some genuine financial humor ... courtesy of ( my heroine ) Zsa Zsa Gabor
(snip)"Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, who has asked for a priest to administer the last rites, may not have looked like a feminist but had robust views about how women should stand up for themselves financially.
Zsa Zsa, 93, married nine times – mostly to very wealthy men – and distilled her wit and wisdom into memorable one-liners.
For example, she once said: “I learned in school that money isn’t everything. It’s happiness that counts. So Momma sent me to a different school.”
Long before comedian Caroline Ahern, in character as Mrs Merton, asked Debbie McGee: “So, Debbie, what attracted first attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?”, Mrs Gabor observed: “I want a man who is kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?”
She famously preferred divorce to legal separation from her former partners because, she said: “Legal separation gives the husband time to hide his money.”
And there was more than a grain of truth in her claim: “I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.”
When accused of marrying so often it amounted to serial polygamy she observed: “There is nothing wrong with a woman welcoming all men’s advances as long as they are in cash.”
Sadly, Zsa Zsa was not always a good judge of character and was reported to have lost more than $7m (£4.5m) to the fraudster Bernard Madoff."(snip)
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Re: some genuine financial humor ... courtesy of ( my heroine ) Zsa Zsa Gabor
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Melonie
(snip)"I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.”
I LOVE that! I have a tendency to do that with friends. I always keep the friends of myself & my ex's. Although, financially speaking her plan is much better!
Re: some genuine financial humor ... courtesy of ( my heroine ) Zsa Zsa Gabor
I think she also said : " I never hated a man enough not to keep his diamonds."
I personally watched this exchange between her and Johnny Carson in the 1970's after one of her divorces :
Johnny : "So I hear you're a free woman again ? "
Zsa Zsa with a sly look: " Dahlink, I am NEVER... free. Ver any of your vives free ? "
Johnny : " Noooooo. They certainly weren't."
Zsa Zsa looking at the audience : " So then vy vould you expect me to be free ."
Re: some genuine financial humor ... courtesy of ( my heroine ) Zsa Zsa Gabor
Melonie,
How come you never married any millionaires like your heroine?
Re: some genuine financial humor ... courtesy of ( my heroine ) Zsa Zsa Gabor
I was married once to a 'guitar hero' ... and that was two times too many !
I much prefer floating around the cay on a different millionaire's private yacht every month or two ! Obviously the potential stakes are lower, but the bull$#it factor is much lower as well ... and the fun factor is much higher !
Re: some genuine financial humor ... courtesy of ( my heroine ) Zsa Zsa Gabor
Lol. Good for you Melonie. As the great Max Bialystock used to say : "Flaunt it baby, flaunt it".
Re: some genuine financial humor ... courtesy of ( my heroine ) Zsa Zsa Gabor
^^^ wow, that's dredging up an oldie ( The Producers ). However, I do resemble Max's Norwegian secretary, don't I ?
Of course, down here south of the border there are still a few folks that would sing 'Springtime for Hitler' with genuine seriousness !!!