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From rssfeeds@jmason.org Wed Oct 9 10:52:41 2002
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From: boingboing <rssfeeds@spamassassin.taint.org>
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Subject: $15,000 umbrella stand: nothing exceeds like excess
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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 08:00:31 -0000
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URL: http://boingboing.net/#85541081
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Date: Not supplied
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Teresa's written a wonderful blog post about the revelation that Tyco's crooked
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CEO spent "6,000 on a shower curtain, $15,000 for an umbrella stand, $2,900 on
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coat hangers, $5,960 on bedsheets and $2,200 for a wastebasket."
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Naturally, they assured her that not only is it possible to pay $6,000 for
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your shower curtains and $2,200 for a wastebasket, it's a Good Thing to do
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so, practically essential. Then they explain how:
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"Sometimes the wastebasket is exposed," said Joel Joves, a designer with
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offices in Rancho Santa Fe and Beverly Hills. "If you have a fabulous study
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or master bedroom, then maybe we need a pewter-finished basket with
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decorative pearl beadings or semiprecious stones to complete the look of a
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room."
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That's Fool Money at work. If you can't find a sufficiently fabulous
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wastebasket for $200, $500 absolute tops, you're not half trying.
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Link[1] Discuss[2]
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[1] http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/2002_10.html#001484
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[2] http://www.quicktopic.com/boing/H/mUp57FGXT7VJ
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