Just words
Grandad September 30th, 2010
For the last couple of years the word ‘billion’ has become commonplace.
The problem with that word is that it is so similar in appearance and sound to ‘million’. We tend to forget that a billion is a thousand times greater.
The bailout of that junk bank Anglo is now expected to cost thirty five billion Euro. Let’s just look at that number. €35,000,000,000. Even now it doesn’t look very big?
Let’s look at the number in a couple of other ways.
Suppose that sum had to be paid today, and everyone had to cough up? It would mean that every man, woman and child in the country would have to hand over €9,000 on the spot. You have a wife and three kids? Your bill is then €45,000 thanks very much.
Suppose you had to pay it off all on your own? It’s possible. All you have to do is earn the average industrial wage, and hand every cent over to the government. You’ll have the debt paid in a mere 1,000,000 years. Of course you could pay it off in four years if you got the entire population of Cork to work on your behalf.
Where will we be in 35 billion seconds? Somewhere in the year 3,120.
Words really do fail me when it comes to this government and their crass incompetence. They are pouring money into a black hole as if it meant nothing.
And here is where I have another problem.
I have used up my stock of expletives to describe them.
I have called them fuckers, wankers, cunts and arsewipes. I have probably called them a few other things as well.
But like the problem with the word ‘billion’ I need a yardstick to express the magnitude.
I badly need new expletives to describe our government.
Fuckers, wankers and cunts just doesn’t cut it any more.
I need new words.
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jesus could Ireland be coming out of the dark ages
jesus could Ireland be coming out of the dark ages
Doubtful.
John – Old news!! Heh! The bastards might have let me cut my lawn first!
Mossy – Don’t worry. 90% of the country still isn’t covered by decent resolution.
“Elected ? “
cuntyfucks is a favourite of mine.
TT – For fuck’s sake! Don’t rub it in. What’s far worse is that 25% of the population are still insane enough to vote for them at the next election.
Becky – Nice and delicate?
Clusterfucks is another.
It kinda urks me when people, who have been educated in Ireland by the tax payers feck off to other countries to live / work, but now at this stage, I don’t blame them
And still there’s no blood on the streets. No wonder the Brits were allowed to stay for 700 years – pity they went!!!
Good article in the guardian (not that I read the guardian ahem)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/01/ireland-economy-editorial
hey granddad have to say that i love your blog piece today. So i hear that you have run out of words for this little wankers and bastards that have ruined this country. so how about we tie up these fuckers stab them with folks and la push them off a big cliff. this insult actaully works well in any given situation but it also works well for those who hate the twilight books. well forks is the place where the twilight story is set and la push is where everyone goes cliff diving. but just so you remember that you can tie these idiots who have runied this country to an office chair stab them with forks and we will la push them off a cliff. if all else fails i could oraganise a pack of hungry dogs who are due a really good feed. roast bankers for the dogs anyone. if all else fails we could get a fitzpatrick and burn him at the stake.
Billion is indeed a word of little understanding.. Can you imagine a million of anything, let alone a billion?!?
I found this graphic fantastic … http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-billion-dollar-o-gram-2009/ (no association, just great stuff)
ah the stuff I am educated at from you and your readers Grandad. I’m a new person here… a couple weeks now. And am enjoying the shit out of your ramblin’s.
A few new faces? Welcome one and all. I was watching them again on the television last night and the billions were flowing like a river in flood. Maybe we should insist on our politicians count up to a billion before they spend any more?
Marianne – So this place is educational? I have heard the site called a few things but never that!
I was reading another one of my favorite bloggers posts and immediately thought of you Grandad. I think you NEED this. It’s a Profanity Generator.
http://www.pajamasandcoffee.com/?p=3924
Marianne – That is class. I want one. You can buy it for me for my birthday?