What does one TRILLION dollars look like?
All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

A billion dollars...
A hundred billion dollars...
Eight hundred billion dollars...
One TRILLION dollars...
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slightly 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 about so much. 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...
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Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...

(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
The area this occupies is just shy of 5 acres, with one hundred bills stacked 6 feet in height.
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.

Start off new year with some pet peeves

1. People that drive slow/won't get over in the left lane.
2. Assholes at the grocery store who stop their carts parallel to other carts so I can't get my cart by.
3. People that stop and gawk in flowing aisles in stores.
4. People that lick their fingers to get sauces off of them, thanks for spreading your germs to me asshole. Ever heard of a fucking napkin?
5. People that get on a elevator and decide it is a good time to make a phone call.
6. People that talk on their cell phones while checking out/ordering food.
7. Having to pay for other peoples shit through taxes.
8. Automated menus especially when you pick the right path and it still doesn't give you the right God damned destination. When I have to call your company like five-ten times a tax season why don't you give a automated tree to look at so I could just start mashing on numbers on my phone when I call in so I don't have to wait for you to say with help with .... stick your fucking dildo in my ass.

to be continued...