If I won the lottery, the very first thing I would do is....

If David was home and found out with me, we would call his mom. If He was at work, I'd call him first.

OMG! Now I really don't have to go to college!
I would invest in my dream, my own enormous candy shop in New York, and when I reaped the profits from that I would buy my mother her own farm...

Wow, it was exactly what you put for the second option. "Call my mother and tell her to pick out a new car for herself."

Wow! I'm now freaked out.

Call an investment firm.

Quit my job!!

I'd call my accountant to figure out how to handle the tax reaming.

Move out of this house. Even if it was temporarily at a hotel. bahaha

Jump up and down screaming with joy.

the very first thing I'd do would be to plan out how to wisely and safely deal with the money. That's what I did when my company went public.

Pay off all my credit cards and medical bills

I'd fall over in shock, because I've never bought a lottery ticket....

But leaving that to one side, I would probably call my SO and we'd work out what to do with the money together.

Buy a house in the wilderness, buy a gun and say good bye to "civiliation"... OR maybe get a condo down town, have people wait on me hand and foot, and go to the theatre every weekend.

Hey wait a minute, I just won the lottery, I'll have my cake and eat it too!

That's not a very far fetched dream! You should start researching that now!

Start looking for my cottage-with-garden!!!!

Distibute Hare Krishna food to the poor people.

Wow! Thanks everyone for participating in my first survey. I'm with you, Confetti, on the candy shop but not in New York. But, if you want to start a chain of two, I'll cover the west coast for you!

Anyone that thinks of their Mother first is alright in my book, Dino.
Just in case you win, can I be yours?

A noble thought. I would like to help one family at a time, get them a home, jobs, clothing, and a car and then walk away anonymously. But I'd like to be a little fly so I could see how it worked out and improve on it, if necessary.

Well, I would have to spend it on my family.

I'm up for adoption!

Buy my parents a little cabin, somewhere where my Dad could fish.

Call my mother and tell her to get rid of that car she loves so much and go get the one of her dreams and - in the same conversation - ask her where she's going to retire!
Then I'd travel for three months - slowly, casually, pamper me, the world doesn't know me for that long.

That would be the third through twenty-sixth thing I did.

Spoken like a well brought up son.

I'm not sure what I would do FIRST. I know I'd give my parents, my older brothers and their families, and my favorite grandma each a portion of the money, so they could spend it how they wanted. I'd put enough in my son's college fund so I wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. I'd take my son shopping and let him pick out whatever he wanted. I'd give a large amount to the American Cancer Society. I'd buy everybody (well, ALMOST everybody) at SC a car or else they really wanted and/or needed.

Oh, and I'd have somebody call my dog of a grandmother and tell her I was dead and that in the last few minutes of my life I'd mentioned something about haunting her.

Congratulations GinsInn.

Your application for the role of Internet Mother to Dino, London, UK has been accepted.

Your duties include keeping an eye on his language in the absence of the real life one who is back in North Wales. Your a permitted to criticise his choice of clothing and disapprove of his choice in men.

You will expect a reply to any posted messages at least once a week and failure on his part to comply with your demands must be dealt with in the most critical manner.

You should also threaten to visit at least once a month.

Yours sincerely


The Internet Adoption Board for Wayward Boys and Gurls!

Probably throw a party. After that, get a car, a house, put the kids through college and start a comapnay or two. Depends on how much i won. If it was $2, I might go get a new color of nail polish.

tell my hub if he wasn't home at the time...if he was home at the time, i'd screech and give him a kiss dance around w/ my child in glee, call my mom

Internet Mother Oh, my goodness This is such an honor and a
tremendous responsibility. I hereby give my solemn oath to abide by the Internet Adoption Board and to uphold it's rules and regulations that have been set before me with all the fibers within me and until my subscription to Survey Central runs out Thank you, thank you, thank you. (They like me They really like me sniff sniff)

Sounds like a plan

Although I would like to, I don't think there's a lottery around that would give me enough money to buy out the company I work for. I would go with each member of my family who owe money to the banks and pay off all debts immediately so not one more cent of interest goes to those bastards. Then it would be new cars all around and I would shout my 2 closest friends houses and cars. I'd buy some blocks of units around town so there's steady rent coming in for the future. Then for my house I would buy maybe 100 hectares of land about 45 minutes out of the city and build my home, and a few smaller guest homes in a bushland setting with heaps of animals like a sort of commune where people who make me feel comfortable can stay any time and feel comfortable themselves. What a dreamer......

Pay my Dad back all the money we owe him.

Psst..
Can I be the internet girlfriend?
(Even though you are not into girls?)

