Sussudio. Is that Italian for "screwed"?
I've been accused of being cynical once or twice on the Beehive, but I prefer to see myself as a realist. A cynic would say, "Marriage is just a stop on the way to Divorcetown," but a realist would say, "Sure, get married for funsies, everybody does, but make sure you're prepared for all eventualities."
I bet Phil Collins wishes he had a friend like me.
Collins recently embarked on his third divorce, and is, according to some reports, about to become known for surrendering the biggest ever celebrity divorce payout in British legal history -- $46.38 million. Suck on that, Paul McCartney!
According to the Daily Telegraph, Collins has given up one third of his vast AM radio fortune to his ex-wives, an estimated $84 million.
I have got to get me an aging British rock star. I'm not kidding. Ten Five percent to anyone who makes this happen.
[My thanks to Travis "It's cheaper to keep her" Sheridan for the tip. Seven percent to him if he makes me Phil's number four.]
Comments:
warning: old school prog-rock geek references.
The arguments in the Collins household usually began something like this:
Current Mrs Collins [enters, shaking her head]:
Phil, Genesis was really cool back when Peter Gabriel sang and you just played the drums.
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Posted by: blake at August 19, 2008 8:06 AM
See, Phil should have lived by my motto, "you f*ck with me, you stuck with me!"
Then he'd still have his millions.
Posted by: MsJoey at August 19, 2008 9:16 AM
Is it possible for a person to major in ex-wifeology? Career counselors are providing much misguidance to today's youth by encouraging them to move into dead end careers like medicine or teaching or creative writing.
Career Counselor: Sally, what do you want to be when you grown up?
Sally: A doctor.
Career Counselor: Wow. Sally, you will be in school for 12 more years and could get sued by a patient. You could end up broke.
Sally: But my dad is a doctor.
Career Counselor: What does your mom do?
Sally: She's his ex-wife.
Career Counselor: Who makes more money?
Sally: Oh, my mom. I think I want to be an ex-wife when I grow up...
Career Counselor: Britain has the best schools...
Posted by: Travis Sheridan at August 19, 2008 9:51 AM
It's kind of sad, actually.
I mean, just when Genesis was starting to really catch on (and Gabriel had left, Hackett had JUST left)
--they had to quit touring and take nearly a year off so Collins could go try to patch stuff up with his wife (first,) who'd headed to canada (didn't work, the stuff from that time became his first solo album which also launched his (major) career as a solo artist.)
(He had already been a jazz drummer for Brand X,
---but nobody knows who Brand X is, (still)
(I think I have one cassette the cats have been using as a toy for the past decade.)
Most of his songs are usually about things just not going well with his ladies...
Can't say that this outcome is much of a shocker,
And then that whole 'Disney' animation ENDLESS droll catalogue...
Poor buggar has become the white R&B version of Raffi....
Posted by: wet towel at August 19, 2008 3:09 PM
10%.....your on.....
Posted by: Ramon at August 22, 2008 3:31 PM
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