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In reply to the discussion: Okay, DUers - time to design the $1 trillion coin [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,316 posts)24. I think it should be triangular, but with this design on one side
Why triangular? Because it should be call the Ningi:
The Universe
"Some information to help you live in it.
...
4. Population: none.
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
5. Monetary Units: none.
In fact there are three freely convertible currencies in the Galaxy, but none of them count. The Altairian Dollar has recently collapsed, the Flainian Pobble Bead is only exchangeable for other Flainian Pobble Beads, and the Triganic Pu has its own very special problems. Its exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. From this basic premise it is very simple to prove that the Galactibanks are also the product of a deranged imagination.
http://hitchhikers_guide.webs.com/theuniverse.htm
"Some information to help you live in it.
...
4. Population: none.
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
5. Monetary Units: none.
In fact there are three freely convertible currencies in the Galaxy, but none of them count. The Altairian Dollar has recently collapsed, the Flainian Pobble Bead is only exchangeable for other Flainian Pobble Beads, and the Triganic Pu has its own very special problems. Its exchange rate of eight Ningis to one Pu is simple enough, but since a Ningi is a triangular rubber coin six thousand eight hundred miles along each side, no one has ever collected enough to own one Pu. Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. From this basic premise it is very simple to prove that the Galactibanks are also the product of a deranged imagination.
http://hitchhikers_guide.webs.com/theuniverse.htm
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How about all that depleted uranium we have lying around Iraq, going to waste?
dixiegrrrrl
Jan 2013
#41
Dubya kissing a sheikh with Cheney's quote: Reagan proved that deficits don't matter
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#11
A single $1 trillion coin is such shortsighted and timid thinking...
cherokeeprogressive
Jan 2013
#13
Federal law limits whose face can be on a coin to only people who are deceased.
RomneyLies
Jan 2013
#35
I was thinking since we're going to use a wacky scheme and accounting gimmicks to
hughee99
Jan 2013
#18
I think the coin should be more 3-D and they should mint one for every state...share the $1T
Sheepshank
Jan 2013
#20
It's also illegal to allow the government to go into default because you don't like spending
jmowreader
Jan 2013
#63
I think it should be made out of lead, and be 14 feet in diameter, and 3 feet thick...
SidDithers
Jan 2013
#62