sheridan ([info]sheridanwilde) wrote,
@ 2007-11-06 19:50:00
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how to become a millionaire
The answer is to move to a foreign country. Here's a list of foreign countries, their currencies, and how much you'ld have to have in £UK to be a millionaire/ss:

South African Rand - £73,511.61
United States Dollars - £479,154.20
Thailand Baht - £15,237.87
Singapore Dollars - £331,182.58
Sweden Kronor - £75,414.01
Russia Rubles - £19,489.33
New Zealand Dollars - £373,112.30
Norway Kroner - £89,588.64
Malaysia Ringgits - £143,570.54
Mexico Pesos - £44,736.02
Japan Yen - £4,181.76
India Rupees - £12,214.04
Hungary Forint - £2,762.08
Hong Kong Dollars - £61,713.82
United Kingdom Pounds - £1,000,000.00 (funny that)
Euro - £697,328.13
Denmark Kroner - £93,578.09
China Yuan Renminbi - £64,329.92
Switzerland Francs - £418,332.22
Canada Dollars - £519,385.62
Australia Dollars - £444,286.81

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

Bored or just procrastinating?


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[info]jonny_eol
2007-11-06 08:12 pm UTC (link)
The interesting thing is when Ireland moved to the Euro, the prize money on their version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' fell by about one-third.

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*heh*
[info]sheridanwilde
2007-11-06 08:25 pm UTC (link)
At least it more or less would buy the same things.

Here's something you can do for fun - click on more currencies, type 10000000 in the Convert box, United Kingdom in the from this currency box and Zimbabwe Dollar in the to this currency box.

Look at the amount.

Wait a few minutes.

Click refresh.

Wonder how long Mugabe will stay in power in a country that's losing that much value, constantly.

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[info]sheridanwilde
2007-11-06 08:36 pm UTC (link)
Oops, meant that the other way around - 1000000 ZWD into UKP to find out how much it take you to become a Zimbabwe millionaire.

Which was fifteen pounds and 97.781 pence when I wrote that (20:29)

...

Now, at 20:31 it is: fifteen pounds, 97.506 pence.

Two more minutes and it's fifteen pounds, 97.484 pence.

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[info]sheridanwilde
2007-11-06 08:49 pm UTC (link)
p.s. and of course you'd need a bit more than that to actually become a millionaire, in order to pay for exchange fees.

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[info]ms_jinxme
2007-11-07 01:09 pm UTC (link)
That's frightening! although considering at least half of Zimbabwe is starving, exchange rate is probably the last thing on their mind...

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[info]sheridanwilde
2007-11-07 07:45 pm UTC (link)
For real horror stories look at this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation
Particular attention to Hungary after the Second World War (prices doubled every fifteen hours, and inflation was 4.19 x 10 to the power sixteen).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation#Zimbabwe.2C_2000s
The US ambassador is expecting inflation to hit 1.5 million percent before 2008 (despite Mugabe declaring inflation illegal).

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[info]ms_jinxme
2007-11-08 12:29 pm UTC (link)
(despite Mugabe declaring inflation illegal).


*LOL* Brilliant move! God, silly man...and so sad for the people in his country.

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[info]kweilo
2007-11-06 08:41 pm UTC (link)
Considering there is no oil there, probably longer Hussein...


*cough*

Who said that!

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[info]sheridanwilde
2007-11-06 08:47 pm UTC (link)
I like the way you think (just imagine I'm clicking my fingers and pointing at you while winking when I say that).

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[info]strangepixel
2007-11-07 08:19 am UTC (link)
We only attacked Hussein because he defaulted on his loans...

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[info]kweilo
2007-11-06 08:40 pm UTC (link)
Cool, so I earn a few million rupees a year?

Sur-weet :D

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[info]poggs
2007-11-06 09:20 pm UTC (link)
Bored.

Although a million rand would make you rand-y.

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[info]djpsyche
2007-11-06 11:22 pm UTC (link)
I don't think my million yen would go that far though really...

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