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On: Oct 1, 08
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I am bored to tears of hearing of credit crunch woes. To rebel, here are 35 things to metaphorically flip off the bleak times ahead.

Just a small catch - you have to be seriously wealthy as this includes $47,000 bathtubs, a $10,000 magazine, $1.3 million jeans and $934,000 dolls. This is shopping for the very, very rich. But who says you can’t have fun window shopping online?

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