The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for February 06, 1996
February 05, 1996
February 07, 1996
Transcript:
Teacher: All right, Wilberforce, we know a thousand millions is a billion, but how much is a thousand billions? Wilberforce: What's the diff? Teacher: Don't you want to know how to count? Wilberforce: What good is it if I can spend the rest of my life counting and never reaching the end?
The answer to “how much is a thousand billions” is different in the US and the UK (the people in the UK can’t count, which is why they lost the war).