Things to do when you're very rich

We all dream about being very rich. 'If I won the lottery ...' you say and your voice trails off and you go all misty eyed, dreaming of what you'd do with all that dosh. Forget the immediate and the sensible like 'pay off the mortgage, debts etc' ... and let's get dreaming

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I'd like to see my face on the Forbes self made rich list and I'd like the Sunday times Rich list to pester me for interviews!

Charter a helicopter to pick me up from school or work

Buy a luxury mega yacht and travel the jet set spots of the world. St Tropez, Monaco, Portofino, Antigua...

Have a housekeeper to keep the house spotless, chef to prepare my favourite meals and a gardener to grow everything organically

Fly to New York for a couple of day to shop for clothes - but take your friends and stay in the best hotels and have a blast

As I started getting rich, I started thinking, 'what the hell am I going to do with all this money?'... You have to learn to give. Ted Turner

Take 3 months off and travel around the world only staying in seven star hotels

Go to the most expensive restaurant in town and order what ever you fancy

Buy a house for your friends/parents

If I were rich I'd give £5000 to a person in the street - just because they had a nice smile or because I liked the colour they were wearing.

Dress dreadfully and go a really really expensive store and try on something outrageously expensive and watch all the dssapproving shop girls faces then say, with a sniff, 'I'll take three'

Have your own private masseur to give you massages in your own home spa

Being rich is not a right - it's a priviledge, an honour and a huge responsibility

Take all your friends and family on the surprise holiday of their dreams - all paid

Be your own secret millionaire - find a good cause once a month and just give them a £20'000 cheque - just because you can

Charter a plane and flly to Paris in luxury for lunch at the best restaurant

Keep your cellar stocked with £100 bottles of wine

Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes. Oprah Winfrey

Invite everyone in your street for the best ever street party

Get your favourite pop start to give you a private concert in the garden of your home

If I was very rich I'd be a space tourist

I'd have an ice cream truck drive around the neighbourhood and offer free ice creams to the kids

Wear a brand new bra and knickers everyday

Design and build my own home

I'd purchase pieces of the rain forest as much as I could then protect it from destruction.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the Limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the Limo breaks down - Oprah Winfrey - on being rich

I'd travel around the world and stay only stay in 5 star hotels that began with the letter R

I'd build a swimming pool in garden with a luxury spa and sauna

I'd go into town and everytime I saw a kid put some litter in the bin I'd give them £100

I love this game, I love this sport, I love this league. Why don't I get my own team? (Chelsea -football club) Roman Abramovich

I'd charter a luxury yacht for the summer and invite all my friends to join me

I'd hold a competetion each month for something different - for the happiest smile, the best environmental saving idea, the cleverest way of getting into work, the cleanest shirt, the smartest shoes and give the winner £10'000

I'd buy all the books I've ever wanted to read and then spend six months reading them while I listened to all the music that I've always loved and not been able to afford.