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Times are tough and rich people are suffering, too.

It seems that someone wants to build an 80,000 square foot house in Los Angeles amid homes owned by Bruce Springsteen, Jay Leno, Michael Ovitz and David Beckham.  So, the neighborhood is fighting to keep the super-mega-mansion away from their regular mega-mansions.

Here’s a quote to help you understand how hard it is to be rich and maintain a quiet, simple lifestyle …

To residents like Sheinberg … who lives in a 7,800-square-foot country-style home, the thought of an even larger complex rising amid the hills is troubling.

“It’s hard for us to understand,” he said, “why anyone needs an 80,000-square-foot compound.”

“Dude, we completely sympathize,” Juanita says with compassion.  “It’s like when Lester got a promotion down at the plant and bought a double wide for Thelma.  It was just ostentatious.  Plus, it made all the other men’s winkies seem smaller.”

Being rich is a pain, Honey.

“However it’s good to know that in these tough times, the rich folks in El Lay are spending their time and money on a cause so worthwhile — insuring that everybody’s winkie is the same size of big.”