Rachel (nosce_te_ipsum) wrote, @ 2005-03-11 13:57:00

THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HAVE STUPID NAMES
TODAY THE FORBES LIST OF THE 400 RICHEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CAME OUT, AND UPON INSPECTION, I NOTICED SOME OF THESE PEOPLE'S NAMES ARE RIDICULOUS. DUE TO SHEER BOREDOM AT THE JOB THAT WILL NEVER ALLOW ME TO EARN ANY SWEET MOOLAH, I HAVE THROWN TOGETHER THIS LITTLE LIST:

**I SWEAR ALL OF THESE NAMES ARE REAL, AND YOU CAN CHECK THEM OUT AT FORBES.COM**


RICH PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO BE MISTAKEN FOR A CHINESE FOOD MENU ITEM:

LIM GOH TONG
TEH HONG PIOW
TOM KWOK
TSAI WAN TSAI

RICH PEOPLE THAT SOUND MORE LIKE A CORPORATION THAN A PERSON:

IMOGENE POWERS JOHNSON
JORGEN PHILLIP-SORENSON
PETER KELLOGG
RALPH LAUREN

RICH PEOPLE THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE INCLUDED AS CHARACTERS FROM LORD OF THE RINGS:

RICHARD MANOOGIAN
HARRY TRIGUBOFF
JOHN MORGRIDGE
JOHN GANDEL
KHALAF AL HABTOOR
AXEL OBERWELLAND

RICH PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES COULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE PROMISING CAREERS AS LOCAL RADIO DJS:

DIRK ZIFF
CLEMMIE SPANGLER

RICH PEOPLE THAT PROVE THAT ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD CANNOT MAKE YOU SEEM COOL:

WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER
PINCUS GREEN
MARVIN HERB
ADOLF MERCKLE
HUBERT BURDA

RICH PEOPLE WHO COULD EITHER BE CHARACTERS FROM A CHILDREN'S BOOK OR NATIVE AMERICANS:

FORREST MARS
JAMES GOODNIGHT
DICK RAINWATER
PAUL FIREMAN
J. FLOWERS

RICH PEOPLE WHO HAVE NAUGHTY NAMES:

BARBARA COX
CHUCK BUTT
PAT WANG
STANLEY HO
HENRY FOK
ISAK ANDIC
DIETRICH MATESCHITZ

RICH PERSON WHOSE NAME SOUNDS LIKE A CASH REGISTER:

LA KA-SHING

RICH PERSON WHO SOUNDS LIKE EITHER A CHARACTER FROM AIRPLANE!OR AN ADOLESCENT BOYS' CARTOON:

JON STRYKER

RICH PEOPLE WHO COULD BE MISTAKEN FOR EVIL VILLAINS IN ANY BRUCE WILLIS OR JAMES BOND MOVIE, AND ALSO ANY CARTOON FROM THE 60'S:

DIETER VON HOLTZBRINK
FRITS GOLDSCHMEDING
JONATHAN HARMSWORTH
FRIEDRICH FLICK JR.
AUGUST VON FINCK
SERGE DESSAULT
BORRIS IVANISHVILI

RICH PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES ARE PROBABLY IMPOSSIBLE TO ANNOUNCE AT ANY PUBLIC EVENT:

BJORGOLFUR THOR BJORGOLFSSON
BULENT ECZACIBASI
MARIA ASCUNCION ARAMBURUZABALA

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