<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#009999">This was bound to happen sooner or later.

http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Column...9/1479226.html

But what would you do if you bought someone the winning coffee or ticket?</font>

[ 03-09-2006, 03:39 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

A gift is a gift, it doesn't matter it it's a buck of a million.

If it's something that can be shared, like cash, I'd just hope the person would feel she owed me and gave me some, but I wouldn't ask. If it's a car or something like that I wouldn't want ot expect anything.

Of course I'd think the person was ungratefull if it was tons of money and she didn't give me anything.

Someone that would ask for the prize of something he gave away would just be greedy.

[ 03-09-2006, 08:32 PM: Message edited by: Luvian ]

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#009999">OMG!! Now the guy who tossed the cup away is making a bid to get his prize back.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNew...485994-cp.html

He actaully wants to DNA test the cup to prove that it was his.

Isn't that crazy he tossed it away so too bad for him.</font>

[ 03-13-2006, 04:31 PM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

I dont think I would fight to get a piece "of the pie" but I would like to think that anyone who was in that position would offer some sort of comprimise. Such as giving the occasional lift in the new car etc.

I'm a bit confused about the story. Who is claiming ownership of the cup - the guy who threw it away or the 12 year old boy she got to help her with the cup? I'm assuming it's the former, so what does the whole 'gift is a gift' have to do with it - it wasn't a gift?? It was thrown away, which means he gave up his ownership of it. I interpret a gift as something freely given to a particular person, like, 'here little girl who likes to rummage through garbage, I give you this empty coffee cup as a gift' [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img] . If I pick up someone's rubbish off the ground they haven't given it to me as a gift :rolleyes:

Anyway in terms of if I bought someone a scratchie or a lottery ticket or something then of course it's a gift and it's not mine. I would know before I bought it that it might have a chance at winning, that's kind of the point of buying them after all. If someone's buying lottery tickets as presents but expects at least the potential winnings to be shared with them then they're essentially saying, "you can have this only if it doesn't win and is just a worthless piece of paper. Otherwise I want it back". Not any kind of gift I've ever heard about.

<font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#009999">There is the guy who threw it away, the child who found it, and the older child who helped her roll up the rim. All three are involved now. DNA guy came into the picture after.</font>

[ 03-17-2006, 10:28 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ]