If you were a (cash) billionaire...?

[SteellFJ]

sinbaddio said:

I'd definitely have Anthony Archer Wills build me one of his natural swimming pools - something like this:



And have an awful lot of parties.

Can I add this to a couple of my homes?

I ask but I have the money, so yes I fking can.

[wildman0609]

I always wanted to make an MR2 replica from a 355, so I do that.

[LordHaveMurci]

Buy a hosepipe that doesn't kink.

[Shakermaker]

LordHaveMurci said:

Buy a hosepipe that doesn't kink.

You'll want the Trillionaire's thread

[Tuna]

LordHaveMurci said:

Buy a hosepipe that doesn't kink.

There's always someone who takes it too far...

[p1stonhead]

LordHaveMurci said:

Buy a hosepipe that doesn't kink.

Best thing I ever bought and never kinks!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Watering-Hoses-Accessor...

[MorganP104]

I'd buy a business I liked the look of - something decently sized, as a going concern. That would solve the problem of being bored all day.

Toys-wise, I'd go for a Maserati Quattroporte, new shape Range Rover, and something seriously track-focused for high days and holidays (Ariel Atom, that sort of thing).

I'd let the wife choose the new house, as that sort of thing has never really bothered me.

Whilst the idea of a superyacht does appeal, I'd probably just rent one whenever I fancied a holiday. Same goes for the private jet.

I probably wouldn't bother with a full-time driver, either. If I'm somewhere having a drink, Uber does the job well enough. I don't need a fully salaried guy sitting around in an S-Class, reading the paper while I pay him.

[Shakermaker]

MorganP104 said:

I'd buy a business I liked the look of - something decently sized, as a going concern. That would solve the problem of being bored all day.

Toys-wise, I'd go for a Maserati Quattroporte, new shape Range Rover, and something seriously track-focused for high days and holidays (Ariel Atom, that sort of thing).

I'd let the wife choose the new house, as that sort of thing has never really bothered me.

Whilst the idea of a superyacht does appeal, I'd probably just rent one whenever I fancied a holiday. Same goes for the private jet.

I probably wouldn't bother with a full-time driver, either. If I'm somewhere having a drink, Uber does the job well enough. I don't need a fully salaried guy sitting around in an S-Class, reading the paper while I pay him.

However, might i please put my name forward for such a position if you ever change your mind?

[Justayellowbadge]

MorganP104 said:

I'd buy a business I liked the look of - something decently sized, as a going concern. That would solve the problem of being bored all day.

Toys-wise, I'd go for a Maserati Quattroporte, new shape Range Rover, and something seriously track-focused for high days and holidays (Ariel Atom, that sort of thing).

I'd let the wife choose the new house, as that sort of thing has never really bothered me.

Whilst the idea of a superyacht does appeal, I'd probably just rent one whenever I fancied a holiday. Same goes for the private jet.

I probably wouldn't bother with a full-time driver, either. If I'm somewhere having a drink, Uber does the job well enough. I don't need a fully salaried guy sitting around in an S-Class, reading the paper while I pay him.

This is a beer lifestyle on a champagne budget!

You could achieve all of that, and more, on the first year's interest.

Plus, inexplicably, you let Danny Dyer live.

[Cotty]

MorganP104 said:

I probably wouldn't bother with a full-time driver, either. If I'm somewhere having a drink, Uber does the job well enough. I don't need a fully salaried guy sitting around in an S-Class, reading the paper while I pay him.

If I had that sort of money I think I would skip Uber and jump straight to a chauffeured Phantom
https://www.ichauffeur.co.uk/cars/rolls-royce-phan...

[poing]

ben5575 said:

Moonhawk said:

I'd have a state of the art astronomical observatory in a dark sky site.

poing said:

I'd buy a volcano, I'd then hollow it out...

There's an artist for that. Mad Genius Buys Volcano, Transforms It Into Naked-Eye Observatory - James Turrell Definitely take the time to watch the video if you can (caution Yentob content)

He's short on delivering his little project, so as a billionaire I would make sure he had the funds to complete it. The world needs this level of mental creativity and ambition in it.

Other than that, coke and hookers obviously (actually scrap the coke, just more hookers), follow F1 round the world for a season or two as well as the cricket and maybe the rugby if I had time. Sponsor a boat in the America's Cup, put a bit of cash into the land speed record to make it happen and help out clearing the track of stones etc/be there when it hopefully happened. More hookers.

Excellent, I just found my first 2 employees! £100 million a year ok with you?

[Short Grain]

cheddar said:

I'd build a reverse ageing machine, pop Margo Leadbetter in it, wipe 50 years off and knock the back clean out of her

Surely do the same for Barbara Good, just for the contrast, (and the threesome of course)

[Tuvra]

MorganP104 said:

I probably wouldn't bother with a full-time driver, either. If I'm somewhere having a drink, Uber does the job well enough. I don't need a fully salaried guy sitting around in an S-Class, reading the paper while I pay him.

It would be one of the first things I would arrange, in fact he would have his own garage full of cars:-

• Mercedes Maybach
• Some kind of Sprinter:-

• Normal Sprinter Minibus
• Sprinter van

All in the same colour scheme of course, black, to be unique

I'd employ someone capable of maintaining the fleet, keeping it all pristine and doing the driving for me, my mates and family will keep him/them pretty busy. Realistically what is £3,360 a week (24hr x £20) if your a billionaire

[Johnniem]

Shuvi McTupya said:

I would get a really flash car like a veyron or Chiron, for the ring.

And a really good car to take on track days when I am not out getting ring.

You may wish to attend the new version of the Ring that I shall be building with my billions. It seems nuts that there is really only one place like that to blast around. I shall therefore commit to building another. Large swathes of Spain are empty, are they not?

JM

[austinsmirk]

AlexC1981 said:

I'd get one of those Japanese toilets that squirt water up your bum.

They're only about £2400 new. Although £3300 fitted.

[anonymous-user]

Build a castle with a moat big enough to sail my own yacht on it.

Buy as much of Africa as possible and create my own country.

Save some rare animals.

Fund Jurassic park.

[g3org3y]

I would:

- Buy all of the things I never had
- Be on the cover of Forbes magazine
- Have a show like Oprah
- Adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had st
- Give away a few Mercedes
- Grant somebody their last wish
- Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
- Have my own theme music

Sorted

[Chaffs]

Vineyard with a nice restaurant on Waihike Island, a big spread of Scotland with shooting and fishing, only accessible by helicopter, though always thought a Unimog would be good fun on a shoot, Also buy the M/Y Ulysses yacht for diving trips in between, and set up a charity to support families with kids in SCBUs around the country.

[supercommuter]

g3org3y said:

I would:

- Buy all of the things I never had
- Be on the cover of Forbes magazine
- Have a show like Oprah
- Adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had st
- Give away a few Mercedes
- Grant somebody their last wish
- Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
- Have my own theme music

Sorted

Would you not play basket ball with the president?

[thegreenhell]

After I'd bought my own private island with a big castle on it, I'd like to buy a fleet of ships, maybe an aircraft carrier or two, and some helicopters and various construction machinery, and employ a lot of ex-military types. I would then start up an organisation like International Rescue, responding mainly to natural disasters around the world. We would assist and support other organisations like the international red cross, who would provide the immediate humanitarian support, while we would rebuild essential infrastructure like water and power supplies, sanitation, roads and ports.

One billion wouldn't be enough for this sort of venture to be sustainable, but I'm assuming that billionaire just means more than a billion, so in this fantasy I would have been the unknown silent partner in the founding of Microsoft, Google and Facebook, so that wouldn't be a problem.