YOU can do it:)

[patrick]

Don't worry, this isn't one of those posts about how we should all boycott a particular brand of petrol for a weekend and then watch the price drop, because although it sounds good in theory, we all know it wouldn't work. However, what this post IS about, is how you can make a vast difference to one persons life, and also how, if you are lucky enough, your life will chance for the better in ways you cant even imagine.

Now, I don't know if you are aware of it, but the population of Great Britain is nearing 60 million people. http://elt.britcoun.org.pl/s_fco.htm Just stop and think about that number for a moment, 60 million. Imagine the power of 60 million people all doing the same thing, imagine 60 million people all voting for the same party, or 60 million people all refusing to use ANY form of transport for a day

Well, my idea is basically simple, as most good ideas are, and all I want is for every single one of those 60 million people to send me £1. It can be cash, postal order, cheque, delivered by hand, anyway you like. The result of this is that my live would change beyond measure, beyond my wildest dreams, its almost impossible to think how I would spend the money. But don't worry, this post is not all about me, me,me, I am sure you know I am not that kind of materialistic guy. Just think of all the good you will be doing to others as well, 60 million letters will keep the post office in business, hopefully they will make a profit and stop closing down little post offices and making old people walk for miles for their pensions. You will keep the staff of various banks happy as they do all the paperwork, Lamborghini will probably be over the moon at selling three cars, a yellow one, a red one and a jet black one, all at the same time. My various bodyguards, financial advisors will be gainfully employed,as will be reams of lap dancers, escort agencies and the such like.But it gets even better, some lucky person can have my ex council hous e for nothing, there will be a little bit more room for you all, cause I will be buggering of from here as soon as the money arrives.

Now then, this is the good part, imagine all the publicity, I would be in all the papers, lifestyle magazines, GMTV, and doing various other interviews, and I promise to tell how it all happened, how my life changed around thanks to YOU. I would tell them that all it cost you was one single pound, 100 pence, and I would go one to suggest we do it over and over, and maybe sooner or later, YOU will get to the top of the list, and so I promise to put YOUR name at the top of the next list, provided YOU send the first £1 in………………don't delay, get posting, it good be you

 

[Pfoe]

Foolproof, ill do it...but im trusting ill be top of this hypothetical list of yours for next time....

 

[patrick]

Would I lie to you

 

[Pfoe]

yes. but a plan like that is far too alluring to pass up, i mean 1 quid! someone musta been up all night thinkin of that one

 

[patrick]

Thats right, I was It suddenly occured to that loads of people risk a pound or two on the lottery, cause a pound or two is nothing is it? Then I saw an article saying people throw away over a million pounds in oneP coins.and it all just clicked

 

[Bill]

Yeh but if we all gave everyone a pound so that eventually we would get £60 million one day, we would have spent £59,999,999 getting there if you were last? Or if you were in the middle £30 million, its stupid?

 

[patrick]

Yes, but some of the good bits would be as follows......lets say somebody called Bill gives me £1, then gives the next person on the list £1 and then drops out, well that would move you up one, then, sheer statistics would indicate that various people would die, emigrate, ect, and all of these would move you up the list, even though the list would stay at roughly 6 millon, due to people being born and coming into the country. Also, onec you get the sixty million, the interest on it, would pay for your share if the list was done once a month or so, lets face it, I couldnt spend 60 million in my lifetme, so I wouldnt minnd putting money to one side...............anyway, if you completly sensible, would you have bought a fiat in the first place

 

[patrick]

If I was in the middle, I would spend 30 million to get 60 million

 

[pfoe]

yeah, tis totally but hey. my m8 had an idea 2 make a tonne of money. rite: 600 tickets for sale at 60 quid each to win (sort of a raffle) for say a £20000 car. u got a pretty good chance of winning, no? (well better than lottery) put tickets on ebay. then when they all sold someones got a pretty sexy car and your £16000 richer!

 

[patrick]

This bit is an honest to god true story, I was there and I watched it all happen. I dont knoow if many people are old enough here to remember when the sun newspaper moved to wapping???? There was loads of picket line violence and stuff, maybe you saw it on the tv?? Well, I worked for TNT at the time, and they got the contract to deliver the sun newspapers from wapping to various depots around the country, and they would then deliver it to the shops...clear so far??
Then Murdoch who owned the sun had a brainwave, and he put a huge advert in the sun to say he was looking for firms to dilver straight from our depots to the shops, cutting out the middle man. The catch was, that each firm had to put forward a business proposal to prove that their ideas would work BUT they also had to enclose a cheque for 100 grand to prove thwy had the money!!!!!!!

Murdoch promished to return the money to anybody who was unsucsessfull, thousands and thousands of pounds rolled in, he put it all in his bank for four months, then sent it all back, saying.sorry, not succesfull, BUT in the meantime he had made a bundle out of the intrest

 

[Dave]

if it was coming down to that and i had won the lottery id spend atleast 4grand a week on lotto tickets and sooner or later u will win it again getting even more money, rinse and repeat

 

[Sabre 23]

"id spend atleast 4grand a week on lotto tickets and sooner or later u will win it again"

The only way to guarantee a win is by having approximately 14 million goes on one draw. That is the ammount of combinations using the numbers 1 to 49. A £14,000,000 outlay for a £8,000,000 jackpot? PLUS, you may not be the only winner!
Spending 4 grand each week will not guarantee a win, ever.

We can but dream.

Mark.
Council estate lad.
And proud of it!
Member of the Guild of Experienced Motorists.

 

[patrick]

Here are some of the odds against winning various big lotteries

COUNTRY BALLS ODDS

California SuperLotto 6/51 18,009,460
New York Lotto 6/51 18,009,460
Texas Lotto 6/50 15,890,700
Spanish Pimera 6/49 13,983,816
French Lotto 6/49 13,983,816
Liechtenstein Lotto 6/49 13,983,816
British Lotto 6/49 13,983,816
Canadian Lotto 6/49 13,983,816
Washington Lotto 6/49 13,983,816
Scandinavian Lotto 6/48 12,271,512
Hong Kong Lotto 6/47 10,737,573
Australian Tattslotto 6/45 8,145,060
Australian Oz Lotto 6/45 8,145,060
Irish Lotto 6/42 5,245,786

 

[Sabre 23]

£8 million pound jackpot?

I'm living in the past. That is what an average weekly jackpot was when it first started. Now, what with Lotto Extra, Thunderball, Euro Millions etc etc the pot is down to an average £5.5 million.

Still, I suppose I could live comfortably on £5.5 million.

Now, where did I put those 14,000,000 pound coins?

Mark.
Council estate lad.
And proud of it!
Member of the Guild of Experienced Motorists.

 

[steve]

Of the 60 million population,

How many are OAPs
How many are below working age (16)
How many are unemployed
How many are on Benefits of some sort

How many are thick enough to join the crazy scheme.

Ps if you are so sure it will work, send me your first pound and I PROMISE to put you top of my list

 

[patrick]

It was my idea, so its only fair that I get to retire to some south sea island first

 

[Anonymous]

WHEN YOU B&Q IT!

Sorry, That had to go in there some where! LOL