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I did however find this; Quote:
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It just occured to me that Elspode might have been right. All I did was copy and paste from an email I received. I don't nkow who actually worked all that out, but it might well have been a person named Bruce. Who knows?
And I was wondering when we'd see the stats you just provided, about the money going to or past the moon and such. That is the normal comparison, although that is a bit silly cause virtually none of us really know how far it is to the moon.
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03-12-2009, 01:05 AM | #34 |
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Maybe, but I'd guess he just fucked up. Too many lovely women in his life, no time to stop and read the details.
Uh, "normal comparison"? What could be normal about attempting to describe a trillion dollars? I mean it ain't like discussing whether you do the across or down first in the daily crossword puzzle.
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03-12-2009, 05:31 AM | #35 |
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By normal comparison I meant that there are various standard comparisons that are widely used:
Smaller than a human hair/fingernail Bigger than a tennis court/soccer field Taller than the Statue of Liberty Enough [water] to fill an Olympic swimming pool (or Sydney Harbour, down under) Either piled up or laid end to end, would go around the world X number of times (or would go to the moon and back). The sort of well known things that journalists compare things to.
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03-12-2009, 07:31 AM | #36 |
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And don't forget Rhode Island! We'd want to know how deep the dollars would get if they were used to fill Rhode Island.
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03-12-2009, 09:20 AM | #38 |
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I'd like to know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
Zen, please illustrate.
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03-12-2009, 08:31 PM | #39 |
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4,000, apparently, but they must be specially imported from Lancashire.
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03-12-2009, 08:33 PM | #40 |
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That really puts it into perspective.
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In case you all haven't been paying attention, I fuck up a lot. Scour my posts diligently and you'll find that I have never claimed perfection. Quite the opposite, actually.
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03-13-2009, 12:16 AM | #42 |
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Well yes and no.
Yes... you never claim perfection, quite the contrary, your self deprecation is legendary. No... you may "fuck up a lot", but not in the Cellar. I find your posts to be clear, informative, always eloquent and frequently poignant. I also find your competition to charm the ladies, insurmountable.
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03-13-2009, 12:17 AM | #43 |
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Bruce, you have no problems that a trillion dollars wouldn't fix
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03-13-2009, 12:23 AM | #44 |
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That certainly would be helpful in hiding them, anyway.
I could fill the tip jar, which is a little low.
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03-22-2009, 03:56 AM | #45 |
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How the hell am I going to wheel barrow a trillion dollars to the store to buy bread two years from now?
Geez. That will require either 1 month of continuous work or sharing my loaf of bread with the wheel barrow team. Completely unworkable either way. |
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