I know this is OT but thought you guys and gals might find it entertaining. Joe > >The answer to the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?", I >submit the following: > >Michael Jordan makes over $300,000 a game. That = $10,000 a minute, at an >average 30 minutes per game. With $40 million in endorsements, he makes >$178,100 a day, working or not. > >If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of >sugarplums dance in his head. > >If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 >while he's there. > >If he decides to have a 5 minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it. > >He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage. > >He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends. > >If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a >whole 12 hours. > >If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would >have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second. > >He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be >reimbursed $33,390 for that round. > >Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax >deferred account (401k), he will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m. >on January 1st. > >If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you 'd be living >comfortably at $65,000 a year. > >He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics. > >He'll make about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon. > >While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy >Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600. > >This Year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past Presidents >for all of their terms combined. > >Amazing isn't it? > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >However, if Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 250 years, he'll >still have less than Bill Gates has today. > >Game over. >Nerd wins.