What Would You Do If You Won Five Million Dollars?

Lunchtime Poll: You Win Five Million But the World Is Going to End

February 19, 2008

Heathers is one of those movies that I'll always watch when it's randomly on TV. Just classic. It made a cameo on my screen just the other day and I had to bring one of their famous lunchtime polls to you. So, in the words of Heather and Veronica: You win five million dollars from Publishers Sweepstakes, but on the same day what's his face gives you the check, aliens land on earth and say they're going to blow up the world in two days. What would you do?

35 Comments

kaenai 5 years 13 weeks

I'd buy a fantastic (translated: magnanimous) house and throw a huge party.Barring that, I'd take my kids out for a great day at Good Times or something, and make sure my entire family had rooms on the top floors of one of the best hotels in the city (or in the next major city). Maybe catch some theater....?If I still felt like it after that, I'd start/join a rebellion and see if I could help do something about it.

kaenai 5 years 13 weeks

I'd buy a fantastic (translated: magnanimous) house and throw a huge party. Barring that, I'd take my kids out for a great day at Good Times or something, and make sure my entire family had rooms on the top floors of one of the best hotels in the city (or in the next major city). Maybe catch some theater....? If I still felt like it after that, I'd start/join a rebellion and see if I could help do something about it.

Valynn 5 years 13 weeks

@JovianSkies Great answer! Internet cookies for you!Totally, I'm not letting those Aliens take me down, I wanna live!

Valynn 5 years 13 weeks

@JovianSkies Great answer! Internet cookies for you! Totally, I'm not letting those Aliens take me down, I wanna live!

UrbanBohemian 5 years 13 weeks

I'd use it for...an end of the world get-together :-)

sushibananas 5 years 13 weeks

Something Else - I'd charter a plane, and take all my family and friends to some exotic beach in some exotic land. We'd sip cocktails and get a tan without a worry that the world is about to come to an end!

HipMom 5 years 13 weeks

I would put up any homeless person I can find in a 5 star hotel and then leave for a wonderful, fully expensed vacation with my most treasured loved ones and friends.

verily 5 years 13 weeks

I would start spending it on pure entertainment. After all, what's the point in investing it or spending it on lasting items if the world is supposed to end?But I wouldn't spend more than half of it, since there's a chance the world might still be there.

verily 5 years 13 weeks

I would start spending it on pure entertainment. After all, what's the point in investing it or spending it on lasting items if the world is supposed to end? But I wouldn't spend more than half of it, since there's a chance the world might still be there.

CoconutPie 5 years 13 weeks

I would buy a bunker in Albania. By the beach if possible. The government there built them in case there are Aliens or bad Westerners invading.

chancleta 5 years 13 weeks

combination for me too!1. save some (just in case the world doesn't blow up)2. purchase a super cool military silo and stuff it with food and supplies for all my friends and family to to ride out the blow up in (just in case the aliens decide to kill off the humans but use the plantet) lol3. enjoy it! give it to friends, people on the street, the homeless...anyone who can spend their last days enjoying the money

chancleta 5 years 13 weeks

combination for me too! 1. save some (just in case the world doesn't blow up) 2. purchase a super cool military silo and stuff it with food and supplies for all my friends and family to to ride out the blow up in (just in case the aliens decide to kill off the humans but use the plantet) lol 3. enjoy it! give it to friends, people on the street, the homeless...anyone who can spend their last days enjoying the money

dannysf 5 years 13 weeks

Best Poll Ever!

dannysf 5 years 13 weeks

Best Poll Ever!

sophia_HL 5 years 13 weeks

Compete in a formula 1 race, skydive, get lasik eye surgery... and on day 2 two I would fly to Croatia and spend the entire day eating tubs full fat ice cream and drinking pink champagne on the beach.

tdamji 5 years 13 weeks

if the check cleared, i'd take my family to somewhere close (less flying time) and just enjoy the last few days together. maybe in the woods or something? maybe we'd be saved if we were secluded.

clarient 5 years 13 weeks

Combination. Throw that money away like mad! Give it to strangers, treat the homeless to a meal, go shopping, throw a good chunk of it in the bank, throw a party! One thing is for sure, enough of it would be put away that I would live comfortable for the rest of my life should the world NOT blow up. But the rest of it? Disposable income!! Plus how much money can you really spend in two days, anyway? And wouldn't there be rioting in the streets and widespread panic?! (I've watching to many end-of-the-world movies!)

clarient 5 years 13 weeks

Combination. Throw that money away like mad! Give it to strangers, treat the homeless to a meal, go shopping, throw a good chunk of it in the bank, throw a party!One thing is for sure, enough of it would be put away that I would live comfortable for the rest of my life should the world NOT blow up. But the rest of it? Disposable income!!Plus how much money can you really spend in two days, anyway? And wouldn't there be rioting in the streets and widespread panic?! (I've watching to many end-of-the-world movies!)

kissmesteph 5 years 13 weeks

I'd throw an end of the world party with all of my friends and family and EVERYONE!

Angelica 5 years 13 weeks

Oh Heathers, I love you so!

Angelica 5 years 13 weeks

Oh Heathers, I love you so!

Leilanic1 5 years 13 weeks

why can't i do all of the above? invest just incase we make it through, give some away to help others and get a new look and clothes to take on my trip around the world (or to the safest place where the Aliens haven't been yet) with my family and friends. its $5M thats a lot of money! I love Heathers. It is a classic!