That continuity either means that it was a robust strategy that has weathered the enormous economic changes since then, or it's so bland that it doesn't much matter what the economy's doing.
"Whether it's hunger or Aids or third world debt, it doesn't really matter - it's a continent that needs help and the help still isn't there yet, " he said.
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There's no, it doesn't matter to me or you, who the Governor of Idaho or Wyoming is.
But in Mr Buffett's case it doesn't matter, because Berkshire Hathaway can easily cover the bet even if it is bad: the company has a huge capital cushion.
"It's very special winning at home and it doesn't matter how many times you repeat it, " Alonso said.
"If there's a tidal wave coming from a credit event in Italy, then it doesn't matter how great your thesis is on Malaysia, the ringgit's going to get blown up, " he says.
We must not be silent and say it's not in our backyard, so therefore it doesn't matter.
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To Paul's most passionate followers, though, it doesn't matter that Paul has earned only an estimated 76 delegates (although his supporters challenge that number), compared with Romney's 841.
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"The picture should be the artist's original one and it doesn't matter whether it is drawn well or not, " Inoue says.
"It's overwhelming that facility and that community and to some extent even the police chief's resources, but that doesn't turn it into something other than a family matter, " Patrick said.
And when I took a strong stand last week online and in FORTUNE magazine criticizing the Harvard Business Review's recent article entitled "IT Doesn't Matter, " many of you took to the glorious modern medium of e-mail.
So essentially it doesn't really matter whether it's Don Rumsfeld at the top or if it's Bob Gates at the top?
At the same time, you have Barack Obama, the Senator from Illinois, telling his constituents that it's a matter of American credibility and he doesn't support an immediate withdrawal, even though he believes that the decision to go to war in Iraq was ill conceived.
"You know, it doesn't really matter, " he told CNN's Larry King on September 7, 2005.
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"I really just want an audience to have a good ride and for actors to have fun things to do and then if it's a good play at the end of all that, it doesn't really matter, " he says.
But it doesn't really matter that Pluto has been demoted because it's just a name for something.
Wal-Mart's aggressive use of technology puts the lie to a recent Harvard Business Review article, "IT Doesn't Matter, " that says it's okay to sit back and let others lead.
You always think at the end of one, it doesn't matter what's happened before, no one's going to hire me again.
"The intention doesn't matter though it's the way that someone perceives being touched, " says Worman.
It doesn't matter if it's traditional jazz, blues or rock 'n' roll.
It doesn't matter that he's never met Kathryn or her dad, or that Schulz is in Florida and the DiMarias live in Michigan.
You just kind of do it and it doesn't matter if it's Sunday or Saturday, you've just got to do what you've got to do.
It doesn't really matter what's going on on the sidelines, it's what happens on the field that counts and I hope to be judged on that.
It doesn't matter that there's no money for leveraged buy-outs.
Arment's number one rank shows that firm size doesn't necessarily matter when it comes to stock picking prowess.
Let's acknowledge that such taxes will absolutely be passed on to regular people, so it doesn't matter who is stuck with the bill at first.
If hanging ten seems a strange choice of metaphor for a band that formed in North Carolina, it doesn't really matter: Superchunk's spiky guitar-pop still flies out of every corner.
I've been meeting with parents and I've been asking parents to do their parts, because it doesn't matter what we feed you at school, but if you get home and it's hard for parents to make healthy choices, then you guys still aren't leading healthy lives, so we've asked parents to step up and do more.
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