

Also i'v always wanted to find a homeless person who really wants to improve their life and give them 1 million on the spot.

"Fifty billion on black" has a nice ring to it.

Actually, that would be cool, just to see the faces.

Especially as Natalie would be there to watch.

But... then what? What do you do when you've bought everything you've ever wanted and still have £48billion in change?

sleep in, party late...

I would use my excess in money to procure more money and power.

Ultimately I'd want to get my own nation and beyond that I'd like to conquer or at least make my mark on the world somehow.

Beyond that I'd work on spreading throughout space.

I'd buy natalie portman.

or keira knightley...

Ultimately I'd want to get my own nation and beyond that I'd like to conquer or at least make my mark on the world somehow.


Screw getting your own nation. I'd have myself officially classified as a nation.

We hear a lot these days about people who are simply astonishingly rich; pop stars with millions, company directors earning seven or eight figure bonuses, and of course, the hyper-rich people such as Bill Gates, worth somewhere between £20billion and £50 billion, depending on who you listen to.

Now I have no particular moral or political objection to people being rich and think that it is good to see the success of our economies. What I wonder, however, is what on earth anyone does with that much money. Take £50 billion; I could buy multiple houses, all the cars I wanted, a personal jet (or even a fleet of them), perhaps my own little island retreat somewhere nice.

But... then what? What do you do when you've bought everything you've ever wanted and still have £48billion in change?

It's too much to ever spend on 'normal' things, too little for the projects of nations (I wouldn't mind building my own space project, but I doubt it's enough, nor is it enough to end poverty or finance a cure for AIDS); so, if you had a Bill Gates sum of money, what on earth would you do it with it?


Burn it on camera, in an avante garde art moment.

Worked for the KLF :)

Fund revolutionaries the world over.

How ironic. My money would bring the downfall of capitalism.

Theres a woman in Ireland who won €116million in a euro lotto.She put it in the bank and gets thousands of euros intrest on in, so much that she never has to touch the 116million if she doesnt want to, and still live a life of luxury. Could you imagine how much someone like Bill Gates makes on intrest a day???

If i had that much money id make my own jurrasic park, except with pirates. then sell them to the olymics to race.

Pursue the Romantic dream, or possibly travel the globe saving cultural artefacts and sites, and artistic works, from harm.

or keira knightley...

Not a bad choice. Though if I'm going to buy an import, I'd probably go with the beckinsale model.

Theres a woman in Ireland who won €116million in a euro lotto.She put it in the bank and gets thousands of euros intrest on in, so much that she never has to touch the 116million if she doesnt want to, and still live a life of luxury. Could you imagine how much someone like Bill Gates makes on intrest a day???

If i had that much money id make my own jurrasic park, except with pirates. then sell them to the olymics to race.

I like the fact that the IRS has a computer just for the taxes of Bill Gates.

Not a bad choice. Though if I'm going to buy an import, I'd probably go with the beckinsale model.
Or maybe the Olsen twins? Me (personally), I'd buy Oprah.

Could you imagine how much someone like Bill Gates makes on intrest a day???

There's that anecdote that if Bill Gates saw a $100 bill on the ground while on his way to work, if he stopped to pick it up, he'd actually lose money.

Myself, I'd buy an island and a military to protect it, then a huge house and everything I could ever want inside of it, then a harem, then I'd donate whatever I hadn't spent to charity.

One could always buy a decomissioned battleship and turn it into a really big yacht.

This (http://www.shipbroker.net/list/detail1.asp?ship_no=20743) should suffice. Of course you'd still have 49.5 billion left...

If I had that kind of money. I would put it all in the bank, and use the intrest for my pet project. I would probably build my own airport, start my own business in aviation. It would be a charter airline. I would also buy George W. Bush and have him be my court jester. Then, everyone that has ever hurt me, they will be brought and they will fight for my amusement. Eh, what the hell, I would buy a college and have them teach life according the way that I see life.

Honestly buy a small home, a nice entertainment system, and car then live the rest of my life comfortably. When I die anything left over it goes to my family/charity.

This (http://www.shipbroker.net/list/detail1.asp?ship_no=20743) should suffice. Of course you'd still have 49.5 billion left...


Hmmm...spend a couple of billion on aircraft and go start a war(s) by flying different flags.

the hyper-rich people such as Bill Gates, worth somewhere between £20billion and £50 billion, depending on who you listen to.
Most people with over a few million pounds have the majority of their money in shares. I'm not sure the markets could physically cope with Bill Gates selling all his shares at once, and if he did it slowly the shares he hadn't yet sold would crash in value. In other words, the money isn't really there.

I'd pay for a few hits on the next couple of posters below me..

:eek: :D

i'd fund research into the creation of zombies. After the initial outbreak and the resultant movies/games/broadway musicals/etc the zombies would be trained to perform all of humanities menial tasks. Anything that ever required man power will be replaced with zombie power. Also a number of zombies will recieve special training for the Zombie Gladiatorial Games. Any one who campaigns for zombie rights will be killed by the zombies and turned into one.


A perfect world.....:D

So that's Sumamba Buwhan and Ifreann..

Now, I've never funded a hit on anyone before but assuming I pay enough I should get to decide the manner in which you two will meet your demise so now would be the best time to decide how you'd like to go.. I'm thinking some kind of explosion or maybe a garroting but since it's your death I suppose you should have some input..

So that's Sumamba Buwhan and Ifreann..

Now, I've never funded a hit on anyone before but assuming I pay enough I should get to decide the manner in which you two will meet your demise so now would be the best time to decide how you'd like to go.. I'm thinking some kind of explosion or maybe a garroting but since it's your death I suppose you should have some input..

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So that's Sumamba Buwhan and Ifreann..

Now, I've never funded a hit on anyone before but assuming I pay enough I should get to decide the manner in which you two will meet your demise so now would be the best time to decide how you'd like to go.. I'm thinking some kind of explosion or maybe a garroting but since it's your death I suppose you should have some input..


I choose death by gunga

Use the professionals (www.hitman.us).
:D
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I choose death by gunga
I don't know what gunga is so you're going to commit suicide by double tapping yourself in the back of the head..

I don't know what gunga is so you're going to commit suicide by double tapping yourself in the back of the head..

It's amazing how many people commit suicide that way.

It's amazing how many people commit suicide that way.
Well if I'd upset the Don that's the way I'd kill myself..

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