What would you do if you won $47 Million?

[NobodysFreak]

I'd purchase the most expensive piece of art that all the money can buy me and then promptly light it on fire.

[chisness]

new house, new car (below), maybe a golf course, invest the rest

[shag]

i would put every penny on red.

[Duke]

I'm happy that I'm not your friend.

~D

[NutzyClutz]

I'd buy whole city blocks in south side of Chicago, and tearn down the houses, and rebuild individual houses but with huge communal back yard.

I'd build my house entirely underground with a lawn on top.

I'd build a sleep center in the middle of an office park , where ppl could check in to nap for an hour.

Neighborhood kitchens. We would make one / two dishes a night, and you would bring your tupperware to pick it up, charge by pound at very very reasonable price.

[mistermuni]

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i would put every penny on 13 .

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[TheFreeze]

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I'd go to the best hotel in town, have my best friend pretend to be my lawyer, manservant etc. and explain to the hotel manager that his very important and rich client required the utmost security and privacy.

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This is far worse than anything I've said. How this doesn't get flamed is beyond me! [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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You've got to be kidding. Get a sense of humor. We're all bs'ing over a hypothetical that in all likelihood no one replying will ever have to deal with so have some fun and stop being so serious.

I'm not sure what part of my reply offends you. Many people require anonymity and hotel managers in the best hotels where these people would be staying are used to dealing with it. CEO's and other executives, wealthy people, celebrities, etc. all do this. They have someone else make their reservation and probably check-in under an assumed name. Hey, I'd be perfectly happy staying in the econo lodge but according to your own scenario my name is plastered all over the media so I'd need a place/room to stay that was isolated, private and secure.

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Bill Gates' daughter is famously not being left much money when Bill finally blue-screens.

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The same for Warren Buffet's children and grandchildren. He paid for all his grandchildrens' educations. Any school they wanted I believe but that was it.

[John Ho]

You win $47 million and only give them 10K a year? WTF?

Why not give them 2 million each and you can all use the same financial advisor so nobody blows all the money.

10K a year...like an allowance? Are all your relatives in 4th grade?

[gilbert]

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This seems like a weird and paranoid plan.

I'd just quit my job and enjoy doing whatever the hell I wanted.

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