This reminded me (for reasons that are neither obvious nor logical), of a conversation I had with a good buddy a while back.  He’s a pretty conservative guy, who had always made me feel (not deliberately – he’s a good guy) more than a little bit guilty about not saving nearly as much as he was, on a percentage of income basis.  In response to his whining about his portfolio having lost 40% of its worth, I told him “see… if only you’d put your money where mine was going: exotic cars, guns and bulldogs, your investments would be performing precisely as expected.”

He wasn’t amused. 

Funny:

http://finance.yahoo.com/retirement/article/107414/surviving-the-end-of-civilization?mod=retire-planning&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=