17. Thinking Long Term

17. Thinking Long Term

Some people are good with posing for photographs, and some people aren't. If you aren't, you'll know the pain of having friends, partners, and relatives constantly trying to snap pictures with you. According to the man in the photo, this woman is his wife, and she 'always does this' when they're trying to get a picture together. By 'this,' he means that she always has her eyes closed as the crucial moment.

Fridman might have been able to solve the problem, but as a forward thinker, he knew it wouldn't do them any good. He might be able to fix this one image, but what about all the pictures they're going to take together in the future? If she wore novelty glasses with eyeballs printed on them, everything would always be fine. He's even put some on her here, so they can see how good she'd look.

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Did You Know...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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