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Post by chariset on Jul 15, 2011 20:00:14 GMT
If I won $161 million (forget pounds!) I'd divide it three ways with my parents and sister, and then I'd take the remainder and buy a castle in Scotland
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Post by jacqui on Jul 15, 2011 20:04:08 GMT
If I won £161 mill it wouldn't change me at all.I'd get up in the morning put on my Dior shoes and Chanel dress.Eat my sugar puffs with a gold sthingy then go to work in my Lambo. No wouldn't change me a bit. what colour Lambo??? I would hate to clash! I'm thinking white  then my valet could clean it ....daily ;D |
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Post by antonia on Jul 15, 2011 20:18:51 GMT
Shouty orange lambo for day and a Reventon(if I've spelt it right) for evening.
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Post by chariset on Jul 15, 2011 20:25:41 GMT
Spelled Reventón, pronounced Rebentón (the Spanish 'v' is pronounced somewhat like a 'b' -- and vice versa)
Remember Jeremy's horrible joke about "with this you would get a lot of badge"?
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Jul 15, 2011 20:29:47 GMT
what colour Lambo??? I would hate to clash! I'm thinking white then my valet could clean it ....daily ;D Your white Lambo - my black ferrari |
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Post by dit on Jul 15, 2011 21:14:37 GMT
I would buy
Aston Martin DB9 Volante - black. Cream leather interior.
Audi R8 - gunmetal. Black interior.
Classic E-type - red. Black interior.
Oh, and world peace.
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Post by devil-may-care on Jul 15, 2011 22:19:00 GMT
I would buy Aston Martin DB9 Volante - black. Cream leather interior. Audi R8 - gunmetal. Black interior. Classic E-type - red. Black interior. Oh, and world peace. I like your car choices, Dit! Very stylish. Can one still buy world peace? |
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Post by dit on Jul 15, 2011 22:39:27 GMT
Sadly, the ransom of several kings and every jackpot in the world all put together stiill wouldn't be able to buy that.
Even if the money was used to buy every weapon in the universe and throw them all into the sea, within two minutes someone would be bopping someone else on the nose over an imaginery slight.
*sigh*
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Post by Maid of Astolat on Jul 16, 2011 5:57:58 GMT
A former work colleague (a lovely lady) and her husband won over a million on the lottery and fulfilled their dream this year, which was to buy an Aston Martin, drive to Monaco and watch the Grand Prix.
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Post by devil-may-care on Jul 16, 2011 13:23:46 GMT
What a nice dream! ;D
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Post by crumbs on Jul 29, 2011 12:48:47 GMT
Just read the lottery comments - I'd have:
Jaguar XK150
With you on the Aston Martin DB9 Dit but not the cream interior as I'd ruin it nor the Volante as I like to be encased in a car (strange innit?).
Ferrari Dino 206/246 either will do.
I quite fancy (brace yerselves) that mammoth RV Jeremy showed us with the sparkly granite interior and nifty little sports car in the floor! We could travel wherever and whenever we wanted in style.
A small plane (plus lessons!) and mid sized sailing racer (no lessons required) for Mr Crumbs.
As to the rest? Well, that amount of money would be shared as no one needs £161,000,000.
Dream on. I don't even do the lottery.
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Post by Wyvern on Jul 29, 2011 17:48:40 GMT
My choice of Aston would be a V8 Vantage Roadster in white with red leather interior. I'd settle for dark metallic grey though (more available in that colour on the second hand market - just cos I've got £161,000,000 to play with doesn't mean I'm going to throw it away), but the red interior's a deal-breaker  I've mentioned it a couple of times lately because of it coming up on TG last Sunday, but I'd love a Jensen Interceptor R and it must a) have a decent steering rack and b) be Reef Blue like the one in the Argos ad, because that was just the BEST colour. I also need flying lessons, because there's a school - at last - with a two seat Spitfire trainer, but you need to be a qualified pilot before they'll teach you to fly it. And there's a lovely square in west London surrounded by beautiful Victorian villas - I'd love one of those ;D |
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Post by amie8 on Jul 29, 2011 22:29:32 GMT
When I get my Aston, it'll be a DB9, just because that's the coolest name.
Aston Martin DB9. Just has a ring to it, doesn't it...