I would throw myself a party, then I'd pay off all my debts, my parents' debts, my boyfriend's debts, his parents' debts, and the rest of my immediate family would share in this debt disposal too. I would buy a house, maybe a new car. How much money do I have left??? Super shopping spree: me, my boyfriend, and my mom. Dinner at Commander's Palace. Ok, I'm lost from here on out.

take my family on a cruise around the world

That's nice. Hare Krishna! http://richardwyndham.tripod.com/harekrishnalinks/id4.html

I didn't plan ahead that far...once I get my debts paid off, I will see if I have any money left. (Just kidding,,,it's not quite THAT bad!)

-My nephews and nieces colleges would be paid for.
-I would finally get cable TV.
-I would get a newer car (currently driving an 87 Chevy Nova)
-I would buy a nice home with a gym (NOT a mansion)
-My husband and I would travel the world going to all the amusement parks trying all the roller coasters of the world.
-I'd have liposuction & plastic surgery to fix a few places I'm not happy with.
-I might throw a big party for my friends and family with all sorts of their and my favorite foods catered in.

Then I might decide to have kids, since if I won the lottery I'd know I'd be able to provide for them.

I guess I might be able to do all that if the Democrats don't tax me to death first and take it all.

Well, you would certainly know!

Ha!☺

Your generosity is unlimited. Seems everyone's is! What I find funny
is that the question was what's the very "first" thing you would do and, like me, it's just too hard to pick out just one thing. I love this Survey Central It's a neat place to meet a lot of nice people.

Buy homes for myself, my son, my sister and my nieces so we would never have to worry about paying rent ever again.

Buy a house for my mom to replace the one she lost to foreclosure when I was a kid.

I'll have to try and come up with a certificate. What would be yours and mine responsibilities.
But yeah, sure. Consider us now 'officially' stepping out! I love that phrase. Its so cute.

I'd probably call my parents and give them some... have a party for all of my friends... and then go to work and say everything I've always wanted to say to those Avon ladies until I get fired.

I think about that anonymous choosing of families also... I saw a documentary recently (naked states), and they ask a passer by on the street what he thinks of the subject in the film... He's just a regular old obviously poor man who doesn't seem to really care about being that way.. I noticed him.. and decided that I would send him something if I ever won a lot of money.

The new lottery in Ohio (mega millions) is up to 138 million. Gonna buy that winning ticket today... This survey is a sign...

Just read that last year there was 22 million in unclaimed lottery in Ohio.

Stepping out with my baby.....
That *is* cute

The very first thing i would do would probably be contemplate what to do with the money! Welcome to SC by the way..

See my lawyer.

I figured the first thing you'd do is book a flight over here so we can have beers!!!

There are flights to Vancouver from Brisbane. Meet you in Canada?

Thanks kaleb! I have only been on a few nights but I was already suffering withdrawal pains when I couldn't sign on the last two nights!

quit my job

party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hook myself up with a good Realtor.

Buy men

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And...? Or should I leave it alone, and say "never mind", which is on the tip of my tongue anyway, begging to be released?

...to pleasure me, silly.

.....swear.

Ok, now...who is ASexyBabeToy?

"...and Scout's honor," said the nervous key witness.
(Hey, Romkey! I got one! I got one!)

(See above, then see Biggles' post previous that - I've been waiting for the opportunity to jump in there like you do sometimes with others' comments, haha!)

Why?

He is ASexyBabe's naughty husband.....

I like your plan Interesting name you have there, by the way.

I'm surprised no one picked the first option. I thought it was sort of cute but maybe I should have said "Sorry, I can't come to the phone now. I'm much too busy spending my money!" Or maybe I should have had an option where the very first thing you do is get an unlisted number. I know that's what I'd do. Don't worry, I'd give my new number to you, though. Might as well. You know where I live.

Buy me a brand new telescope, and a new violin, and buy my mom a new house! And of course buy me a new house.

Yeah, but...I'd have to work late that night, so I don't think I'd be able to come over until...

(Yeah, RIGHT!)

Houses all around, bartender!

Wait, this looks more like me, I think.

Would that be called "houses on the house"?

Pay off a bunch of debts and jump on a plane to Boston

Take a good long vacation with my sweety.

Depends whether you're tending bar or playing cards. If you're playing cards, we call it full houses!

Quit my job!

buy my husband out of the Navy.

Now that's a new idea Could you really do that? How much money do you think it would take to get him out?

Drive over to Reno and spend a day at a brothel. That's first. Then comes buying a house, new car, the other usual things. The listed survey choices aren't very applicable. Mother is dead, don't have any friends, don't go to church, lottery wouldn't be enough to buy out the largest engineering company in the U.S. So, whore house it is.

I would buy a million lottery tickets. Gotta spend money to make money!

GE, Westinghouse, US Steel, Who? (because I want to know which is the largest).

GE, Westinghouse, US Steel are engineering companies. They're manufacturers.
Not gonna tell, you can figure it out doing search on the web.

quit my job.

Hmmm... a lot of things... buy myself an Aston Martin. And then go and bribe the government to give me license.

Faint.