That's pretty sad. I know that if I ever won a huge sum of money like he did, I wouldn't be able to sit tight. I'd blow it all in two weeks and ruin my life. How's that for hope!

I thought to most people this would be

looks like a million bucks...

Best use of Dumbass tag.

anyone elses fark.com all white and no background what-so-ever? or is it just mine?

He should sue the state lottery. It's all their fault.

I find it funny that the article tries to judge an idea such as "winning the lottery" on what the dumbest, most smoked up and stoned dreg of society does when it happens to them.

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$4.3 million would buy alot of asian hookers.

Anyone notice that in '95 he lived in a double-wide? He won the lottery in '92.

If you win the lottery:

1) Hire an accountant.
2) Hire an investment broker.
3) Go about your life as if nothing had happened.

Tell you what...if any scientists want to give me a few million, and chart what the effects would be, I'll your guinea pig.

Is that the oldest looking 32 year old you've seen or what? The guy looks like he should be collecting social security.

Not only is he a dumbass for letting money ruin his already wrecked life but he chose the 20-year payout.

You should almost always take the lump sum. When you take the 20-year (or whatever) deal all the lottery does is buy an annuity. You can usually do better with other investments on your own.

I don't think you could have given $220,000 per year to a worse candidate. There's a reason that most people with that type of income, who weren't born with it, are generally very sensible and upright individuals. They worked for it and they didn't get there by being an ugly woman-beating drug addict trailer trash.

Thats my problem too. As a rich man, I never believe women when they say they like me. I always wonder if I might just be their ticket to security. Im sick of driving around stupid fancy cars that I always get door dings in. Sometimes I wish I was poor and just lived an working man's life.

*POOF*

Your wish is granted.

Anyone notice that in '95 he lived in a double-wide? He won the lottery in '92.

where do you think he got the money for a double-wide? i bet everyone else in the county would kill for that kind of luxury?

I guess he can't afford to have "Aryan Honor" tattooed above his eyes until next year's check comes in.

This goof probably made a good choice with the twenty year payout, he still has 9 years of trouble ahead. If he'd taken lump-sum it would have been gone years ago. What an absolute numbskull.

If I had that kind of money I would drive stark naked, too. It just sounds more fun.

I would probably start beating my wife if I were rich too. And she would be a trophy wife. Because I'd be rich.

sounds like he might be a meth-head

I think the money was not the ultimate source of his problems...I think it was the meth.

The money just allowed him to buy a sweet double wide.

With 4.3 million, you can call hits on like 4000 people.

Why would you go and kill any more people on your own?

I don't want to win the lottery as much as I used to. I had an aunt whom I loved very much, but who was very ill and dying. She wanted to exercise, but she could only do so in water; anything else was too high-impact and strenuous. I wanted to buy her a hot tub for her back porch, and the only way I'd have been able to afford that before she died would have been to win the lottery. If I ever do win the lottery, I'll always think, "why didn't this happen while Aunt Suzie was still alive?"

Sorry if that brought anyone down.

Winning $4.3 million in lottery completely destroys man's life

I dunno, it doesn't sound like he had a life to destroy to begin with.

Christ,I love those guys.Pet hitmen.

If the only way you can think of to come up with a couple grand is winning the lottery,you've not much of an imagination.

Wonder if any o' that thar free fire wood is still available

police recovered marijuana from Taylor, along with four other weapons.

It sure is the marijuana which is responsible for this awful behavior

Why are canadians all so funny, buddy? What's that aboot?

You can finance hot tubs at any place that sells them.

KnickKnolte: If the only way you can think of to come up with a couple grand is winning the lottery,you've not much of an imagination

Were you addressing me?

I would probably start beating my wife if I were rich too. And she would be a trophy wife.

I'll try not to take that personally, TheWalrusKing. :)

The lotto guy is just a f*ckup, period. As my FARK pal Badcrumble says, money doesn't change people, it just makes them more of what they already are.

I was only twenty and making 8 bucks an hour, and she only had a year to live.

told ya lottery is badddd! :P

I would love to win the lotto and then give all the money away. Just to show all the dumbass popstars and b-ball idiots that there are better things to spend money on than p-diddy version SUV's..

Of course I don't actually play the lotto, so my odds are not so good of winning. But than again, neither are yours! (even if you play every time)

THis man's life didn't go to Hell because of the lottery. It already was shiatty to begin with.

If I with that $110 million, I know what I'm going to do with it.

1. Donate most
2. Invest some
3. Yearly vacations
4. New house, clothes, etc.
5. Quit my job, maybe
5. Buy the run down movie theatre down the street, also a maybe.

If you're a young and reasonably attractive female there's really no limit to the cash you can bring in each day, provided you've the stomach for it. You could have paid for that hot tub in mere days.

That reminds me, I should check my ticket. Ah, I'll do it in the morning.

What a clod. Even with several mil in the bank, he STILL choses to be a catrostrophic redneck. Sets a bad example to all the truly poor people who really could improve their lives with a jackpot.

Moron + money = "friends"

Moron - money = "friends" with money

or

"A fool and his money are soon popular"

Oh and while this guy was funked no matter what, I saw a better and more general article about lotto winners recently. Tons of them are in bankrupcy or invested their money badly, or wasted it, or whatever..

He should sue the state lottery. It's all their fault.

Don't you think all that money would ruin his life further?

Also, money did not ruin his life, as was said before. It's the fact that he's a drug addicted hick. And now he has enough money to feed his drug addiction... and hickitude.

Separated at birth?

KnickKnolte: My Aunt Suzie was a wonderful person and I loved her very much. I really doubt she would have wanted me to start hooking in order to buy her a hot tub. She was a wonderful person and I loved her very much. Obviously you come from a very different family from mine. Perhaps one with some extra chromosomes.

Everywhere it says Taylor insert johnny_wadd.
The rest would be pretty much the same...

That's odd, my sentence repeated itself. Did I trip some sort of rare filter?

drateR: The resemblance is uncanny.