Wednesday, July 15, 2009

$23,148,855,308,184,500 for a pack of smokes

This will solve the health care/smoking issues.  Might even fix the debt.

N.H. man surprised to see 17-digit charge after purchase at gas station

MANCHESTER, N.H. - A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.

Josh Muszynski checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number — a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500 (twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred dollars).

MSNBC

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