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Have 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?

(, Thu 28 Jul 2011, 13:18)
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The most ostentatious I've ever seen...
Has to go to Abramovich. Surprise, surprise.

Anyway, a few years ago he owned what was at the time the 5th largest yacht in the world. Then he decides he needs a tender, just a little boat to follow the big one, as a support vessel and the like. For this purpose he decides he's going to use the 8th largest yacht in the world, which just happened to carry on it's deck a 70 foot gin palace and a 70 foot sailing yacht to say nothing of the other 'toys' in it's hold.

I met a yachting agent in Valparaiso and he told me that he had one of Abramovich's boats to deal with. He was asked to fetch them a square metre of turf to the boat just so someone's tiny yappy dog could take a shit. He had to dig up a hotels front lawn to fulfill this request as turf isn't a common commodity in that part of the world.
(, Sat 30 Jul 2011, 11:49, 3 replies)
A 70ft sailing yacht, on the desk of a larger yacht?
Why?
(, Sat 30 Jul 2011, 19:37, closed)
to put
the thirty foot yacht on.
(, Sun 31 Jul 2011, 19:38, closed)
there once was a woman
who swallowed a fly
etc
etc
etc
(, Sun 31 Jul 2011, 21:14, closed)

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