Showing posts with label US national debt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US national debt. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Fag End Of The Day

Sounds Like A Matter Of Life And Debt

A US man bought a packet of cigarettes from his local petrol station - only to find his card charged $23 quadrillion. The exact amount was $23,148,855,308,184 - many times the US national debt. Rather than hold him to making the repayments, the bank agreed to correct the error.

FOOTNOTE: Smoke and mirrors.