Fun poll (Idris Elba related. Because we need some FUN!)

[WOT?*]

Does that make it CEP? And is it really fun to have to choose between Idris + McLaren or cold, hard cash?

I'm playing and checking out prizes on Omaze (thank you, husband of Amal Alamuddin Clooney for the commercial and also FB for sending me down the rabbit hole with the Airstream and Silverado contest which benefits the Independence Fund. Hey, it's 3:44 a.m. and I've been up for over an hour. What else is there to do at this time of the night/morning?)

So, prizes are pretty awesome for several campaigns (there are about a dozen benefitting some great causes such as The Malala Fund and W.E. Can Lead and The Independence Fund.)

The toughest prize for me: Win a Maclaren 720 S and hang out with Idris Elba as his VIP guest at the premier of Hobbs & Shaw (taxes paid, prize package worth $345,000) or  $258,750 in cash (winner responsible for taxes.) Which would you choose?


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[krystee]

I love me some Idris, but since there’s no chance of us falling wildly in love and running away together (due to both our differing levels of attractiveness—he’s a 10, I’m maybe a 3—and our marital statuses), I’ll take the cold, hard cash.

[WOT?*]

Aw, looking through past winners, Idris supported one back in 2017 that also benefited W.E. Can Lead. A wine-and-painting date. That would be awesome, and certainly less than a quarter mil in cash value.
And since apparently some dude that lives less than an hour from me already won a McLaren, the jerk, I guess that means I've got to let my dream go of winning a McLaren for my husband. (Yeah, that's why I wanted the prize. I swear.) No way will two winners in the Seattle area win McLarens. Maybe dinner with Amal and George could be in the cards. lol.

[lessel]

I know nothing about cars beyond the few episodes of Top Gear that I've seen, but Google tells me a Maclaren is roughly equivalent to the cash prize. So car + Idris and then I figure out how to sell a $200k car. Idris seems worth that hassle.

[wawa]

Honestly the idea of hanging out with an impossibly hot famous person sounds awkward as fuck.
Like...WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT? Am I drooling? What do I do with my hands? Why does my voice sound like that? Why am I so sweaty?
I crack a lot of weird jokes when I'm nervous and I'm POSITIVE i'd say something absolutely absurd. Usually IDGAF, but...pretty sure fucks would be given if I sounded like a lunatic in this scenario.

So daydreaming about Idris is fun and all, but I think the money sounds much less stressful.
Maybe. I reserve the right to change my mind if I ever get a chance to hang out with him.

Eta: Also I don't want anybody to beat me up.  My brain is broken this morning...and all I can come up with super old SN's so I can't tag, but we all know he's taken.

[gibbinator]

The cash, hands down. Idris is cool and all... but that fancy car will not be driving on these here rural roads. Plus like pp, it just sounds super awkward to hang out with a famous person. I'm barely not awkward around my friends!

[notreal]

Hang out with Idris, because taxes are paid and it really wouldn't be much more than a photo op anyway, especially if his accent in Turn Up Charlie is his real accent ( I couldn't understand a word people were saying on that show) and then sell the car.

[seeyalater52]

Definitely the cash. That kind of money would be a real game changer in my life even after taxes were paid.

[isabel]

Idris is attractive, but I'm not really a 'celebrity' kind of person. I've never had any particular interest in meeting anyone and I certainly don't know what I would talk to him about. I'm also not into fancy cars. Too high maintenance. So definitely cash for me. That would be really awesome.

[Aquatica]

Hands down cash. I had to look up the prized car and laughed. There is no way I could afford the registration or insurance hike on that car.

[sonrisa]

Cash. $200K would let us do the renovation we want and cars take expensive upkeep.

[agnes]

Cash. I personally would not like to meet people I admire. I don't want my fantasy to be ruined by real life.