Luvin1stdegree 0 Posted July 24, 2003 What's in a billion! A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases: A billion SECONDS ago it was 1959. A billion MINUTES ago Jesus was alive. A billion HOURS ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. But... A billion DOLLARS ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes ago ...............at the rate Washington spends it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lollypop 0 Posted July 24, 2003 What's in a billion! A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases: A billion SECONDS ago it was 1959. A billion MINUTES ago Jesus was alive. A billion HOURS ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. But... A billion DOLLARS ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes ago ...............at the rate Washington spends it Very good Luvin1stdegree. I like the last bit. :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goose 0 Posted July 24, 2003 Stardate:213559.9 So true too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
removed 0 Posted July 24, 2003 wow. i had no idea that a billion was anything was that long ago. thanks Luvin1stdegree. that was cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsbs 0 Posted July 24, 2003 wow. i had no idea that a billion was anything was that long ago. thanks Luvin1stdegree. that was cool. Me neither. Wow...a billion hours was THAT long ago? Well, scratching off goal 5 on my list... I liked the last bit too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yillara Skye 1 Posted July 25, 2003 What's in a billion! A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases: A billion SECONDS ago it was 1959. A billion MINUTES ago Jesus was alive. A billion HOURS ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. But... A billion DOLLARS ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes ago ...............at the rate Washington spends it Very interesting. Thanks for sharing! B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
