This actually looks like a good idea to us. No more arguing about who's watching what, no more stomping off to the spare room to watch your favorite TV show because someone else won't surrender the television control. In fact, we're surprised no manufacturer has looked at this and taken the hint. Volume might be an issue though. We can't see any headphones in the image!
Haderer may have seen the future a little when he drew this, but he couldn't have foreseen the march of iPads and smart phones, otherwise it may have looked a little different. We'll give him half marks for his prophecy skills. The image also seems to draw a connection between obesity and spending too much time in front of a screen. That's hardly a new concern and goes to show that he also didn't anticipate the rise of workout videos on YouTube!
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.