An eight Ball and a Fancy Hooker......

[WCGreen]

Just something Jon Stewart said the other night.....

It cracked me up....

He was referring to the amount of money spent on the Iraqi War spread out over the entire population.... A little over $2k, if I remember correctly....

Maybe of the news media put it in those terms, people would get more pissed....

[mdmc]

1. folks would be pissed all right

:kick:

[Fenris]

2. "But if $250 billion is too hard to wrap your head around..."

"Try this number: $2083. That's the dollar cost per tax payer for the Iraq war so far, and I know what you're thinking: '$2083? That could have allowed me to adopt many underpriveledged children in third-world countries.'

'Or buy an eight-ball and have a night with a fancy hooker.'"

:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Most people are just numb by such numbers.......

You really do need to translate them into meaningful ones!

Not that those would mean anything at all to me......

BTW, what on earth is an eight ball?

Hookers I have no use for!


:hi:

[WCGreen]

5. An eighth of an ounce of Cocaine.....

[bridgit]

4. i heard that the other night as well...

but i can't remember the set-up x(

[WCGreen]

6. Ferris.... has it......