I have an accountancy joke but it doesn't add up.

Frankly, every rich man or woman I have ever met ... I would not give you a plug nickel for.  They tend to be "grumpy" on a good day.

So coming from that, well you can see where I am headed with this.




 Rich men and upbringing

So a billionaire and a working man are sitting at a bar. After some heavy drinking, the conversation veers philosophical, with each of them trying to prove that his upbringing made life harder for him.

"I was born in a very wealthy family, but my father never gave me anything. I started from scratch", says the billionaire, "and people constantly demean my achievements because my parents were billionaires"

"Well I came from a working family" says the working man, "and everything I own, I worked for. Nothing was given to me, no connections, no money, nothing !"

A poor man passing by interrupts them:

"Well I came from a poor family. I didn't do great schools. The little I own, I work for. I have to do anything to get by"

"Well I came from a family that had lost everything when they moved here", says a man across from them. "We had to work everyday to get to where you started off in life".

After an hour of debating, the poor man says : "God only knows who among us has had the hardest life".

Suddenly a booming voice resonates in the sky :

"Well, I came from nothing..."