So here’s the latest installment of “Heh-heh, mine’s bigger.” We’re talking about yachts, of course. And the new global number one is (this is so predictable): Larry Ellison, measuring in at 452′. Number 2 is Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, whose got some shrinkage to deal with. His ride is ONLY 414′. You can check out the details here. Ellison has named his latest symbol of wealth and power, the almost Freudian “Rising, er, Sun” (his wife, novelist Melanie Craft, wanted him to call it “Princess Melanie”; somehow ol’ Larr didn’t go for it). Meanwhile, Allen has gone with “Octopussy,” oops, sorry, I meant “Octopus.” Little boys and their toys. It’s always a hoot…
Rising Sun: “Hey, Paul, you wanker, I’ve got 48,000 horses that will make your little boat ink all over the place…”
Octopus: “Fu*k off Larry, you putz! And check out the ride on my ride. You can’t see it, but there’s an even littler helicopter inside the big helicopter…”
(Large photo: Scuttlebutt. Small photos: Jan Van Der Val/Redux Pictures)
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