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Which is More Valuable, Apple or Wales?

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  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Wales
    How many Grand Slams has Apple won ??
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    Wales
    purch wrote: »
    How many Grand Slams has Apple won ??

    How good are Welsh people at finding stuff out?
  • danothy
    danothy Posts: 2,200 Forumite
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    Wales
    I'd have Wales. For a start I live there so the logistics would be easier for me, but mainly because of all the ways I could re-purpose (parts of) it.
    If you think of it as 'us' verses 'them', then it's probably your side that are the villains.
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Wales
    Reminds me of Warren Buffett (I think) who asked whether it would be preferable to own all the gold in the world (which would fit in a swimming pool) or all the productive farmland in the US.

    I went for Wales - I like Apple kit but don't trust people to keep thinking their stuff is cool in perpetuity and the tech industry is still highly destructive. I'm certain Wales will still be around in 20 years.
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite
    It's a sad state of affairs when a company that sells overpriced designer goods is one of the most wealthy in the world.
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    Wales
    Wales, in a heartbeat. OK, it's a ridiculous comparison, but let's fast forward by 20/40/100 years - access to loads of fertile farmland, copious pure drinking water, coal, hydro-electricity, wind power, loads of fishing coastland, there's no comparison.

    Fashions come and go, Apple are in fashion.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Apple
    It's a sad state of affairs when a company that sells overpriced designer goods is one of the most wealthy in the world.

    Why is that sad? Doesn't it show that we generally have a high standard of living such that we have large disposable incomes to waste on iPads?

    I guess in your ideal world the "wealthiest" company in the world would sell that shiny grease-proof non-adsorbent toilet paper they used to have back in the good old days when bin men could buy a three bedroom house outright with one week's pay and still have enough change left over for a pint of mild in the local to celebrate.
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Apple
    paddyrg wrote: »
    Wales, in a heartbeat. OK, it's a ridiculous comparison, but let's fast forward by 20/40/100 years - access to loads of fertile farmland, copious pure drinking water, coal, hydro-electricity, wind power, loads of fishing coastland, there's no comparison.

    Fashions come and go, Apple are in fashion.

    Surely it will still be full of Welsh people in 20/40/100 years though?
  • shortchanged_2
    shortchanged_2 Posts: 5,546 Forumite

    I guess in your ideal world the "wealthiest" company in the world would sell that shiny grease-proof non-adsorbent toilet paper they used to have back in the good old days when bin men could buy a three bedroom house outright with one week's pay and still have enough change left over for a pint of mild in the local to celebrate.

    Sounds better to me.
  • pollypenny
    pollypenny Posts: 29,416 Forumite
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    Wales
    Wales, of course!

    Then we'd have royals who Welsh instead of the Greek/German/ Scottish creature!
    Member #14 of SKI-ers club

    Words, words, they're all we have to go by!.

    (Pity they are mangled by this autocorrect!)
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