Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by test1235 on Thursday December 26, 2019 @05:04AM
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does that apply to billionaires and the ultra rich?
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Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Thursday December 26, 2019 @05:25AM
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Yes, because it's not that much more difficult to blow through a billion dollars than a million. Just ask Jefri Bolkiah, whose bill of amusements came to somewhere between $15 and $40 billion depending on who you ask:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefri_Bolkiah,_Prince_of_Brune...
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by Cougher on Thursday December 26, 2019 @07:02AM
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Yes, it is that much more difficult to blow through a billion dollars than a million. The fact that one moron managed to waste a vast sum of money to amuse himself isn't proof of anything other than one moron was stupid enough to do it.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by mcphage on Thursday December 26, 2019 @09:34AM
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> isn't proof of anything other than one moron was stupid enough to do it.
Look, if you need a second moron stupid enough to do it, I'm just letting you know, I'm available.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by ohithereyou on Thursday December 26, 2019 @11:07AM
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Brewster's Millions[1] pales in comparison to Brewster's Billions.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_...
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by Cougher on Friday December 27, 2019 @03:51PM
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I'll do it for a thousand dollars.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by mcphage on Monday December 30, 2019 @10:08PM
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I see what you're trying to do here, and it won't work. Because I'll do it for ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. Go big or go home.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by stjohnswarts on Thursday December 26, 2019 @09:52AM
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I remember blowing my first billion. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to be poor.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by RestlessMind on Thursday December 26, 2019 @03:10PM
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> I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Say more, please. Interested in hearing your stories.
Re:Chinese restaurants are closing – many owners are glad
by allannienhuis on Friday December 27, 2019 @02:24PM
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That's almost certainly a quote. Adding the attribution would have been helpful.