Either the world of big business and the very wealthy isn't as interesting as it used to be, or someone at Forbes could use a bit of a chat about what they want to do with their lives.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Forbes Top 15 Richest Fictional Characters List, 2006.
Quotes:
"Longtime member C. Montgomery Burns doubled his fortune to $16.8 billion in just 12 months, thanks in large part to a "technology exchange" deal with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il."
"Ebeneezer Scrooge gave the bulk of his $1.7 billion fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation."
"Other newcomers include Mario, the videogame plumber who built a $1 billion fortune after decades of collecting gold coins"
I KNOW this is meant to be a joke...but someone seriously sat down and thought, "Scrooge is a Victorian moneylender, so his fortune must be linked to interest rates in England, and let's say, oh, he gave Otto "Horseless Carriage" Diesel his first business start-up loan, yeah?" and someone sat on the other side of the desk and AGREED WITH THEM.
Also, Daddy Warbuck knocked Santa off the top spot, after Santa was disqualified from the list FOR BEING REAL.
Nice day for it!
HA HA HA "said a passing lunatic."