Mega Moola Giveaway!
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swestrupHere's a serious question on a silly topic (or something like that -- 
):
Would you except a no-strings-attached gift of $50,000 Canadian, from me?
You see, I sometimes fantasize about winning 10 or 20 million dollars in the Lottery. I've often thought that if I were to win such a huge chunk of cash, I might want to spread the love around and earmark 1 or 2 million to be given away to various friends and relations in $50,000 chunks.
I figure that 50 grand is enough to make a real difference in someone's life, but is small enough that I wouldn't mind giving it away. Too many of my friends seem to be spending their time working at stressful jobs when they could be much happier if the money wasn't so tight. Heck, I know *I* would be much happier if the money wasn't so tight!
The sticking point is: its money. I can easily imagine that many of my friends would refuse the gift in the worry that it might somehow affect their friendship with me, or that it would feel like a handout, or that they might somehow feel obligated to me, so here's the question:
Would you accept such a gift? Why or why not? And none of this "You'd never give me any money -- I am not worthy" nonsense. Sure, I wouldn't give money to everyone, but I'm more interested in how people think about this subject, than about their estimates of their chances of me giving them money. After all, its not too likely that this fantasy is likely to be real any time soon now, is it?
):Would you except a no-strings-attached gift of $50,000 Canadian, from me?
You see, I sometimes fantasize about winning 10 or 20 million dollars in the Lottery. I've often thought that if I were to win such a huge chunk of cash, I might want to spread the love around and earmark 1 or 2 million to be given away to various friends and relations in $50,000 chunks.
I figure that 50 grand is enough to make a real difference in someone's life, but is small enough that I wouldn't mind giving it away. Too many of my friends seem to be spending their time working at stressful jobs when they could be much happier if the money wasn't so tight. Heck, I know *I* would be much happier if the money wasn't so tight!
The sticking point is: its money. I can easily imagine that many of my friends would refuse the gift in the worry that it might somehow affect their friendship with me, or that it would feel like a handout, or that they might somehow feel obligated to me, so here's the question:
Would you accept such a gift? Why or why not? And none of this "You'd never give me any money -- I am not worthy" nonsense. Sure, I wouldn't give money to everyone, but I'm more interested in how people think about this subject, than about their estimates of their chances of me giving them money. After all, its not too likely that this fantasy is likely to be real any time soon now, is it?
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Date: 2005-06-17 06:38 pm (UTC)But of course, if you ask the question the more logical way round - 'I have this lottery ticket habit and I'd like all my friends to chip in $50,000 in the hopes that I will finally win' - I'd have to say, dude, why not buy a suit of armour and stand on the top of a hill screaming 'all gods are bastards'? ;)
Then again, if we were to assume that you came into your millions simply as the result of an Inadequately Explained Plot Device, I guess I'd say 'sure, if you're sure you won't miss it.' And then agonise over the best thing to do with it....
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Date: 2005-06-17 06:46 pm (UTC)