From: "me@privacy.net" 
Newsgroups: uk.politics.misc uk.finance
Subject: Re: UK debt crisis is imminent. What happens to the economy ? the fossil media strikes again...
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:03:17 +0100

In message , M Holmes 
 writes
>In uk.finance abelard  wrote:
>
>> the 'understanding' of the writer is typical of the 'independent'
>> you owe the bank 500....you have problems....
>> you owe the bank 1 trillion....the bank has problems....
>
>I think that needs rewriting:
>
>1. You owe the bank 500,000. You have a problem.
>
>2. You owe the bank 500,000,000. The bank has a problem.
>
>3. You owe the bank 500,000,000,000. We *all* have a problem.
>
Very good, now can we campaign for the return of billion to meaning 
10^12 etc.

-- 
Timothy