Monty by Jim Meddick for March 20, 2013
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Transcript:
Now let's say we're strolling through the marketplace and we land here... Community chest... From sale of stock you get $45... Aha! I see! No doubt this is shorthand!... The correct figure I presume is $450,000.00 500, 1,000, 1,500, 2,000, etc. etc... Well, apparently we're a tad shy in petty cash... But no matter! I'll have my broker wire over the balance at his convenience!...
Why presume a piddling $450,000? As long as we’re presuming, let’s presume $45 is shorthand for $45,000,000,000! Or, we could instead remember that Monopoly was introduced long ago, when $45 was serious money….