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.