Wednesday, February 28, 2007

It's an odd world

What an extraordinary world we live in. There are, as they say, the "haves" and the "have-nots". This is some information on the "haves",

There is so much injustice and poverty in the world, that now some of the uber-rich feel "guilty" for displaying their wealth, yet they still have an innate need to spend. So now there is something called "stealth weath", hidden wealth in other words. These people buy these things and derive pleasure in just knowing that they have it on them. Example. Pearl earrings covered in rubber so that they look like cheap plastic beads, but the pearls are worth $900 each. The rubber can be peeled off if the wearer suddenly feels the need to look wealthy. A "plain" gold band, until you take it off and look inside where you will see inset diamonds...hidden from the outside. A dime (yes, a 10 cent piece) made of platinum, the owner can jingle his change, it looks like 30 or 40 cents, but in reality it's worth thousands.

And listen to this and then tell me that there isn't something really wrong with our world. Ingestible (as in edible) silver leaf pellets which makes your feces sparkle and glitter before they are flushed away. Try to explain THAT to an inner city child or an orphan in Darfur.

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