So said - frequently - Del Trotter in the sit-com Only Fools and Horses. Of course, it never happened.
[Classic comedy following the misadventures of two wheeler-dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.]
But it has come to pass! Not for Del Boy or Rodney, admittedly, but a certain Neil Trotter won £107 million in last week's Euromillions Lottery. Neil, a car mechanic, comes from south London, just like the fictional Trotters. Personally, I think, in fact I know that if I had won £107 million (actually, it is very nearly £108 million, but what's £0.9 million when we're talking about those kind of figures?) I would have wanted to keep my name out of the papers. I don't think I would even want to win that sort of money. Even if that is invested at just 1% interest, the annual return would be a million! Of course, there would be tax to pay on that income, but even so!
I suppose that if I did manage to win that sort of money, I would be able to make some pretty substantial donations to charities in which I was interested. But all the same, I am more than happy as I am, thank you very much. £107 million is one headache I do not want.
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Another shop window snapped on my rare trip into town on Monday.
Most people would disagree with you...I think most people would be wrong.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on winning the lottery. I've read a significant number of stories about lives ruined and lottery winners dying prematurely. Then again, I suppose there are an equal number of positive stories out there, too.
ReplyDeleteIn re: the photo. I couldn't possibly walk by that place without going in... for at least one. :-)
I thought of you as I took the pic, Buck - and above the window they claim to have 120 different beers!
ReplyDeleteI think his biggest problem is going to be the millions of scroungers who suddenly remember he was their best friend.
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