What would you do for a million dollars??

DaGip · Post by **DaGip** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:28 pm

qazwsx12345 wrote:guys this is suppose to be a fun post. A post where people can see what other people would do for a million dollars. So plz pm each other about it if u hav to.

Your thread is being hijacked! Maybe you need to give them a million dollars to leave... :wink:

Audax · Post by **Audax** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:31 pm

Well I shagged a middle aged American woman when I was young for $500 (back when $500 was actually worth something), so I suppose if I had done it 2000 times it would make the mill.

Dancing Mustard · Post by **Dancing Mustard** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:32 pm

qazwsx12345 wrote:guys this is suppose to be a fun post. A post where people can see what other people would do for a million dollars. So plz pm each other about it if u hav to.

Well we're all having great fun... what's your point?

Seriously, if you're so upset about the direction this thread has taken, then go ask a mod to split it, or start a new one with a slightly clearer mission statement.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:40 pm

reminisco wrote:
got tonkaed wrote:it actually seems like the type of thing that would get much easier the 10th time around and such assuming that you didnt completely job the percentage of the people who you gained ownership of the company from, especially if they were apart of other companies boards in some capacity.

I would assume there have to be easier ways of finding how the companies are doing before youd have to actually touch base with them though, though i wouldnt know much about the fine details, i would assume starting with things the companies publish would have to be a reasonable place to start.

you're absolutely right, GT.

annual reports are a great place to start. i've read a large number of them over the years, as i've grown more and more active in investing in the American stock market.

there's no substitute for experience, and at the risk of jinxing myself for life, i've gotten pretty good at reading between the lines, even from just the CEO's opening statement.

it's more art than science, trying to divine from publicly available information what is REALLY going on inside the company, but so long as i keep getting it right about 75% of the time, i'll keep being able to absorb the hits and keep moving in a positive direction.

as far as what Fruitcake suggests, i have no real experience in that arena, but it does seem like it'd be pretty easy to alienate people thoroughly and rapidly, making repeat M&A's difficult.

i wonder what'd be easier... publicly traded companies or family owned. and what would be more likely to generate negative repercussions.

eh if i had to guess about the last part i would assume the reward from the publicly traded probably correlates to some respect the amount of risk.

People know more about corporate raiders (which kinda sounds like what fruitcake suggests in negative terminology) of publicly traded companies far more (assuming they do know) than from family owned ventures. Still id think that would be the route youd go after a while, because it seems like theres more money in there and the oppertunity for better networking assuming you pay out decently.

JACKAZZTJM · Post by **JACKAZZTJM** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:41 pm

murder an infant

Fruitcake · Post by **Fruitcake** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:43 pm

got tonkaed wrote:it actually seems like the type of thing that would get much easier the 10th time around and such assuming that you didnt completely job the percentage of the people who you gained ownership of the company from, especially if they were apart of other companies boards in some capacity.

If I read this right, you mean, assuming one doesn't go round screwing people out of their legitimate gains.

Quite right...and there is one of the real secrets. You can turn people over once, twice, even three times, but at some point the word will get round. I have always made sure everyone gets to stick their snouts in the trough big time..that way they always recommend me if something alike appears on the horizon.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:50 pm

Fruitcake wrote:
got tonkaed wrote:it actually seems like the type of thing that would get much easier the 10th time around and such assuming that you didnt completely job the percentage of the people who you gained ownership of the company from, especially if they were apart of other companies boards in some capacity.

If I read this right, you mean, assuming one doesn't go round screwing people out of their legitimate gains.

Quite right...and there is one of the real secrets. You can turn people over once, twice, even three times, but at some point the word will get round. I have always made sure everyone gets to stick their snouts in the trough big time..that way they always recommend me if something alike appears on the horizon.

yes, to me that seems to be probably the most important element. In theory you shouldnt have to provide very much on the end, since they were disatsified. But if you set them up for some kind of mark you were planning on hitting for them, and supplied right around that much, you probably would have other oppertunities down the line.

The whole process is a neat little thing thats hard to quite place as far as capital and labor and all of the like.

Fruitcake · Post by **Fruitcake** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:59 pm

I can proudly say, I have never turned anyone over who did not deserve it....you know the types, old ladies, daft chinless wonders etc etc...however, I have stitched up some real shits in my time...and, if I am honest have been turned over myself by some of the best.

Years ago, I got involved with some serious high net worth Scandanavians, a right bunch of marauders and was I out of my depth...wow. They took me apart stitch by stitch...I never saw it coming...first thing I knew was when a near to final meeting took place in L'pool where this company was based, they came over, we all turned up, within 5 minutes I was adrift with nothing to show for a great deal of work and effort, furthermore, they had blackened my name, got my so called allies to turn, and really did the whole job on me

Took me some months to get over that mauling, not only that, all my contract work, the lot, were all taken from me...it was little consolation that the owners realised too late they should have listened to me as they, in turn, found to their horror they were down about 60 pence in the pound!

