How to comprehend "a billion" next time a politician waffles about spending...

By : Administrator
Published 29th January 2010

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it's releases:

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959..

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E. A billion Pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, At the rate our government is currently spending it.....

Food for thought!

Steve Richardson
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