Posted on 11/15/2014 3:36:17 AM PST by Fenhalls555
The first person Catherine and Gareth Bull told about their £40.6 million lottery win in January 2012 was their sons’ headmistress. ‘We didn’t know at that point if we wanted to go public but from that first minute the boys were our priority,’ Catherine says. ‘We knew they would want everything to be the same. So we went to see her to talk it through first.’
The Bulls are, as they quite cheerfully admit, two of the most boring multimillionaires you could ever meet. Since the headmistress assured them that Joel and Declan – then aged 10 and eight – would be treated the same as other children they have remained committed to keeping everything as ‘normal as possible’.
The weekend they won they took Joel and Declan (who didn’t yet know) to their separate football games, nipping off down the other end of the pitch to ring each other and scream down the phone. They had a sleepover planned that night for Declan’s birthday, and on the Monday morning they went into school to tell the headmistress.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Smart people.
I think so.
40M pounds sterling? They need to contribute to the FReepathon!
They need to give it all to the government so it can distribute it fairly and equally to those who really need it.
“...nipping off down the other end of the pitch to ring each other and scream down the phone”.
I wish they’d speak Englsh.
Cue the revenuers.
The difference between a revenuer and a rapist is this: the revenuer expects you to respect him and be cheerful about his ministrations.
“nipping off down the other end of the pitch to ring each other and scream down the phone.”
Once again, I read a British paper and do not have a clue what they are saying. Would someone out there in please translate this for me?
Two nations, separated by a common language.
Good for them! I like these people already.
Football- soccer
Nipping off- taking a little time off from another task
The pitch- the sports field
To ring-to make a phone call
Scream down- speak loudly at the other end of
The pitch is the soccer field. Basically i think it is saying that when they won the two were at opposite ends of the field and they ca.led each other and were screaming with joy about winning the lottery
Thanks for the translation(s).
I sure wish the English would learn to speak English.
So the first person they turn to is a teacher?
In the nanny school system.
To keep it private.
they seem pretty level headed about it...just seems a bit odd.
Bottom of the story has tales of other lottery winners...
Another lottery wasted...I would have been to Asia twice by now....
English/English..
English /Australian..
English/American Dutch/Penn.
English/American Yankees..
English/American Southern..
English/Latin..
English/Jamaican..
English/Nigerian..
English/footballer..
English/cricketeer..
English/American Ebonics/jive
English/????
..it's a wonder, we can understand each other. 😉
*/Snickering!*
Spend it all on hookers, eh ? ;-D
Unlike the United States, lottery winnings are always tax-free in GB.
They need to do a story on this guy. Criminal wins the lottery in the UK and blows it all
http://www.lotterypost.com/news/282811
Something about “playing” hooky or not paying attention to.....something to call each other and talk excitedly....I think.
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