Kynan Barker isn't sure how he'd feel if a million dollars landed in his lap. Disappointed, probably.

"Thanks to inflation, one million dollars isn't what it used to be," he sighs. "Years ago it was enough to actually make you a millionaire. These days you need a million dollars, a website and an unfeasible business plan to call yourself a millionaire."

Not that Barker's day-job as a writer for Roving Enterprises - the creative team behind the TV shows Rove Live and Skithouse - puts him within range of the big tycoons. "We're looked after all right, I suppose.

Hey, I'm pretty happy getting paid to sit on my arse and write jokes all day," he says.

So, no need for a million then?

"Really, it's more trouble than it's worth. If you have a million and then you pick up something on the way home - a loaf of bread, say - then you're not a millionaire any more, you've only got $999,996. That's not going to impress the girl who catches the bus."

And if he were forced to spend the money?

"If a million landed in my lap, I'd probably be feeling lucky and spend it on half a million $2 scratchies. You gotta get something back - even if it's only $10, at least I don't have the headache of being a millionaire anymore."