Peanuts

For those familiar with the NKF saga:

According to this logic, we are mostly sub-monkeys. Unless you earn more than S$600K per year in which case you are probably only a super-monkey. Either way, it's rather humbling and another reason why Darwin was probably right.

But then for the America-is-great believers, this just supports their view. Where else would a plumber-monkey be paid as well as an American plumber-monkey? (one cannot afford to be a mere plumber if one don't install gold taps - cannot make enough money lah)

Or perhaps, this guy was right: "Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence." - John Kenneth Galbraith. Believe me, I know of people that are cock-sure Mr Galbraith is wrong.

At lunch today, a colleague related a news report about an owner of an new & expensive BMW who left his key in his car along with his kids. The car was so smart as to lock itself automatically with the kids inside. Apparently when the kids started to cry while he was waiting for his spare key to be delivered by his wife, this fella got desperate and decided to break into his car. My colleague said 'but this dungu fella smashed the front windsreen instead of the cheaper side window!'

May be Mr Galbraith is right after all. But then, what do rich monkeys care about which piece of glass is cheaper.