on โ02-05-2014 09:12 PM
Some folks are living in cardboard boxes and don't know where their next meal is coming from, and then we have this.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/property/article4078837.ece
Even if you had that kind of money, why would you want to live in London of all places ? Hardly the El Dorado of the modern world.
on โ04-05-2014 02:49 PM
That reminds me of a story I once read about a teacher in a very posh school who decided her class needed to be more in touch witht the realities of life, so she got them to write a story about a very poor family. When she came to mark their stories the first one she looked at read: Once upon a time there was a very poor family; the parents were poor, the children were poor, the butler was poor, the maids were poor ................
on โ04-05-2014 07:04 PM
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:That reminds me of a story I once read about a teacher in a very posh school who decided her class needed to be more in touch witht the realities of life, so she got them to write a story about a very poor family. When she came to mark their stories the first one she looked at read: Once upon a time there was a very poor family; the parents were poor, the children were poor, the butler was poor, the maids were poor ................