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Old 12-05-2007, 03:47 PM   #1
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"Debt is like air to consumers
Attention is like air to women
A job is like air to a man
When you become wealthy, you don't need debt, attention, or a job."
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Old 12-05-2007, 03:54 PM   #2
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I really do not get this one. It sounds like it means something, but it does not. To break it down logically, this is what it says:

A is like B.
If C, you don't need A.
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Old 12-05-2007, 04:44 PM   #4
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Old 12-05-2007, 04:54 PM   #5
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Makes me want some air.......
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Old 12-05-2007, 06:48 PM   #6
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I think it is like something that gets stuck to your shoe.
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"Debt is like air to consumers
Attention is like air to women
A job is like air to a man
When you become wealthy, you don't need debt, attention, or a job."


Well lessee.
Consumers are comprised of men and women. Debt is like air to consumers, jobs are like air to men & attention is like air to women. Therefore jobs and attention are to men & women as debt is to men and women. Therefore jobs and attention are equivalent to debt. Ergo, apropo of nothing, if you become wealthy you are in a rarified atmosphere, that is, an atmosphere lacking in air. QED

Best i can make of it.
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Old 12-05-2007, 09:37 PM   #9
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"Debt is like air to consumers
Attention is like air to women
A job is like air to a man
When you become wealthy, you don't need debt, attention, or a job."

This sounds poetic, but the logic is flawed.

The last line can never be completely true...at least as long as you are still breathing

You may not carry debt, but you still consume
Women always want attention to some degree or another, no matter how much money they have
Men will always have "jobs" of some sort...counting managing thier money if nothing else
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Old 12-06-2007, 02:31 PM   #10
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Debt is like mouse to cat
fame is like authority to Britney Spears woman
Power is like Friend to big hat man

Comparing factor x,y,z, with consideration financial, is unnecessarily
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Old 12-06-2007, 02:54 PM   #11
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Quote:
"Debt is like air
Attention is like air
A job is like air
When you become wealthy, you don't need air."
How about this?

Or what about this.

Quote:
"A poor analogy
Is like air
Coming out of the rear
It has a sound
But only smells bad"
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How about this?

Or what about this.
That's rank!
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