06.20.07
Tom Perkins’ Yacht
Tom Perkins (of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers fame) recently launched his new ship at a party… the yacht was decorated with signal flags. From Newsweek,
…in the system of international maritime signals, each flag [on the yacht] represented a letter. Ever the paragon of capitalism, Perkins’s playful message spelled out, “Rarely does one have the privilege to witness vulgar ostentation displayed on such a scale.”