Need An Hourglass? How About One For $12,000?

The Verge reported –

This is a safe space, okay? We’re going to talk about a $12,000 hourglass designed by Apple designer Marc Newson in this post, and I won’t judge you if you want it. But let me be straight up about my feelings: this thing is ridiculously expensive, and I don’t “get” it. I’m also a little lowbrow. As I mentioned, Newson created an Hourglass for Hodinkee that costs $12,000. Only 100 are being made. Each is custom created in a glass factory. The hourglass is filled with 1,249,996 “nanoballs” that are 0.66mm in diameter and made of solid stainless steel coated in copper. The hourglass times 10 minutes.

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The 1% In Love [comic]

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10 Inventions That Were Not Needed

Listverse published a list of inventions that solved problems that didn’t need solving; such as an automatic hat tipper or the double-ended smoking pipe.

Check out all 10 inventions HERE.

 

Craigslist Just For Rich People

According to BuzzFeed –

Prices tend to be higher than what you’d find in typical classifieds sections, with goods such as vast estates, boats, Rolexes, diamond rings, and expensive cars. They’re mostly listed by bankers, hedge fund managers, private-equity types, and their friends.

Obviously, you’re too poor to visit such a site, so you must make do with reading about it HERE. Obviously!

 

Who Said It? Mitt Romney or Mr. Burns?

from MadMagazine

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Romney – No Words Are Necessary [pic]

…but… it is too good to be true.

See the original, non-Photoshopped photo HERE.

The 1% On Halloween [comic]

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