It's shark infested waters.

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:06 pm

Fruitcake wrote:I can proudly say, I have never turned anyone over who did not deserve it....you know the types, old ladies, daft chinless wonders etc etc...however, I have stitched up some real shits in my time...and, if I am honest have been turned over myself by some of the best.

Years ago, I got involved with some serious high net worth Scandanavians, a right bunch of marauders and was I out of my depth...wow. They took me apart stitch by stitch...I never saw it coming...first thing I knew was when a near to final meeting took place in L'pool where this company was based, they came over, we all turned up, within 5 minutes I was adrift with nothing to show for a great deal of work and effort, furthermore, they had blackened my name, got my so called allies to turn, and really did the whole job on me

Took me some months to get over that mauling, not only that, all my contract work, the lot, were all taken from me...it was little consolation that the owners realised too late they should have listened to me as they, in turn, found to their horror they were down about 60 pence in the pound!

It's shark infested waters.

id believe that entirely as well.

It almost seems like a lot of times it would be entirely a battle waged on information. I suppose it could be different depending on where you staked your claims but id imagine thats a heavy amount of volatilty to get involved with.

Anything to do with the the only thing i know is that i know nothing quote?

qazwsx12345 · Post by **qazwsx12345** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:59 pm

DaGip wrote:
qazwsx12345 wrote:guys this is suppose to be a fun post. A post where people can see what other people would do for a million dollars. So plz pm each other about it if u hav to.

Your thread is being hijacked! Maybe you need to give them a million dollars to leave...

maybe....

Fruitcake · Post by **Fruitcake** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:29 pm

got tonkaed wrote:Anything to do with the the only thing i know is that i know nothing quote?

Nah, that's just something of a leftover from having Greek Philosophy beaten into me as a boy.

viking97 · Post by **viking97** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:28 am

Get a freind to dress up as Kevin Rudd(Aussie PM) and pretend to save him from freinds pretenting to be terrorist then media comes and pays money for my story so then i get not 1mil i get 10mil

albertq · Post by **albertq** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:51 pm

i would say something like 'rape my mum' but i'm guessing this has to be something you wouldn't usually do

i would go a whole month without fantasising about children. ok make that a week. ok maybe just 3 days.

albertq · Post by **albertq** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:57 pm

Fruitcake wrote:I can proudly say, I have never turned anyone over who did not deserve it....you know the types, old ladies, daft chinless wonders etc etc...however, I have stitched up some real shits in my time...and, if I am honest have been turned over myself by some of the best.

Years ago, I got involved with some serious high net worth Scandanavians, a right bunch of marauders and was I out of my depth...wow. They took me apart stitch by stitch...I never saw it coming...first thing I knew was when a near to final meeting took place in L'pool where this company was based, they came over, we all turned up, within 5 minutes I was adrift with nothing to show for a great deal of work and effort, furthermore, they had blackened my name, got my so called allies to turn, and really did the whole job on me

Took me some months to get over that mauling, not only that, all my contract work, the lot, were all taken from me...it was little consolation that the owners realised too late they should have listened to me as they, in turn, found to their horror they were down about 60 pence in the pound!

It's shark infested waters.

no kidding? i'm a scandinavian who likes taking people apart stitch by stitch in liverpool

think we just got us a good old fashioned show down

Nickbaldwin · Post by **Nickbaldwin** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:57 pm

albertq wrote:i would say something like 'rape my mum' but i'm guessing this has to be something you wouldn't usually do

i would go a whole month without fantasising about children. ok make that a week. ok maybe just 3 days.

Sold, to the man with the boner.

ParadiceCity9 · Post by **ParadiceCity9** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:25 pm

I'd suck my grandmama's dick.

Nickbaldwin · Post by **Nickbaldwin** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:33 pm

ParadiceCity9 wrote:I'd suck my grandmama's dick.

I'd suck your grandmama's dick too.

The Saxby · Post by **The Saxby** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:27 pm

qazwsx12345 wrote:What would you do for a million dollars??

I'll tell you what I'd do: two chicks at once!

DirtyDishSoap · Post by **DirtyDishSoap** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:31 pm

qazwsx12345 wrote:I'd do almost anything

You have low standards

For a billion$ id do just about anything though

The Weird One · Post by **The Weird One** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:32 pm

I'd mug a stupid rich guy who was carrying 1 million cash.

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