The lottery fantasy: How much money do you need to say 'buzz off, world'?

Comment #32

time*treat — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:32:03 GMT

Not the whole world, just the bureaucraps their loyal voting blocks of fellow parasites....

Comment #31

weshar75 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:08:11 GMT

I think that the mega millions jackpot on friday night would cover it. I don't need much.-weshar75

Comment #30

golfer1960 — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:40:06 GMT

We love ya Jill

Comment #29

mcginnin56 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:11:24 GMT

Well said Jill, couldn't agree more......now BUZZ OFF!!! (lol, just kidding).

Comment #28

Jill34786 — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:58:02 GMT

HaveABball- I agree with your sentiments about Buzz off world .

In my opinion, there is no long term satisfaction by telling others ANYTHING negative. Some may choose to no longer work but that will become old after a while. There is only so much traveling/spending one can do before having a desire to blend in with your community.

If a monetary goal is reached then great! enjoy life in a fun, productive manner knowing you now have financial security. Being rude and using your wealth to tel... [ More ]

Comment #27

sully16 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:06:57 GMT

one million, what a nice number.

Comment #26

maximumfun — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:19:29 GMT

let's see... what could ridge mean...

there's bless... that's possible...

ooOOoo benefit... yes that is also possible...

but the winner?

BREW... as in BREW me another

and Veteran-Lurker (welcome to Lottery Post/non-lurker status!) - tonight's MM would be a fabulous JP to win hmm

Comment #25

Veteran-Lurker — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:57:53 GMT

Anything over 20million would be fantastic. Given choice: 50 to 150 million- then we're talkin' about look-what-I'm-about-to-buy-for-no-reason moments. I know I would be discipline due to the obvious fear of losing it all, but if one ticket made me filthy rich -- as opposed to 'just rich' -- then I'm mismaniging a set amount of finances like I'm a rapper.

Comment #24

rdgrnr — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:49:54 GMT

I'm the same way, Max.

In fact, I frequently substitute a word for bite that also starts with the letter b.

Comment #23

maximumfun — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:08:32 GMT

hmm... the 'bite me' number is MUCH different from the 'buzz off, world' number.

Depending on the day... 'bite me' dont even cost a nickel

Comment #22

NightStalker — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:14:44 GMT

The current Classic Lotto jackpot stands at 12.4 million. That would be fine. It's $4,278,000 lump after taxes or the $285,000 after taxes for the next 30 years would do just nicely. The house would be paid off and we could do a little travelling and then just relax.

The bite me number is 100 million. Then I may not even go back to work at all. The 12.4 Classic would require me to work for another couple of weeks.

Comment #21

golfer1960 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:12:44 GMT

Great article because we all have dreams of what we'd like to do if we won the lottery.

Any jackpot would make me happy and change my life but anything over $70M would put me in the i'm-not-coming-back-to-work cause-I-think-I'm-a-rap-mogul mood.

Holla

Comment #20

mcginnin56 — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:03:21 GMT

Good for you HaveABall! We need more positive people like you.

Comment #19

HaveABall — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:03:00 GMT

I'd never say or think Buzz off world!

If anything, once I become a joyful, stealth multi-million dollar net worth individual ($3M+), I will be seeing and purchasing much more of the world's items. Since I'm a practical person, I get way more pleasure when I interact in a polite, joyful way.

Comment #18

Colt45ML — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:11:38 GMT

No one has taken into consideration the very real and likely possibility that the Federal Reserve has inflated the currency over the last 3 years to the point where, in the near future, the dollar will be worth about a quarter of what it is now valued. So, just to cover my a$$, if I now think 10 million will be enough for me to tell the world to take a hike, then I'd have to say it is 40 million instead.

Something else I'd have to consider is the very real possibility that, as the economy ge... [ More ]

Comment #17

HiYoSilver — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:18:00 GMT

Between my wife and I, we have 17 brothers and sisters, I need at least 100 mil to pay them enough to leave me alone.

