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Arthur Jones

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Entrepreneur

The Resume

    (1926-August 28, 2007)
    Born in Arkansas
    Inventor of Nautilus exercise machines
    Founder of Nautilus, Inc., and MedX, Inc.

Why he might be annoying:

    He claimed to have killed dozens of people working as a soldier of fortune.
    He once made a living capturing exotic animals and selling them to carnivals.
    He said the only things that mattered in his life were 'younger women, faster planes and bigger crocodiles.'
    He married six times, each time to a teenager.
    He spent $20 million in a failed attempt to launch a Nautilus Television Network.
    He refused to hire lawyers even when competitors infringed on his patented designs.
    He chain smoked Pall Mall cigarettes.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was an accomplished pilot.
    John Wildman of Bally Total Fitness said that Nautilus 'really took us out of the Stone Ages.'
    Nautilus users included Billie Jean King, Bo Derek and Ronald Reagan.
    He said, 'The one good thing about Communists is that when they take over a country, the first thing they do is kill the lawyers.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 34 Votes: 55.88% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 73.33% Annoying