My best friend when I was a teen came from a fairly wealthy family.  Fairly wealthy is an understatement.  They didn’t live in a gated community; they had a gate at the entrance to their driveway.  The house had four two-car garages, a game room complete with Skeeball, pinball, Foosball, an elevator, and (I kid you not) a secret passage in the library that was operated by moving a book.  One day we had plans to meet up with his grandmother (absolutely LOVELY woman) who was in between doctor’s appointments.  She wasn’t going to be very long with her second doctor, and asked us to wait for her.  No problem.  She reached in to her wallet, pulled out some cash, handed it to my buddy and said, “Get yourselves a couple of Cokes while you wait.”  She gave him $40.  $40 for a “couple of Cokes.”  I’m sure she was just giving her grandson a little extra scratch, but it did cross my mind that, maybe, when money is no object, you might lose touch with the part of reality related to the cost of a “couple of Cokes.”  No one in our society has lost touch with reality more than politicians and celebrities.  What are the most out-of-touch things famous people have done?  I’m so glad you asked!  Here’s a list from Cracked.com of “20 Famous People Who Have No Idea How Reality Works Anymore”.

 

Personal favorites: #18, #13, #8, #7, #4

 

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Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images
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