Zimbabwe's central bank is about to introduce a 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollar banknote, worth about $33 (22 pounds) on the black market, to try to ease desperate cash shortages. At the same time, they'll be introducing Z$10 trillion, Z$20 trillion and Z$50 trillion notes.
I can't imagine how you'd fit all those zeros (all 14 of them) onto a small piece…
CNN have started selling T-Shirts on which you can have one of their news headlines printed. It's a pretty cool idea, although shockingly easy to manipulate...
Watchout Bob, as soon as I can get my hands on some Zim dollars, I'll be over to claim my country.
Woohooo!!! I'm a millionaire, and I can't even buy a single roll of loo paper... if I were living in Zimbabwe. I happened to stumble upon an article on BBC News about Zimbabwe's new high denomination notes coming into circulation on Thursday, and thought... how many British Pounds would I need to be a millionaire in Zimbabwe? Well, I'm pleased …
Interesting links for 22 April 2007 - 17 May 2007:
• Baby Bubba's got a Beretta - Only in America. The best part, the kid's name really is Bubba. • Monorail to link Joburg and Soweto - How cool is this. First Gautrain and now this. If they can keep this kind of development up, 2010 will be a breeze. • Zimbabwe…
This is a true sign of how stupid some people are. A quote from this article made me smile:
"You must go back and tell Mugabe that we love what he is doing for the people of Zimbabwe. He is doing a good work. You must tell him that we love him. We love him for redistributing the wealth and land…
You'll never guess what I found today - a game called "Simbabwe". It's works just like Sim City and The Sims work, but with a slight difference. Instead of building everything from scratch, it's a game...
...where the property is already owned and the houses built and you compete to burn and dispossess them. Bounce around the map plundering farms, denying…
You've really got to feel a bit sorry for Zimbabwe when Uncle Bob's govt thinks a Z$1 million fine for violating foreign exchange regulations, is a tough fine. Before you all rush to xe.com, that Z$1m is about US$13, €11 or £7.50 - yes, you read correctly, it's less than a tenner. Hey, Mr Meman, give me a shout, I've …
Ever have a dream of filling a bathtub with $10 million? I have and have now done so so I can tick this off my list of things to do before I die...
