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Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: Pumblechook on 20/08/2008 14:24:26

This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million % pa. This means,continued the correspondent, that something which costs £1 today will cost £10,000 next week.

Way out, surely.

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: lyner on 20/08/2008 19:35:15

The sad thing is that the top people can all get hold of hard currencies so they're OK. It's the poor who suffer most - as usual.

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: rosalind dna on 22/08/2008 00:23:20

I think that Zimbabwe's government are corrupt and that word can't properly describe the misery that's going on in that country whichn was once the "breadbasket" of Southern Africa once.

It's so sad

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: lyner on 22/08/2008 15:32:19

But it's only one a many corrupt regimes. It's just as bad elsewhere in Africa and, of course, there's Burma. . . . .

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: Pumblechook on 22/08/2008 23:28:31

It is the maths which is point of the thread.

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: lyner on 24/08/2008 18:05:24

Oh yes - a factor  of five adrift!

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: Pumblechook on 24/08/2008 22:48:33

On another website the consensus is that if an item is £1 this week and about £1.25 next week the annual-ised rate is about 11.2 M %.

 

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: lyner on 25/08/2008 00:33:27

The compound interest formula - of course. School Maths.
x^52 is quite a lot if x = 1.25
(109476, which is 11million%)

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: Make it Lady on 26/08/2008 22:23:40

People often take comfort in solid things like Maths when the world is too chaotic for comfort.

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: rosalind dna on 26/08/2008 23:15:33

Mugabe was barracked by the opposition today when he tried to make his inaguaral (sp) speech and I thought Good but 3 opposition MPS have been arrested. Free speech not there.

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: Make it Lady on 27/08/2008 22:10:56

We should send some Mathematicians over there to hit him over the head with set squares!!!!

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: rosalind dna on 27/08/2008 22:29:58

Quote from: Make it  Lady on 27/08/2008 22:10:56

We should send some Mathematicians over there to hit him over the head with set squares!!!!

Sharon yes, just so.

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: Don_1 on 29/08/2008 08:41:54

I wonder if this correspondant actually bothered to question this computation.

I rather doubt it, if he had stopped to think for a moment he would have realised that based on his calculation, (which was simply to multiply by 10,000, so far as I can see) that this £1.00 item would cost £10,000,000,000,000,000.00 after a month.  [???]

Journalists!!! Huh! You can't trust them as far as you can throw a house.

Just a min....... I've got it now! Eureka!!! Yes, it's all coming quite clear to me now, he had just negotiated a 10% salary increase and was trying to convince the wages office that this took his hourly rate to £5,000.00 and not the miserly £500.00 he had actually got. Not so daft after all eh!?  [;D] [;D] [;D]

As for Mugger-be (sorry I mean Mugabe) He should suffer the same fate as the likes of his apparent mentor, Idi Amin. Or worse.  [:(!] [:(!] [:(!]

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: rosalind dna on 29/08/2008 11:45:52

It will be an extremely brave Zimbabwean who dares to kill Mugabe only they are too scared and starving to do that so someone from
the CIA or SAS should infiltrate his bodyguards then lets see
what happens if it does.

Mugabe has been in power far too long and even longer than his
(late) mentor Amin.

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: Make it Lady on 29/08/2008 18:35:31

Assassination is not good enough, humiliation should come first.

Title: This morning we were informed that inflation in Zimbabwe was now 11.2 million %
Post by: rosalind dna on 29/08/2008 21:24:15

Quote from: Make it  Lady on 29/08/2008 18:35:31

Assassination is not good enough, humiliation should come first.

Sharon I agree and my only reason for not putting Assassination is because I can't spell  [:-[]

How about a long sentence ending and ................