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Post by phil70 on Mar 8, 2017 22:34:29 GMT
Saw this in the paper yesterday, a 17 year old girl is thinking of suing Camelot because she won a million and it didn't make her happy!! She bought a house (3 bed semi) for £168000 which she claimed was too big and she was lonely so she sold it and moved back in with mum. Oh and in case you wondered, she does not intend giving her winnings away. What a sad story Phil
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Post by Delta9 on Mar 8, 2017 23:05:19 GMT
Firstly, this story is a few weeks old.
Secondly, it is pretty much bullshit.
At your age you should know better than to believe the shite you read in the papers.
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Post by phil70 on Mar 8, 2017 23:07:50 GMT
Er uhm er, that's me told then. Phil
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Post by Delta9 on Mar 8, 2017 23:13:44 GMT
To sum things up: Shit 'reporter' in need of a story interviews some young lottery winner. Lottery winner is vulnerable young girl that has not handled her win well, a lot of lottery winners end up making mess of things, especially young ones. Suddenly getting a lot of money when you are a bit thick and not used to having any is hard and often leads to tears.
Reporter, desperate for a quote to use, asks "so after telling me your sad story, would you want to sue Camelot for the problems you've had?"
Girl, somewhat confused by the question and emotional from telling her tale of woe answers "erm, maybe... I don't know."
Reporter writes headline "Lottery winner considers suing Camelot"
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Post by phil70 on Mar 9, 2017 1:11:47 GMT
Hmm, your summary of what you believed happened is pretty much what was reported in the newspapers Phil
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Post by Delta9 on Mar 9, 2017 2:26:02 GMT
So wtf is the point of this thread? to laugh at a girl that fucked up, or to pretend she ever had any intention of suing camelot?
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 9, 2017 9:03:31 GMT
And I thought this thread was about Emma Watson flashing her tits. And giving us a lecture about Feminism at the same time.
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Post by patty on Mar 9, 2017 9:12:03 GMT
Well guess this thread could just go like so many others..start on one topic and wend its way around others. I'd have believed that journalists report as well...I find it difficult to work out fact from fiction and although I recognise they have to spice things up to sell papers I do wish they wouldn't...we are not all cynics in this weird world of ours.
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Post by Gone on Mar 9, 2017 12:14:32 GMT
And I thought this thread was about Emma Watson flashing her tits. And giving us a lecture about Feminism at the same time. I don't have a problem with ms Watson looking good and being a feminist. Maybe too many people only accept a certain kind of stereotype as a feminist.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 13:06:47 GMT
I hate the national lottery.
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Post by phil70 on Mar 9, 2017 13:44:26 GMT
So wtf is the point of this thread? to laugh at a girl that fucked up, or to pretend she ever had any intention of suing camelot? No, not to laugh at the girl, though I must say you were rather scathing in your comment that she was a bit thick. I merely pointed out this item as a demonstration that striving for wealth and then achieving it does not guarantee happiness. Phil
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 14:33:44 GMT
So it has emerged this week that George Osbourne MP is being paid £650,000 pa for 'working' one day a week at BlackRock the asset management company that benefited hugely from tax changes introduced by....George Osbourne. Jobs for the boys eh
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 9, 2017 17:27:50 GMT
haha, Phil, you got your knuckles rapped! I've been laughing at that all afternoon
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Post by Gone on Mar 9, 2017 17:30:38 GMT
So girl wins a million and is unhappy and Osbourne earns £1.3M in 2 years and is like a pig in s***. Just shows the difference a private education makes.
Added - and just to be clear I did not go to posh school.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2017 17:50:09 GMT
Whatever happened to newspapers.
They're appalling nowadays.
I occasionally still pick up The Times, but it's a comic now.
I know, I know, I'm a grumpy old git, sorry.
Rog
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