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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by giddyup, Feb 12, 2008.

  1. giddyup

    giddyup Member

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    I heard this from a comedian today, but it sounded plausible...

    If you stacked up Bill Gates money in one dollar bills, set him atop the pile and knocked him off it would take him 18 minutes to hit the ground.

    If you add the interest he earns on that money to the bottom of the pile, he would never touch the ground.

    Go one?
     
  2. igotask8board

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    97% of surveys/statistics are lies.
     
  3. jcee15

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    Oh, the irony.
     
  4. Lil Pun

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    The platypus pees, poops, and reproduces in the same hole.
     
  5. Air Langhi

    Air Langhi Contributing Member

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    So I did the calculation.
    A dollar bill is .1mm thick. He has about 50billion dollars so 50e9*.1mm=50000000m or 3000 miles. Suppose you have to stack them in 100 blocks to lsit on it. you divide that by 100 so you have 30miles straight up. Thats crazy
     
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    The fastest land animal is the Cheetah.

    The fastest animal in the world is the Peregrine Falcon.

    The largest fish in the world is the Whale Shark.

    The deepest swimming bird is the penguin.

    Only female mosquitoes suck blood.
     
  7. jcee15

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    No surprise there.

    Fact: The blue whale has the second largest penis in the world. The largest of course is mine
     
  8. pchan

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    Most pet shop owners are mean, because they sell fish.
     
  9. demon77

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    what............. :confused:
     
  10. WWR

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    Imagine an endless line of $1 bills laid end to end. If you began traveling along this line picking up dollar bills March 13, 1986 (the day Microsoft went public), and you wished to accumulate wealth at the same rate Bill has since that date, you would need to travel that line of bills picking them up at 12.13 MPH or 19.53 KPH.

    When will Bill become a TRILLIONAIRE? If he can maintain the current 23.58% annual rate of growth, he will achieve trillionaire-hood in 17.55 Years, on Sep 3, 2025.

    The US National Debt as of 2/12/2008 was $9,249,928,671,634.21 . (That's $9.25 Trillion.) At this current rate of growth, Bill will be able to pay off the ENTIRE U.S. National Debt on Mar 7, 2036.

    Bill could give $80.09 to every person in the United States.

    If Bill wanted to spend all his time playing Pac-Man, assuming each 25¢ game lasts 10 minutes (he isn't very good at it), Bill could play for 1,848,165.72 Years.
     
  11. krnxsnoopy

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    And WWR has 23 hours of free time on his hands (per day)
     
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    Its interesting, but not funny. The comedian should change professions.
     
  13. halfbreed

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    If I pushed him off the stack, it wouldn't matter how much more I'd add to the bottom after I pushed.
     
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    Every time Chuck Hayes shoots a free throw I commit a lane violation at home.
     
  15. IROC it

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    Michael Jordan made over $300,000 a game. That equals $10,000 a minute,
    at an average of 30 minutes per game.

    With $40 million in endorsements, he made $178,100 a day, working or not.

    If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his head.

    If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there.

    If he decides to have a 5 minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it.

    He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage.

    He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends.

    If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000) it would take him a whole 12 hours.

    If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second.

    He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be reimbursed $33,390 for that round.

    Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax deferred account (401k), he will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m. on January 1st.

    If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you 'd be living
    comfortably at $65,000 a year.

    He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100 meter dash in the Olympics.

    He'll make about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon. While the common person is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600.

    This year, he'll make more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents for all of their terms combined.

    Amazing isn't it?

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    However, if Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 250 years, he'll still have less than Bill Gates has today.

    Game over. Nerd wins.
     
  16. Deckard

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    Don't tell my wife. She has two degrees in sociology. ;)
    Oh, and that statement of yours is totally wrong.
     
  17. DrewP

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    would be kind of foolish to play MJ only 30 minutes a game.
     
  18. Yaozer

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    I heard that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

    hence..

    doctors are scared of apples.
     
  19. giddyup

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    It was just the basis for a series of cracks. Actually it was pretty funny. Shoulda been there...
     
  20. giddyup

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    Were you able to do the calculation about his descent?
     

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