Accrington Web - View Single Post - Have you ever wondered where the lottery money goes? Good causes, right?

WillowTheWhisp · 07-04-2005, 15:26

Well I suppose we all know about the £603million that went on the Millenium Dome but how about these:

£4million on tai chi lessons, massages and courses in interior design for Scottish drug addicts

£420,000 to Peruvian farmers to help them breed fatter guinea pigs to eat.

£360,000 to campaigners for the legalisation of brothels.

£340,000 to campaigners who are trying to prevent the deportation of failed asylum seekers (yes you did read that correctly)

and yet a further £235,000 to help asylum seekers who have been denied benefits. (you mean there are some?)

£170,000 to people distributing supplies to would be asylum seekers who have only got as far as Calais (excuse me but when I last saw Calais it was in France so why are our lottery funds going over there?)

This one is priceless
£220,000 to a Sheffield farm which is building luxury accomodation for pigs with underfloor heating, snout operated showers, curtains and toys.

And of course we must not forget the £50,000 for a Jamaican-born poet to return to her homeland for a year in search of inspiration; and the £40,000 for a clown to travel the world in search of the answer to that most serious of life's questions "What do clowns offer society?"

Are you laughing or crying?

07-04-2005, 15:26	#1
WillowTheWhisp Resident Waffler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington, Hyndburn Posts: 18,142 Blog Entries: 14 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 1062	Have you ever wondered where the lottery money goes? Good causes, right? Well I suppose we all know about the £603million that went on the Millenium Dome but how about these: £4million on tai chi lessons, massages and courses in interior design for Scottish drug addicts £420,000 to Peruvian farmers to help them breed fatter guinea pigs to eat. £360,000 to campaigners for the legalisation of brothels. £340,000 to campaigners who are trying to prevent the deportation of failed asylum seekers (yes you did read that correctly) and yet a further £235,000 to help asylum seekers who have been denied benefits. (you mean there are some?) £170,000 to people distributing supplies to would be asylum seekers who have only got as far as Calais (excuse me but when I last saw Calais it was in France so why are our lottery funds going over there?) This one is priceless £220,000 to a Sheffield farm which is building luxury accomodation for pigs with underfloor heating, snout operated showers, curtains and toys. And of course we must not forget the £50,000 for a Jamaican-born poet to return to her homeland for a year in search of inspiration; and the £40,000 for a clown to travel the world in search of the answer to that most serious of life's questions "What do clowns offer society?" Are you laughing or crying? __________________