Whale bits

[beige_alert]

I turned on the television, at a more-or-less random time, and got a random line from whatever show happened to be on whatever channel was on. The first words I heard? “Whale foreskin upholstery.” And bizarrely, I knew exactly what they were talking about, the famous whale foreskin leather seats on the Aristotle Onassis yacht. It is an example of the kind of thing that proves you are rich, but I wonder how that worked exactly. It only proves you are rich if people know what it is, but how exactly do you bring that up in conversation? I mean, now, even people like me know about it, but at first, how exactly did he let guests know? How did they react? You’d think that would be a bit repellent. Does anyone really want to sit there?

Comments

[aryana-filker.livejournal.com]

Yuck!
No, definitely not.

[lisande.livejournal.com]

*snorts* Rich people are weird - and the richer, the weirder! *shudders*