NEXT!!
Who is next in “lion?” King of the human jungle! Tab-head creator! Entrepreneur of evil-seeming actions having borderline definitions and ingeniously mis-placements?
Next in line, since Donald Trump has placed himself off limits for the time being by becoming a newlywed once more.
I'm, sure we can confidently look forward to a profound shift in this sort of social comedy in the next few weeks as the name Sir Richard Branson comes to the fore to claim its place among names which associate easily and naturally with such companion terms as :”arrogant”,“quirky,”,”unusual”,“eccentric”,“dashing”,”sexy”,
”flamboyant" or just plain “nuts” at times.
The brown-bearded billionaire Bronson continually describes himself by his actions to be a prime candidate for such a place We are in a slump insofar as having figurehead for fancy, farce and fable. He is well-known to many of you through his financial holdings but he lives his own life style both in London where he is one of that city's forty-four billionaires. On his own private island of Necker, in the Virgin Islands he lives life by his own rules. So often the term “virgin” obsesses him. He started the cut rate airline 'Virgin Blue” with two planes just a few years ago.I brought him i$700-million last year and he has just ordered a dozen of the all new Air Bus 500+ passenger jet giant jumbo airliners - six for right away the rest as needed. His Virgin Atlantic airline is doing well. World wide he retails more records, CD's and electronic gear than anyone in countries all around the world - except the United States.
You may remember Sir Richard a few years ago when he was intent on being the first man to fly a balloon around the world. He spent millions on the project and tried several times, but when some one else did it, he quit. That's typical, if he can't be “first” he won't play.
The new Fox TV reality show “The Billionaire” stars Richard Bronson so he's very much in your home today. It you want to stay alert to times and events during the year, there is a Richard Bronson 2005 calender available on sale right now on behalf of a European charity for needy railroad workers. Richard and three of his feminine friends posed nude as the calender's photographic art feature. It is selling well and a fine place to check today's date on the Internet if you are tempted to doubt the date sheet's existence.
Richard Bronson is an ideal choice to be our zany of the day. That's “Sir”, too, by the way. Refreshing. It's been quite a while since we have had an English person as our comic relief buffer against all the serious news we have to face.
A.L.M. January 22, 2005 [c483wds]
