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To: FromLori

16 posted on 11/04/2010 8:21:34 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Headlines From 2008: “Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Soars As Others Crash”

http://www.businessweekly.co.zw/markets/21630-zimbabwe-stock-exchange-soars-as-others-crash-.html

Gold For Bread - Zimbabwe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubJp6rmUYM


23 posted on 11/04/2010 8:34:43 PM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: Lancey Howard
I have ten of those sitting on my desk. A quadrillion dollars (ZIM). Not sure if that would buy a loaf of bread there, but I doubt it.

They're probably worth far more on the world market as collector's items than as money.

24 posted on 11/04/2010 8:34:48 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Lancey Howard

I got that as a souvenir. The pile of rocks is appropriate.


30 posted on 11/04/2010 8:41:32 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Lancey Howard

Were you the winning bidder at fifty cents on eBay?


32 posted on 11/04/2010 8:49:04 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: Lancey Howard

What will they use in Zimbabwe when the dollar is worthless.


35 posted on 11/04/2010 9:10:23 PM PDT by GraceG
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