My friends and I were talking about crazy inflation that is currently happening in Zimbabwe but as we talked, the conversation became more and more ridiculous. We started to imagine what if we do trading with Zimbabwe dollar. What would the situation be like? Many funny stuff came up.
Hawker Centre
Ber is craving for Hokkien Prawn Noodle and proceed to walk over to the stall.
Ber: Auntie! 1 plate of Prawn Noodle!
Auntie: Okay, frying now!
Ber: Auntie! I want more noodles.
Auntie: That would be 5 billion dollars more!!
Ber: 0_0!
Great Singapore Sale
Sales Girl: Good Afternoon Sir. May I be of service?
Ber: Are the shirts here before or after discount?
Sales Girl: The price of the shirts here are before discount. The one you are holding cost 840billion dollars, after 20% discount it would be 672billion dollars.
Ber: Oh okay. Do I get additional discount if I pay by credit card. If yes, how much would this shirt cost again?
Sales Girl: (quite confident) Yes Sir, you will get an additional 5% discount if you pay by XXX credit card. That would bring the price down to 638.4billion dollars.
Ber: Hmm.. I heard that my membership card can used to get a further 3% discount. How much again?
Sales Girl: (frantic) Errm.. Errm.. Please give me a moment. (takes out a calculator…)
Ber: You are taking too long.. I do not want to buy it anymore.
The next day… There is a new employment notice at the entrance of the shopping mall.
Sales Girl wanted!
Age 18-30
Cheerful and friendly personality.
Willing to work shifts.
At least 1 year of sales experience.
Good basic pay with commission.
Able to calculate prices with 16 digits mentally in secs.
In School
Students: Good morning teacher!
Teacher: Good morning.
Teacher: Do you know that our class is the weakest in composition? We have to buck up!
Students: (Signs..) Yes teacher……
Teacher: That is why today I want you to write a composition for me. You have 1 hour to complete it. The topic will be “If I have 1 *quadtrillion dollars…”
Students: /pengz
*1 quadtrillion is equal to 1000 trillion
The Queue
Phone ringing…..
Ber: Hello!
Alvin: Hey ber! I will be late! I’m sorry..
Ber: Huh? Why? I know you said that you will be queuing up to buy your apartment but you also said that you were fifth in line right?
Alvin: Well, the first guy is still here…. He spent 1hr writing the check and double checking the number of zeros. The staff uses another hr entering the amount into the system and double checking the zeros. 1 less zero would mean the sales people will ‘lugi’ but if 1 more zero the guy buying will be ‘bo hua’!
Ber: Okay……………………………………………
Toto
Poster outside the betting office writes…
Thursday price is $100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 dollars!!!!!
Jun 27, 2008 at 18:44:40
/pengz
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Jun 27, 2008 at 20:24:25
Now I can’t imagine someone math involving 16 digit numbers in a few seconds
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Jun 30, 2008 at 09:36:18
Okay I’m going to tip someone 1 BILLION dollars to carry Wendy out..
@Darren: I couldn’t even imagine calculating with 16 digits.. It can make one go insane with all that zeros..