Batman has the Batcave, Superman has his Fortress of Solitude, and
Scrooge McDuck has his money bin. For 70 years, the maternal uncle of
Disney’s Donald Duck has been portrayed as a thrifty—some might say miserly
presence in cartoons and comics, a waterfowl who has such deep affection
for his fortune that he enjoys diving into his piles of gold and
luxuriating in them.
It’s a rather gross display of money worship, but is it practical? Can
anyone, including an anthropomorphic Pekin duck, actually swim in their own
money, or would diving headfirst into a pile of metal result only in
catastrophic injury?
Via GoogleMyFacePlusSpaceBook, Fact Check: A Physicist
Weighs In On Whether Scrooge McDuck Could Actually Swim in a Pool of Gold
Coins | Mental Floss
Sadly, no. Even Carl Barks knew this and on several occasions had Scrooge
mention it was a trick.
But it's still fun to fantasize about swimming in three cubic acres of
gold coins though.
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