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b_b  ·  4138 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: How do you define wealth? What is "rich" to you?

Per your point, I think it was WC Fields who said that a rich man is someone who has more money than his wife's sister's husband.





kleinbl00  ·  4138 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband."

- H. L. Mencken

b_b  ·  4138 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah Mencken. Thanks.

thenewgreen  ·  4138 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Then I'm poor.

user-inactivated  ·  4137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And I'm finally rich ;)

cliffelam  ·  4137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Shoot, dude, rich is when your wife makes more than you and still cooks you cake for your birthday.

-XC

thenewgreen  ·  4137 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We should all be so lucky :)