[citation][nom]bison88[/nom]LOL did anyone else facepalm at this?"If you placed 28,981,249,043 rulers end to end, they would reach 28,981,249,043 feet in the sky."Rule = 1 foot x 28,981,249,043 you get the same answer lol. Oh how this is a reflection on the American education system we have become 'tarded.[/citation]
I think the author wrote that not seriously but to make fun of terrible comparisons that are made all the time to explain big numbers to stupid people. It got me laughing pretty hard.
Of course I could be wrong, in which case the laughing would still be appropriate.