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Bats to billionaires...

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Does news get any stuffier than business news? Does business news get any stuffier than Forbes? Well, geekiness has punctured even this pinstriped domain: Forbes.com is running a feature on what it would cost an ordinary billionaire to turn himself into a caped crusader.

Now, there aren’t all that many billionaires in the world, and Forbes, as it happens, is also the magazine in the gray flannel suit that produces an annual ranking of the world’s billionaire-iest billionaires. I’m surprised the mag didn’t go that extra step and give a little nudge to some of those on their exclusive list. Forbes has told these people what they need to do -- now, all each of them needs is a cool name to inspire fear in those who would use fear as a weapon... or a name that at least reflects their own fears.

And so, I pick up the challenge thrown down by Forbes and offer a few suggestions:

Lucas
Voleman (George Lucas)

Trump
The Weasel (Donald Trump)

Jobs
Aardvarkdude (Steve Jobs)

Turner
Skunkman (Ted Turner)

Ellison
The Badger (Larry Ellison)

Gates
Ferret Boy (Bill Gates)

Perot
The Platypus (Ross Perot)

Lauren
Lemmingman (Ralph Lauren)


I'm MaryAnn Johanson, writer and editor, and this is my scratch pad, idea-jotter-downer, portfolio and resume, and general hang-out blog.

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