I’m a Billionaire
People keep asking me how I plan on monetizing Zoomdoggle. Truth be told, it’s quite a riddle. One I don’t even think the braniacs at the World Economic Forum could crack. The whole thing was starting to get me down. When I posed the question to hedge-fund manager and long time friend Tommy Cooper over our weekly Photo Hunt session, you’re not going to believe what happened: He gave me five billion dollars.
Sure they’re Zimbabwe dollars. And true, Zimbabwe was crushed by 16,000% inflation last year and a staggering 11,600,000% this year. And I suppose it’s probably also worth noting that four oranges will run you roughly ten billion dollars back there in the ‘Babwe. But still, any way you cut it, I am now a billionaire. Thanks Tom.
The only thing puzzling me now is what that watermark is supposed to be. It looks kinda wang-o-rific if you ask me.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Hmmmm… that’s about $67,538,361.79
Okay, I cheated and used xe.com, but it’s pretty cool someone just gave you 5 billion dollars.
September 13th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Wait, I don’t get it? How’s it $67mil? According to CNN, because of inflation I’m told my 5 billion dollar bill goes for about 50 cents US. Any way you cut it though, I am, as of now, a BILLIONAIRE!
September 14th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Is that real?
September 14th, 2008 at 10:54 am
You will be happy to know that, to the best of my knowledge, everything on here is, was, and always will be real.
September 14th, 2008 at 10:55 am
I wouldn’t lead you astray home-slice. Here, check it out:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/19/zimbabwe.banknotes/index.html
September 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am
I just noticed that the comments thing said “join the party” so I thought I might. Oh, hey, thanks for inviting me. Who made the guac?
September 14th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
It’s not 67 mil. It’s more like 67 grand, but I don’t trust currancy converter sites at all.
And I brought the guac
September 14th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Janie, if a currency converter is telling you it’s worth that much, it’s only cause it was programmed long ago. Read the CNN piece above. They’ve had inflation of several MILLION percent. That, and, my friend Tommy had a wad of them (read 3) in his pocket… I double highly that he handed me 67K.
On the other hand, he does know how badly I want to rent the vomit comet, so you never know…
September 14th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
I know. I read it, but it would have been kinda cool if it was still 67K.
What’s the vomit comet?
September 15th, 2008 at 12:02 am
Okay, never mind. I found the meaning.
December 28th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
I have a 25 Billion dollar Afro Cheque from Zimbabwe!