In Zimbabwean dollars.

That's pretty cheap, actually. What is that? Equivalent to a couple slices of bread, right?

"...or 3 of your American cents!"

/fo' serios

Too late... the price is now 10,147,024.17

He said on one would ever be hungry again. Seriously.

sarcastrophe: Too late... the price is now 10,147,024.17

That's an old listing. It's now $23,482,936

Occam's Razor: He said on one would ever be hungry again. Seriously.

I'm hungry right now.. so he's not doing well.

Zimbabwe faces rampant inflation, a cholera epidemic and 90% unemployment.

They do have a cool Bob Marley song though.

Maybe he can bring inflation down to a more reasonable 100,000,000% or so.

Occam's Razor: He said on one would ever be hungry again. Seriously.

As god is his witness?

xanadian: In Zimbabwean dollars.

That's pretty cheap, actually. What is that? Equivalent to a couple slices of bread, right?

They took another 12 zeroes off their currency 9 days ago, so it is a lot currently. The highest note they have currently is Z$500 (although that is equivalent to a Z$500 trillion note from two weeks ago). Z$1 last Monday was officially worth about US 5c and has officially halved in value in the nine days since. In practice where it is used, it was trading for about US 0.3c when it was introduced, although that still probably overvalues it (the UN valued it at 150000 Z$ to 1 US$ last week).

Aarontology: sarcastrophe: Too late... the price is now 10,147,024.17

That's an old listing. It's now $23,482,936

$479,572,001.72 ZBD now.

Aarontology: sarcastrophe: Too late... the price is now 10,147,024.17

That's an old listing. It's now $23,482,936

This listing has expired due to mandated revaluing of the currency. The book now costs $3,648.75, but is printed on used Post its.

vernonFL: Zimbabwe faces rampant inflation, a cholera epidemic and 90% unemployment.

Back in the 80's, any two of those things would have been enough to bring about a military coupe. And the whole "murdering white plantation owners" would have led to Maggie Thatcher sending the SAS in to "dipose" Mugabe in the middle of the night with a large knife.

What ever happened to killing the real bad guys in this world?

A very brave guy. Good luck

xria: They took another 12 zeroes off their currency 9 days ago, so it is a lot currently. The highest note they have currently is Z$500 (although that is equivalent to a Z$500 trillion note from two weeks ago). Z$1 last Monday was officially worth about US 5c and has officially halved in value in the nine days since. In practice where it is used, it was trading for about US 0.3c when it was introduced, although that still probably overvalues it (the UN valued it at 150000 Z$ to 1 US$ last week).

I was trying to figure out how much US$1 equals in Zimbabwean dollars if you discount all the devaluations, and I couldn't wrap my mind around it. Isn't it something like US$1 = Z$10²⁹ now, or something like that

/pleased that the flood of Z$100 trillion notes is finally reaching Ebay

Dwight_Yeast: vernonFL: Zimbabwe faces rampant inflation, a cholera epidemic and 90% unemployment.

Back in the 80's, any two of those things would have been enough to bring about a military coupe. And the whole "murdering white plantation owners" would have led to Maggie Thatcher sending the SAS in to "dipose" Mugabe in the middle of the night with a large knife.

What ever happened to killing the real bad guys in this world?

The two powers willing and capable of doing such things, the US and the UK, got misdirected by domestic right wingers into expending most of their military and diplomatic resources fighting an unnecessary war. Neither has the international leeway or domestic treasury to muck around in yet another country. The international community has gotten rather weary the shenanigans orchestrated by CIA and MI6 as well.

The Chinese and Russians are capable of taking him out, but he's something of a kindred spirit to their leadership, so they're not willing.

The French and Germans are capable of taking him out as well, but they have domestic issues they aren't willing to ignore for the sake of fighting a war. They've done that before.

The Indians aren't capable because they have to worry about Pakistan, and the Japanese are officially pacifist.

So there you go.

Occam's Razor: He said on one would ever be hungry again. Seriously.

They won't be if they eat the book.

Jubeebee:
The two powers willing and capable of doing such things, the US and the UK, got misdirected by domestic right wingers into expending most of their military and diplomatic resources fighting an unnecessary war. Neither has the international leeway or domestic treasury to muck around in yet another country. The international community has gotten rather weary the shenanigans orchestrated by CIA and MI6 as well.

The Chinese and Russians are capable of taking him out, but he's something of a kindred spirit to their leadership, so they're not willing.

The French and Germans are capable of taking him out as well, but they have domestic issues they aren't willing to ignore for the sake of fighting a war. They've done that before.

The Indians aren't capable because they have to worry about Pakistan, and the Japanese are officially pacifist.

So there you go.

That's just what they want you to think!

Verrai: Aarontology: sarcastrophe: Too late... the price is now 10,147,024.17

That's an old listing. It's now $23,482,936

$479,572,001.72 ZBD now.

That's what? 50 cents?

1.00 USD = 42.3200 ZWD

Notice: The Zimbabwe government redenominated the ZWD again on February 2, 2009 at a rate of 1,000,000,000,000 old ZWD to 1 new ZWD.

/Yes, that's trillion ZWD.

Holy crap it's amazing this guy is finally in power. Just a year or two ago he'd been arrested and brutally beaten by Mugabe's secret police for opposing him.

Jubeebee: The two powers willing and capable of doing such things, the US and the UK, got misdirected by domestic right wingers into expending most of their military and diplomatic resources fighting an unnecessarywar.
...
So there you go.

Yeah, I know. And honestly, I still cringe at shiat Reagan pulled in the 80's as far as deposing other world leaders goes.

But Mugabe (like Amin before him) is a very bad man, and if we'd sent Colin Powell in front of the UN to wag his finger at them about Zimbabwe and Sudan, we might have actually... you know, improved the world a little in the last eight years.

Don't forget, this is all the fault of white people

Dwight_Yeast: Jubeebee: The two powers willing and capable of doing such things, the US and the UK, got misdirected by domestic right wingers into expending most of their military and diplomatic resources fighting an unnecessarywar.
...
So there you go.

Yeah, I know. And honestly, I still cringe at shiat Reagan pulled in the 80's as far as deposing other world leaders goes.

But Mugabe (like Amin before him) is a very bad man, and if we'd sent Colin Powell in front of the UN to wag his finger at them about Zimbabwe and Sudan, we might have actually... you know, improved the world a little in the last eight years.

You are kidding right? I think it's an international law that a white country cannot fight a war against a black country, otherwise the protests and declarations of racism would cause the UN to implode.

are they bringing back rhodesia yet?

schief2: xria: They took another 12 zeroes off their currency 9 days ago, so it is a lot currently. The highest note they have currently is Z$500 (although that is equivalent to a Z$500 trillion note from two weeks ago). Z$1 last Monday was officially worth about US 5c and has officially halved in value in the nine days since. In practice where it is used, it was trading for about US 0.3c when it was introduced, although that still probably overvalues it (the UN valued it at 150000 Z$ to 1 US$ last week).

I was trying to figure out how much US$1 equals in Zimbabwean dollars if you discount all the devaluations, and I couldn't wrap my mind around it. Isn't it something like US$1 = Z$1029 now, or something like that

/pleased that the flood of Z$100 trillion notes is finally reaching Ebay

The first revaluation was 3 digits, the next took off 10, and the latest 12, so 25 in all for the fourth dollar. So the official rate yesterday was effectively 4.2 x 10^26 (420 septillion) for each US dollar. The actual exchange rate has been in the octillions for a few weeks now, although in reality alternative currencies are rapidly taking over now the government has given up trying to prosecute those using Rand/US dollar/sterling and others to trade.