Comment #16

kapla — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:39:21 GMT

I would then make it my new job of making this money go a LONG way. And I have a bunch of 'FUN' things I would like to do to make money so I would supplement the money.

Comment #15

Seattlejohn — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:35:53 GMT

Give me $2 Million net, and I'm flipping the bird to society on a daily basis...

Comment #14

ttech10 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:40:49 GMT

That's why I would take any win in PB or MM. I could do fine with $3m.

Comment #13

VenomV12 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 23:29:00 GMT

If you want to live well, $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 after taxes, if you want to live spectactularly, $10,000,000 after taxes.

Comment #12

KSplayer — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:38:30 GMT

The current MM jackpot would be just fine for me but i wouldn't complain if it was more lol

Comment #11

Erzulieredeyes — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:52:20 GMT

I could live a very comfortable and luxurious lifestyle just on $6,000,000 after taxes.

But to buy all the fancy toys, vacations, and the Mega Mansion and a second home overseas, and to help out immediate family, give to charity and dabble in a business, I would need at least a minimum of $40 million for it to not even phase me.

My dream number would be $50,000,000 to $150,000,000 after taxes.

Comment #10

Guru101 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:23:44 GMT

$3,000,000 after taxes and I'm retired.

Comment #9

haymaker — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 20:06:48 GMT

10 mils. would do it for me also.

No point in thinking about getting my job back,

they would'nt take me back even if I left quietly and politely.

Comment #8

maximumfun — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:03:11 GMT

The 40M$ j/p from wednesday's game would go along way to getting me to 'buzz off' status...

26.5M$ lumpsum... net after taxes and fees and tithe and x,y,z ... about 50%... 13.25M$...

i believe i could make do with 13.25M$ after all was said and done...

Comment #7

JonnyBgood07 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:50:03 GMT

Comment #6

mcginnin56 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:35:33 GMT

Whoops, someone got up on the wrong side of A good day to you as well Mr. Cletu$2. Your not annoying, just not relevant. Enjoy.

Comment #5

Cletu$2 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:22:15 GMT

You are annoying and I don't need a lot of money to tell you that you are annoying.

Comment #4

mcginnin56 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 16:08:03 GMT

I guess for some, they need money before telling someone off. Doesn't really occur to me, if someone is annoying, I will make my feelings known.

Comment #3

joshuacloak — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:05:03 GMT

656 Million or just over 300m cash Atfer all taxes

their only been 1 jackpot for that amount,and i wanted it................................

but i think i can get away telling world where to put with just 100m cash atfer taxes, so about a 200m jackpot or higher i say

will get me to the screw off world ! level.

that's when i can have my own pirate jet ,and go anywhere i want, any time i want, without having to get treated like the mass sheep at public air ports. etc

naked... [ More ]

Comment #2

Cletu$2 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:55:54 GMT

I need a $100 million dollars after taxes to tell the world where it can get off.I'll settle for much less,though and just keep my thoughts to myself.

Comment #1

dallascowboyfan — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:52:52 GMT

All this is pure speculation, of course. As I sit here writing, I'm eating a ham sandwich. That wouldn't be relevant to this story except for the fact that when I was making the sandwich a few minutes ago, I noticed that the ham from the supermarket deli had kind of a funny, off smell to it. I was going to throw the whole package away when I realized that a) the little printout on the label said we still had two days to go before the sell-by date, and b) this pound of ham cost us six bucks. When... [ More ]

The lottery fantasy: How much money do you need to say 'buzz off, world'?

Lottery Post — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:52:43 GMT

By Peter McKay

We don't play the lottery very often. So I always get a little aggravated when I'm standing in line to buy Junior Mints and some clown in front of me has an inch-thick stack of lucky numbers he's going to play. But every once in a while, when the jackpot gets into ludicrously high levels, so high that it makes the 6 o'clock news, we break down and get a ticket.

And even though we don't actually play the lottery very often, my wife and I spend an inordinate amount of time pla... [ More ]