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Wealthy 'Cryonauts' Put Assets on Ice
Carl Bialik writes "'You can't take it with you. So Arizona resort operator David Pizer has a plan to come back and get it,' the Wall Street Journal reports. Pizer is one of about about 1,000 members of the "cryonics" movement who plan to put their bodies on ice soon after death so that in the future, medical advances can save them. A small, wealthy subset of these cryonauts is exploring ways to leave their money to themselves. 'With the help of an estate planner, Mr. Pizer has created legal arrangements for a financial trust that will manage his roughly $10 million in land and stock holdings until he is re-animated,' the Journal reports. 'Mr. Pizer says that with his money earning interest while he is frozen, he could wake up in 100 years the richest man in the world.'"
I, for one, welcome our wealthy, frozen overlords.
HOLLY: They're from the NorWEB Federation.
LISTER: What's that?
HOLLY: NorthWestern Electricity Board. They want you, Dave.
LISTER: Me? Why? What for?
HOLLY: For your crimes against humanity.
LISTER: You what?!
HOLLY: Seems when you left Earth, three million years ago, you left two
half-eaten German sausages on a plate in your kitchen.
LISTER: Did I?
HOLLY: You know what happens to sausages left unattended for three
million years?
LISTER: Yeah, they go mouldy.
HOLLY: Your sausages, Dave, now cover seven-eighths of the Earth's
surface. Also, you left seventeen pounds, fifty pence in your bank
account. Thanks to compound interest you now own 98% of all the
world's wealth. And because you hoarded it for three million years,
nobody's got any money except for you and NorWEB.
LISTER: Why NorWEB?
HOLLY: You left a light on in the bathroom. I've got a final demand here
for one hundred and eighty billion pounds.
LISTER: A hundred and eighty billion pounds?!! You're kidding!
HOLLY: (Wearing a Grouch-Marx glasses-nose-and-moustache) April Fool.
LISTER: But it's not April!
HOLLY: Yeah, I know. But I can't be waiting six months with a red-hot
jape like that underneath me hat.
---- El diablo esta en mis pantalones! Mire, mire!
important quotes ....
leave money to himself when he DIES
when he REVIVES...
guess they will answer the question of:
is there life after death?
wonder if this will also work if his head is smashed in
enuf jibberish.
_ In Egypt Networks: Network Solutions with a Twist
That is Futureama, not Red Dwarf
I think this is what you meant:
Holly: "Busy, Dave?"
Lister: "Well, yeah. I am, actually".
Holly: "Oh, then you won't want to know about the two super-lightspeed fighters that are tracking us".
Lister: "What?!"
Holly: "I'll leave you to your bubble blowing, mate".
Lister: "No, Hol, come on, come on".
Holly: "They're from Earth".
Lister: "Three million years away?"
Holly: "They're from the NorWEB federation".
Lister: "What's that?"
Holly: "The North Western Electricity Board. They want you, Dave".
Lister: "Me? Why? What for?"
Holly: "For your crimes against humanity".
Lister: "You what!"
Holly: "It seems when you left Earth three million years ago, you left two half-eaten German sausages on a plate in your kitchen".
Lister: "Did I?"
Holly: "You know what happens to sausages left unattended for three million years?"
Lister: "Yeah. They go all mouldy".
Holly: "Your sausages, Dave, now cover seven-eighths of the Earth's surface. Also you left seventeen pounds, fifty pence in a bank account. Thanks to compound interest you now own ninety-eight percent of all the world's wealth, but since you've hoarded it for three million years nobody's got any money except for you and NorWEB".
Lister: "Why NorWEB?"
Holly: You left a light on in the bathroom. I've got a final demand here for £180 billion.
Lister: £180 billion? You're kidding?
Holly: (wearing Groucho Marx disguise) "April fool".
Lister: "But it's not April".
Holly: "Yeah, I know, but I could hardly wait six months with a red-hot jape like that under my belt".