Wow. What an eye-popping program. The $20,000 to $40,000 per night hotel rooms were mindboggling—especially the ones that were 4,000 square feet in size, larger than the average house. The personal shoppers selecting $8,000 purses and $350,000 evening gowns for mega-bucks hotel guests simple astonished. The one-of-a-kind super-pricey jewelry shown at viewing tables inside a vault was unbelievable.

But it was the $777 hamburger that really caught my attention.

It's offered by the Le Burger Brasserie in the Paris Hotel. What do you get for your $777? Six-ounces of Kobe beef topped with caramelized onions, brie cheese, crispy prosciutto, 100-year aged balsamic vinegar and Maine lobster. It comes with a side of dressed greens and a bottle of Dom Perignon. Oh, and a pickle spear. Sheesh, you'd think they'd at least throw in a lousy handful of fries, wouldn't you?

That segment of the show got me thinking about how the ultra-rich spend their money. How much money, how many figures, would you have to make to think that spending $777 for a burger was reasonable? For the life of me, I simply can't imagine.

The guilt alone would totally ruin the dining experience for me when I'd think that each one of those bites I took cost more than enough to feed a good number of people in need.

Even if I were filthy rich and highly philanthropic, I'd still have one hell of a hard time trying to justify throwing THAT kind of money away on a damn sandwich. How do those wealthy people do it? WHY do they do it?

So I got to wondering if, on my next royalty check, I realized that the astounding mega-sales of my books had suddenly catapulted me into the Super Swank $800 Burger Affordability Category. (Don't laugh. It could happen.) Let's say the disorienting realization of all that stupendous wealth rendered me temporarily insane enough to immediately fly to Vegas and actually fork over $777 for that cutesy sandwich with the Dom chaser.

What would I want on it? What would have to be on a burger so pricey it sends the Le Burger Brasserie restaurant proprietor laughing all the way to the bank each time some moneyed yahoo orders it to impress his big-bucks buddies?

Ketchup. It would definitely have to have ketchup because I can't eat a hamburger without it. But I suppose I'd have to upgrade from Heinz. Maybe Le Burger Brasserie has $300 bottles of ketchup made from rare thousand year old tomatoes in their pantry. Sautéed mushrooms would be nice. Guess I'd be expected to substitute truffles though… Gee, I don't know. There are so many options.

What do YOU think?

Go ahead and deconstruct the famous $777 burger detailed above and build your own insanely expensive version instead. Remember, you're going to pay an outrageous sum for those few mouthfuls, so make sure your burger includes everything necessary to make it the most perfect, sublime, memorable burger of all time.

Tell me about all about it in the comments section!

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