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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 08:56 AM Original message |
Zimbabwe devalues currency; 10B becomes 1 dollar (now THAT'S a devaluation) |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Damn England and the colonialists! |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. More or less as Germany in 1923 |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Melts in your bank account not in your hands! |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Very droll |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. this is going to sound horrible.... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I am sure the U.N... |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Pfft, yeah right |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. They're officially Zimbabwean dollars. Commonly referred to as Zimdollars. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. Isn't that Bush's plan to eliminate the deficit? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You joke, but it kinda is |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. And to make null and void Social Security and all living below |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. And the life savings of millions mean nothing... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Uh... |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yes... |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. So, Z$1 is worth Z$10,000,000,000. Oh yeah, that'll solve the problem. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. Revaluation generally doesn't work... |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The Mexican peso went from.. what 100 to 1? about 15 years back IIRC |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 02:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Mugabe needs to keep the printing press going |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. VERY true! |
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