The Lotto Lout

Reply #8

Rick G — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 18:33:08 GMT

'Chavs'...that is funny. I especially liked the late-night stumbling and/or vomiting .

Reply #7

goldrush — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:58:41 GMT

Ms. McLoughlin - whose new house with Mr. Rooney reportedly includes its own spray-tanning booth - is rarely photographed without a variety of designer-store shopping bags and a thong showing above her pants. Her 18th birthday party last year descended into chaos when the free drinks ran out and Mr. Rooney's uncle began yelling abuse at the waiters.Others in the greater chav universe are David and Victoria Beckham, who would hate to be considered chavs but who nonetheless wore matching purple ou... [ More ]

Reply #6

goldrush — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:50:39 GMT

Mr. Carroll is an object of national fascination in part because of his apparently pathological criminality, and in part because he represents a kind of Briton known as a chav. Chavs, whether rich or poor, tend to favor gaudy jewelry and expensive-but-tacky clothes with big logos and to behave in a way that others find coarse or obnoxious.Male chavs wear tracksuits and baseball caps; female chavs pull their hair tightly back in buns or ponytails, a style known as a council house facelift, from... [ More ]

Reply #5

goldrush — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:49:29 GMT

Before he won the lottery, he was a nuisance, Charles Joyce, a local official, said. He decided to carry on being a nuisance. Among other things, he has appeared in court more than 30 times in the last three years. He has spent three months in jail on drugs charges, paid thousands of dollars in fines for vandalism and been evicted from several hotels after, for instance, ripping a chandelier from the ceiling while trying to swing from it.He was recently ordered to perform 240 hours of communit... [ More ]

Reply #4

Badger — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:03:04 GMT

He only won 15 million $ and they're making a big deal of it? In the USA we seem to get multi-millionaires being made monthly. (then again I guess we have a lot more lottery games than the UK does)What was it he did to earn him the ankle bracelet? I think (at least here in the USA) that would matter. If it was because he did somethng like lie to the Grand Jury (like Martha Stewert did when she had to wear one) people wouldn't care. If, OTOH, he was a child molester, that is entirely a differen... [ More ]

Reply #3

Chewie — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:45:12 GMT

Hey.. if Paris Hilton .. an Inkeepers Daughter .. can be the celeb of the press, this guy can be anything he wants.

Reply #2

acronym007 — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 17:30:01 GMT

He should NOT be invited. Winning the lotto makes you a overnight celeb but there is no way rational people have to be so silly and simply invite him because of his wealth. Here's my thought, would they invite him as a poor man? The person is the question. If they wouldn't invite poor then don't invite him wealthy. Cheers,

Reply #1

goldrush — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:59:10 GMT

How can someone so fortunate, be so stupid. It's true, life was not meant to be fair.

The Lotto Lout

goldrush — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 16:57:54 GMT

Known across Britain by his tabloid nickname, the Lotto Lout, Mr. Carroll won 9.7 million (about $15 million at the time) in the national lottery three years ago and showed up to collect his prize while wearing a police-issued electronic ankle bracelet. The question now raging in Swaffham is whether he deserves to throw the switch at the town's annual Christmas lights display, as he was briefly invited to do. I personally have nothing against him, said Terry Drake, a prominent local businessma... [ More ]