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

[Glasgowrob]

A plethora of international hitmen on speed dial

Or maybe fund a secretive pool of snipers to setup near motorways and take out MLMs

Try and manipulate prices on the used car market to drive journos and car execs mad
Why oh why does the latest Kia box have the strongest residuals of any car on the market

[bazza white]

Id buy huge chunks of rainforests that have been cut down in south America and employ a team to get it growing again. I'd also build tourist lodges in these areas.


Also I'd open a few marina's.

Edited by bazza white on Sunday 13th August 11:13

[cookmysock]

donate millions to Russian media organizations and become President of the USA.

then finally get the long awaited, desperately needed surgery to get an 8" schlong. Penile reduction operations are quite expensive

[ben5575]

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.

[Monkeylegend]

I would start a thread on PH asking if I should pay cash or lease my next car purchase.

[texaxile]

Buy this, or copy it at least, somewhere warm.

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/zombie-proof-ho...

Start Group B Rallying again.

Try and get Victoria Justice's phone number.

Buy and learn to fly a Hurricane and Spit.

[Tuna]

<bob mortimer voice>I'd use it to save all the little children</bob mortimer voice>

To be honest I'd be cursing that there are only 24 hours in a day. There are so many exciting projects around at the moment that are technically interesting or would make a big difference to the world, and I'd be sticking my nose in all of them. Transport, energy, health, who wouldn't be excited by the possibilities? As for the stupid projects... I'd have to employ people to do them on my behalf.

[AlexC1981]

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

[Jonesy23]

If you're a billionaire you can afford to pay an actual Japanese to do that for you.

[vtecyo]

Every property for sale in a town at that time and rent them out.

Make a few animal sanctuaries in the U.K. / abroad.

Racetracks.

[General Price]

Bung IN5IGHT 30 million and tell him to pull his finger out.


Hire a dozen clowns to run across a big bowl of jelly so I could find out what it sounds like.

[AlexC1981]

General Price said:

Hire a dozen clowns to run across a big bowl of jelly so I could find out what it sounds like.

A lamb dhansak has much the same effect, or so I read.

[Wacky Racer]

AlexC1981 said:

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

Kinky.

I'd fill a warehouse with British motorbikes from the late 1960's/ early seventies, plus a lifetime's supply of Wagon Wheels.

[RBH58]

If I had a billion, or even a fraction of that, I'd sell everything and I'd spend 3 months at a time in countries of my choosing doing what ever I felt like. But I'd be homeless and essentially stateless. Having nothing would be my freedom.

[SteellFJ]

I'd buy and build on land in 5 places - Tokyo (culture), Alaska (snow, Mountains and Wildlife), Middle Africa (Safari country), a Greek island (whole thing, cause cheap) and the Scottish Highlands (home).

Each fitted with a suitable garage, dock, Helipad to transport about and all with a Chef when i'm in residence.

Always said i'd have a car for every colour in then rainbow plus black, white and grey, thus limiting numbers and spend. Motorbikes, boats and helicopters exempt here.

Enough toys and gadgets to see through the boredom of not working and to keep the kids entertained, funding a lavish sports based hobby for each of them so one day I can say i'm father to a world champion (insert choice) driver/rider/fighter.

All this while funding a massive oceans clean up operation to protect us all from ourselves.

[thainy77]

I'd become Batman .

http://time.com/money/4271373/the-high-cost-of-bei...

[Tuvra]

If I was a billionaire I would build a rugby complex in my local village. 4G pitches, swimming pools, indoor training pitches, flood lights, integrated club house, gym etc etc. I'd probably spend about £10m on that and then ensure I paid top quality coaches to come in. The aim would be to have age grade rugby all the way through to seniors.

It's something I'd feel very passionate about

[Vocal Minority]

MiniMan64 said:

Can I build my own private railway and build a steam train?

(Nothing to do with the fact I've been at the National Railway Museum today)

Serious Answer:

Hurl some money at them to get Mallard back to full mainline worthiness.

Fatuous answer:

Buy contents of the museum and use as my own personal Hornby 00

[cptsideways]

Learn to fly & sort myself out with a nice WW2 era flying boat, commission an all wooden ship to be built & learn woodcraft as part of the process, then invite all my friends to stay on it traveling the world.

Having met a few cash billionaires, avoiding people & the media seems to be the main issue.

[sinbaddio]

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.