Conspicuous ConsumptionHave you ever been photographed sat on a balcony eating a croissant; or wallowed in luxury just for the sake of it? What's the most ostentatious thing you ever seen or done?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18)
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At my father's self-organised "Pre-wake wake", in which he and his two good friends celebrated their 70th birthdays togetherHe was informing my sister, my nephews, and me that he went to get his cholestrol checked the other day.
"The doctor said I currently have a 15% chance of dying of a heart attack" he informed us. "Well - that's very much how I'd like to go - bang, dead before I hit the floor, no mess, no fuss to clear up, no hospitals and so forth, and for someone of my age? 15%? That's far too low!", he said, helping himself to more cream with his coffee.
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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 15:33,
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Not sure about being dead before you hit the floor.The people I've known of who have died of heart attacks have either died in severe pain as they asphixiate or died in hospital a little less painfully.
But, I suppose, it certainly beats cancer.
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