Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Waste of Money

Fiorella is on a tear again.  She read that Judy Garland's WIZARD OF OZ dress went for $480K at auction.

How ridiculous.  It's not art--it's a costume, a dress,  fabric, for heaven's sake.  And the person who wore it was an actress, not a princess or a statesman or anyone we laud for her contributions to society. Why do people spend money on dumb things like thus? The dress is more souvenir than anything else. What can one one do with it but watch it gradually decay into dust?

The same day Fiorella read about the WIZARD OF OZ relic, she also read that the bamboo which pandas survive on is in trouble because of climate changes.  Wouldn't that $450K have been better spent on research for alternate food sources for the pandas than on a stupid dress? 


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