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You get £1 million but can only buy things you wanted/liked growing up , what do you buy?

137 replies

Memebeingme · 10/04/2023 22:49

Caravan

OP posts:
Hellocatshome · 10/04/2023 23:31

5 German Shepherds
A 1960s Mini
A lighthouse to live in

Howmanysleepsnow · 10/04/2023 23:31

A house in the country
a horse.
Holidays abroad.
Lots of chocolate.
An animal rescue.
chocolate.
Books.

i’m quite happy with that.

Twoshoesnewshoes · 10/04/2023 23:32

A cottage near a wood with a stream
a red escort xr3i
a black pony called midnight

Jellytotsburnmytongue · 10/04/2023 23:36

Every single one of the Sylvanian families so I could have a whole town of them.

beachcitygirl · 10/04/2023 23:37

Why oh why did none of us get Mr Frosty?

elephantoverthehill · 10/04/2023 23:39

I don’t have £1 million but I do now own at least 6 pairs of different coloured Kickers.

Time40 · 10/04/2023 23:40

A Victorian steam-driven carousel

A pony

Maple2023 · 10/04/2023 23:40

Horses, cats, books, a treehouse and a library

I'll cope Grin

Hellocatshome · 10/04/2023 23:41

beachcitygirl · 10/04/2023 23:37

Why oh why did none of us get Mr Frosty?

Because in my DMs words "it will be a bugger to clean"

FreddiesTeeth · 10/04/2023 23:42

A farm.
Clothes from a shop not home made.

WordtoYoMumma · 10/04/2023 23:42

Many different colours of DM boots and a lot of Guns n Roses t-shirts

Brokendaughter · 10/04/2023 23:43

We used to drive around a hairpin bend in the middle of some woodlands, past the burnt out remains of a cottage in the middle of nowhere as part of the route to my boarding school.

I always thought I'd buy it when I grew up, although as all that was left was 2 partial walls, one of them the chimney wall I don't know how I thought I was going to live in it.
It had been like that for long enough there was a towering tree growing in what would have been a room.

If you go there now, you have to know there used to be a building there to find it at all.

ClassicLib · 10/04/2023 23:45

A swimming pool full of McDonalds’ strawberry milkshake.

GerundTheBehemoth · 10/04/2023 23:47

A boat and a leopard.

QuitChewingMyPlectrum · 10/04/2023 23:48

A cash register
A rocking horse
Boxes with locks
Lego

Tiredbutwireless · 10/04/2023 23:51

Ponies and all the other paraphernalia
a horsebox
cherry red dms
a house with central heating (I grew up in a house with none 🤣🤣)

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 10/04/2023 23:51

A horse
A pet penguin
A big house by the sea

MintMa · 10/04/2023 23:54

A pink mini (original model)
A 70s vw camper van
A zx spectrum
and ballet Sindy.

JacobsCrackersCheeseFogg · 10/04/2023 23:55

A ticket to see Take That in Birmingham.
A BMX bike.
A static caravan by the sea.

Avarua2 · 10/04/2023 23:55

A waterslide Into a pool with a pet dolphin
a MacGyver style houseboat

mumda · 10/04/2023 23:57

More books. A better typewriter. A huge garden to grow veg in. And so many sweets.

TattiePants · 10/04/2023 23:57

beachcitygirl · 10/04/2023 23:37

Why oh why did none of us get Mr Frosty?

I guess our parents realised trying to crush blocks of ice with a flimsy bit of plastic was an impossible task that could only lead to tantrums and major family fallings out! I try to console myself with the fact that apparently it was a bit shit.

Neverknowinglysensible · 10/04/2023 23:58

myveryownelectrickitten · 10/04/2023 23:19

Oh dear, I now have a thatched cottage, a peach corner bathroom suite full of Victoria Plum bath salts, a country-style 80s kitchen, and wardrobes that have glass doors with gingham pleated fabric bunched behind them. And a four-poster bed.

Outside is a garden with a swimming pool, a massive treehouse and a selection of cavalier King Charles spaniels, an enormous guinea-pig run and one of those aqua slides TP toys used to sell.

I also now own a carriage clock with those four rotating balls in every room, a selection of 1980s executive toys (including a Newton’s Cradle and one of those pin things you put your face into), a giant Teddy Ruxpin, the entire Kay’s catalogue circa 1987 and a hi-fi system with tape-to-take capability. (The future!)

On every windowsill are Lilliput Lane cottages.

You’d better budge over, we’re sharing! (Apart from the Guinea pigs and spaniels.) I hope you like Eternal Beau crockery.

However, my bedroom will have those wardrobes with an oval picture of a lady on them and my bathroom will have a Jacuzzi.

If we run out of the mini chocolate bars in the 2p vending machine you will be able to find me in the library, with Mr Frosty and I will speak into our wall mounted intercom to order some more.

timtam23 · 10/04/2023 23:59

A Girls' World
A ra-ra skirt
A Sindy
A pair of jeans
A Russian hamster

CheeseMunchies · 11/04/2023 00:11

This fancy house.

You get £1 million but can only buy things you wanted/liked growing up , what do you buy?
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