I saw this on xkcd (I don't even know what kind of site it is but somehow wound up at it - I think via Consumerist.com) and thought it was pretty funny...
There is this group called Improv Everywhere which, "causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places." (their own words) Some of the stuff they do is pretty funny - you can see a lot of it (including descriptions, pictures, and videos) on their website.
One of the funniest things I think they ever did was get a bunch of people (I'm talking like 80 or so) together and have them dress up to look just like Best Buy employees, and then have them all go into a Best Buy in NYC and cause lots of chaos - it sounds ridiculous but really funny too.
I think you need to have watched some of their past videos to fully understand the humor in this video...but if you're a fan of Barats & Bereta, this is a funny video!
Be sure to watch the news scrolling at the bottom, as well as the 5-day forecast after Satan appears ;)
All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...
A billion dollars...
A hundred billion dollars...
Eight hundred billion dollars...
One TRILLION dollars...
What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I'd take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.
A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.
Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.
While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...
And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...
Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.
You ready for this?
It's pretty surprising.
Go ahead...
Scroll down...
Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...
(click the image to see it larger)
Notice those pallets are double stacked. ...and remember those are $100 bills.
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.