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Post by vertebraille on Jul 30, 2011 5:02:57 GMT
Sorry to be off topic (or is it on? ;D) Is his column in the Saturday or Sunday paper? Last time a friend was visiting I got her to pick me one up, but it was the wrong one, now I can't remember which one that was Are they even printing one at the moment ? |
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Post by jacqui on Jul 30, 2011 5:58:11 GMT
Sorry to be off topic (or is it on? ;D) Is his column in the Saturday or Sunday paper? Last time a friend was visiting I got her to pick me one up, but it was the wrong one, now I can't remember which one that was Are they even printing one at the moment ? Saturday!!! ;D |
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Post by crumbs on Aug 15, 2011 16:19:45 GMT
I've been on hols - any news on when he's writing a new column for the DT?
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Post by amie8 on Aug 15, 2011 21:46:37 GMT
I've been on hols - any news on when he's writing a new column for the DT? No, but we know he's alive because he's posted a comment that he's actually dead. |
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Post by dit on Aug 16, 2011 0:16:49 GMT
I looked up James' comment. It was in response to a rather drunken but very articulate rant from 'Will' asking what was going on about the non-appearance of new columns, and read
Sorry, Will, but I am literally dead and not being paid anything. Glad you got totally clattered.
He doesn't sound happy.
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Post by Vivienne on Aug 16, 2011 0:38:21 GMT
I wonder if he means by "literally" that he has writer's block temporarily.
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Post by From Afar on Aug 16, 2011 5:46:43 GMT
I looked up James' comment. It was in response to a rather drunken but very articulate rant from 'Will' asking what was going on about the non-appearance of new columns, and read Sorry, Will, but I am literally dead and not being paid anything. Glad you got totally clattered.He doesn't sound happy. Seems like an odd thing to say..... not the "Literally dead" bit (that sounds like something James would say) but the "not being paid bit".... has he had a fall out with the DT?  |
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Post by ambergris on Aug 16, 2011 12:09:24 GMT
I wonder if he means by "literally" that he has writer's block temporarily. You could be right, Vivienne. I initially thought he was just using Clarkson's favourite word for a laugh, but perhaps he does mean his literary inspiration has dried up. Perhaps all his creativity is going into Man Lab these days. I hope he does come back, but I don't want him to overwork and stress himself, either. |
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Post by jacqui on Aug 16, 2011 13:00:38 GMT
I think he is just being satirical - time will tell ;D
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Post by liverbird on Aug 16, 2011 18:53:47 GMT
I'm wondering when he's had time to actually sit down and draft anything as he doesn't seem to have stopped working this year. I hope at some point he is actually going to stop being a media ponce and take some down time.
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Post by dit on Aug 19, 2011 21:42:30 GMT
I notice that there's an article in the DT on the 17th that refers to James as follows (my italics)
"Our own James May was deemed far more trustworthy, taking 40.2 per cent of the vote."
by which I assume he's still regarded as an employee of the DT and therefore will be back at some point.
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Post by suz2202 on Aug 23, 2011 17:58:45 GMT
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Post by jacqui on Aug 23, 2011 18:08:55 GMT
Sorry its an oldie - but still a goodie circa 2008 ;D
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Post by lindenchase on Sept 2, 2011 11:39:42 GMT
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Post by dit on Sept 2, 2011 12:01:17 GMT
I've got to the stage of wondering whether there is an actual problem - contractural? I notice that Hodder aren't even admitting that James' book "May on Board" exists, even though it was supposed to be published by them yesterday. As Amazon describes it as James' "ultimate collection of journalism" one assumes it must contain DT articles.
I hope all this is just circumstantial and that all is well on the publishing front. Perhaps Hodder are just planning on putting all their efforts into the Man Lab book.
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Post by lindenchase on Sept 2, 2011 13:36:06 GMT
James works as a freelancer, which means he owns the copyrights to his column, and not the Telegraph. I guess there isn't just enough new material for a new collection of columns.
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Post by Wyvern on Sept 5, 2011 12:07:15 GMT
James works as a freelancer, which means he owns the copyrights to his column, and not the Telegraph. Not necessarily. Under UK intellectual property law, although the default copyright holder is the author, work produced for an employer is an area where exceptions may occur, dependent on the terms of the contract under which it is produced. An author will often sign away the rights to their work in return for payment, and in fact this is covered under the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act as follows: “Where a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work is made by an employee in the course of his employment, his employer is the first owner of any copyright in the work subject to any agreement to the contrary.” (section 11.2) This does allow for the author to retain some or all rights according to the terms under which the work is produced. This is why publications can republish articles, usually - but not always - with payment of residuals to the author (might explain the 'not being paid' comment). It might well also explain the evident problem with May On Board if there is not full agreement between James, the Telegraph and the publisher, because it is certainly possible that the Telegraph has control over the copyright of articles produced for its publications. |
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then my valet could clean it ....daily ;D
I love a man who can handle a gun 
