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  1. 02-03-2011, 09:29 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Draco View Post

    That pic looks ... shopped ... somehow. Unreal. The 'scrapers don't fit.

    At first glance I thought it was somewhat post-apocalyptic.

    What an astonishing place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    It's actually the original French billion, which is bi-million, which is a million to the power of 2. We adopted the word, and then they changed it, presumably as revenge for Crecy and Agincourt, and then the treasonous Americans adopted the new French usage and spread it all over the world. And now we have to use it.

    And that's Why I'm Voting Leave.
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