6. That Looney from Across the Road Suddenly Got Rich
Imagine the scene. You've worked hard all your life, moving up the ladder, earning more and more money as you go. As you've got older, you've amassed a small fortune that's enough to keep you and your family going for hundreds of years. Then, quite suddenly, a load of nuclear bombs come and wipe everything out. Thankfully the mansion where you live is out in the middle of nowhere and has been spared the brunt of the bombings, but there's now just you and your resident crazy gardener left. This man, although quite harmless, is an avid collector of Nuka Cola and Sunset Saparilla bottle caps, with his house in the grounds adorned with them. As time goes by and the two of you fight for survival, the news suddenly starts to come in; bottle caps are the new currency. You'd been hoping somehow that the remnants of humanity would be hanging on to their traditional monetary system, but all that cash you've got is good for nothing now except wiping your backside. If only you were completely off your rocker and collected bottle caps too before the end of the world came about! You could live in Tenpenny Tower and watch the local resident towns be nuked by a nutcase from a comfortable deckchair on a balcony if you did. Instead you'll probably find yourself living in a broken sewer pipe right next to Megaton when the bomb goes off while your crazy gardener bathes in bottle caps*. *Not recommended. Sharp edges and genitalia don't mix.