This bicyclist is going to have a hard time riding his bike with one wheel the shape of an oblong. Quick aside, remember the Will Ferrell show The Oblongs? Now that's a show that I miss. Back to the bike. The wheel is not bent. Just look at the reflection which shows a perfectly round wheel. How could this be you ask? Well, it's a matter of different scientific terms that I don't know. Something something refraction? Who knows.
One time I found a bike in an alley so I took it. Quickly I found out that the chain would fall off if you rode too quickly. I took it to a youth center and one of the guys who worked there asked if he could test out the bike. Before I could answer, or warn him about the chain, he took off on it, pretending he was stealing it. As you can guess, the chain broke and he crashed really hard. Lesson learned. Never pretend to steal a bike.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.