UK: abandoned son can never forgive his lottery winning mother

What a ghastly woman....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049346/If-gave-penny-101m-wouldnt-make-shes-Why-abandoned-son-forgive-lottery-winning-mother.html

So unnerving when horrible people get a break like that!   

All the more reason for me to feel that if I won the lotto I wouldn't tell a living soul apart from my partner, let alone allow myself to be plastered all over the newspapers and TV. For all we know the kid could be a right little scrote (I don't trust anything from the Daily Mail).

All the more reason for me to feel that if I won the lotto I wouldn't tell a living soul apart from my partner, let alone allow myself to be plastered all over the newspapers and TV. For all we know the kid could be a right little scrote (I don't trust anything from the Daily Mail).

I agree. I don't know why on earth people ever go public when they win. Probably a lust for fame, which will totally backfire. 

They may be required to under the rules. I don't know about huge lotteries, but some contests require you to agree to publicity if you win.

(And I adore the word "scrote." Brits have the BEST insults).

They may be required to under the rules. I don't know about huge lotteries, but some contests require you to agree to publicity if you win.

I don't think so.  The last really big UK winner of the EuroMillions kept his (her?) identity secret.  I would definitely not tell anyone.  I sometimes think I might actually move someplace where no one knows me just to keep it quiet.  And my family and friends would only get a share if they promised not to tell on me. 

You'd think with all that money, she'd get a better hairstylist. Just saying. 

They may be required to under the rules. I don't know about huge lotteries, but some contests require you to agree to publicity if you win.

(And I adore the word "scrote." Brits have the BEST insults).

Camelot, who run the UK lottery (and the UK involvement in the Euromillions draw) are not allowed to disclose the identity of players or winners without their consent.

The word "scrote" was invented in the 1980s by the writers of the long running TV series "The Bill". The "Old Bill" or just "the Bill" is what many Cockneys call the Metropolitan Police. The series aimed at a "realistic" unglamorous documentary style approach, and they aimed to get the police dialogue, accents, etc as accurate and true to life as possible. They did a lot of research into how real police officers talk, (their language is very rich in slang)* but they soon ran into a problem, which is that real police officers swear a lot. Since the show was going out before the watershed they were forced to mostly cut that right down, but they wanted a word that the officers could use for describing despised criminals, so they invented "scrote". It seems to be passing into the language.

*Not many Uncle, this slag's got a slimy on the Bill."

Detective Constable serving in the Metropolitan Police Service [allegedly] explaining to a judge that a witness gave false evidence out of malice.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=police%20slang&page=4

When someone runs away Met cops may well say he "had it away on his toes", and men used to be (probably still are) arrested in public toilets for something they call a "crosshand boogie".

I don't think so.  The last really big UK winner of the EuroMillions kept his (her?) identity secret.  I would definitely not tell anyone.  I sometimes think I might actually move someplace where no one knows me just to keep it quiet.  And my family and friends would only get a share if they promised not to tell on me. 

Lol I always said if I ever won the lotto, I wouldn't tell anyone except very close family and a couple friends, but even then I would tell them that my brother/husband/mom won and gave me some money, that way they wouldn't be able to bug me in the future. Haha.

I would tell them that my brother/husband/mom won and gave me some money, that way they wouldn't be able to bug me in the future. Haha.

That's a good one. Thanks. You never know when it might come in handy.

If I won the lottery, I'd keep it as quiet as possible.  I wouldn't want the publicity.

Exactly!  There is always someone in your past who is ready to be an a@@hole, so why bother inviting that into your life.

You'd think with all that money, she'd get a better hairstylist. Just saying.  

Heh....but I would bet the husband is going to be a handful....he's got the gleam in his eye...

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What a pair of chavs. You can see where the son gets it from.

Heh....but I would bet the husband is going to be a handful....he's got the gleam in his eye...

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