Things are tough all over

[cjppjc]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29760888/?gt1=43001



HARTFORD, Conn. - A 36-year-old Swedish countess divorcing a former CEO says she cannot live on $43 million.
Marie Douglas-David, a former investment banker, says she has no income and needs her 67-year-old husband, George David, to pay her more than $53,000 a week — more than most U.S. households make in a year — to cover her expenses.



Douglas-David has filed court papers showing she has more than $53,800 in weekly expenses, including for maintaining a Park Avenue apartment and three residences in Sweden. Her weekly expenses also include $700 for limousine service, $4,500 for clothes, $1,000 for hair and skin treatments, $1,500 for restaurants and entertainment, and $8,000 for travel.


$1,000 a week for hair and skin treatments. Is there a way to short that?

[c1ue]

Re: Things are tough all over

Well, you get what you pay for:

[Chris]

Re: Things are tough all over

$1,000 a week for hair and skin treatments. Is there a way to short that?

No, but you could go long lean hogs

[snakela]

Re: Things are tough all over

Well, you get what you pay for:

Na...

If it flies, floats or f*cks its cheaper to just rent it. 53K a week could get you a lot of hookers.

[cjppjc]

Re: Things are tough all over

No, but you could go long lean hogs

That was pretty good.

I just wonder how people can say they can't live on $53,800 a week. Do they have friends who agree with them, and say things like, you poor dear? Do they feel indignation? Do they feel stupid when they say something like this. Do they think the lawyers won't make out better than the litigants?

[BadJuju]

Re: Things are tough all over

I agree with snakela. :p

[tsetsefly]

Re: Things are tough all over

Na...

If it flies, floats or f*cks its cheaper to just rent it. 53K a week could get you a lot of hookers.

and better looking ones, she is not even hot... imo

[cjppjc]

Re: Things are tough all over

and better looking ones, she is not even hot... imo

I don't know about that. I'd like to bounce her of my leg like a plastic....opps.

[BadJuju]

Re: Things are tough all over

and better looking ones, she is not even hot... imo

She is fairly humdrum.

[FRED]

Re: Things are tough all over

Guys, iTulip isn't a boy's club. Keep it respectful.

[cjppjc]

Re: Things are tough all over

I thought I might be pushing the envelope. Sorry.

[FRED]

Re: Things are tough all over

I thought I might be pushing the envelope. Sorry.

When you're at the iTulip Bar and Grill, pretend your mother is sitting next to you.

[Andreuccio]

Re: Things are tough all over

When you're at the iTulip Bar and Grill, pretend your mother is sitting next to you.

Perfect spot for an Emo Phillips quote. If Emo doesn't offend you, nothing will. My mother wouldn't mind, but Fred's might, so it's better I just put in a link:

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/qu...ips128901.html

[strittmatter]

Re: Getting Tougher

Two points first:
1. I'm not picking on women here.
2. This practice is certainly not exclusive to the Japanese.




http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...8A&refer=japan

Japanese Women Hunt For Husbands As Refuge From Deepening Slump

“Financial concerns are a major reason for the increase in marriage-hunting,” said Toshihiro Nagahama, chief economist at Dai-Ichi Life Research Institute in Tokyo. “Women are motivated more than ever to find a financially sound partner.”

Meanwhile, Natsuko Ono, 25, is sparing no expense to find a man. She said she’s spent 370,000 yen so far, mostly for a professional portrait and registration at a matchmaking agency.

“It sounds like a lot of money, but if you consider that it’s a way to find a husband, it’s a reasonable investment,” she said while scoping men at Green.

Mega?

[cjppjc]

Re: Things are tough all over

When you're at the iTulip Bar and Grill, pretend your mother is sitting next to you.

Of course if I was at the iTulip bar and grill, my mother would say as she always does "Please stop talking about the economy."