I want to invent a meme.

[c9]

Here's my attempt:

What would you do if you won

• $10?
• $1,000?
• $100,000?
• $10,000,000?

Here's my answer:

• $10: Put it in my pocket and maybe buy lunch one day instead of eating a frozen President's Choice meal.
• $1,000: buy an LCD panel for the computer and finally get rid of this lately-flickery cap_hill_latte castoff, put the rest on my debt.
• $100,000: Pay off all leapfish's and my debts, take an expensive vacation, buy a bunch of savings bonds for the four babies, donate $10,000 to currently-undecided local charities, donate $10,000 to Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre so they can get out of debt, give $20,000 to family, and put the rest on our mortgage.
• $10,000,000: All of the above, plus give $1,000,000 to leapfish's mother, give $1,000,000 to my parents, give $1,000,000 to fund a university scholarship program for disadvantaged teens, give $1,000,000 to the University of New Brunswick for theatre, fine arts, and music funding, and invest the rest for us to live off of.

What would you do?

Comments

[thespos]

• $10
  I would probably buy lunch, or I might donate it right away. It would depend on my mood.
  
• $1,000
  I think I would either put it toward debt, or buy a PC-based laptop. I am wrestling with this as we speak, with fund I have rather than funds I've won.
  
• $100,000
  Pay off all debt. Donate 20% of remaining amount to AIDS charities. After that, I would put the money aside for my baby fund.
  
• $10,000,000
  Pay off all debt. Send Josh and Sue to college, all expenses paid. Donate 20% of remaining amount to AIDS charities. Build a house, have children, and establish an educational fund for them. I might consider living off the remainder, but I have a certain amount of ability to do that already, so I would probably work something out with my undergraduate college to build something, endow a scholarship, or buy something the college needed - provided they stop soliciting money from me in the future. :-)

:-)

[c9.livejournal.com]

Cool! I like the proviso for your school.

[thespos]

I swear... it's like they have psychics on staff and know exactly when I get a raise. :-P

My college was very small, tho - still is - and as a private school, it lives and dies by the contributions of its alumni. I owe them a lot, so I never mind throwing some money their way.

:-)

[leapfish.livejournal.com]

You'd buy them savings bonds? Way to start off their lives with a fully taxable investment vehicle! They'll be the only sixth graders with T5 slips.

Re: :-)

[c9.livejournal.com]

Smartass. It's a tradition in my family. I guess really I should put money into the RESPs that simplisticton, primary_suspect, deah, and Jill&Joe have already started, right?

Re: :-)

[jpman.livejournal.com]

I started one for my nephew when he was two. They're such a good idea!

[purplemartini.livejournal.com]

I appreciate that you thought of Our Zach in your planning. We would so pay off your condo if we had that kind of money. We'd also put aside some education money for your little Bean(s) should you chose to have any.

[c9.livejournal.com]

Choose Your Own AdventureAnswer:

1. Vinny: "Forget that, I need the education money! Fuck the kids!"

2. Cam: "Beans??"

[amnewsboy.livejournal.com]

If I had $10,000,000, I'd buy you:

• A house
• Furniture for your house (maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman)
• A K-Car (a nice Reliant automobile)
• A tree fort
• A fur coat (but not a real fur coat — that's cruel)
• An exotic pet (llama or emu)
• The remains of John Merrick
• A limousine to take to the store
• Kraft Dinner (and fancy ketchup -- dijon ketchup -- to go with it)
• A green dress (but not a real green dress — that's cruel)
• Some art (either a Picasso or a Garfunkel)
• A monkey

[c9.livejournal.com]

Oh, you shameless Canadian content quoter! :)

[iambic-cub.livejournal.com]

$10: Doubt I'd even notice it. It'd all eventually end up at Tim Horton's.
$1,000: Put it in the bank account and let it just be naturally absorbed into my income and expenses.
$100,000: For a while, I'd treat it like the $1,000. Then I'd notice it and live big. Then I'd run through the money. Then I'd end up in debt because I was in the habit of having a six-figure bank account.
$10,000,000 Quit work. Go back to school full-time. Accumulate bachelor degrees until I either run out of money or die.

[swimmer979.livejournal.com]

$10 я бы успешно пропил,
на $1,000 я бы проапгрейдил (upgrade) свой домашний компьютер,
$100,000 я бы потратил на свою семью - здоровье отца, мамы, ремонт жилья, оставшуюся часть - в банк,
$10,000,000 у меня не будет никогда.

[momma2jbsm.livejournal.com]

What would you do if you won
$10? Put it in my purse. Two trips to Tim's with the kids.

$1,000? Divy it up between the kid's accounts.

$100,000? Put money into the kid's accounts, put half of it into a down payment account, and the rest to cover the debt.

$10,000,000? Have a house made for us, buy Mike some classy non-familyish car (I'd keep the minivan), give 1 million to my mom and dad, a million to my aunt and uncle, probably some to Mike's family and make sure that the kid's education funds are nice and chunky. Oh, and take a year long family vacation. :o)

viral

[petele.livejournal.com]

wow. this has shown up on friends of friends pages now. cam, you're a lj meme now! wow!

and i love the fact you still get russian posts in you comments.

Re: viral

[c9.livejournal.com]

I know, it's crazy! I translated that one and it made perfect sense too.