Be honest; when you read that note at the start of the list, where someone was warned that their vehicle would be crushed with a monster truck if they didn't keep parking in the wrong place, you probably thought the author of the note was bluffing. This picture demonstrates why you should never, ever take that chance. Whoever owns this white car decided to park sideways across two bays, showing no regard to anybody whatsoever. This time, someone really did have a monster truck, and they decided to teach them a lesson.
Looking at the angle, the badly parked driver could probably reverse out of the situation they now find themselves in, and drive away. What we sadly can't make out is how bad the damage to the front of the car is. There's only one way that monster truck got there; it must have driven right over it. We have a sneaky suspicion that this parking dispute probably ended up in court.
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.