"Introducing the £3billion super yacht made of gold and platinum"

[WinkyDink]

Introducing the £3billion super yacht made of gold and platinum
A super yacht built by a British designer

Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/869927-introducing-the-3billion-super-yacht-made-of-gold-and-platinum#ixzz1Sh5eXD1m
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Would this were a joke post.

[rucky]

1. May I suggest a maiden voyage around Somalia?

[Pooka Fey]

10. I second that motion.

[muntrv]

2. Where is an iceberg when you need one?

[Rex]

3. A better example for the times we live in you could never find.

The craft is estimated to be made out of 1% of the gold we've claimed from the earth. A 100 foot proclamation to the 1% that control the world.

Seen written in 10,000 emeralds and rubies on the ships hull - "Do it! Fuck the rest!"

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. They have got that calculation wrong - it's 0.06% of the gold mined

100,000kg = 100 tonnes. 100 / 165,600 = 0.06% .

Still, you're right it is a symbol of ridiculous greed, concentration of wealth and pointless display.

[corpseratemedia]

4. the only difference the owners of this yacht will enjoy compared to others is that

their yacht is the most expensive...it has nothing to do with the sailing, you can sail in a piece of crap and enjoy it, possibly more so since you don't have to worry about your private army being able to kill potential pirates ...or maybe turn on you in a *desolate* location....

[SpiralHawk]

6. The S.S. Republicon Family Values

[indurancevile]

7. obviously rich people need to keep their money to pay for such important things.

[malaise]

8. Would be a hell of a loss if this sinks

:evilgrin:

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. Oh, I agree totally. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't let it sink!

ESPECIALLY not in shark-infested waters! THAT would be a total disaster. (Why should the sharks have all the fun?)

[Prometheus Bound]

9. It has 1% of the world's gold!! And will never go in the water!

[AlecBGreen]

12. Bet its this guy, Taib Mahmud

IIRC he is both the Chief Minster of Malaysia, the owner of its largest timber company, and just LOVES to give himself and his cronies forest 'concessions.'

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DAkDlvNQ8TY/TfSlCs1gcvI/AAAAAAAAMyU/42d2RaQbzZA/s200/abdul+taib+mahmud_250_250.jpg

[dipsydoodle]

13. Amazing what some do with their dough

Billionaire sheikh carves his name in
desert so big it can be seen from SPACE


Workmen scoured "HAMAD" into the sand on the orders of Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Hamad Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan.

The name is two miles across — with letters a kilometre high. It is so huge that the "H", the first "A" and part of the "M" have been made into waterways.

The mega-rich sheikh, 63 — a member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi — in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates — boasts a £14billion fortune that is second only to the Saudi king's.

His fleet of more than 200 cars — including seven Mercedes 500 SELs painted in different colours of the rainbow — is housed in a custom-built pyramid.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3703941/Billionaire-sheikh-carves-out-his-name-in-desert-in-capital-letters-visible-from-space.html#ixzz1Sk9pBMj3