No doubt, the all news headlines revolve around the money, honey...
- 'Coalgate estimated at INR186,000 crores'...can't even count the number of zeros there!
- 'Pratibha Patil's foreign trips cost public exchequer INR205 crores'...alas, this was around the world in little more than 60 days!
- 'Angelina and Brad's baby pics reported at $14 million'...how much people pry on others lives, if only they could live their own!
- 'Kim Kardashian's wedding estimated at $10 million'....and she walks away without incurring a cost of one cent!
- 'Harry Winston created $3 million ruby slippers'...can't even use it to throw on someone during the fights!
- '$2 million Dark Knight Home Theater to be ready by November'...start
saving your nickels, if you want to go back all the way to the dark age
and become a caveman!
- 'Whitney Houston's funeral cost Newark $187 thousand'...well, at least let her rest in peace!
- 'Japanese company creates $100 thousand diamond-studded toilet'... what for, to poo or pee on it!
- 'Kanye West had his bottom teeth replaced with diamonds costing $60 thousand'.... you don't think that cosmetic smile is as good as wearing braces!
- 'Damien Hirst and Levi's Spin Jeans at retail price of $27 thousand'...would take a brave-heart to wear that piece of modern art!
- 'X-rays of Hitler's brain auctioned for $3,225'...had that person spent on a psychiatrist, it would have been a wiser proposition!
- 'Serendipity3 sold $1,000 Golden Opulence Sundae'...somebody actually got money to burn, to quench the thirst!
Ye wise philosophers, explain What magic makes our money rise, When dropt into the Southern main; Or do these jugglers cheat our eyes?...
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The nation then too late will find, Computing all their cost and trouble, Directors' promises but wind, South Sea, at best, a mighty bubble.
Jonathan Swift:The South Sea Project (Bubble Act)
