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An astronomical unit is 149,597,870,691m.

So if a dollar is 0.15956m in length, then it would cost $1.875 trillion to lay a trail of dollar bills end-to-end to the sun and back.

Leaving pocket change of $125 billion to be spent on one of those social programmes the US can't afford.

Bargain!

by Sassafras on Sun Mar 8th, 2009 at 01:04:08 PM EST
$125 billion to be spent on one of those social programmes

What are you a communist? ;)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Sun Mar 8th, 2009 at 01:46:03 PM EST
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But the dollar bills will burn up when you get anywhere near the sun, Paddy!

No theyz won't, O'Brain - we'z going at night!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Mar 8th, 2009 at 02:12:12 PM EST
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