I cannot feel any sympathy for someone sunning himself in the Carribean while I am shivering in sub-zero temperatures.
You are right about the fear and greed thing. Let's just hold out for £1 and be done with it. We could then hire the royal train and calamity can take us all on a magical mystery tour wherever he so desires to go and we can drink vintage champagne and eat pounds of beluga caviar while having scantily clad young ladies table dancing for us.