Our debt, in dollars, is larger than the number of stars in our galaxy

[aisa0]

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
- Richard Feynman

Comments

[yarrowkat]

yikes.

that's horribly hilarious.

[newsbean]

I'm totally blown away by this. I read this about exactly when you originally posted it and just can't get it out of my mind.

[_wirehead_]

wow. just, wow.