Mystery of Missing Millionaire
The case of Herman Rockefeller is baffling Australians. A businessman on the surface had a perfectly normal, successful life. Now he's disappeared. There have been sightings and the journalists have been using facebook to try and find him. Alas still not Herman.
But something has already smelt odd about the case, and with it Herman.
But something has already smelt odd about the case, and with it Herman.
A multi-millionaire businessman who drove a 2007 Toyota Prius?
It's not really what you would wish to be remembered for is it? Driving a sissy cheap arse hybrid car.
"Oh Herman Rockefeller he's the missing rich dude who drove a Prius".
As I have previously opined, being loaded has only one real advantage over being a broken-arse, you get to buy cool s**t for yourself and your friends.
A Prius is not an example of cool s**t.
"Oh Herman Rockefeller he's the missing rich dude who drove a Prius".
As I have previously opined, being loaded has only one real advantage over being a broken-arse, you get to buy cool s**t for yourself and your friends.
A Prius is not an example of cool s**t.
posted by Cactus Kate at 4:13 AM
13 Comments:
LOL perhaps his manhood is/was big enough for him not to worry about what he drove....
Well one of the things about being rich enough not to care is that you can drive what ever you like including a Prius or a rust bucket
Flash cars are just that, a sign of financial insecurity
Check out the really rich not the flash cowboys who need to make a statment usually with someone elses money
How rich is he really? A "millionaire" is not necessarily loaded these days. Admittedly I haven't been following this story, but have any journos listed his liabilities? I'd follow them. That way, as my old editor Warwick Roger used to say, lies the clue to the story.
Maybe he was a liberal pantywaist as Whaleoil would put it. Have a look at this list of what celebrities drive and see how many drive Prius's:
http://amog.com/offbeat/celebrities-cars-drive/
Lots of businessmen are secret hippies. Hence the prius.
Be interesting to see whether he's been killed, gone for a walk and fallen, or turns out to have a secret life that nobody knew about. I'd be betting on the third.
Cactus what a load of old cobblers - wealthy people don't give a shit what sort of car they drive - an old VW or mini from the 1970's does them nicely. It is the poorish social climbers or Chinese/Indians who care about this (probably like you) and they buy a Merc/BMW/Ferari on lease or HP.
Last year Sam Kelt was in a spot of bother driving a 1994 Toyota Corolla.
Having said that Kate, he may be smarter than the average bear?
You would hardly leave your DB9 abandoned would you, if you wanted to "disappear" .
What better a car to defer a search than the most boring piece of metal and rubber since a Trabant.
Oh yes the I'm so rich I will drive a shit car theory.
Perhaps you think some people just want to drive kick arse cars? The same way "ordinary NZers" are obsessed with talking about their mortgages and property?
Williamwinter - for the record I don't own a car in Hong Kong. I have been known to indulge in a driver now and then however, you should try it clearly you have some deep seated envy of people who like cars.
A businessman driving a Prius is a weak-willed capialist apoliging to the seathing masses for making a profit.
Who gives a shit about cars?
The joy of being rich is that you no longer have to care about what other people think about you.
Veblen style conspicuous consumption is a characteristic of the middle-class.
was he a real rockefeller?
Mr Rockefeller could have maintained his environmental credibility and driven a somewhat more comfortable vehicle by getting a hybrid Escalade :-) Would have been rather more fitting for his exotic sexual tastes than the decidedly pedestrian Prius which always reminds me of priaprism.
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