Utter stupidity going public They best be prepared to be harassed to the day they die...

Fair play to them on their win but tbh I think if it were me I'd have been too afraid to go public.

So near... and yet so far....  

Maybe next time, Kaffy.

They also leave themselves open to kidnap.

THAT SHUD BE MINE I TELL THEE!!!

I wanna Ferrari and a house in Italy and a helicopter and a brown wife and multicoloured kids from EuroAsia like Brad Cruise

i hope its not that guy that owned Bullett on the scheme

Congrats to them, hope it brings them and their family a lot of happiness

(I am green with jealousy btw but I do mean it when I say congrats)

*considers a blunt object, Duck tape and someone who can lift heavy things...*

*wonders just what you can get in the boot of a Ford Fiesta*

 A couple from Largs  on the Clyde coast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14161661

Duck tape?  You can get a lot in a Ford Fiesta. £162 mill is going to bring allsorts out the woodwork. I don't think I would feel safe knowing people know I am that rich.

Just watching Sky News... they are telling the whole world where they are going.

"We are going to travel to China & Australia"

So we know their house will be empty if we want to rob it 

Falkirk was mentioned on R2. I was hoping it might be Gordon and Sarah Brown.

I would never never never have 'gone public' with this.  As someone said, they will be hounded til they die.  I would not even tell my friends...  You would have everyone leeching off you, even extended family..and constantly expecting you to pay for everything... I got 18 grand redundancy in the late 90s from a job I had been in for 10 years, and certain family (2 cousins/2 aunts) were my new BFFs for a couple of months, and kept begging for money, even though they rarely said more than 6 words a month to me normally ...

When they realised they were getting naff-all..., they went all pissy and moaned to my mom, who asked 'is there any reason you arent lending auntie Mo the grand she asked for towards a new car?'  And it cause so much hassle and tension.....Even now (13 years on,) there's an air of awkwardness with these leeching rellies, who i thankfully only see three or four times a year! (Not that I give a damn as they are twats anyway.) 

Out of that amount, I would give a lot away to deserving causes, but would not advertise it to anyone.  I remember a tale a few years ago, about someone who actually won 8 million (I think,) and she didnt tell her own FAMILY, because she didnt want them affected or spoiled...she just made sure they were OK,. and informed them all at a much later date...  Letting everyone know this is a huge mistake IMO.



Congrats to both of them, they seem very grounded....not to mention ecstatically happy.

I posted the other day that I'd never go public but they were between a rock and a hard place.

I mean, how do you 'hide' 161 million!!!  You would never be able to enjoy it cos you'd be making up lies to justify the new house, new car, etc.  It has is drawbacks going public but they look like the kind of people who couldn't live with a life based on lies and are preparing to deal with the notoriety and all that goes with it. 

I was gonna say...good luck to them....but they hardly need it do they.

Falkirk? Shit. Thought it might be one of my lot.

Well you make a good point Aquarius... esp about the explaining everything...  but I guess I would say I won 10 million or something.... (like a few weeks after this....)  i wouldnt spend ANYthing for a few months anyway: I would wait for the dust to settle... then I would say I won 10 million or something....I  am pleased for them but still maintain that I would never go public with this amount.

Dead easy IMO. Many of us have contingency plans in place. Alas! Us cold calculating types never seem to win.

When did they move to Falkirk?  Aren't they still in South Queensferry (near the smelly water treatment plant)?      Anyway.. I'm not jealous now if they're from Largs... that's not so close as Falkirk.   I want to know why on earth they chose Falkirk for the press conference though.  Seems a weird location.

The trick would be to say you won 'some' money on the lottery, enough to give family a friends a few quid, but never reveal exactly how much you'd won. In the meantime you can do all your investing and stuff on the quiet. Everyone's a winner

As far as we are concerned anything between Glasgow and Edinburgh is the same place. It's the same mechanism that leeds people to call me a Geordie.

Zackly what I said! 

I've just had exactly that conversation with someone today (wonder how many people are doing that today)   You couldn't hide it, so do what you want to do without saying how much.   I'd sort out the family (and me), live off the interest, leave the ones I like a decent inheritance and leave the rest to charity (nah.. not giving it away while i'm alive... it's only £161 million... i might run out )

The interest on that alone would still make them millionaires.

Blimey! I've seen 'em on the tellybox. Terms like morbidly obese come to mind.

I should spend the money quickly Mr Bond.

I'm glad you said that LOL.  I was thinking it, but didnt like to say.

They look like they enjoy life to the full already, good luck to them. Can't believe the bloke said he wouldn't get a new car straight away though as his old one was perfectly reliable!!

I can kind of understand why they went public......but they will never be able to hide from the begging letters and attention now. I don't think I could handle that.

I'm a bit disappointed with you. Who cares what these people are like? Would you have preferred a couple going to the the gym every night?

That's a bit cruel.  What's their weight got to do with the price of fish?

This will probably sound stupid but......I would go public then I'd give most of it away. That's too much money for one person/family. I'm a bit soppy so I'd sort myself and my family out first and give the rest to charity. 

Oh I'm sorry. You all seem very sharp tonight.

I'll go to the thread attacking people for being ginger instead shall I?

Awww GJ, I know you're just messin' and so was I when i took the piss out them too.   I don't mean anything.  We all take the piss sometimes... (most of us sinners anyway! ...)

For you:

Ta

I was meaning the other two above you like.

OK thanks GJ

I blame longcat, for calling them 'the big Euro lottery winners'!  

Surely they have had advice from Camelot (and other bods) as to whether to go public or not. I have to admit though, I wouldn't have. Each to their own I suppose