Davey Boy 2.0 Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Palletts of cash sent into warzone. What could possibly go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 this has got to be one of the most bizarre things I have ever heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 holy. whatever happened to direct deposit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 here's your direct deposit ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 could it be part of the money missing from ScotiaBank or WTC #7?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 hah.. no doubt!it's a shame that plane didn't go down over some parts of africa.then again, what can they do with it? toilet paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 they can spend it at the Haliburton/Walmart's being built in the dessert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 they can spend it at the Haliburton/Walmart's being built in the dessert. let's see. for $4,000,000,000 (or is it 5,500,000,000) ... you can buy 268 million of these or, 404 million of these, or, my favourite, 1 billion of these, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 8, 2007 Report Share Posted February 8, 2007 Walmart brooches become a sign of tribal rank. look out black markets of Africa, here comes SPONGE BOB!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaggerLee Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 hah.. no doubt!it's a shame that plane didn't go down over some parts of africa.then again, what can they do with it? toilet paper?This is a fucked up statement. Are you suggesting that Africans have no use for money other than to wipe their asses with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 omg. no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chameleon Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 This is yet another hallmark of Haliburton money laundering.This whole ware is the biggest money laundering/make work project in history..Sick genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaggerLee Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Sorry if I put words in your mouth, but I'm still confused as to what you mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 that's ok. this whole thread seemed to lean to the more ridiculous side of things, so i guess i leant with it.the only serious thing i said in this thread was:omg. no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.O.B.E Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 that's ok. this whole thread seemed to lean to the more ridiculous side of things, so i guess i leant with it.the only serious thing i said in this thread was:omg. no.Of course it got ridiculous. The whole thing from top to bottom is and has been from the start. You can go back as far as you like in time/history and see for yourself. It's just a little bit more disheartening when you have a little fun with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) my god, you must be the fun one.re: the toilet paper commentmost parts of africa don't have access to atm's. if thousands of US dollars dropped on their land what do you think they can do with it? it's not like they can run to their local store and buy a bag of milk. it's not like they have access to cars to drive into say.. johannesburg where they would be able to take US cash. That is what i meant by using it as toilet paper!! Money needs to be in the hands of people who can actually purchase goods with it! If the money dropped in the 'certain parts' of Africa I was referring to, these people wouldn't have that ability, nor would they have access to the resources required to have that ability to use the money, unless say they overlanded across the desert for days and days and days and days... and that again, requires transportation.read up on the ineffectiveness of humanitarian missions that come to Africa, thinking their world exists as ours does and just how much of a shock they experience when they find out that it does not.re: what you saidstop with the fun police thing. don't think that because a few people laugh once in a while, they're not able to care. because you're dead fucking wrong. Edited February 11, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djmelbatoast Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 I think that almost everywhere in Africa and the rest of the world accepts US currency.Sure there's poverty but people still work for a wage. Money is money. No ATMs but there's still money. There are almost no hunter/gatherers left in the world.I understand what you were saying but I think that you are wrong and perpetuating a stereotype that Africans live in huts and use girraffe dung as currency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 i suggest you sign yourself up for an overlanding trip through the deserts of Africa. If you think the world over is equipped to accept US currency, you're off your rocker and definitely should purchase a backpack, quit your job and do some traveling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 How's this for an ironic but humourless comment: most of the world has never used toilet paper, but instead the much less wasteful option of water and the left hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 This is a bit of a stupid thread. If the cash was diverted to African aid who would honestly suggest: a) it be air-dropped, and said aid should delivered in the form of a handfull of cash. However, birdy's statement about Africans using it as toilet paper was a very poor choice of words and gives the impression that if a pallet of US cash were given to a (well intentioned) government of an African nation it could not be put to good use. Despite isolated areas, even the poorest African countries have currencies - have you done such travelling birdy? Deliver a vintage Ferrari to Muammar Gaddafi or somethin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 agh! ok, poor choice of words! i'm sorry to give any sort of impression with them, because so far, the impressions haven't been ones that my words have intended.i have done some traveling, yes hux.. not yet overlanding across africa.. but i did date and live with a guy who drove overlanding buses across the african and south american continents and have heard enough stories to know that there are places in this world that are not equipped to deal with US cash should it fall from the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdy Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 and djmelbatoast.. i'm sorry if my reply back to what you said seemed kind of snappy/bitchy. i didn't mean it to be like that. i get really defensive and reactionary sometimes.. i'm sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 hmmmmm, seems people get all worked up, pissed off, confused, aggressive, defensive, etc. when $4,000,000,000 in cash is mentioned. i wonder how we'd react if the cash was sitting in a big pile right in front of the lot of us. screw sponge bob, toilet paper, and all of africa, its mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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