You learn something new every day. I know I do.
Take Forbes.com.
When I think of Forbes, I think of lists — lots of ‘em, all about money and investing. The best colleges to attend to get a job. The best companies to work for. The best investments that money can buy.
Basically, they know a lot more about money than I ever will…and probably take it more seriously. That’s it — I think of them as being serious.
Well, when I’m wrong, I’m wrong.
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Turns out Forbes.com has a sense of humor. In fact, they have an entire “Fictional” section of their website. Fictional lists. Fictional interviews. Still in their wheelhouse of jobs and money, but purely imaginary.
Their latest is “The Forbes Fictional 15” — a list of the wealthiest fictional characters, based on info gleaned from the source material and valued against real-world commodity and share price movements.
They update the list every year — how have I missed this — and the 2011 collection includes characters old and new. For example, Russell Brand’s new version of Arthur Bach came in at #10, but Beverly Hillbilly Jed Clampett is still holding strong at #5.
And who’s Number #1, you ask?
Well, last year’s t0p dog, Dr. Carlisle Cullen, the patriarch of the Twilight film saga, slipped to #2. (Bella’s getting married; no doubt vampire weddings cost a pretty penny.) Which means our new number one is an oldie-but-goodie…
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Scrooge McDuck, estimated by Forbes.com to have a net worth of $44.1 Billion.
This fictional character biz appears to pay pretty well. Wonder what ya gotta do to get that gig?
I’ve read the odds on the Mega Millions drawing. It’s some insane figure like 1 in 175,711,536. And yet, on the extremely rare occasions I buy a lottery ticket — or a raffle ticket for the Fancy Farm Picnic, where the odds are a wee bit better…
Big hearts, Big Apple
New Yorkers are a the nicest people. I see proof of it all the time.
Take today, for instance.
The wind instantly picked up the bills and scattered them in the street. Did the rude, me-me-me New Yorkers of TV and movies jump upon them and run for it?
Not a chance.
Instead, three people stepped on the loose bills and stood waiting for me to retrieve them. We all shared a laugh as I collected my change and thanked them for their help.
Nice folks. Yep, we’ve got lots of ‘em here in NYC.
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