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July 26, 2007 7:20 AM PDT

Dubai playboy spends equivalent of 360 iPhones in one night at London club

by Caroline McCarthy
(Credit: Dom Perignon)

Larry Ellison aside, those Middle Eastern businessmen sure do put Silicon Valley to shame when it comes to extravagant displays of opulence. Typically, we don't get names to accompany the tales of pimped-out Airbus A380s and the like, but generally the price tags speak for themselves. My favorite new "oh my gosh, I can't believe how much cash that guy spent" story was covered in the British press earlier this week: a band of partiers, led by an anonymous Dubai cash cow, spent a total of $210,000 at the posh London nightclub Crystal last Saturday night. With tax and gratuities, the final bill was more like $218,000.

To put things into perspective, that's the equivalent of about 360 8GB iPhones.

According to representatives from the nightclub (where apparently Prince Harry likes to booze it up on occasion), the evening started off innocently enough. The party of 18 people started with a bottle of pinot grigio that cost a paltry $50, but ultimately went through absurd amounts of champagne and vodka that included a $20,000 bottle of Dom Perignon. Also included in the bill were six Cokes, 17 orders of Red Bull, and eight bottles of the luxury-brand Voss water.

ABC News reports that the tab was closed at 4:24 AM. In other news, the $2 bottles of wine at Trader Joe's still get a thumbs-up from me.

Originally posted at The Social
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline.
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We paid for it.....
by kathakalimask July 26, 2007 8:36 AM PDT
....through our stupid, voracious, unrelenting oil consumption!

So, why shouldn't he?
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by LawkSalih.Com August 3, 2007 1:50 PM PDT
...and I bet you, he's a supporter of Bin Laden OR EVEN BETTER; His wife is probably looks something like this: http://www.sfgate.com/blogs/images/sfgate/worldviews/2006/10/11/FULLCOVER.jpg and they claim to be good to their wife(s).
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