No members are browsing this topic
|
|
GlassMan
Pisces
HDF Silver Supporter
Redondo Crew
Redondo Beach, California, USA
Posts: 5,761
APPD 0.77
Post Rank: 13
|
|
Posted: Feb. 07 2008,1:29 pm |
Post # 8 |
|
Quote (CaliKat @ Feb. 07 2008,12:53 pm) | Lloyds insures body parts so it's not that farfetched...especially with Tom Jones. Â Some overzealous fan may leap on stage and rip out a fistful of chest hair! Â |
I did some digging and you are sooo right! Lloyds of London insures all kinds of body parts:
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/insur/20020410a.asp
Marlene Dietrich insured her voice for a cool $1 million, and Betty Grable insured her dynamite legs for the same amount -- thus coining the phrase "million-dollar legs."
And sometimes, gender is irrelevant. One of the oddest examples of celebrity insurance came when a 24-year-old Thai transvestite performer named Poh was told her breast implants could explode at high altitude if she flew to an appearance in Edinburgh. The implants were therefore insured for $500,000.
Bruce Springsteen has a legendary policy on his for somewhere in the $6 million range, and Rod Stewart has insured his scrubbed-with-steel-wool pipes as well.
A British performer known as Mr. Methane sought coverage against the loss of his "talent," which consisted of performing standards such as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" and "How Much is That Doggy in the Window?" using his naturally-produced gases.
He was refused.
It's a fact of Life:
After Monday and Tuesday, even the Calendar says : WTF .......
|
Back to top |
|
| Member # 617 | Joined: 4-29-2004 | |
|
|
Please help keep HDF free. If you
enjoy this site, feel free to make a donation to keep it running. THANKS!