Some people should come with a health warning. We're talking about the kind of people who will, suddenly and without warning, take an action which will put themselves and the people around them in danger. They might run into the middle of the road. They might start climbing the nearest building or scaffold. Every friendship group has someone like this, and they always cause trouble.
If everyone started doing what this young boy has done, we'd be able to make much better-informed decisions about who we decide to befriend and spend time with. This guy does dumb things, and they have dumb consequences. We don't know how he injured himself, but based on his clothes, we assume it was probably because he was doing something stupid. Maybe his parents bought the shirt after the event because they didn't want anyone else to have to go through the things he puts them through? He even has the cheek to look quite pleased with himself!
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.