Tuesday 18th March 2003

Lottery Winners Play Safe

New research shows lottery winners shy away from flash cars

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[Captain Muppet]

Clearly the wrong people are winning.

[trefor]

From what I've seen of the lines of sad looking individuals in the queue at Tescos for cigarettes and lottery tickets (notice how they go together?), most of these people drive Vauxhalls (thinking they're buying British) and would be perfectly happy with a shiney new Vectra/Mondeo to tow their new caravan to the Lake District.

[Hughesie2]

Clearly the wrong people are winning.

The Girls and Boys Winner last week had the right idea...

Dont like red, i'll have that one!!!

[HarryW]

You can have all the money in the world but you can't buy taste .

H

[8ball]

Clearly the wrong people are winning.

LOL yep they are.

I've already got it worked out with the GF what we are going to get if we ever won (highly unlikely). On the top of the list is a Noble M12 followed by a Tuscan. She just wants a stupidly big and fast bike

[buster]

Proves that a large % of the winners are from Essex

2nd : F O R D

I ask you.

[Davey Boy]

What is the bloody point in playing?

Most winners seem to be bus drivers who say that they are going to but their council house and keep working. If all they want is a bit od financial security they could keep £100k and give the rest to charity. Or me.

Although that Lee Ryan bloke was a complete to55er at least he enjoyed it, huge country house, 512TR, Bentley, M3, 2 Ducatti's and a helecopter.

[Captain Muppet]

Davey Boy said: ...Although that Lee Ryan bloke was a complete to55er at least he enjoyed it, huge country house, 512TR, Bentley, M3, 2 Ducatti's and a helecopter.

You listed Bentley twice

[gnomesmith]

Nice one Capitain M.

[v8thunder]

There are just not enough petrolheads to go round. Presumably these numpties are the types that say "I won't let it change my life" WHY? You only live once, are you only bothered about the '03' look Mondeo with it's lovely alloy wheels and heated rear cupholders, or do you want rolling sculpture. I'd be heading straight to Newport Pagnell with my chequebook between my teeth if my numbers came through. Oh, and that Aquamarine Riva speedboat, the flat in Tuscany and a new place over here (possibly in the Isle of Man for PH reasons).

[jasper gilder]

What a woeful lack of vision - I've just won £3 million so I'll splash out on a Ford Fiesta Ghia.!!

[kooperkidd]

You can take the boy out of the council estate but you can't ...

[alan_driver]

100% of lottery winners (jackpot) put on weight! Hope I dont win.
I would get a gym installed in a nice big house with a collection of TVR's.
£11k insurance per car...oh well, got millions.

[trefor]

... and all of middle England would think you're a fool, just like we Petroheads think they're fools for doing what they do when they win. Funny old world isn't it!?!

[schueymcfee]

alan_driver said: 100% of lottery winners (jackpot) put on weight! Hope I dont win.
I would get a gym installed in a nice big house with a collection of TVR's.
£11k insurance per car...oh well, got millions.

Yep, look at the state of Anna Nicole now.

[james_j]

The sad boring f4rts. What's the point in playing?

One chance in 14 million comes up good to have a bit of excitement and the boring sods stick to a boring car (and probably still trundle into the same job each day). Sad sad sad - small horizons. Drones whose programming can't be altered.

[Farmer]

I'd need a rollover at least to satisfy my car cravings .sad sad sad.

[manek]

...of course, the cynical would say that it proves the lottery is a tax on the stupid. But I'd never say such a thing to the nice PHers here....

[pesty]

It took me a while captain M just got the joke nice one, now my boss is wondering why i'm laughing at my desk.

[Captain Muppet]

pesty said:
It took me a while captain M just got the joke nice one, now my boss is wondering why i'm laughing at my desk.

Thanks, you've made my morning