Reply With QuoteThin end of the wedge though, innit. There's no such thing as too much money. Or even enough money.Originally Posted by Ash
Yes. I am demanding that Alexis' children live in poverty.
Worth every penny. Pay £75m in wages over four years
Keep him for one year. He may change his mind when we win the league.
Sell for £50m and reinvest. I'll drive him to Manchester myself.
Of course, if the manager agrees with that then fair enough. I just like Him to have the players He wants.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Thin end of the wedge though, innit. There's no such thing as too much money. Or even enough money.Yes. I am demanding that Alexis' children live in poverty.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."
Lord no. I spent the first 20 years of my career very much in an operational role. It's only in the last 12 or so that I have ruthlessly exploited* hoi polloi to keep me in champagne and caviar.**Haven't you just had other people do the work for you?*
*Please don't get mad at me
*Overpaid and mollycoddled
** Champagne and lobster
Poverty was a touch hyperbolic, but you know as well as I do that true freedom only exists when one has no financial concerns. I have a well-paid job and I'm very lucky*, but where and how I choose to live is dictated by my earnings and always underpinned by my fear of not earning any moreYes. I am demanding that Alexis' children live in poverty.
*One makes one's own luck
I thought you were a good Christian, Sir C. True freedom comes only when one is not subject to the vagaries of external things (and, as such, it's a bit of a speculative ideal). But you seem to be admitting this, or you're contradicting yourself with your own anxiety over being at the mercy of Lady Fortuna. 'Ave a word with yourself.Poverty was a touch hyperbolic, but you know as well as I do that true freedom only exists when one has no financial concerns. I have a well-paid job and I'm very lucky*, but where and how I choose to live is dictated by my earnings and always underpinned by my fear of not earning any more
I am more assuredly NOT a 'good' christian; I am a very poor example of the breed. However, more appositely, I am certainly no Buddhist. The Lord helps those who help themselves, you know.
I think poor old St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, Boethius, et al. would object to being called Buddhists, but fair enough. At least you've got the guilt-game spot on
Absolutely.
How concerned should one be if one is lacking a private jet and yacht?
That would depend on the individual. Personally I would have no use for a private jet; they're pokey, claustrophobic things. Much more comfortable to fly BA first class.
Ah, but it is easier for a rich man to enter a camel, than it is for .... hang on ...
It is easier for a needle to enter the eye of a rich man than it is for a camel to .... nope ...
Heaven knows there's a rich man, a camel, a needle and an eye in there somewhere.
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