if you think our economy is bad.... how about a reality check?

philoldsmobile · January 05, 2009, 02:50:12 PM

What would you say this man is going out to buy, and where?

F Body · January 05, 2009, 02:59:42 PM

I going to say Zimbabwe and a loaf of bread ?

NB : Mind you on the Top Gear Vietnam Special the other week cars were a couple of billion what evers

philoldsmobile · January 05, 2009, 03:00:26 PM

"An unidentified man carries some cash for groceries in Harare, Zimbabwe Wednesday, March, 5, 2008. The Zimbabwean currency tumbled to a record 25 million dollars for a single US dollar Wednesday as Zimbabwe battles with the worlds highest inflation currently pegged at over 100 000 percent. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) "

F Body · January 05, 2009, 03:09:18 PM

Quoting: philoldsmobile

cash for groceries in Harare, Zimbabwe

That was honestly just a guess

Somebody needs to shoot Mugabe

philoldsmobile · January 05, 2009, 03:12:47 PM

its a staggering image, and the reality of a currency so worthless they recently added seventeen zeros onto it..

good guess BTW!

Rob · January 05, 2009, 03:18:24 PM

Imagine the size of the cash register they ring it up on

F Body · January 05, 2009, 03:29:52 PM

Quoting: Rob

Imagine the size of the cash register they ring it up on

and imagine how long it takes the cashier to count it

Roadkill · January 05, 2009, 03:31:32 PM

I bet the cash isn't collected from the shop weekly in an armoured van - it's collected hourly by a roll-on-roll-off skip lorry !

Fieldy · January 06, 2009, 04:12:58 AM

imagine filling your car up

Big Mouse · January 06, 2009, 05:44:11 AM

Quoting: Fieldy

imagine filling your car up

You'd have to fill it up in order to fill it up

serves them right, someone should have give him a 9mm enema a long time ago

Bringing it closer to home, it was only just beofre christmas that a treasury email was leaked to the media suggesting that the government here print more money in an attempt to kick start the economy. When my uncle john did that he got 8 years!

philoldsmobile · January 06, 2009, 01:30:53 PM

Quoting: Big Mouse

serves them right, someone should have give him a 9mm enema a long time ago

why no military intervention in Zimbabwe? no oil.......

Big Mouse · January 06, 2009, 03:38:56 PM

Quoting: philoldsmobile

why no military intervention in Zimbabwe? no oil.......

they have plenty of other minerals that are worth having but no western i.e. white, government is going to kick off a fight in an african country no matter what the human misery level is - instant racism/white imperialism claim and they'd all jump on the bandwagon. Leave them alone long enough and they'll kill each other anyway

F Body · January 16, 2009, 07:49:16 AM

Not content with issuing a 50 trillion $ bank note on Wednesday :

Zimbabwe has today introducing a Z$100 trillion note

It's currently worth about US$30 (£20)

ianjpage · January 16, 2009, 07:51:59 AM

Quoting: F Body

Z$100 trillion note

Quoting: F Body

It's currently worth about US$30 (£20)

lol that is bad !!!

Titsy · January 16, 2009, 08:08:50 AM

Quoting: F Body

Not content with issuing a 50 trillion $ bank note on Wednesday

The note says 50 Billion...

Fieldy · January 16, 2009, 09:59:02 AM

Quoting: Titsy

The note says 50 Billion...

i thought it was my eyesight for a minute

F Body · January 16, 2009, 12:11:43 PM

Quoting: Titsy

The note says 50 Billion...

Trillion , Billion whatever as my Kids would say

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philoldsmobile · January 16, 2009, 01:26:48 PM

The latest annual figure for inflation, estimated in July last year, was 231m% - the world's highest.

if you think our economy is bad.... how about a reality check?

Roadkill