If you were the richest person in the world, what would you do?

[MadGypsy]

Hahah, here in Wisconsin 3 beers is what you drink before the drinking gets started. We go to a bar before we're going out to a bar.

I don't drink anymore, haven't in a really long time but, I live in New Orleans, the situation you just described is no different here. I mean, people go to the bar here cause there is a hurricane currently over the bar...LOL!

-"You heard about that gigantic hurricane that's gonna hit us tonight, and the city wide evacuation?"
~"Yeah brah, we goin to The Maple Leaf and get fuuuuucked up."

I can't hate on that too much without being a complete hypocrite.

The funny thing is, the bar will actually be open. Before Katrina nobody took hurricanes seriously. Right before Katrina hit the Mayor was on the news telling everybody that no bar will be open...lol. Errybody left (well, everybody that could). I miss Katrina, I was independently wealthy for a long time after that storm. I know that sounds horrible but, I was independently wealthy cause I was fixing peoples houses and there was a lot of them to fix. I also miss Katrina cause this city was so unpopulated that I claimed my entire block as the State of Gypsy and there was nobody to argue that. I had a flag and everything. It was a tax free zone, too.

i would sit on the beach...

You know that's free, right?

Who is the lightweight? 3 beers? Wont even feel it.

Psssh I wouldn't make it to the second beer. I quit drinking a long time ago cause I couldn't seem to moderate. Now my body hates the stuff. Same with weed. I overindulged for years, quit and now it just makes me blech. Last time I got high I just wanted to be sober. Which is fine, I spent a decade drunk and decades high. It's more than safe to assume that I got everything I'm gonna get out of it, long ago.

[Dr. Shadowborg]

Build Giant Robot+Antigravity Battleship+Giant Orbital Laser+Powersuit Army --> World Domination (Muahahaha!), then free internets for everybody (only $2B initial cost?! Its a bargain!), freeware / opensource WinXP, fix all that vexing societal stuffs, get some space colonies going within 5 years...then take a break and do all that stuff I've always wanted to do.

[Hydro...!]

I would build and live in a castle, with a dungeon... and electricity... and buy the most high-end computer... with internet... with all of the video games I love... and TV.

best answer so far. Preach on brother.

[MadGypsy]

I mean if we are just gonna go into silly land with this, I would make the Star Wars of Kung Fu movies. Can you imagine a kung fu movie that actually has an intriguing plot? I think there is generally only 4 plots to pick from

1) some kung fu rebel is carrying around a list and some emperor wants his minions to retrieve that list
2) Some dynasty does not sit well with a group of people and they are determined to overthrow it
3) You killed my father (or my entire family and I am the only survivor)
4) Overthrow the Japanese/Manchu invasion

Then there are like only a handful of Protagonists to choose from (generally)

Wong Fei-Hung
Chen Zhen
Wong Wu Te

and maybe like 5 more that I don't feel like thinking of. Kung Fu is like porn, you watch it for the action.

[R00k]

I can put back 24 and walk straight.. had a party last decembet for my birthday with a few friends and i bought 3 18 packs of Smithwicks Irish Beer and i downed 24 and walked down the drive way to check mailbox and back into the house with no problems lol.. no hang over either.

What part of WI do you live in?

You are also 7'3" and 330lbs...

[Solecord]

What part of WI do you live in?

Milwaukee area.

[Shambler234]

I would either build myself a super computer to do stuff on or get DNA from John Romero and John Carmack and combine those two together and see what I'd get.

[wicked_lord]

Milwaukee area.

I get to Janesville, WI 2-3 times a week usually.. then i run 43 across to exit 27 and south into Lake Zurich, IL. i use to run into Milwaukee a few years back but no longer do OTR stuff. Im dedicated now.

[wicked_lord]

You are also 7'3" and 330lbs...

Damn close lol.. 6'3 295lbs..
Driving truck hasnt helped much with my weight.. when i worked at the sheriffs office i was 225, i peaked at 308lbs back in march and have since started eating healthier and avoiding truck stop food and bread. Eating more in the truck is better then any of that fast food crap.

[MadGypsy]

I weigh 170 (+/-) and I'm 6'. For me to even stay at 170 is a challenge. EVERY male in my family has a pot belly (or worse). I'm damn near 40 and I couldn't grow a pot belly if I ate a pot. I'm convinced marriage does it to you. Maybe after marriage some switch goes off in your body that says "I don't have to attract the other sex anymore." IDK. All I know is there are a bunch of pregnant looking married men in my family that didn't look that way before marriage and I never married and also never got pregnant looking. I'm absolutely fine with that I'd rather look young and be in shape than be married any day.

@WL - the uppermost ideal weight for you (according to a BMI Chart) would be 199 lbs. This is assuming you aren't a body builder. The BMI chart does not work for body builders. Someone like (ex) Arnold Schwarzenegger (in his prime) would probably be considered obese according to BMI.

[wicked_lord]

My doctor said i should be between 206-217 considering my chest, shoulders and body muslce are above average.
Yes i do work out when i am home. I can bench 250lbs 10 times with no problems. Problem on the road is these truck stops dont provide anything healthy so me and my wife decided to start shopping for healthier foods to eat. We have a fridge and microwave in the truck. Ive knocked out all bread from my eating routine. i have lost 13lbs by changing eating habits. Now i do unload my trailer every single day therefore its a good 40-45 mins of constant excersize for me and the wife. The racks we have to wheel off the trailer weigh 250-600lbs depending on how many boxes of donuts are on each rack. They are heavy and hard to push even on wheels. 44 racks off 44 racks on.. 88 racks per trip.

[Krymzon 45]

I would.

If I were the richest person in the world I would buy my daughter a house and everything she needed to have her set for life as an adult. I would then get myself the things I had always wanted and take care of the rest of my family as well. Upon death my entire fortune would be split among my children and multiple charities.