An Interesting Proposition

Day 2,015, 18:25 • Published in Canada Canada • by The.Puppeteer

Recently I went to the corner store to purchase a lotto ticket. This happens semi-occasionally, usually when someone reminds me that the jackpot has reached 50 million. As I got to the register, I realized the store was empty except for me. I rang the bell, and the clerk came out of the storage room. *To any readers in Chicago, an empty store doesn't mean "reach for the register". The clerk appeared from the storage room, and I asked to purchase a ticket. He then proposed an interesting question. "What would you do with 50 million dollars?"

Now, usually I am fairly quick off the cuff for a response to such an outrageous question, but for some reason this one stopped me in my tracks. I had no idea what to say, so I went with the generic response of 'buy a nice house, a few fancy cars, help out family and friends etc etc etc'. Would I do these things? More than likely, but that's not the point. The point is I found my self unprepared for an event such as this. Yes, the odds are ridiculously low, one in 28,633,528 chance at winning (I live in Canada remember, I know the Powerball is much higher) Side note: to any Canadians that live near the border. Canadian citizens can win an American lottery (back on track). You do have a better chance of; dying on the toilet of natural causes, being eaten by a shark, winning a medal in the Olympics, dating a supermodel, or being injured on whilst using a pogo-stick, but one can dream, right?



Usually I like to refer to myself as a realist, but sometimes my mind wanders. We are all human, and the notion of being rich beyond your wildest dreams can entertain even the greatest of minds. So I took some time the other night to search things that I would get if I did win the lottery.

Keep in mind, the maximum lottery amount in Canada is 50 million I believe. Or maybe that is just the maximum that Lotto Max allows it to hit. That's neither here nor there. On to the useless crap toys.

*I am excluding all the boring things, like long term investment plans and high interest saving bonds.



Anyone who knows me, knows I want this toilet. The Numi has been a dream of mine since I laid eyes on it. The bill for this porcelain beast is around $6,000, but I would have one in every bathroom. It has a motion activated lid, bidet, dryer, seat and foot warmers, and if that isn't cool enough for you, it is all controlled by a touch screen with user settings. You can actually set your toilet to the way you like to.. go.



You're a liar if you say you wouldn't buy this after seeing it. I have no idea what the cost is, but who cares at that point? You could fly around the beach like the water version of Iron Man. Not going to lie, I would try to find the lowest setting that would keep me just above water to make it look like I was walking. You could give a lot of religious folk a good scare this way.



I had a moral debate picking this one. Firstly, I'm not a fan of Panasonic anything. I've had nothing but problems with their products in the past. Secondly, the debate was between this, and a 200" 'display' that a company has out of Japan. The issue is the wording that the company used since "display" can mean many things to me. If it is in fact a TV, I will send back the meager 150" Panasonic TV for the one rightful king of the TV world.



After seeing this on Top Gear some time ago, I fell in love. But I am here to talk about my first time arousal over a car. Alpha always makes eye-appealing cars, but this one is in a league of its own. I would highly recommend checking it out for yourself. The uniqueness about it is also a lure to me. If I saw one of these on the road where I lived, I would throw my underwear at it like the time I was at a Bieber concert.



Obviously these aren't the only things on my list, but these are definitely must haves in my books.

Cheers,

Buck

TL😉R - I would buy a lot of useless crap given the chance.

An interesting thing happened to me in game the other day. The game bugged and my CS request went to Spain instead of the US, so I decided to make the best of a bad situation. Immediately I contacted our Spanish liaison, Cronos85 ❤, and asked him to approve my CS. To my misfortune, he is not in congress, but I had him put me through to someone else who is equally as important.



Enjoy.